Is music less important to you now you're older?

[Time40]

I love music. It was important to me when I was young, and it has remained very important. The love of music seems to tail off for many people ... how important is it to you now? (Full disclosure - I'm ancient, and I follow the charts. I always have a favourite current song.)

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I just did a round trip from Surrey to Birmingham last night to see Blondie for the second time in a week so no, music is definitely every bit as important as it's always been to me.

Music continues to be important at any age.

Music you first heard when you were young evokes memories

New music makes you think you could still be a tastemaker :)

I loved music in my teens and early twenties. Went to gigs all the time and record shops back when you discovered new bands via mentions on album covers, evening show on radio 1, the NME or as supports for others. Then life got busier with working late and at weekends and I had kids. I still listen sometimes but I crave peace more now and prefer podcasts to music. Gigs are too expensive and too much hassle now. I think it will come back in as the kids get older. We do listen to a range of music with the kids but it's more stuff I already know I like than new stuff.

My DH on the other hand is more in to it now and listens to lots of new stuff but is constantly walking around with headphones in or locked away upstairs (as not all songs are age appropriate for the kids) and that annoys me as he is shut off from family life.

I'm in my 60's. I love quite a variety of music, but hardly any of it is pop music these days - think more Chris Isaacs, Tom Waites, Astrud Gilberto, Eve Cassidy, and above everyone else Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.

I love and need it much more now than I did when I was young. Music takes me now where nothing else comes close to it. Apart from seeing my family continue healthily and expanding, I want to live as long as possible so that I can listen to the music that brings Heaven to Earth for me.

I've always loved music. We go to several big concerts and at least one festival every year, loads of local gigs, events with bands/djs on. Play music a lot at home we've got records and turntable still as well as cd's for the car. Like both old and new music of many genres but mainly rock, indie, classical, disco, 80's.

I am stuck in the past - listen to heart or magic so dont hear that much new stuff really

I love dance music and I'm in my 50s.

I'm a professional (classical) musician so obviously music is a huge part of my life. On average I'll have 3-4 hours of orchestral or chamber rehearsals/concerts a day, and 3-4 hours individual practice. On top of that there is score prep to do at home, couple of hours weekly. I have a few students so that's more music. And I like going to concerts in my free time

I'm still young but it's a joy to see my colleagues in their 50s and 60s be as passionate as we are at half their age. I'm fortunate to work with a fantastic orchestra where you can feel the energy the minute you enter the building, and it just never gets old. On stage everybody comes alive and there is this hunger for more, but also an amazing feeling of enjoying every single note we play.

I also listen to music when I'm alone at home, on the train to and from work, etc. Almost never classical - I like early rock, all pop, and am currently a bit obsessed with country music from the 80s.

I love music, I think the difference is that lots of people especially when young seem to want people to know their music tastes and want them to like what they like. I have sung in quite a few choirs. My Mother used to sing all the time at hime when doing chores.

@Time40 - 'would you like me to assign someone to butter your muffin" is a quote from Mean Girls according to my teenage DDs. I actually introduced my daughters to Wet Leg as I'm an avid 6 Music listener and they were playing them on there ages ago.

I'm more into music than ever and am often aware of new artists which gives me some kudos in DC's eyes 😁. Although have to admit that eldest DD's love of drill is one step too far. Both DC are v into music and eldest wants to be a music producer!

Pre-covid and when the DC were younger we took them to festivals and had a blast. Longing for next year when we can go again. Am in my 50s btw and currently listening to 6Music ❤.

From my teens to thirties I would have said I was really into music, went to loads of festivals, regularly out at gigs etc. Then I had children and for years I lost interest in music, probably because life was hectic and I was short of spare time and energy. Now in my early 50s I listen mostly to Radio 6 Music, I find they play a good mix of current new music and the older music I remember. I've come across some new bands and tracks I really like thanks to R6. And also "discovered" some bands who had completely passed me by during the years of having young children. Haven't been back to gigs yet but maybe that's something to aim for. The DCs aren't that into music and if they are it's a fleeting interest in current chart stuff, think Capital Radio playlist, so there's no push from them yet to go to gigs or festivals.

