r/Music • u/JoJo_Starrr • 2h ago

discussion Feeling weird about liking old music

does this break the sub rules:

Hello, lately I've been having some intrusive thoughts that suck the joy out of music I love, the vast majority of albums I listen to are from 50s to 80s (classical music is my favorite and by far what i listen to most but let's ignore that for now), this started really bugging me, like why the hell I'm I listening to something so damn old? I mean the only active musician I listen to is Kanye, but the majority of my favorite musicians are long dead, this makes feel like my taste is dead or stuck in the past, I know for a fact the kind of music I love almost certainly will never become famous or made again.

I forgot to mention I'm 19 so that's the problem, does anybody also face this? If so how did you deal with it?

For reference, other than classical I listen to jazz, soul, and some kinds of rock.

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u/ronshasta 2h ago

Brother this is a non issue that shouldn’t be worrying you for any reason. Stop caring about what others think and just live your life your own way dude

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u/JoJo_Starrr 2h ago

It's not that I care about others opinions, it's a problem with myself, "why the heck I'm I enjoying music made 50 years ago?".

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u/ronshasta 2h ago

Why is that something wrong and why are you letting it bother you?

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u/JoJo_Starrr 1h ago

I mean, I assume it's good to keep your finger on the pulse, rather than sticking to mostly fixed stuff.