Psychologists have found that musical preferences change with age. This is due to the formation of a personality and a change in priorities. The aging process changes a person's tastes and people over 50 tend to prefer certain musical styles.
80s music
Statistics show that most of all people love the music they listened to in their youth. Therefore, people over 50 prefer melodies from the 80s. For example, this is the late period of the ABBA group. Then everyone danced to their songs. Not a single disco was complete without the hits of this Swedish band. The same can be said for Boney M. This German band helped spread the disco style in all countries. C. C. Catch became popular long before its arrival in the USSR. Therefore, people who are now over 50 remember and love her as a companion for the best time in their lives. The disco style and all of its representatives since the late 70s have become something of the era of dance music.
The 80s are also considered the "golden age" of rock. Therefore, groups such as the American group Bon Jovi were at their best. They knew how to combine drive and lyrics, so they did not belong to hard rock, which not everyone liked. Cassettes with recordings of eminent Americans were worth their weight in gold. Only Metallica was more popular than them. This group has become a kind of pillar of rock music. Many imitators of them appeared, but no one could compare with the talented musicians in the composer's business.
Russian rock, for example, "Resurrection", was distinguished by the presence of semantic overtones. Beautiful words with a philosophical meaning characterize almost all of this musical genre in the USSR. The mix of styles, characteristic of the Time Machine group, also enjoyed the love of the audience. Memories force them to return to their favorite motives after 30-40 years.
Classic
Psychologists say that people over 50 prefer a "sophisticated" style of music. This primarily concerns the classics. The desire of people of age for high art is due to a change in their social status. They feel the need for comfort and family coziness, they consider themselves connoisseurs of beauty and need proof of this. Therefore, it is pensioners and people of pre-retirement age who most often attend chamber music concerts and theaters. The Italian opera becomes a revelation for them and an opportunity to take a break from the hustle and bustle. Italian Renata Tebaldi, American Maria Callas and many other famous personalities in the classics become the object of adoration of people after 50 years. Great composers such as Puccini, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Beethoven and Chopin fill the playlists of active Internet users of retirement age.
Jazz
Currently, this style, which combines African and European cultures, is recognized as a modern classic. It is practiced by people who have perfect pitch and know how to improvise. If earlier it was a progressive and scandalous form of music, now it is more elitist. When asked what kind of music people over 50 prefer, one can safely answer that jazz. His classics, such as Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, continue to delight listeners. Later representatives of jazz and rockabilly, Sara Vaughn, Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, also inspire people after 50.