I'm still a lover of dance music and I'm 57, the young ones at work..their eyes almost pop out when they find out this. I suppose I'm just and oldie to them

Music has always been important but I did have a few hiatus's when DC were small. I call the fist lot the' Thomas the Tank' years and the second lot' In The Night Garden' years (20 years between dc). We often watch the nostalgia TOTP type of programme and OH will ask my opinion and there are swathes of years I have no clue about so just say .....TOT/ITNG years 😄

I did spend quite a few years clubbing and gave up work for a while to concentrate on it ( I call it my semi mid-life gap years). I still love dance music but only get out once year or so. DS is getting into his music and we have been taking him out to gigs, something I wasn't allowed to do when I was his age

I treated myself to a new record deck last year so spending way too much on vinyl

My interest in music has definitely declined. Like other pp's, difficult and tragic life events made listening to music painful at times - even happy music. I still discover 'new' singers and groups and listen to them and enjoy them. I occasionally take a notion to listen to all the old Roxy Music, Japan and Kate Bush tracks I loved in the eighties, but I don't HAVE to be listening to music like I did way back when. I prefer audiobooks now! DP still loves music and listens to all kinds of shit stuff, old and new. My dad used to have an eye wateringly expensive music system (he was not rich!) and was still avidly listening to music in his late seventies.

@Dianaofthelakeofshiningwaters Ah, that's where it comes from - thank you!

My dad used to have an eye wateringly expensive music system (he was not rich!) and was still avidly listening to music in his late seventies

Mine was very keen on music right up to the end of his life. My DP is also a big music fan, and his father is too. I wonder if a love of music is genetic?

They'll be prising my Spotify subscription out of my cold dead hands :)

I'm 40, I love music. To my delight my children are also developing a love for music. My dad has a lot of health and mobility issues so is struggling to find many pleasures in life, but he has always loved music and it's something he can still enjoy.

As important as it always has been to me. I can't imagine life without music or dancing. I'm almost 50 but can still dance till 6am when the mood takes me! I like underground electronica and deep house, but I can listen to most genres. I have a few dj friends so just tend to listen to their playlists on soundcloud.

46...still love my music.

I've had to cut back a lot lately as not working atm but Spotify is going nowhere.

Playlists run the gamut from Chopin to Bad Boy Chiller Crew 😁!

Yes but I'm not so interested in the artists themselves anymore, unless they actually are interesting, or have done something interesting, if that makes sense. I used to buy melody maker and other magazines and hang around before or after gigs to try to meet the artists. I'd listen to and read interviews and if someone mentioned a book or film I'd seek it out. I still listen to music, buy cds and go to gigs but the celebrity side of it I'm less arsed aboutso I'm a different type of fan. Also I'm more aware that meeting fans and is probably a chore for them.

I’m 45 busy family / own business etc etc I like music but I really struggle to find headspace to discover new artists or follow up on suggestions so I’m in a rut of listening to stuff from 10-15 years ago.

My tastes seem to naturally be very “uncool”. I’ve recently started listening to imagine dragons because a young dc likes them but apparently “real music fans” hate imagine dragons. That’s the sort of music snobbery I just can’t be arsed with.

Yes, I was a huge music fan in my teens and early 20s, used to go to gigs most week. Now in my 50s I have completely lost interest, to the extent that I hate having it on in the house and only occasionally listen in the car or at work. Haven’t been to a gig for at least 20 years. It’s weird, I still like all the stuff I used to like, but I just don’t like having music on at all. I strongly prefer peace and quiet or spoken word. I do have Spotify but can easily go a couple of weeks without using it.

I need music. Tinnitus has put an end to me being able to appreciate silence and music keeps me sane.

I love music as much now as I ever did. But I am a bit less inclined to discover new artists. I go to lots more gigs now I'm older though. Can afford it and don;t need babysitters now DC are grown. Also, I had to take them to loads of gigs from age 12 so got back into the habit.