hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
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I tell everyone I like everything but rap and country and they leave me alone.
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'Explaining' your music taste to others
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megarockexe
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Looking at those graphs, I will definitely stay a level 1 pleb. What's wrong with ordinary?
NTIETS13A_Superiority
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When it comest to subjective things, care about no-ones opinion. propably everything is subjective so go and win you winner.
Peace. Ukrainassa on erittäin hyvän näköisiä naisia. Translation: Ukranian women are very hot ((#TruthFact) and all that jizz).
If one is not devoted to particular genre (for whatever reason. It does not matter.) or trying to keep her/his cool, liking many genres is not uncommon. It is more like some genres do not jive well with some people.
All I can say is that listen to finnish pop (particulary Yö). Does anyone else think Shlemenko is fat marshmellow. It is his time to lose. Someday.... someday.
Edit. I tell that I like good music. If one does not get the idea of subjectivity from that, then shake and bake.
CountAntonius
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I'll debate about a lost of stuff when it comes to taste but music is far too personal for me to care about other people's opinions on it.
RockAction
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I just say everything between Beach Boys and Suicide
User 100115
Banned
For me, a "hook" is pretty much the most important thing, and the overall "feel" of a song. I can listen to music without vocals because of this, since voice is pretty much another instrument to me. It's also convenient because I can love stuff like this even if I'll never speak Chinese
Oh I can adore instrumentals too, and certain voices really, really impress me even if I have no idea what they are saying. I just in general prefer excellent lyrics, and that might also be because of my 'gift' lyrics stick with me. I have over a thousand songs completely memorized, while I can't even remember my own phone number half the time
I run the gamut.
I especially like instumental stuff (Lyrics are nearly inconsequential to me) and i love drones and dark ambient music.
I guess some people may find a track like Earth's Thrones and Dominions extremely boring, i think it's awesome.
To each their own.
I also usually prefer long (>10 minutes at least) pieces.
Ex.:
Ash Ra Tempel - Jenseits
Acid Mothers Temple - La Le Lo
Or GY!BE, later Swans and the like.
I especially like instumental stuff (Lyrics are nearly inconsequential to me) and i love drones and dark ambient music.
I guess some people may find a track like Earth's Thrones and Dominions extremely boring, i think it's awesome.
To each their own.
I also usually prefer long (>10 minutes at least) pieces.
Ex.:
Ash Ra Tempel - Jenseits
Acid Mothers Temple - La Le Lo
Or GY!BE, later Swans and the like.
Davey Cakes
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This is me when anyone asks what I listen to. Rap and country are two of my least favorite genres.
That said, I'm mostly speaking about pop-country or nu-country. Older country music and genres like folk and bluegrass are absolutely fine.
But rap, even GOOD rap, doesn't really do it for me. Obviously I can recognize pop rap is crap and there's way better-constructed and lyrically interesting rap but the overall style of the music just never appealed to my tastes, either before or after my personal musical renaissance.
It's unfortunate when most people in the world gravitate towards radio pop and rap and I'm sitting here listening to art pop and trip-hop.
i know right? nobody listens to god anymore, it's all about joining scientology to listen to their thetan zapper devices and hymns of xenu
I think "describe" would be a better word than "explain". Since it's rather common to be asked what kind of music you like.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
What IS legit "noise" ? Like the nature sounds CDs old people listen to trying to go to sleep?
Oh. My. God. LOL here we go peoplz!
Protip: It's "nigga", not "nigger" . Different ways and swings, all that jazz. Also megalol thinking Macklemore's hiphop.
Meesh
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Well, I've never had an issue with discussing music preferences with friends. I don't like rap or country but I won't complain or bring down the mood if someone's jamming to it.
I'll listen to classical, I enjoy industrial, alternative/grunge(still), rock, 50-60s, punk- Jello Biafra/Dead Kennedy's, soft shit like Dianna Krall(gets pants off in a hurry)and Sarah McLaughlin, U2, there's some 70s stuff I dig, Folk. My musical taste derives from what my parents listened to I guess...
Fun Fact(thank god this didn't happen),
I'll listen to classical, I enjoy industrial, alternative/grunge(still), rock, 50-60s, punk- Jello Biafra/Dead Kennedy's, soft shit like Dianna Krall(gets pants off in a hurry)and Sarah McLaughlin, U2, there's some 70s stuff I dig, Folk. My musical taste derives from what my parents listened to I guess...
Fun Fact(thank god this didn't happen),
my parents were going to name me Waylan Willie Watchel, after W. Jennings and W. Nelson. They were pot growing hippies.
That makes me very uncomfortable.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
I just tell people my tastes are stuck in the 90's
umop_3pisdn
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It's boring.
Actually I'm kidding. I don't think anyone sees anything wrong with it, it's just that we're self-centered so when you discuss something that isn't to your tastes you immediately imagine yourself being subjected to it. I think that's why people don't 'get' differences in aesthetic preferences. People who like more conventional music are maybe more pushy because populism, and people who like weird avant garde stuff are generally probably more prickish because in exploring more of the weird niches of aesthetics it becomes a bigger part of their sense of identity or pride. Obviously most well-adjusted people avoid either pitfall.
But in reality the people with more of a niche interest are probably more aurally driven in some way, because it seems like the main differentiator is just patience. What I mean is you don't necessarily end up liking every experiment, and that kind of music is usually more immediately 'boring' and gives you less to grab onto, but there's usually a sort of necessary drive to either appreciate or understand those kinds of music on the part of the individual, for some reason. Even if you ultimately don't end up liking it, the 'strangeness' of it is still long gone for the sake of trying.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Never attempt to explaining my love to vocaloid song, it just not worth it...
