You don't have to grow out of something because you've enjoyed it for a long time. If you genuinely like this stuff, then good for you. Most people say they grow out of bands like Linkin Park because their musical and lyrical ideas are extremely simple and connect with a lot of young people that haven't necessarily spent much time fostering appreciation for these modes of expression. Once they do, they realize that plenty of other music has a more profound effect on them and acts like Linkin Park return significantly less per listen. Its simply a matter of the brain making better musical/verbal connections with experience and getting more pleasure from more sophisticated material. That's why they grow out of it.
that sophisticated road is a pretty dangerous one one to take, i have a friend and i´m not kidding that stopped listening to the stones and the beatles for that same reason to start listening only Opera and classical music because it was more sophisticated and mature, music works trough emotion and either you like something or not, and a lot of people seems to be embarrased of what kind of music they get emotions from, that´s also why bands that everybody thought weren´t cool in its time are cool twenty years or more later and are classics or inspirations
When I say "sophisticated," I don't necessarily mean stuffy, academic, classy or other adjectives based on perceived superiority. I mean the extent to which the intricacy of a piece of music or poetry delights the brain. Whether or not you agree that opera and "classical" music is better, it is objectively more intricate and complex than anything the Stones did. It seems most people max out their ability (or enthusiasm) to enjoy complicated music before reaching the art music stage and there's nothing wrong with that, but unless your friend only listens to the stuff to try to look smarter or classier or whatever, then I have no doubt that he is enjoying a more substantial emotional experience than anything classic rock can give him.
A lot of people say the same thing about grown ass men playing video games.
Again, you don't seem to be saying much about the person's involvement in music other than that he excludes traditionally common and accessible styles. Jazz and "classical" are simply the most complex and rewarding styles of music for a lot of people who make that investment in listening and feeling. Mainstream "pop" styles do not have the subtlety that art styles do. You don't have to agree that one or the other is better, but that much is a defining difference between the approaches.
I still like LP :
Absolutely.
In 10 years you're going to have the Nu Metal version of this:
Well, yes, but by mainstream I meant almost anything falling under the styles of rock, folk, dance, country, most jazz, etc. As with anything taxonomical, there will be a point where the lines and distinctions break down, but for the most part, these styles have a different scope and purpose than western art music (which again, makes the jazz movement incredibly interesting to examine).
This I totally agree with. There is more to music than simply harmonic interplay, and our lives are much more complex than any ideal that makes our enjoyment of music out to be nothing more than a successive series of more complicated Skinner boxes accurately reflects. People like what they like for highly unpredictable reasons.
I did too.
