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

[loose-joints.livejournal.com]

Coffee. When I was 17 or 18 I started putting less sugar in my coffee and this trend has continued. Now no sugar ever and frequently no non-fat milk in the coffee. I was actally thinking about that when I went to get more coffee yesterday and wondered if this trend would continue to the point where I start to salt my coffee.

Nine Inch Nails. I used to obsessively love the NIN. Now I really listen to them for the nostalgia factor not because Trent, like sings to ME man.

[brianenigma.livejournal.com]

Kate and I chatted a little about this before:
casserole -- I would not touch it as a kid, and now one of my best recipes is a casserole.

Also...

television -- a latch-key kid uses television as a drug, an enlightened adult looks at it like a drug.

spicy stuff -- would not touch it as a kid, and now I cannot get enough of it!

Dr. Pepper -- I used to drink 3 or 4 cans a day, but now my tummy has issues with anything carbonated or excessively sugary, like most colas today.

Apple GUI computers -- I thought they were "toys for the masses" (and college taught me there were especially difficult to write assembly programs for), but now I know their Unix-y goodness and will buy nothing else and have become a zealot.

Things that never change:
cheese -- I still love it.
lima beans -- I am one of the freaks that love these
coffee -- always loved (a touch of cream, no sugar)