Do you have old-school tastes (in music, film, etc.)...

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I think I'm probably the most "old-school" of anyone on here. My biggest special interest is I Love Lucy, my favorite singer/music is Frank Sinatra, I greatly enjoy Big Band swing, and my favorite era is the 1920s. I'm 25, I've been into Lucy since I was 12, and I always stand out as being the only young adult at Lucy events. I relish in anything dealing with classic Hollywood glamour. I'm just basically an "old soul." It doesn't alienate me, though. I never have "clicked" with people my own age; I've always gotten along better with adults and the elderly. My old-school interests help foster friendships with people older than I.

I like classic rock (60's-70's) myself; does that count?

I don't enjoy movies or popular culture, I'm not really interested in anything about people.

Probably why I can't relate to popular music at all including classical rock...I just don't feel connected to it like everyone seems too. I listen too liquid drum and bass...anything calm and with a melody. Electronic music speaks to me because it sounds like a machine that is alive and we all know how much I like objects. Maybe i'm a robot and I can relate to synthesizers.

My favourite song is called "On white horses by Jackie” it was a TV programme by the same name. It was the only thing in the world that drew my attention away from biting myself and constantly rocking.
This was 1968 England, I was three years old at the time. The sound of the womans voice blew me away...

Yes.
I prefer older movies to new ones. The reasons:
Computer-animations just do not look convincing and take away the love (I know how troublesome it can be to create something on the PC myself, but they use it for the most trivial stuff and it doesn't come over as convincing), the plot contains too much action in most cases (I need breaks), the sound-mixing is done AWFULLY (too silent when people talk, too loud sound effects, too loud music and non-stop background music, give me a break from all that input!! !), most movies I like are from the mid 70s to late 90s. Examples: Escape from NY/LA, Rambo 1 and 2, Terminator 1 and 2, Home Alone, Blade Runner, Robocop, etc., I also seem to have a preference for the feeling of those movies and like 80s sci fi, especially if it contains cities at night with foggy, rainy feeling and narrow streets. However, I also like most 007 movies (except the new ones with Daniel Craig, too much action and movie elements I dislike).

I prefer old games to new ones (with some exceptions). The reasons:
A corridor in a house doesn't have fifty-thousand pipes and grates and vents and such stuff... Clearly an overusage of details.
Too much bloom and depth of field making everything look as if I needed glasses.
The focus on good graphics ruins the atmosphere and gameplay is often way too slow or slowed down compared to older games.
As I play a lot of first person shooters, the modern ones have a lack of creativity, are usually some war scenario in Afghanistan or alike and look all the same concerning style, no more little riddles, way too linear levels (as someone who designs video game maps in his sparetime, I can only say: I can make one overly detailled curved corridor too and call it a single player map... at least make some maps where you have to walk from the start to A and from A to B then to C then back to A to walk to D, trigger something and go back to A to go to the end - as an example), way too many are coverbased (I prefer oldschool gameplay), poor sounds/sound mixing (lack of bass? I don't know, doesn't seem convincing to me and sounds rather boring) which makes them sound more flat than in some game from 1998, poor usage of sound in games ("dead environment syndrome"), poor usage of birds and alike in outdoor environments to create that living environment if not through the soundscape, if it is sci-fi, too clean spaceships and bases (I like the dirty and rusty sci fi that was very common in the late 90s/early 2000s), overusage of tech and unpractical architecture (how about covering walls with some metal plates so you don't rip off your skin if you fall and hiding those cables on the ground so you don't touch these if you fall? It only makes sense to me if it is a wreck or still under construction), limited creativity concerning technology (most screens are usually LCD/flat or holograms, but what if there will be better tech in the future that will look like CRT screens as unlikely as that may sound? Not many expected flat screens to become mainstream either) too much desaturation/post processing (= as much as aftereffects), monotone colour scheme, barely any play with lights, barely any hidden secrets/eastereggs anymore, too much shaky cam during which you cannot interact with your environment and CUTSCENES (how I hate them! I don't want to watch a movie but play a game and it kills the feeling of being the character you're playing to me, you can include actions of a cutscene into the regular game too, why cutscenes!?), almost no breaks to enjoy your environment and... I better stop now.
There are many reasons, but most people I met usually chose to play modern games because they react allergic to "bad graphics", when I list all those flaws as I see them, their response will be just "But the graphics are nice", I would be a harsh video game critic...

