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Re:Manufacturing plant fire threatens worldwide vinyl record... by hunta2097 on Saturday February 08, 2020 @08:06AM (#22275524)
Before the Internet, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit hobby forums it was your music that defined you.

If you listened to metal you dressed that way too, indie pop another way, your music defined who you were, your friends, the magazines you bought.

There are just so many ways for kids to define themselves these days, music is important but I don't think they feel defined by what they listen to (not to the same extent).

I am jealous of how cheap music is now, I wish it could have been cheaper in my youth.

Signed, Old git.

Re:Manufacturing plant fire threatens worldwide vinyl record... by KozmoNau7 on Saturday February 08, 2020 @12:04PM (#22276795)
Some of us still do the subculture thing. 99% of the music I listen to is hard rock and metal, and fittingly 99% of my clothes are black, mostly jeans and t-shirts and some cargo pants for festivals, and stompy boots.

I wouldn't say that I define myself by my taste in music, but it does influence my choices in clothes and so on.