This next post will have a kind of
autobiographical tone, as it refers to music and the way in which it plays a
role in defining one’s personality, and serves as a quick way to identify
what tendencies defined our lives.
To start off, I’d like to point out that I wasn’t
really that interested in music at a young age, (until about 8th
grade), to the point I wasn’t really paying enough attention to it as to
remember iconic songs. The only exception would be a few songs by The Doors,
Queen and Café Tacuba, that my father used to play in the car every time we
traveled. I was very little at that time, about 3 – 4 years old or so.
Gradually, I became more and more attracted to
a few music genres, starting with heavy metal and classic rock and, as time
went by, also electronic music, and classical music. As I started to get
more distant to rock music, this weird mix evolved in my last school days into
a few defined musical choices, mainly “french electro” in the case of
electronic music, and baroque and romantic composers for european
orchestrated music.
This, I would think, is the core of my music
taste, still strong today but quite diversified now with elements of jazz and
hip hop. Obviously, one has a kind of "sect-like" attitude to music as a kid,
maybe as a way to distance oneself from
what is often seen as “mainstream” or trending music. When you get older,
you also are less driven to judge other kinds of music.
Lastly, I will post a few samples of french electro and baroque music that I like:
Electro:
Baroque:
French electro? Yes bro, Daft Punk rulez!
ResponderEliminarwell done
ResponderEliminargreat songs, thanks for the recommendation!
ResponderEliminarIs interesting to think about how the music we listen changes along time.
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