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Puster Bill · 07-16-07, 10:29 AM

Get off of my lawn you whipper-snappers!

I listen to "Brian Boru's March" (oldest piece of music I know how to play).

Sailor Steve · 07-16-07, 10:59 AM

I saw A Hard Days Night and Help! in the theater, when they were released. I missed Woodstock, mainly because I was in boot camp at the time. In the 80's I complained about what a young friend was learning in history class regarding the 60's, because they got it wrong; I should know, I was there.

No, I'm not an old fart, I just play one on television.

I like the German period tracks on my gramaphone because it makes me feel like I'm there.

Hitman · 07-16-07, 12:01 PM

I will be 35 in September, (Well I hope so) though my favourite music is classical one, preferably the romantic composers. I listen regularly to Rachmaninov, Tschaikowsky, Brahms, Chopin, Beethoven, etc. when playing SH3 and when not. However I had my younghood in the 80s -that was the golden era of Disco here- and I love the music of that time U2, Simple Minds, Bolshoi, and such, yet I do not listen much at them lately. Inherited from my mother, who listened also classical and music of her era, I also like much the music of the 70s and 60s. The Rock bands of the 60s and specially 70s (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and such) are simply AWESOME, no comparison posible IMHO with anything that comes later

In spite I do not like at all most of 1995 onwards pop music

bigboywooly · 07-16-07, 12:11 PM

Diverse taste at 44
Was around in the punk era so still play a lot of that
Like a lot of heavy too mostly Metallica,Late G&R and the ole fave of AC\DC
Listen to a lot of Trance too
Euphoric mainly but takes what I gets
:rotfl:
Dont mind Dance either but NO pop

Nice link johno
Listening to that now

papa_smurf · 07-16-07, 01:27 PM

Im not that old - only 26. But I do admit that I do like the period Gramaphone tracks. Whats happening to me!?!?!

ichso · 07-16-07, 01:37 PM

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Whats happening to me!?!?!

I know. Suddenly you like to listen to Hans Albers which you would never listened to in real life.
I asked myself this question a bunch of times

Hitman · 07-16-07, 01:58 PM

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Im not that old - only 26. But I do admit that I do like the period Gramaphone tracks. Whats happening to me!?!?!

Well that's what the 26 year old men of the 1940s did listen to, so no wonder that when going back to that era in your gameplay you feel like that

SleazeyWombat · 07-16-07, 03:24 PM

And some of the gramaphone tracks are actually from the 50's. I know, because I listened to that stuff, at the time it was popular. I have always liked big band music, swing music, etc.

And, as I child growing up in the 50's, watching a lot of old movies from the 20's, 30's and 40's, I became very familiar with the stars and entertainers of those eras. Warner Brother cartoons also parodied a lot of those stars and singers, so I grew up whistling a lot of those old tunes, even a lot of WWI stuff. WWII was as familar to me as Vietnam, even though WWII ended 7 years before I was born.

Now, I have a complete collection of music covering every era from the mid-30's up to now. I have something like 2300 CD's, 145GIGs of harddrive space in my iTunes library, for about 94 days worth of continuous music.

The various grampahone collections for SH3, added a lot of stuff I didn't have, but it took me a few weeks to get all the dates and artists corrected (or even discovered) for some of them. Once I had all the dates corrected, I spent some time copying gramaphone tracks into SH3 Commander's date directories, so songs would start playing in the correct years (and months, if I could find that). That was a lot of work.

