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> it's hard to imagine most US presidents deriving joy from music They're people, not gods. People like music.

whymauri 4y ago
Also, Obama has two college aged daughters and that's where he gets his contemporary music from. Of all things to be cynical about... I'm sure a lot of parents have tried listening to what their kids listen to, and, on occasion, found stuff they liked. I'm going to invoke Occam's Razor here that a guy who was by all accounts a teenage stoner probably does, in fact, 'derive joy from music,' lol.
- BrandoElFollito 4y ago
  I am 50 and have two teenagers at home. I do not listen to a lot of music but it is usually up to 10-15 years old. I do not listen to the 80's crying over a lost youth. The music they listen to is mixed - there is a big part just fro the looks and it is unbearable. This the of music everyone forgets after 2 years. There are styles I do not like. And then there are great songs I discover through them by chance. Last one was K.Flay, staring with "High Enough". I was surprised to hear "Can't Sleep" in The Suicide Squad movie afterwards.
onionisafruit 4y ago
Nixon is the only president in my lifetime who I would believe didn’t enjoy music because of his quaker beliefs. LBU was such an odd guy that I might believe it about him too if I didn’t grow up listening to rock and roll on KLBJ.
- steve_coral 4y ago
  Nixon played piano along with several other instruments.
  - donthellbanme 4y ago
  - mocheeze 4y ago
    He was pretty talented too. He even said later in life that if he grew up during the age of (good) rap music he probably wouldn't have been a politician: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/08/07/richard-nixon-wannabe-rapper/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/08/07/ri...
  - cafard 4y ago
    Came here to say that, also to mention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW9PdAY8_D0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW9PdAY8_D0 ..

Also, Obama has two college aged daughters and that's where he gets his contemporary music from. Of all things to be cynical about... I'm sure a lot of parents have tried listening to what their kids listen to, and, on occasion, found stuff they liked. I'm going to invoke Occam's Razor here that a guy who was by all accounts a teenage stoner probably does, in fact, 'derive joy from music,' lol.

BrandoElFollito 4y ago
I am 50 and have two teenagers at home. I do not listen to a lot of music but it is usually up to 10-15 years old. I do not listen to the 80's crying over a lost youth. The music they listen to is mixed - there is a big part just fro the looks and it is unbearable. This the of music everyone forgets after 2 years. There are styles I do not like. And then there are great songs I discover through them by chance. Last one was K.Flay, staring with "High Enough". I was surprised to hear "Can't Sleep" in The Suicide Squad movie afterwards.

onionisafruit 4y ago

Nixon is the only president in my lifetime who I would believe didn’t enjoy music because of his quaker beliefs. LBU was such an odd guy that I might believe it about him too if I didn’t grow up listening to rock and roll on KLBJ.

steve_coral 4y ago
Nixon played piano along with several other instruments.
- donthellbanme 4y ago
- mocheeze 4y ago
  He was pretty talented too. He even said later in life that if he grew up during the age of (good) rap music he probably wouldn't have been a politician: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/08/07/richard-nixon-wannabe-rapper/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/08/07/ri...
- cafard 4y ago
  Came here to say that, also to mention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW9PdAY8_D0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW9PdAY8_D0 ..