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A question for our younger friends out there...

DabbleDabble Member Posts: 1,043
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Please don't go and do a search on this first, I want to know off the top of your head:

Do you know of Led Zepplin?

The reason I ask is cause I was talking with some teenagers the other day and Led Zepplin came up (don't know how) and these kids stared at me blankly. I have to say I was truely shocked.

I grew up in the 80's, but we still knew of and listened to bands from the 70's and 60's (50's not so much). Is that not so today? Do guys only listen to the current crop or are your music tastes more varied.

Thanks for responses.

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  • CeticarrCeticarr Member Posts: 236

    ehm, I grew up in the 90's and I think I first heard of Led Zeppelin when I was about the age of 6 image

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  • PlanoMMPlanoMM Member Posts: 1,267


    Originally posted by Dabble

    Please don't go and do a search on this first, I want to know off the top of your head:
    Do you know of Led Zepplin?
    The reason I ask is cause I was talking with some teenagers the other day and Led Zepplin came up (don't know how) and these kids stared at me blankly. I have to say I was truely shocked.
    I grew up in the 80's, but we still knew of and listened to bands from the 70's and 60's (50's not so much). Is that not so today? Do guys only listen to the current crop or are your music tastes more varied.
    Thanks for responses.

    im in the same boat as you there, dabble.  but what you gotta realize is that Led Zepplin was pretty popular back then, but now that would be almost 40 years ago.  that would be the like asking me in 1985 if i had ever enjoyed listening to Hank Aaron, Sr.  i would have just stood there staring at you.  as ive gotten older me musicial tastes have matured too, i find.  even though back then i wouldnt have known, i do now.  so as people get older, their musicial tastes do mature alot.  give em time, dabble.  theyll eventually learn to enjoy a more broad spectrum of music.

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  • DabbleDabble Member Posts: 1,043

    Thanks for the replies.

    However, I'm still curious if what the 'kids' are listening too. In my day (shit am I getting old) we listened to The Doors as much as we listened to The Red Hot Chili Peppers, to Sly and the Family Stone to Run-DMC, etc. etc. I'm curious if the 'kids' are listening to, oh say Linkin Park (or are they already too old) as well as Black Sabbath.

  • IdesofMarchIdesofMarch Member Posts: 1,164


    Originally posted by Dabble

    Thanks for the replies.
    However, I'm still curious if what the 'kids' are listening too. In my day (shit am I getting old) we listened to The Doors as much as we listened to The Red Hot Chili Peppers, to Sly and the Family Stone to Run-DMC, etc. etc. I'm curious if the 'kids' are listening to, oh say Linkin Park (or are they already too old) as well as Black Sabbath.

    As a 19-year old, I can safely say I know who Led Zeppelin is. But if you ask me to name some of their songs or albums, I'm going to give those blank stares you mentioned in your first post. As for what people my age are listening to, from someone who doesn't follow mainstream music I'd say it ranges anywhere from pop-rock/emo, to nu-metal, to rap. Linkin Park is still around, but I don't think they're as big as they were when the Hybrid Theory album exploded onto the scene.

    I personally try to stay away from anything I hear on the radio ten times an hour, and discover music myself that I really enjoy. So while I don't listen to the Sabbath's and Zeppelin's of the world, I've found my fair share bands like Dream Theater, In Flames, Dog Fashion Disco, Katatonia, and others that have been around over the past decade or more.

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  • LaserwolfLaserwolf Member Posts: 2,383

    I know it is a rock band. I can't tell you the names of the members, I can't pick them out of a lineup, and I don't know the names of any of their songs. I am sure I have heard more than 1 of their songs, just no clue that it was theirs.

    LZ is a band and not a person right? I am pretty sure about that.

     

    Now the interesting thing is, though I am 21, I could still name most the bands and songs from the 50s, 60s, and 70s and can usually tell the Rat Pack apart when I hear one of their songs. I was born in the 80s but I know hardly any of the bands that started and finished in the 80s. I love 80s music though. Go Figure.

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  • DabbleDabble Member Posts: 1,043

    art rock ftw, Ides?

    =)

  • DabbleDabble Member Posts: 1,043

    I like some of that stuff too.

