test o'timers (for older board members)
 

this is the opposite to the burnout thread, what music has stood the test of time for you?

I DON'T MEAN WHAT OLD MUSIC DO YOU LIKE

I DO MEAN THIS: What music have you been listening to for over 10 years but never really lost interest in?

Sorry if this question alienates younger board members. But just think, in a few years time, when you have come of age, you can reserect this thread and join the ranks of your elders and betters.

Me:

Sonic Youth
Wu Tang
Mudhoney
Delgados
Belle & Sebastian
Michael Jackson
Public Enemy
De La Soul
Gang Starr
Nas
Nirvana
The Jesus Lizard
Black Flag

Urusei Yatsura, but I'm not properly qualified for this thread. I've only been properly into the whole music thing for 11 or so years. The Fall and Sonic Youth I bought albums by over 10 years ago. I still like those albums. Although I'm not the rabid fan of SY I once was.

Here we go. All of this is stuff I've been listening to regularly for at least 20 years (I'm 35, by the way):

The Fall
Sonic Youth
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Propaganda
The Art of Noise (ZTT period!)
Anne Pigalle
Gaye Bykers on Acid
The BAmbi Slam
The Smiths
Fields of the Nephilim
The Baby Men
Bogshed
Public Enemy
Eric B and Rakim
Lots of jazz music...

There's lots of other music I still like, but as I say, the above stuff is still listened to on a very regular basis.

I've loved R.E.M. since I was little little.
Haha that's all I can think of, but I'm young...

Sonic Youth
Nirvana
REM
The Doors
Pearl Jam
The Stones
The Ramones
Velvet Underground/Lou Reed
Led Zeppelin
L7
Babes in Toyland
Frank Zappa
Cream
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Husker Du/Sugar
The Replacements
Kraftwerk
Pink Floyd
Leonard Cohen
Fugazi
The Modern Lovers
Beck
Phish
Bad Brains
Patti Smith
Wire
Talking Heads
PJ Harvey
Dinosaur Jr.
X
The Who
The Beatles
Oldies in general
Pixies/Frank Black
Radiohead
The Breeders

Don't hate.......

sy
jesus lizard
the fall
public enemy
dj shadow
boredoms
will oldham/palace
smog
mudhoney

Ahhhhhh! I'm 26 and the only music I've listened to for more than 10 years is classical music, which I've been listening to for about 15 years.

hm i would say sonic youth of course, and john coltrane, charlie mingus, beethoven, the velvet underground, patti smith, chopin, bach, "brain" eno (ha!), bizet, erik satie, stockhausen, yo la tengo, laurie anderson, roxy music, beat happening, i could go on and on..

well fuck toilet, how many 16 year olds will admit to enjoying Barney the Purple Dinosaur's first albums

the only band i have liked that whole period would have to be the B-52s

sonic youth
nick cave and the bad seeds
einsturzende neubauten
tool
mudhoney
led zepplin
barret
public enemy

there are so many to be honest that i just cant post them all.

So far DEVO, Queen, The Clash and Bowie have stood the test of 10+ years for me. I'm only 20 so I can't say much for anything else.

For me though, I go through phases of what bands I listen to the most. I don't ever competely burn out on a band unless they suck.

Bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Alec Empire, Aphex Twin, Dinosaur Jr, Jimi Hendrix, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Massive Attack, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Big Black, Black Flag, Meshuggah, Rollins Band, Slayer, Tool, Velvet Underground, Metallica, etc. are still on my playlist. Too many to remember all. I've only quite recently(abt 2 years ago) gotten into the free-form jazz and noise bands. Even though I'm 26, I've only recently really gotten serious with the music. There was a period of time(about 10-12 years) that I can't really account for. I think I was stranded on a mysterious island and had to push a button for every 108 minutes.

Faith No More, pretty much the only band I still listen when I got into hair-metal bands like Guns and Roses and Motley Crue.

Nirvana definetly

Sonic Youth, got into them around Experimental JetSet, guess that's why I like it and defend it so much on this board.

I also still on ocassion listen to the first two Weezer albums.

Oh and I'm glad I never got rid of all my punk rock albums. Don't listen to it SO much I'm talking about bands like

Screeching Weasel
The Queers
Nofx
a few others as well

10 yrs is a long time...

cap'n jazz
sy
rachels
nas
sidekick kato

i used to love screeching weasel...its a shame he turned into such a trainwreck

Shock the middle class, take it up your punk rock ass.
You rub your little thing, when you see phony dykes in Penthouse magazine.
So what's the difference Mr. Cream Rinse, you just need a man.
A beefy leather fag, to take you out in drag oh yeah.

im not sure now if people are talking about what they used to listen 10 years ago or *what they still listen to* which was supposed to be the question??

Probably no bands. 10 years ago I was listening to Barney or something. I still listen to SY and I started listening to them when I was like 10. Other than that probably just Fugazi and Guerilla Biscuits.

What happened to all the victory records bands? I kinda lost touch.