A matter of taste

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I had a bit of music running through my head tonight ("Small Town Spree" by Peter Case) and, reviewing the lyrics, realized that it wasn't as good a song as I'd thought back in 1986 or so when it came out. Reflecting on this, I further realized that a lot of what I thought of as "good" years ago I now don't like in varying degrees. So, a question for the Group Mind:

Assuming only adult tastes (none of what you liked or disliked at age 9), what tastes in music, or film, or food, or other arts have changed for you? Particularly, what particular artists or edibles or designs (cars, architecture) etc. have lost or gained value for you?

Examples for me include:

• Musical artists I adored 15 years ago that I now think are clumsy and overrated (the above Mr. Case and several others)
  
• Cilantro, which I thought was horrible at age 19 and now I can't get enough of
  
• Mercedez-Benz cars, which I once thought were the apex of beauty; now I think they're boring businessman's cars
  
• Science Fiction, which ruled my world in early college and now makes me gag almost every time
  

Comment away if you're interested, either with your own changes in taste or about the phenomenon.

Comments

[yoscott.livejournal.com]

Well, my biggest thing was that as a youth I would only eat Hot Dogs or some form of canned homogenous pasta such as Spaghetti O's. A problem which became a bone of contention between my mother and father and his wife. Somewhere around age 17 I started to become more open to new tastes and now its at the point where I'll try any food twice on the off chance that the first time it wasn't prepared well.

When I was young, I wasn't as avid about sports as I am now, I enjoyed the occasional baseball game with my dad, but mostly because of hot dogs, popcorn, and the stupid mascot. Now I'm a sports junkie.

Outside of that, I dont think there have been too many changes. Music has slowly morphed through the years from one thing to another, resulting in a rather large musical selection.