Reply #48: i'll be 54 this year,

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and i'm not sure there ever was "age appropriate" music for me consistently. around home, my mom listened to country and gaelic music, when i "discovered" music for myself, i was about 10, and i fell in love with the Monkees and Paul Revere and the Raiders. as a result, i never really listened to the Beatles or the later 50s artists. i didn't like music that was too loud or sung by someone who screamed into a microphone. in the early 70s, i pretty mmuch left classic rock in my past and got involved in folk music, especially Peter, Paul and Mary, and John Denver. in the early 80s, i turned back to rock and pop a bit more, with genesis, huey lewis, and the police. i also liked to listen to soundtracks (footloose, man who would be king, ladyhawke, etc.) and light jazz. by the end of the 80s, i had succumbed to the alluring sound of classical, and new age.

The last couple of years, one of the things i've been trying to do is catch up with some of the music i partly missed out on the first time through, though some of it doesn't have a really hard sound, like Ambrosia, Alan Parsons Project, the Walker Bros, Engelbert Humperdinck--a little of a lot of different stuff.

right now, i'm into all of the above, mixing Neil Diamond with David Lanz, Alan Parsons with Jim Reeves. The first album i've bought recently is Susan Boyle's album, and while i don't care for a couple of the covers, i think she has started out pretty well, and look forward to a new one from her.

BTW, if anyone cares, go to Youtube and search for "Wings to Fly" which was a 13th track on the Japanese release only. it's a shame that it wasn't on the regular album, because her voice is perfect for that song.

so, i guess i'm all mixed up at this point.