How has your love life/getting older affected your love for music?

My first bad breakup got me into all this sappy singer/songwriter and folky music and blues.
My next long term relationship inundated me with country music because that’s what she liked most and made me appreciate cheesy romantic swamp pop.
When that fell apart, it drove me back to the emo music that was popular when I was a teen, stuff like Hawthorne Heights, My Chemical Romance, and Taking Back Sunday.
My rebound from that girl brought me to more “swaggy” classic rock about f$&king because I finally felt cool again. I started listening to a lot of AC/DC, Zeppelin, Kiss, Guns n Roses, early Van Halen, 70’s Aerosmith.

Listening to that stuff made me seek out more stuff like it that’s modern, getting me on my current kick of new bands that sound like the 70’s in Greta Van Fleet, Jade Bird, The Struts, Dirty Honey, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, Bishop Gunn, True Villains, Jason Martin, Kyle Kraft, East of Eden, etc.

The short version is, a lot of music about love and heartache seemed cheesy until I really experienced it. A lot of music about being cool and f$&king sounded campy until I got to experience life as a man whore for a little while. The truth is, most music is tied to genuine experience of emotions, and until you experience those emotions for yourself, that music can be difficult to connect with.

For frick’s sake

Less tolerant of “shitty” music by my definition. Not being in clubs. Not chasing tail that likes shitty music changes your perception.

I have a good friend who still loves techno or EDM now. I mean legitimately enjoys it. Which is fine but I feel bad for him. I think you reach a certain age where you feel silly listening to certain types of music. Especially loud. Like metal or techno or rap.

I get all of the country heartbreak songs now