”My understanding of the topic from leeneia's original post is how our appreciation of different styles of music, or specific pieces of music or works by specific songwriters or composers or lyricists can change over time. The music we may have dismissed as not worth listening to at certain phases of our lives may become more meaningful later in our lives, depending on the experiences we have enjoyed or endured.”

That’s my understanding too, Helen, and I found the rest of your post very interesting and thought-provoking. I guess it’s to be expected but, over the years and as I’ve aged (77 now), my musical interests have widened greatly and, nowadays, I can (and do) listen to pretty much anything, with the possible exception of Hip-hop, and get pleasure from it on some level. I’m at home all day alone (my wife is younger than me and still works full-time) so the radio is on via Smart-speaker, and playing music all the time I’m in the house.

I’d just refer GUEST: Hootenanny to my post of 22 Jun 24 - 05:45 AM. There’s only one person ‘wasting time’ on this thread.