Reece · 07-16-07, 09:22 PM

Well then we were born the same year, (52) SleazeyWombat (nice name), when the wife & I go out touring on our BMW K100RT motorcycle we listen to music from the 50's & sixties, have an mp3 player installed (500 random songs) with headphones built into helmets!

sunvalleyslim · 07-16-07, 10:30 PM

Let's just say that when "In Godadavida" by the Iron Butterfly was playing in '69, I was off the coast of Vietnam and Cambodia on the USS SEGUNDO SS-398 Keeping the Good Ol' US of A out of harms way. It was playing the real subsim game, virtual reality, wondering if we would get caught.....by God it was real, no restart in real life.....total immersion, flying by the seat of your pants, hoping to have the best Skipper, proud of your crewmates, and proud of your "Boat"......And how sweet the "liberty nights" were, drinking to your luck, drinking to your "Boat", drinking to your mates, drinking your "Dolphins"..............The Best of Best Times.............Thanks

TwistedFemur · 07-16-07, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

im 28

the most "current" music i listen to is

Nirvana ( )

red hot chili peppers ( )

Audioslave ( )

but MOST of what i listen to is Benny Goodman thru to Rolling Stones, the first three stations programmed into my XM radio presets are "40s on 4", "60s on 6" and "70s on 7" followed by Cinemagic (movie music all the time) and Fox news.

A majority of my musical preference is two or three times my age. I find that like many people these days, most of the current music of today is "detached" and "immoral"... simply anthems with themes rich with selfishness, Boastfulness, excessiveness, Ego, arrogance and sexual vulgarity.

Therefore SH3 is sort of an escape from reality... my gramophone plays period tracks only

Wow there is hope for the younger generation

HW3 · 07-16-07, 11:20 PM

I'm 56 and like alot of different kinds of music.

Canovaro · 07-17-07, 01:21 AM

Wow there sure are some old

fellows here, makes this forum kind of special in my opinion

ichso · 07-17-07, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Canovaro

Wow there sure are some old

fellows here, makes this forum kind of special in my opinion

Somehow I'm not surprised by this

.
The first person who introduced me to 'Wolfpack' (the DOS-game) on his black-white mouseless laptop more than 10 years ago was already beyond 40 too.

And what makes those submarine sims so popular among the mature audience ?
The mixture of strategy and simulation ?
Or did they all just liked 'Das Boot' very much ?

I would gess it's both reasons :hmm:

Ryan9118 · 07-17-07, 02:10 AM

I think I've got you all beat. I'm only 18.

I only listen to the gramophone, because I like the immersion and atmosphere of SH3. Normally I listen to rap, but throwing on "Doggystyle" as I sink a cargo ship would just ruin it. I do like jazz and blues (especially jazz and blues) and old music though. I love some Miles Davis just as much as the next guy. I installed a 1939 German tunes sound pack for the gramophone the other day, and I'm actually enjoying it a lot. It's easy though, because it reminds me of jazz, and since I like jazz, I like this stuff. I'm going to install a "Big Band" soundpack that someone made for SH4. I had a quick glance and saw it's got Billie Holiday in it, so I'm sold.

07-16-07, 10:29 AM	#16
Puster Bill Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2006 Location: BA8758, or FN33eh for my fellow hams. Posts: 833 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Get off of my lawn you whipper-snappers! I listen to "Brian Boru's March" (oldest piece of music I know how to play). __________________ The U-Boat Commander of Love

07-16-07, 10:59 AM	#17
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I saw A Hard Days Night and Help! in the theater, when they were released. I missed Woodstock, mainly because I was in boot camp at the time. In the 80's I complained about what a young friend was learning in history class regarding the 60's, because they got it wrong; I should know, I was there. No, I'm not an old fart, I just play one on television. I like the German period tracks on my gramaphone because it makes me feel like I'm there. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-16-07, 12:01 PM	#18
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	I will be 35 in September, (Well I hope so) though my favourite music is classical one, preferably the romantic composers. I listen regularly to Rachmaninov, Tschaikowsky, Brahms, Chopin, Beethoven, etc. when playing SH3 and when not. However I had my younghood in the 80s -that was the golden era of Disco here- and I love the music of that time U2, Simple Minds, Bolshoi, and such, yet I do not listen much at them lately. Inherited from my mother, who listened also classical and music of her era, I also like much the music of the 70s and 60s. The Rock bands of the 60s and specially 70s (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and such) are simply AWESOME, no comparison posible IMHO with anything that comes later In spite I do not like at all most of 1995 onwards pop music __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

