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In Reply to: RE: Bizarre twist in musical taste (long) posted by DrChaos on July 2, 2012 at 17:41:34:
Interesting and insightful thoughts there, Chaos, Emsquare, and other posters. (I wish it were easier to view multiple past posts while posting.) I'm not posting this at this particular point in the various chains for any particular reason, other than I think it follows youse guys' posts, more or less.
The very first music I remember liking was the background for cartoons, when I was a little kid. Looking back, it always seemed to augment, or perfectly fit, the cartoon scene.
By the time I became aware of Elvis and Frankie, et al, I already knew that their music was simple music, and not up to the nearly operatic level of cartoon music. Although, I did enjoy "Blue Velvet", "Blueberry Hill", and a few other specific tunes during adolescence. But as a whole, the "boy-loves-girl" music genre left me bored. I was much more interested in the girls than the music, and in the more intricate stylings of orchestral music that had been used in the cartoons.
Once I started taking piano lessons, and subsequently began playing trumpet, I was introduced to music that I hadn't ever heard, and, I liked it. Long gone were Elvis, Frankie, and the gang. Sometimes, I listened to my parent's albums of the Living Strings, Fred Waring, etc., and while I appreciated the musicality and exceptional professionalism of their work, and that that style appealed to a lot of people, it just wasn't for me. Still, I'm very thankful for having been exposed to that genre, so I at least know something about it.
Somewhere along the line, I heard Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue". From then on, I was hooked on both jazz and orchestral music.
Well, it didn't take long for me to get into Herb Alpert, Doc Severinsen, Rafael Mendez, Maynard Ferguson, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and many others.
Fast forward... I pursued an education in music, where, oddly enough, I was introduced to, via a college roommate, Led Zeppelin. Well, that eventually blossomed into a full-fledged love of rock and roll.
Thankfully, although the sound was always in the air, like a pollutant, I managed to avoid buying any Joni Mitchell, John Denver, PP&M, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, etc., albums. I'm still patting myself on the back for that success. Folk singing with acoustic guitar always did, and always will, bore the snot out of me.
Is that an interesting story, or what? ;)
Who else has another good one? Long, shortened.
:)
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