Man, these songs are crawling in my skin, these wounds, they will not heal.
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I was bored and looking for something to do on the weekend, and found cheap tickets to see Sheryl Crow and Pink (headlining) live. Honestly one of the best shows I've even seen. The "don't give a fuck" vibe mixed with the professionalism of a 30 year career, just all the energy I wanted.
They both have newer albums, but I've had their high-school bangers on a lot lately.
One of the wonderful things about being a Gen X'er. Music from my high school years is still fucking awesome.
Dunno what kind of meh you listened to in high school. Iron Maiden, Queen, In Flames, Ozzy, Dream Theater and At the Gates still slaps the shit.
Funny thing, back in high school I managed to buy some albums on Google's Play Store for 0 Monies. I'm talking big names, like Charlie Puth, Major Lazer, Galantis, Anitta, Flo Rida, Jason Derulo, maybe more. All for free, just owned it. Not streaming, per se. And I used to keep coming back, check if any new freebies had dropped. I reckon I once downloaded them in more recent times, but have probably lost them in poor last-minute 'backup and reinstall' OS issues. I might have deleted the files from Google, as I grew away from loving Google (as I did back then) to disliking them a tad (privacy reasons, likely), but I rather believe they got rid of something I purchased (albeit for no moneys) some time after discontinuing Google Play Music. These albums, released circa 2015, were the ones I had on repeat back then. Nine Track Mind, Peace Is The Mission : Extended (not to be confused with "Peace Is The Mission (Extended)", at least on Spotify), Pharmacy, Bang, My House, Everything Is 4, among others. Also got some singles, like Californication and a Linkin Park song (Numb, maybe?), and a Charlie Puth song before the album so I had it repeat on my collection
I went to school in the 90s. That shit still rocks.
I was listening to punk music back then, it's still awesome!
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I'm the opposite. I go back to high school music and still love it. Better than most things I hear.
This presupposes there is some music you stopped listening to after high school, Im with you, I still listen to a bunch of that stuff. Some not as often as others, but it brings back memories. I was a metal head though and there was a lot of great 90s metal.
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Speak for yourself, I've still got a running list of early morning songs that'd play on the school bus radio from highschool.
Nah, I still fuck with Skinny Puppy and Bauhaus.
I still love everything I listened to in highschool, except One in a Million by GNR.
Such a shame about the lyrics bc it's a great tune otherwise
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I was 1990s in highschool. That shit is still great. All the lousy music cropped up in the early 2000's.
Oh, really? There's for sure some bad 90s music you've just forgotten about.
I'll be watching Todd in the Shadows and go, "Oh shit! I forgot about Spin Doctors! Damn, they were annoying."
This was also the decade that gave us nu metal ffs.
Bad music exists all the time, but the Era that gave snoop dog, eminem, system of a down,, placebo, oasis, Linkin park, Nelly, rammstein, U2, Radiohead, and Green Day will reign Supreme.
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Most (but not all) music has something to recommend it. If you don’t like entire eras of music it’s not because the music is “bad,” it’s because it’s not to your taste anymore (or, for stuff you didn’t listen to, never was).
Much like with food, if you can find what makes a particular genre enjoyable and listen for that, you can enjoy a lot more. I would never listen to Taylor Swift the same way I listen to Rush or Pink Floyd, but I still loved Midnights. I wouldn’t listen to Bach the same way I listen to Nightwish, but they’re both fantastic.
There’s nothing wrong with being discerning in your tastes. But there’s also nothing wrong with the styles of music you don’t like, it’s just a different flavor. I don’t like cilantro and never will, but I understand why people do. And I didn’t like coffee until I learned how to taste it properly. The same is true of music.
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Sigh, I miss the Alternative Music of the 90s and 2000s.
I was at the gym over the weekend and they had a playlist of songs from this era/genre playing over the speakers. One banger after another, brought me back to better times.
There's still great stuff out there. It's just not mainstream, so it's not gonna fall into our laps - we have to do the legwork and shuffle through the muck if we want more.
Personally, I made the conscious choice to do so last year and it's been pretty rewarding.
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Idk there are still quite a few artists and songs i can listen to from when I was in high school
There are also quite a few that I can't listen to anymore. Guess it really depends
My first musical physical media purchase was Backstreet Boys, but the rest after wasn't cringe, I swear!
Only because the passage of time declared Backstreet Boys to be no longer a cringe!
They still make me cringe. But now it's classic cringe.
Oh, Backstreets back alright.
My first album was a cassette dub of License to Ill my friend made in elementary school. My first purchase was Even Worse by Weird Al.
That's the best first I've ever heard. My first tape was Cruisin' Classics, which was free with a tank of gas from Shell. Thanks mom!
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Just wait until you taste "Songs You Recorded in High School" 😬
It says “high school”, why are you all talking about songs from the 2010s?
…oh no…
Well now I have to go listen to Sex On Wheelz by My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, damn it.
the songs i listened to on purpose in high school are still awesome. the songs i heard in high school because of radio or mtv or party or whatever are still just as shit as they were back then
Not from what I experienced unless… oh, right… millennials …mmmmyea. Throw it out. Something happened with music around then.
A lot of what I listened to in high school still rocks but I'm still tired of it.
Tell you something that has happened: I've gone back and listened to the songs I heard but didn't listen to much. The ones that were never on my mp3 player but I heard places. Just to return to an era for a minute. I find it's more vivid with songs you aren't as familiar with.
Sorry, I grew up in the great alt rock era ranging from early 90s to late 2000s. So there’s nothing to throw out here. Not even the punk emo anthems or pop summer hits.
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