What kind of music do you listen to?

[Nerdius Maximus]

I know it's cliche'd to say "I listen to everything," but I'd like to think I have pretty eclectic tastes in music. As I get older, I seem to find myself listening to stuff I would have not have been open to as a teenager.

I listen to a lot of metal(and all the subgenres that encompass that term, old and new alike), classic rock(Queen, Aerosmith, Rush, Blue Oyster Cult, Pink Floyd, to name a few) classical(Bach has always been my favorite), rap(particularly older stuff, but there's a lot of underground stuff out today that's really good), alternative(whatever that means anymore.), a little bit of older country now and then, a lot of '80s synth-pop stuff(Think Depeche Mode, New Order, things like that), some punk(Mainly older stuff like The Ramones, Black Flag, Agent Orange, etc), a smattering of jazz now and then, and tons of other stuff. There's few genres of music I just outright hate. I'm trying to think of some but I keep coming up with artists who fall under those categories. Okay, here's one: Southern Gospel. I hate that shit! Lol. Reggaeton(not reggae, I'm talking about that Sean Paul type shit) would be another.

People seem to be under the impression that being into one genre of music precludes one from liking another. "How can you listen to Prince AND death metal?" Well, because music is like food. I love pizza, but I don't want to eat it morning, noon and night to the exclusion of all other foods.

 

[Steve Roby]

I don't listen to everything -- I don't like hippie jam bands, jazz fusion, melismatic divas, or hair farmers, among others. But yeah, you have to have variety. If my wife and I are making supper together, we may want to listen to Frank Sinatra or Billie Holiday. If we're driving around the city, maybe Estelle or Lupe Fiasco. If we're on a long road trip, some Webb Pierce and Wanda Jackson. If I'm reading, maybe some dubstep -- most of it's instrumental, but the bass pressure keeps me from falling asleep. Or some ambient or post-classical stuff, from Brian Eno to Johann Johannsson. Other times you have to blast some old school punk rock, or new wave, synthpop, postpunk, or shoegazer. Not to mention difficult to categorize artists like Kate Bush. Then there's traditional Irish folk like Planxty and not so traditional Scandinavian folk like Garmarna. Roots and dub reggae and ska. Honky-tonk and alt.country. And sometimes classic rock like the Stones or mainstream pop like Madonna.

The main thing is to explore for yourself and not just take what's spoonfed to you. And not limit yourself. There's no reason not to listen to some ambient doom metal from Nadja, Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, Neko Case, and Burial over the course of a day.

 

[startrekrcks]

I love The Killers
Snow Patrol
what do you like

 

[1001001]

Rush and U2 form the Yin/Yang of my musical universe.

I also listen to a lot of Porcupine Tree. They are super-awesome.

 

[startrekrcks]

The Killers are amazing would love to see them but I have been to see Snow Patrol they were superb.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Anything that's played on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 and 6music - which covers a wide variety of things and genres and tastes. I like listening to the latest music as well as older stuff. Unlike many people here I'm sure, I don't mind today's "modern RnB" or hip-hop scenes, although I don't own many albums or singles in that or other forms of music (but that is due to my purchasing habits - I tend not to buy much music anymore) - the exception being classical music.

I love listening to classical music (and despite that I also listen to Classic FM ) - while the whole breadth of classical music fascinates me, I like the late 19th and early 20th Century "post-romantic" era of Dvorak, Sibelius, Elgar, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Ravel and Faure the best. I haven't heard many 21st Century classical music compositions, however, with the exception of film scores.

One unique music form that encompasses a wide and surprising variety of music is the internet mash-up scene. Much of mashup takes in today's pop (heavily influenced by hip-hop and RnB), rap and dance music, plus older rock, hip-hop, soul, pop, funk, dance, jazz, blues, and even classical music. I've been introduced to a good few new genres and artists this way.

 

[startrekrcks]

interesting view

 

[Zulu Romeo]

interesting view

Search for "mashup" from within YouTube and take it from there.

 

[byron lomax]

I generally like: the grunge scene and early rave from '91/92/93, punk and new wave from the late 70s/early 80s, post-punk bands like Joy Division and Television, synthpop bands such as the Pet Shop Boys and New Order, ambient techno, female rock singer-songwriters (especially Tori Amos and PJ Harvey), trip-hop and some Britpop (though there were aspects of that scene I hated as well).

Other genres I have a liking for, but rarely listen to unless they're on radio or TV: 50s rock'n'roll, soul, jazz, traditional country/bluegrass, 60s rock and pop, some current pop (I tend to prefer pop songs rather than pop "artists" - that's the way that format works for me). I might occasionally play heavy metal, though it's not my favourite genre.

Genres I generally dislike: most popular country from the past 15 years or so, rap, opera, "jam bands", trance and hardcore, UK garage. There may be a few examples from each genre that I do enjoy, but they're exceptions among a vast amount of stuff I hate.

 

[tharpdevenport]

TV & film scores, 99% of any given time.

The other remaining 1% is divided in half by radio programs like "Wait, Wait -- Don't Tell me!", and comedy songs, the like of which heard on The Dr. Demento Show.

 

[Servo]

Rock and Metal, for the most part. Everything from 60's & 70's rock, through thrash metal, to modern rock, metal, and industrial. I do also listen to one or two other bands from other genres - mostly a bit of Electronica, like Goldfrapp or Fischerspooner, but primarily I'm a rock and metal fan. I listed my top 5 bands in the other thread as...

Black Sabbath (Ozzy Era)
Metallica
Pink Floyd
Tool
Pantera

 

[Tyre]

I hate music. It’s got too many notes.

No, really though.

Where I keep track of my music collection

I’ve learned that I’m entirely too picky to enjoy the amount of music some other people are able to. Almost all of what I listen to generally falls under rock music, for better or worse.

 

[Kira Nerys]

classical music