To sum it up: I don't look at just the graphics of a game, I look at its style, creativity, gameplay and individuality, for this reason I often end up playing old games, mostly PC. However, I like to play old console games, NES games like Metroid and Zelda 1, SNES games like Yoshi's Island and N64 games such as F-Zero X or Bomberman64. You could even give me Pac Man or Tetris and keep me busy for hours while most people would just quit after a first game over.

My taste in music is very special too.
I dislike pretty much 99% of modern pop.
I like metal (e.g. KoRn, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Rammstein), I like punk, grunge and other such genres (like Green Day, Rise Against, Nirvana), other types or rock (like Darkness and David Bowie).
I like electronic music (Hybrid mostly, I really want their album "I Choose Noise"as a hard copy - but it is so expensive! - An internet friend introduces me to minimalism at the moment and I like it so far).
I like to listen to classic music more and more (Chopin is my favourite composer).
I like video game soundtracks (and once again, I prefer those older ones who are making use of synthesizer strings and other such computer-generated instrument-samples but still sounding somewhat orchestral, e.g. Unreal, Quake, Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, those which sound electronical, e.g. Unreal Tournament, Tron 2.0 and also partially Unreal as well, and those which are more metal-ish in sound and/or composition, e.g. F-Zero X, Ninja Gaiden (for NES), MegaMan) and dislike overly "epic" sounding video game music (example: Skyrim, exception: Bulletstorm because of its individual sound and recurring song elements in almost every piece), maybe because if you know one, you know most and I heard "epic" music too often in my life.
And I like pop from the mid-70 until late 80s/early 90s a lot (nothing specific but I like it a lot when my father turns on the radio in his car and changes to the local oldies channel ).

Sorry, again such a long post, I just can't hold back sometimes...

I have old-school tastes, too...I like music from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. I was about 9 years old when my stepmother introduced me to Simon and Garfunkel, and I loved them. A lot of their music was pretty deep for a 9 - 11 - year old, and could be kind of depressing at times, but I still loved their music. Their songs touched and "shifted" parts of me that the music that other kids my age listened to didn't. I'm also a fan of classic films, both live-action and animated. I know a lot about certain actresses/actors from long-ago film eras (especially Sterling Holloway) and trivia related to classic movies is very fascinating to me.

I think my tastes are quite old fashioned. My favorite films range between singing in the rain, top hat, notorious, the court jester, funny girl Mel brooks films etc. I have a serious love for specific musicals, opera scores and old fashioned super hero memorabilia like tshirts with classic thunder at images batman green lantern and x men. I listen to modern music sort of but I have a soft spot for frank Sinatra patty labelle eft. I am only 29 most of this stuff was old when I was born. Do I feel Alia aged because of this? I would if I armed if people did not love what I love which I do not.

Yes I can say I have my old school side. I don't know so much about cinema so I will skip it, though I remember that I was in love with french black and white movies when I was a child : Marcel Pagnol movies, Don Camillo for example. And that was kinda "strange" according to the others at that time.

About music I love a lot of things which make me be old school, let's say new wave, synth music, EBM and that experimental and minimalist electro band called Kraftwerk and other weird projects like S.P.O.C.K ...
I also listen to old french singers, my favorites are Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Michel Berger, Daniel Balavoine and Gainsbourg for his avant-gardist side.
For being a musician, classical music is kind of what I began to listen and play, like Sylvastor my favorite is Chopin. I remember that my piano teacher had some hard times with me because I used to focus on Chopin and didn't want to play the pieces of another composer...