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
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It means you find comfort in ignorance, mediocrity and the known and are afraid to branch out and ascend to a higher state of being and increase your worth in this world.
It is a parody thing, so don't take it so strongly.
I'll just call it kreatrock, just to mystify people.
teruterubozu
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But according to that graph the higher you go the less worth you have in the world.
ihearthawthats
Banned
If I can sing or dance to it, I'll like it. Soundscapes, ambient and the such are interesting, but it's not something I enjoy as music. For me, participation is just as important as the listening experience.
makingmusic476
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I love music in so many forms, but usually when I talk music with people we end up talking past each other, naming artists, bands, and genres neither of us are really familiar with. It quickly turns into us given token nods towards each other's tastes without having any idea what the other person is really talking about.
It's a topic I pretty much avoid talking about now. =(
It's a topic I pretty much avoid talking about now. =(
frankie_baby
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I listen to hard house, almost no one knows what it is, I get funny looks when I try to talk to people not in the know about the merits of Tony De Vit, BK or Lisa Pin-up
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Sounds good.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
"I just like Dubstep. It's cool."
I have a bit of 1~4
L1: J-Pop (Mostly Perfume), Jazz, Rock
L2: Alternative, Indie
L3: Prog, Post-Rock, and introduced to folk with OMAM and looking of more.
L4: Math-Rock, Shoegaze
Macklemore isn't hiphop in any traditional sense, but it is music that is at the very least derivative of that genre, their Venn diagrams intersect and such. And sorry about the "nigga" ignorance thing but meh, I prefer song lyrics the appeal to my taste, and most hip hop doesn't really mesh with the song writing I prefer. So yeah, I was pretty straight up in saying I'm not a hip hop or rap guy. It just isn't my thing. I can still appreciate some of it though, like Eminem or Childish Gambino (if that is hip hop, Christ, I dunno).
ihearthawthats
Banned
Okay, so I just listened to shoegaze for the "first time" (in quotes, because I've heard my bloody valentine before but didn't realize it was shoegaze). What's so wierd about it? Sounds pretty normal to me.
"I just listen to whatever"
I say that instead of saying "I listen to everything" because that's just not true.
I know a lot of people who listen to nothing but popular radio stuff and that's good for them. I never want to be that guy who's like "really? is that all you ever listen to?". But every once in a while I'll be listening to something on my laptop and someone asks me "who's that? sounds cool." which gives me an opportunity to explain who a certain artist is and why I enjoy them so much in hopes that they'll be interested in hearing more from them. I like that because I like talking about music that I enjoy.
I say that instead of saying "I listen to everything" because that's just not true.
I know a lot of people who listen to nothing but popular radio stuff and that's good for them. I never want to be that guy who's like "really? is that all you ever listen to?". But every once in a while I'll be listening to something on my laptop and someone asks me "who's that? sounds cool." which gives me an opportunity to explain who a certain artist is and why I enjoy them so much in hopes that they'll be interested in hearing more from them. I like that because I like talking about music that I enjoy.
IDK, this doesn't sound something your regular guy/girl would listen. With the "muted" vocals, in the same volume (or lower) of the guitars (which have a lot of effects on them) you have kinda of an ethereal yet chaotic sound. And I don't know how to describe music.
Just wanted an excuse to share this song
Booty Patrol
Banned
Is this a joke.
He's got something to say.
Sometimes it seems like, listening to obscure shit just because it is obscure shit.
If random static noise from the attic was mainstream, some of these people would not touch it with a ten foot pole.
The only place you get flack for "explaining" your music taste, is on the internet. Real life friends do not show the same level of elitism, at least mine dont. Guess i am lucky
Where does twelve tone fit on this?
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
The way I think of it can be described this way: I don't like most of the music I hear. If I'm listening to the radio, I change the channel more often than I listen to two or three songs in a row. I think that not liking most music is the norm. That's why we have genres, and different radio stations, radio shows, music clubs, and travelling music festivals.
So when someone doesn't like the music I'm listening to, I don't care, because I know I probably wouldn't like whatever they would choose to listen to. It doesn't matter.
So when someone doesn't like the music I'm listening to, I don't care, because I know I probably wouldn't like whatever they would choose to listen to. It doesn't matter.
brianjones
Member
you wouldn't understand mom close the door
I feel you. Arguing about music on the Internet just makes me want to pull my hair out.
:< Nope. I just don't like rap music. And I know the joke is "he's got something to say" but I honestly find what he writes about to be more appealing and interesting than most rappers. So nope, it isn't a joke. And of course, it is just my opinion, I'm not being one of those "opinion=fact" assholes or anything. I honestly don't get the appeal of most hip hop music, it just isn't for me. More power to people who dig it though (even if I can't really stand that kind of music).
When it comes to music i don't know if its that they are incapable of describing their tastes or they are afraid to talk about it like politics or their sex life. Whatever it is, its been impossible to have good conversations with people about it even when I take an active listening approach. Movies on the other hand, are usually ok. (edit: in real life, not on the internet.)
You Know Nothing
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Basically. Any music discussion on the internet invariably turns to absolute shit.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
I listen to music that makes me feel something pretty much. Makes what I listen to really broad. I have an awesome taste in music though, I know this as a fact.
Red Blaster
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i don't get that list, why is folk not listed under ordinary pleb
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