07-16-07, 12:11 PM	#19
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Diverse taste at 44 Was around in the punk era so still play a lot of that Like a lot of heavy too mostly Metallica,Late G&R and the ole fave of AC\DC Listen to a lot of Trance too Euphoric mainly but takes what I gets :rotfl: Dont mind Dance either but NO pop Nice link johno Listening to that now __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

07-16-07, 03:24 PM	#23
SleazeyWombat Mate Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 57 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Ha! Got you all beat! I am 55 And some of the gramaphone tracks are actually from the 50's. I know, because I listened to that stuff, at the time it was popular. I have always liked big band music, swing music, etc. And, as I child growing up in the 50's, watching a lot of old movies from the 20's, 30's and 40's, I became very familiar with the stars and entertainers of those eras. Warner Brother cartoons also parodied a lot of those stars and singers, so I grew up whistling a lot of those old tunes, even a lot of WWI stuff. WWII was as familar to me as Vietnam, even though WWII ended 7 years before I was born. Now, I have a complete collection of music covering every era from the mid-30's up to now. I have something like 2300 CD's, 145GIGs of harddrive space in my iTunes library, for about 94 days worth of continuous music. The various grampahone collections for SH3, added a lot of stuff I didn't have, but it took me a few weeks to get all the dates and artists corrected (or even discovered) for some of them. Once I had all the dates corrected, I spent some time copying gramaphone tracks into SH3 Commander's date directories, so songs would start playing in the correct years (and months, if I could find that). That was a lot of work. Last edited by SleazeyWombat; 07-16-07 at 03:44 PM.

07-16-07, 01:27 PM	#20
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Im not that old - only 26. But I do admit that I do like the period Gramaphone tracks. Whats happening to me!?!?!

07-16-07, 09:22 PM	#24
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,701 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Well then we were born the same year, (52) SleazeyWombat (nice name), when the wife & I go out touring on our BMW K100RT motorcycle we listen to music from the 50's & sixties, have an mp3 player installed (500 random songs) with headphones built into helmets! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

07-16-07, 10:30 PM	#25
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Let's just say that when "In Godadavida" by the Iron Butterfly was playing in '69, I was off the coast of Vietnam and Cambodia on the USS SEGUNDO SS-398 Keeping the Good Ol' US of A out of harms way. It was playing the real subsim game, virtual reality, wondering if we would get caught.....by God it was real, no restart in real life.....total immersion, flying by the seat of your pants, hoping to have the best Skipper, proud of your crewmates, and proud of your "Boat"......And how sweet the "liberty nights" were, drinking to your luck, drinking to your "Boat", drinking to your mates, drinking your "Dolphins"..............The Best of Best Times.............Thanks __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

07-16-07, 11:20 PM	#27
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	I'm 56 and like alot of different kinds of music. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

07-17-07, 01:21 AM	#28
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Wow there sure are some old fellows here, makes this forum kind of special in my opinion

07-17-07, 02:10 AM	#30
Ryan9118 Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: WA Posts: 14 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think I've got you all beat. I'm only 18. I only listen to the gramophone, because I like the immersion and atmosphere of SH3. Normally I listen to rap, but throwing on "Doggystyle" as I sink a cargo ship would just ruin it. I do like jazz and blues (especially jazz and blues) and old music though. I love some Miles Davis just as much as the next guy. I installed a 1939 German tunes sound pack for the gramophone the other day, and I'm actually enjoying it a lot. It's easy though, because it reminds me of jazz, and since I like jazz, I like this stuff. I'm going to install a "Big Band" soundpack that someone made for SH4. I had a quick glance and saw it's got Billie Holiday in it, so I'm sold.