I have old school taste in games as well. I think that the oldies were a thousand more advanced than what we have now. And those games really made us use our brain. I was (and still am actually) totally into point and click games, my best memory about that is when I received Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis as a present, I was around 7 years old, couldn't really english but managed to finish it without struggling too much. Sometimes I play it again just for fun. And of course I enjoy playing the old SEGA, NES, SNES & co games like Shinobi, Zelda, Illusion of Time, or things like Duck Hunt, Pengo, Tetris...

I think that's all... ah no, I just wanted to add that I have also problems with the cutscenes in nowadays games, ok the graphics are nice, wonderful, awesome and so on BUT I don't want to sit passive for 10 minutes kind of, otherwise I go and watch a movie...

=)

Sometimes I don't like that certain times end and one is forced to move on. Concerning games, I'm still struggling to get Destruction Derby 2 to work properly on my new PC (damn you modern hardware and Windows 7 and your lack of DOS! ). I loved the game and its gameplay, I don't understand how there couldn't be any sequel of it anymore... at least it has a spiritual sequel in FlatOut 2 (which reminds me I still have to pick up FlatOut 1).

Since you seem to like Chopin, I think you might want to visit Mallorca. Last year in summer I was there on the "silent" end (I hate party, my parents know that and actively avoided the party-locations when making a reservation).
Beautiful island. There is a village which is basically in Chopin-fever, it has a statue of him with a shiny, "golden" nose because everybody touches it and says "Hello, Chopin" when passing by, a tradition and since he already had an "outstanding" nose, it looks funny. In a cloister you can even see the piano he used to play on and some of the music he composed there and there is even a small chapel in which a concert with his compositions was given. Even better: Not a lot of seats and since a taste in classic music seems to be rare there were barely any people listening to that little concert, of course one of the must-plays was the Raindrops. I enjoyed it a lot, the accoustic was brilliant there! One can say that witnessing his music being played live in that chapel boosted my interest in him and his works.

I was never able to understand how kids of my age were selling their N64 or SNES just to get a new and "superiour" console... What a waste.

And since you like click and point games (I assume you are referring to the adventure genre as this is the only thing I can connect with it): I heard good things about Deponia 1 and 2, you might want to give it a try, but beware, the style is quite typical for modern 2D-based games (looks like all those flash-animations and such - something that I actually dislike. Can't stand too smooth animations on sprites and too smooth looking sprites, I guess I might miss the low resolutions though).

I had to laugh when I read your comment on cutscenes. And I had to laugh when I came to the realisation how "talk"active I am on the internet.

=) Mallorca is definitely a location I'm going to put on my to-visit-list. That's sad that people are almost totally brainwashed by the mainstream, they miss so much actually. They don't realize how beautiful, deep and touching classical music is and especially the work of Chopin which immediately catches the soul. I would have loved to hear the Raindrop Prelude in a chapel, maybe someday. I don't know if you like Bach and Schubert but hearing their pieces in a chapel is also quite a huge emotional moment (memories from Stockholm). I love to go to classical music concerts, in the last I've been to, they were playing the New World Symphony - Dvorak, I can say that it was intense.

About the old consoles, I can't imagine the idea of selling them or worse throwing them... I still have them and they still work. To be honest, even if one wasn't working I couldn't throw it. It's just as we say "collector".

I will check that game you talked about, Deponia, thanks. Indeed I was referring to the point and click adventures games, and more precisely the LucasArts ones. A real revolution in my childhood =)

(Off topic but I liked your expression "talk-active" )

When it comes to music, I definitely am a classic rock fan. Films? Well, I really can watch lots of different things, but Sci Fi & Horror always top the list. Also, despite being 50, I find myself a huge fan of anime'.

