Reply #50: I once was proud of my vast musical knowledge, so I am a bit [View All]

[Kat45]

bummed to be so clueless about today's music. On the other hand, most of what I do hear sucks. I listened to--and knew a lot about--music throughout the sixties, seventies, and eighties. When I played Trivial Pursuit and the category was music, my teammates would defer to my answer because they knew that I knew my stuff. When I was in my thirties, I wrote for a local music magazine and hung out in the local rock scene where most folks were about a decade younger than me. I was into the same music some of my friends' kids listened to.

I was still writing into the early nineties, then my main magazine folded, the music changed, and I didn't like much of what I heard any more. I'd occasionally hear something that I kinda liked, and only twice did I hear a new band that I loved. Then one day, I saw the list of Grammy nominees and realized that I hadn't even heard of most of them. If I look at the Billboard charts, same thing happens. But I've gotten to the point where I don't really care that much any more. I used to be really passionate about music, but I'm just not any more. Even when someone I really like comes to town, I don't want to bother going to see them. I guess that means I'm finally getting old, now that I'm in my late forties. And I think the biggest problem is that I haven't found a passion to replace the one I've lost.