Is it normal to like or dislike one kind of music for periods of time?

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I grew up with a lot of rock music in the house and have always been a fan. I love bands like The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, ELO, Cream, etc. I always love this kind of music no matter what.

When I was in high school I was really into heavy metal. Favorites were Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Motorhead, Iced Earth, etc.

I am now 30 and go back and forth between loving and strongly disliking metal music. I might go through a whole month where I love listening to metal. A week after that I may listen to a Stones' album and decide metal is garbage and I have no interest in it for several months. Every time it comes on shuffle on my ipod I will change it.

After a long period of distaste and even considering getting rid of all of these albums I'll suddenly fall in love with the metal again.

Is this normal?

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  • hemper
    12 years ago

    I have a theory about that, imho good music is good but too much of a good thing is not good. So once in a while I'll listen to the autotuned radio shit for a while and when i finally get back to listening to some classic rock OMFFFFFG its like falling in love for the first time and having an orgasm at the same time.

    everything in moderation is what i say

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  • la_la_la_la
    11 years ago

    Hiya,

    I'm assuming there's no real need to get rid of said albums, you haven't mentioned it.

    Don't do that -- that just means you'll want them back 10 minutes later. Put them in shoe boxes, then when/if you want to listen to them again, take them out and give them a good old clean. If months turn to years and you still haven't listened to them, then get rid of them.

    Some of the things I told myself were that I had to stop listening to a lot of my heavier stuff (mostly the same as you) because of hearing damage/tinnitus; it made me angry so it wasn't a good idea; the bands' concerts were too far away. No, the truth was, I’d simply had enough of it. It happens.

    I don't think you like said albums as much as you think. If you did getting rid of them wouldn't even cross your mind – you just wouldn't want to. There's nothing wrong with preferring what you grew up with.

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  • Hmmaybe
    12 years ago

    I do this with bands and subgenres, but not entire genres.

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  • la_la_la_la
    12 years ago

    Hiya,

    I was & am the same, only it happens for years rather than weeks or months.

    A couple of years ago nobody loved heavy metal like I did – I had the band t-shirts, the jacket with patches on, black nail varnish, etc. I had a bunch of friends who were the same.

    Then my enthusiasm for it all started to lessen. It's all but gone now, as has the clothing (it's a good job I don't see said friends now, because if they knew I’d never hear the end of it) I asked dad why there was all this stuff played in the house that I couldn't stand. His response was that somebody did want it put on & it wasn't him ... I couldn't believe it.

    I think you'll always prefer what you grew up with to what you find yourself; it's part of you, like your DNA. I hope my enthusiasm for heavy metal comes back because if it doesn't I’ll be left with a bunch of CDs that don't get played, which is pointless.

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  • toliety
    12 years ago

    Y not

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  • Shackleford96
    12 years ago

    I miss singing along to all my favorite songs with her too... :(

    Tastes change, it's normal.

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