  • IdesofMarchIdesofMarch Member Posts: 1,164


    Originally posted by Dabble

    art rock ftw, Ides?
    =)

    I had to look up the definition before I agreed. Heh. So yes, ftw. =P

    I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to music. I just know what I like to hear, and I often find that I take to the stuff that blends rock/metal with genres I wouldn't normally consider like jazz or funk. That's not to say I don't enjoy my share of rip-your-face-off hardcore and thrash metal, or radio-style rock as well.

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  • DabbleDabble Member Posts: 1,043

    I'll assume you know of Slayer?

  • IdesofMarchIdesofMarch Member Posts: 1,164


    Originally posted by Dabble

    I'll assume you know of Slayer?

    Heard of, sure, but don't listen to.

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  • DabbleDabble Member Posts: 1,043

    And yes Laserwolf, Led Zep are a band.

    Bands don't seem to make names that seem like they could be a solo artist anymore, I suppose.


    Blasts from the past:

    Jethro Tull
    Judas Priest
    Lynard Skynnard

  • DabbleDabble Member Posts: 1,043

    Check them out, Ides. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

  • KhuzarrzKhuzarrz Member Posts: 578
    I think this makes me sick. Don't judge the younger generation based on them, PLEASE. I dont know anyone in my school that can't sing 'Stairway to Heaven' without any cues at all. That is, except for the chavs. Maybe these kids you were talking to were the kind of retards that don't know anyone who doesn't have "DJ" or "MC" at the start of their name... In which case it's understandable their total lack of musical knowledge... They probably wouldn't have known what 'distortion' means when talking about guitars...


    Having sites like myspace and youtube, as well as available downloads
    and cheaper media means that it's no longer a case of HAVING to buy
    whatever HMV is stocking and Top of the Pops is showing, we can now
    just type in on google "Post-Hardcore Melodramatic Funk" (don't try
    that one lol, exaggeration) and find something to listen to. I don't
    care what your opinion is on 'pirate' music, it's helping everyone in
    the music industry except the record producers, and I think that's
    great (maybe not the latter bit, but it's giving people a chance at
    achieving their dreams, as well as increasing choice available to us,
    the consumer). After we've found something 'new', we can spam it to all
    of our friends on MSN, and they can try it immediately, rather than
    having to borrow a CD. All that makes it really hard to say what
    exactly we listen to, so I've just tried my best:


    In terms of what 'we' listen to... Talking only of the people who DON'T fit the above category of retards with no musical knowledge... It REALLY does vary a lot now. A lot of people are turning away from the new stuff, having decided most of it is total sh*t (which I agree with, in terms of mainstream music) and therefore turning to either other genres - Jazz, Funk etc. - or turning back to classic rock/metal. If you move from school to school, each one will have a set of bands that EVERYONE MUST listen to... My school has Tenacious D and System of a Down at the moment. Both of those were bands that I introduced to my peer group, and they introduced to the other groups, so I feel proud :P At the same time, ALMOST everyone will like most classic stuff (LZ, Queen, ACDC, Aerosmith etc etc), but we all have our own little hates - mine is Queen, it's all just such absolute... We won't go there :p That'll start a 10 minute rant lol. Other than that, anything is game really. I personally love more adult genres, jazz and fusion, as well as some 'alternative' stuff... My friends have knowledge spanning all genres, Punk, Metal, Rock, Rap, Techno, JPop etc etc etc.



  • CooktasticoCooktastico Member Posts: 599
    well i'm not a kid, but i could be compared to you, depending on how old you are. i only have a couple cds in my car right now. one of them is linkin park, and another is joshua redman (jazz). that's pretty varied i would say. i only put in linkin park when i'm laughing at my hawt ricer mix though. civics ftw.
  • DabbleDabble Member Posts: 1,043

    So you like funk and jazz?

    Check out Weather Report, if you don't already know them.

    For me, I really get into the big horn rock bands, i.e. Blood, Sweat and Tears and early Chicago.

    And those two bands are very much before my time.

