Tastes change with age?


Felt old, today, when I was seemingly unreasonably annoyed when a kid drove by in a rattling junk car with a boomin' system.  Pretty sure the kid thought it sounded good.

It's unreasonable, because I may or may not have once been a kid in a rattling junk car with a ridiculous set of subwoofers who may or may not have thought it sounded good at the time.  I guess tastes change with age, wisdom, exposure, and experience.  A "friend" might have once been able to stomach some Mad Dog 20/20 Orange Jubilee but now thinks he appreciates terroir.

Aside from perhaps having more "disposable" income as "audiophiles" age or moving with technology, might others prefer different types of music/gear than they once upon a time did?
stfoth
Always liked Rock & Roll,Heavy Metal and some Blues.I have recently discovered and added some Jazz into the mix and some Blues from the Gals like,Sena Erhardt,Janiva Magnuss,Debbie Davis,Joann Shaw Taylor. Joyce Cooling does some nice Jazz Guitar work,Jeff Golub,Lee Ritenour-Captain Fingers although i did get some of his albums years ago.The Mark Lettieri -Spark and Echo CD is pretty good.I found him through Snarky Puppy.It seems like the Jazz segment has really good mixes.I avoided Country growing up but I can do a little of it now a days.A splash of Classical.I still crank the Heavy Metal out tho.Tool sounds great on the system as well.Yep,some of the old faves were really recorded horribly!It's like"did you guys even listen to this?"

boxer12, if you want to see what lead up to Smile, there is a great documentary on the making of the Pet Sounds album. PS contains what I consider the "best" song ever written---"God Only Knows". Paul McCartney feels the same about the song. There is a video on You Tube wherein a musicologist sits at a piano, discussing, explaining, and demonstrating the incredible construction of this very sophisticated (almost Baroque in quality) song. It was light years ahead of what anyone else in Pop or Rock was doing at the time (or has done at any time).