Musikwala
Popmartian
I thought this would make for an interesting topic of discussion. Has your list of favourite bands or artists changed at all over the course of your life so far? Did it change drastically at some point? Or has it never changed?
Try to be as descriptive as possible, including possibly listing any and all guilty pleasures of your childhood... if applicable.
When I was very little.. in the early 80s, my first exposure to music included our own Indian film music of course but also ABBA, Bee Gees and I don't know what else. It was all the popular pop stuff of that era.
During the course of the 80s I got to watching the Grammy awards religiously every year because my parents would watch. So I was listening to a whole bunch of Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Don Henley, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and the like. No albums yet though.
Michael Jackson was a big big early favourite... which lasted till about the mid 90s when I went almost 100% into rock.
In 1992 we got satellite television and MTV, so my musical palette exploded right then and there! Fav bands during the early 90s included Guns n Roses, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and Bryan Adams for the most part.
I was also simultaneously getting exposed to several Beatles songs thanks largely due to my dad who is a fan. I got into them through the red and blue compilation albums.
From the early to mid 90s on, I started getting crazy about U2, R.E.M. and other so-called alternative rock acts including a whole bunch of grunge bands.
There was a time during the 90s when I got swept up a little bit in the Spice Girls and Take That hype but thankfully it subsided soon enough.
Also during the late 90s and early 00s, I caught up on a lot of classic rock like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Doors etc.
By the early 2000s, my list looked like this: U2, R.E.M., The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Oasis. Stuff like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and Iron Maiden had been dropped.
Then, around 2005 or so, I explored the rest of Tori Amos' catalogue and became a huge fan of hers. So she was added to my list.
In other words, my list was mostly a whole lot of alternative bands with a few classic rock giants like Floyd and Zeppelin mixed in. I think my list is still pretty much the same as we speak. But as I post on this forum more and more, I'm finding myself gravitating towards classic rock again and leaving alternative/indie behind.
Sorry, I rambled on way more than I wanted to but I hope it was easy to read. lol. Looking forward to all your stories!
Try to be as descriptive as possible, including possibly listing any and all guilty pleasures of your childhood... if applicable.
When I was very little.. in the early 80s, my first exposure to music included our own Indian film music of course but also ABBA, Bee Gees and I don't know what else. It was all the popular pop stuff of that era.
During the course of the 80s I got to watching the Grammy awards religiously every year because my parents would watch. So I was listening to a whole bunch of Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Don Henley, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and the like. No albums yet though.
Michael Jackson was a big big early favourite... which lasted till about the mid 90s when I went almost 100% into rock.
In 1992 we got satellite television and MTV, so my musical palette exploded right then and there! Fav bands during the early 90s included Guns n Roses, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and Bryan Adams for the most part.
I was also simultaneously getting exposed to several Beatles songs thanks largely due to my dad who is a fan. I got into them through the red and blue compilation albums.
From the early to mid 90s on, I started getting crazy about U2, R.E.M. and other so-called alternative rock acts including a whole bunch of grunge bands.
There was a time during the 90s when I got swept up a little bit in the Spice Girls and Take That hype but thankfully it subsided soon enough.
Also during the late 90s and early 00s, I caught up on a lot of classic rock like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Doors etc.
By the early 2000s, my list looked like this: U2, R.E.M., The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Oasis. Stuff like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and Iron Maiden had been dropped.
Then, around 2005 or so, I explored the rest of Tori Amos' catalogue and became a huge fan of hers. So she was added to my list.
In other words, my list was mostly a whole lot of alternative bands with a few classic rock giants like Floyd and Zeppelin mixed in. I think my list is still pretty much the same as we speak. But as I post on this forum more and more, I'm finding myself gravitating towards classic rock again and leaving alternative/indie behind.
Sorry, I rambled on way more than I wanted to but I hope it was easy to read. lol. Looking forward to all your stories!