Music memories#2

Musical taste is very interchangeable and commonly changes throughout a lifetime. Your taste in music seems to be a lot more mature but modern as you gain experience in life and as you get older. You start listening to more meaningful compositions and music with more relevance to you bitch. For my music memories I interviewed two people who I knew had a variety of musical preferences throughout their lifetime. I interviewed my neighbor, who is a 55 year old white male, and my uncle who is a 62 year old Nigerian male.
My neighbor, Ray Lewis, seemed to have a very mainstream taste of music growing up. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio in a predominately white area. As a youth, he remembered listening to a lot of Elvis, Bob Dylan and Michael Jackson. His favorite artist growing up was Elvis. He remembered going to one of his concerts at the St. John arena in Columbus, Ohio in 1974. He said that this was one of the most amazing experiences h had in his life. As he got older he became a huge Bob Dylan and Beatles fan. Now, at the age of 55, he listens to a lot of country music and seems to like almost all the country artists.
I also interviewed my uncle who grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. As a child, he listened to a lot of tribal music and common village music. His favorite artist was Babatunde Osunde. He idolized this artist because Osunde came from a very poor village and transformed into a wealthy musician and usually mentions his obstacles in his music. Osunde was a very popular artist in Nigerian around the 60s and 70s and was listened to by all ages. My uncle remembers seeing him perform at his village and performed his hit single “Sweet Mother”. When my uncle came to America he started listening to different music. He became a huge fan of rap and hip hop and became more “Americanized”. He started dressing different, talking different, and acting different. The music he listened to also influenced him to start doing drugs and he started smoking marijuana. His favorite artists became R. Kelly and he listened to all of his music.
Both my neighbor and my uncle had different tastes in music. Their music preferences seemed to be influenced by where they grew up and their lifestyles. Since my neighbor grew up in a white area, he tend to listen to a lot more mainstream music. Since my uncle grew up in Nigeria, his preferences were influenced on his culture and he listened to a lot of tribal music. They both were very influenced by music and they used music as a way to get away and relax. They both made music a very important aspect of their lives.
My own music taste is a bit different from my neighbors and my uncles. Since I am still young I tend to look for a lot different aspects of a song and of an artist. I like artist who use a lot of metaphors and who express their intelligence through their verses. Since society has evolved since when my neighbor and uncle were in their youth, the things valued within that generation and very different. One thing that is similar to both of the people I interviewed is that we all attended concerts and we all let music influence our daily lifestyles and be a huge part of our life.