  • CooktasticoCooktastico Member Posts: 599


    Originally posted by Dabble

    So you like funk and jazz?
    Check out Weather Report, if you don't already know them.
    For me, I really get into the big horn rock bands, i.e. Blood, Sweat and Tears and early Chicago.
    And those two bands are very much before my time.

    haha, i have a weather report cd. jaco is the man
  • ShojinShojin Member Posts: 88
    I know of Led Zepplin and have listened to a bit of Slayer but meh, Slayers just so morbid and dark I just can't enjoy it.  I dont know.. 80's and 70's music has been okay, but it all just seems so.. one dimensional compared to the music styles of today.  Back then it was rock was rock, hiphop was hiphop and disco was disco.  But now a days there are so many bands out there that collaborate music styles that its hard to go listen to older music without the sense of something missing.

    There are a few exceptions that were ahead of their times, like ELO.





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    And as you tread the halls of sanity,
    You feel so glad to be unable to go beyond.
    I have a message from another time...

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  • LilithIshtarLilithIshtar Member Posts: 667



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  • DabbleDabble Member Posts: 1,043

    ELO!!!!

    NO ONE LIKES ELO BUT MEEEEE!!!!!

    lol...

    I love ELO. Everyone I've ever known hates them.

    Also, I have to disagree with your point on 80's music being one dimensional. For example, Hip-Hop itself is a compliation of disco, funk, rock (ll cool J, Run-DMC), etc. And rember Red Hot Chili Peppers? They kind of started that whole white boy rap/rock thing.

    You see, some of the genres today were just being born in the early 80's out of blends of the dominate genres at the time. Much like the history of popular music through out the decades.

  • LostGraceLostGrace Member Posts: 380
    Originally posted by Dabble
    Thanks for the replies.However, I'm still curious if what the 'kids' are listening too. In my day (shit am I getting old) we listened to The Doors as much as we listened to The Red Hot Chili Peppers, to Sly and the Family Stone to Run-DMC, etc. etc. I'm curious if the 'kids' are listening to, oh say Linkin Park (or are they already too old) as well as Black Sabbath.
    I like hip hop. 15 here.


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  • ShojinShojin Member Posts: 88
    well rock and rap was nothing new, they have always been close due to both styles use of drums and poetic lyrics.  But, (and I know I'm going to be flamed for this) it didnt really seem to mesh well untill Linkin Park, for me anyway..  didn't care for RHC much. 

    But anyway what Im talking about today is you have really diverse styles coming together like classical and hiphop, electronica/techno with rap and rock, and some really experimental stuff out there like venterian snares.  It just seems like in todays music (mostly non mainstream stuff) is a bit more dynamic, but hey thats just me.  Also like I said there are some exceptions



    Just on the border of your waking mind
    There lies another time
    Where darkness and light are one,
    And as you tread the halls of sanity,
    You feel so glad to be unable to go beyond.
    I have a message from another time...

    Axis Eleven

  • MyspaceMyspace Member Posts: 5
    I grew up in the 90's, with a dad who loves 70's, 80's old school rock (as i call it) so, having him as a dad, i knew who Led Zepplin was. I wasnt a real big fan of his work, or any of the 70's, 80's music. When i was a get i was more into Blink 182. Now, im more into Punk Rock, Screamo, Post Hardcore music.  

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  • grimweepergrimweeper Member Posts: 2,047
    I know who led zepplin is and im under 18.  I really dont listen to much of the new rap or emo stuff i just dont like it, i tend to stick to the older stuff and a few new bands.


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  • OrccOrcc Member Posts: 3,043
    Not really a kid perse, im 20, but I love Led Zeppelin and so do a lot
    of people I know. Personally I hate modern rock, its just terrible and
    it all sounds the same. Im not even going to get into emo/punk rock
    (aside from classics like The Clash) as I wouldnt even consider it
    music.



    Probably a good 95% of my playlist is classic 60's-80's rock, with some
    50's and a few 90's/modern bands that I dont mind like Rage Against and
    Audioslave. Nothing of today's music can compare to the likes of Queen,
    Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Frampton, Def Leppard... but, maybe its
    something you have to grow in to, I didnt always like classic rock but
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  • AelfinnAelfinn Member Posts: 3,857

    Most of the younguns are into pop or rap music around here image, although I'm only 21, so its still my generation.

    As for myself, I enjoy a mix of the best rock out there, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and others among the classics, Black Sabbath and Disturbed among the newer ones.

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