> Gary continues..

> As for the "universally disliked" class, Pearl Jam is disqualified for
> appearing on the Audities Best of the 90s list. I'm probably wrong, but
> I don't know that anybody here would admit to liking these:

> Michael Bolton
> Mariah Carey
> Celine Dion (oh PLEASE let it be her!)
> Whitney Houston

After reading this post, it got me to thinking: as Dylan said "I was so much
older then, I'm younger than that now".  When I was listening to WABC radio
as a 12-14 year old, from 1970-1972, I was really loving songs by the likes
of Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Roberta Flack, Helen Reddy, etc... artists who
in some ways might be considered the early '70s equivalents of the four you
mentioned (yes, I know The Supremes and Bang-era Neil were considered pretty
cool, but by the early '70s things had changed).

Although I really dig '50s R&B and Rockabilly, along with all the pop stuff
I love, I find it very interesting that as I've gotten older not only have
my tastes become narrower but they've become "less mature" as well.  This
may merely be a surface analysis; although I'm reasonably certain I'd have
loved Michael Bolton, Mariah Carey, Celene Dion, and Whitney Houston had
they been doing their music in the early '70s, it may simply be that my
undeveloped musical palate was merely lapping up everything that was being
played on the radio, and that I otherwise wouldn't have liked the more
"earnest, soul-bearing ballads" of people like Ross and Diamond.  Who
knows...

Anybody else on this list feel the same way about development of their
tastes over the years?
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Pop Rules!!!!!
Take Care,
David