Sincerely,
Matthew

I like old Tech, I like old technology like Computers and even LaserDisc. For collecting with computers I prefer laptops because you can stack them like books on a shelf, because if I collected computer towers I would have no were to store them. With the LaserDisc those you can stack like records but they are hard to find in Thrift Stores for cheap. I manage to find 3 laserdiscs that I like in 1 thrift stores they are Star Trek the undiscovered country, Lethal Weapon 2, and Jurassic Park the lost world. The ones I want to find are Star Wars collection that are THX Certified and Tron The orignal .

Late reply and big reply, I somehow forgot to do so although I intended to.

I should probably phrase it as type-active, something that describes this post just as well as the other two.
A small correction: My Mallorca holiday was in 2011, I forgot that it's 2013 by now.

I fully agree with what you said in your post.

I always had an interest in playing instruments but my interest in listening to music developed quite late, maybe when I was 13, turning 14 and then it was still quite low compared to later. At that time I started to explore what kind of music I like and maybe just 2 years ago I came to realize how beautiful classic music can be after having (in my opinion unfitting) recommendations on YouTube that I got from listening to Jelonek songs, he does instrumental rock played with an electric violin.
Back then when I still had music class and it wasn't cancelled due to lack of teachers, I never understood how everybody could dislike what we were listening to, but I somehow didn't have the motivation to explore that further.
Peers have been listening to music since late elementary school at the latest, they all instantly went to pop, brainwashed by the mainstream? Hard to tell. I never understood what was so special about it. I only made contact with pop at first through my peers which scared me off (didn't like it at all) so that could be why I never really listened to music.

In fact, I am still exploring classic music, which is not that easy.
There are so many compositions in total and the list of compositions of the individual composers is huge and one has to invest a lot of time to become familiar with them. Seeing how emotional and relaxing classic music is, it is really worth investing this time, even if it should take me years.
It's just a shame that in the city I am from there are no concerts with classic music. This city is in the most crowded region of Germany, yet for such a crowded place, this is a real catastrophy. I don't think there is a lot to visit here, just the library and a theatre with a rather poor choice of acts, mostly big alterations of old famous acts which then looks like this: "Family A likes football club A, family B likes football club B, the daughter of A fell in love with the son of B, 'forbidden love'" which I can't relate to, especially if one considers that I do not like football/soccer - which is also weird for a male of my age.
I wish I didn't have to go by bus and train to even get to a concert with classic music. This is probably the only reason I don't go to any while I would like to (one cannot deny that classic sounds best live).

Yes, I also like to listen to Bach, he has lots of brilliant pieces just like Chopin, for example his famous Prelude No.1 in C-Dur or Das wohltemperierte Klavier, they sound simply beautiful. The orchestral piece Air is pretty nice too, I could sleep to this. And the best thing is: I'm still exploring their work!
Sadly, I didn't get to listen to many compositions by Schubert. Right now, only Ave Maria jumps to my mind when I think of him, but that is on my mental to-do-list.

Fun fact: I am a "dead console collector" myself too, if you see it from that point of view. My SNES died some years ago (that was a sad moment, probably GPU), yet I didn't throw it away. There are just too many nice memories that come up when I just see it. Fun fact: When I see something that caused big pleasure for me, I am reminded of lots of things, very vivid memories if I may say so. I can even tell what I've been watching on TV at a random part of a random project of mine if I enjoyed working on it and it's also easier for me to give a short summary then.

Another fun fact: I also collect all my old PCs, too many good memories and it's interesting to open the towers and compare the technology to that of my most recent one.

I'm not sure, but I fear we are slowly derailing the thread.
Maybe we should continue this conversation in a new thread in the topical discussion "Art, Writing and Music" or the "Getting to know each other" subforum? I think that might be a better place to do so.

I also function like that. I wish I could have collected all my old PCs but my family wasn't so up for that Though I could keep an old one from my pre-adolescence with the beginning of my musical work and texts, novels, poems etc I used to write. Indeed it's also a big moment when we open the towers of our old computers, it was a bit massive and chaotic before ! Anyway =)

I agree, we can continue this very interesting discussion in another thread. You can write in my presentation topic as well.