#2(revised)

Through a life time, ones taste in music is always changing, expanding and getting better. Most of the time people do not just stop expanding their musical taste because there is always a new song or artist that catches their ear. Every where you go you are going to hear at least one song. People love music so much they are constantly listening to it and trying to find more music like the music they already have. And that's not just in this time today; people have loved to listen to music as far back as the 1930's and 40's. Now according to my grandparents, the best music to listen to is from the 60's, 70's and 80's. My grandpa said that when he was young, he would scrape every penny he had just to buy the new record of his new favorite song.

My grandpa said that of all his favorite bands, the Jackson 5 would be his number one. He also mentioned Marvin Gaye and the temptations. He had mentioned that when he was about 18 he kind of stopped trying to listen to the latest music and he had to focus on his job. So his musical interest sort of died so he could help support his family. And when he got his life on track her still listened to his record but then they became obsolete because of a tracks and cassette tapes. So that forced him to update his musical interest. He then began to tell me about how he has never seen any of his favorite artist live but he has see various mariachi bands live in Mexico and here in the United States. And then he was telling me how the mariachi band’s performance at my mother's wedding was so fantastic, it was worth every penny to hire them.

Now my grandmother on the other hand is a completely different storey than my grandfather. She was born in Mexico and lived there for the first 18 years of her life. She likes and listens to the music my grandpa plays like old 70’s love songs but doesn’t really seem to enjoy music that much. She did tell me that she loves to dance salsa and marange but does not listen to the music when she is not dancing. And then I started to think about why and her response was in Mexico, that was the only time that she could listen to music was at parties when she was dancing because in her spare time she would just work in the fields, work at home and do everything her mother asked. That just made me realize that I really appreciate the way I was grown up with the opportunity to listen to music and to not have to work every second of everyday.

The history of my grandpa’s music taste seems to be exactly like mine. We both listen to the popular music of our own generation. The only difference between us besides the actual music is that he had to pay for his music where I have the luxury of downloading it on my computer. Also, I am able to listen to more song because of technology; iPods, the Internet and I also have more recourse like my grandpa, father, uncles and even cousins. Also, I have been to a concert and one recently actually but me knowing my grandpa he would definitely hate them because he is the opposite of a people person.