Phydeaux on 20/6/2008 at 10:58
Quote Posted by Brian T
The fact that when I was at high school the Beatles were perhaps the most embarassing thing to admit to like does kind of reveal what a lot of peer group nonsense music discussion is.
A-fucking-men. In grade school, people thought I was a dork because I listened to the Beatles (and because I
was, and still am, a dork). And what was all the "cool" music all the "cool kids" were listening to? Milli Vanilli. C&C Music Factory. NKOTB. Vanilla Ice.
On a side note, I got me some tickets to se B.B. King next month. Fuck ya!
DarkForge on 20/6/2008 at 11:59
YAY! Others who aren't afraid to admit their "bizarre" musical tastes! :cool:
I remember back in the day when it was common knowledge at school that I, a then 8/9-year-old boy, listened to some boybands every now and then; Boyzone, Backstreet Boys, 911 and the like. Yeah I got some stick, but it didn't really faze me much. You like what you like and that's all there is to it.
So some of my potentially embarrassing tastes (besides those mentioned above) feature a lot of cheesy pop music, including:
Westlife
S Club 7
Hanson
Spice Girls
North & South (anybody remember them? Anybody?)
N*Sync
...and I'm sure many more that escape my memory at the moment. I've also got some old cassettes of Herman's Hermitts, Level 42 and Shalamar knocking about somewhere.
Basically, because I like varying styles of music and therefore very different kinds of artists, I'm guaranteed to like someone that other people will be all like "WTF?" about. From Lonestar to Metallica, from Usher to N-Trance, from Vertical Horizon to Ayumi Hamasaki... you get the picture. And in contrast, there's a lot of the "popular" music out there now that I just can't stand (which I won't get into now - that's really a whole other debate).
I'll never lie about my musical preferences. Ask me whether I like something and I'll always give you an honest answer. I 100% agree with Brian T: it's much better that way! :thumb:
Vivian on 20/6/2008 at 12:15
Anyone noticed that everyone IN THE ENTIRE WORLD considers their music taste to be so incredibly varied that it might just confuse the average person? I mean, really, that is what everyone thinks, isn't it? Even though everyone basically listens to the same melange of rock and pop as everyone else.
DarkForge on 20/6/2008 at 12:27
I get where you're coming from Vivian, but I didn't mean my taste was so out there that nobody would understand it or like what I like. I just meant that I like different styles that usually would never be geared towards the same market. For example, country and heavy metal would not - stereotypically speaking - be enjoyed by the same person. But I say "why the hell not?"
I'm not trying to separate myself from everyone else and think I'm above them all. Rather I'm just saying that I can listen to country or pop, and still enjoy a bit of metal or dance music. I may well like a lot of stuff that everyone else likes too, but I've honestly considered it rarer to find someone who can spread their tastes over such varying genres without being afraid to be open about it.
Vivian on 20/6/2008 at 12:43
Really? Because I bet theres an imperial shitload of people who own albums by, for a common example, Johnny Cash, Metallica, Madonna and Orbital. Not that they're the be-all and end-all of their respective genres, but you get my point. Pretty well everyone I know considers their music taste to be 'extremely varied', but lets face it, it's all rock and pop. Maybe if you listen to nothing but Wolf Eyes and Baroque, but otherwise I think you'll find you're fairly normal amoungst people who actually like music.
DarkForge on 20/6/2008 at 13:26
Yes, I'm sure you're right. There probably are loads of people out there like that. I guess I said what I said because I personally have never really encountered these people. Pretty much all the people I know would be like, "man I love heavy metal: Metallica and Iron Maiden are awesome, not so much into Nickelback but they're not too bad. What? Boyzone and TQ? No chance!" Or "hip-hop rules! Eminem and Ja Rule and Ludacris are the best man! If it ain't hip-hop, it ain't music!"
These are the kind of opinions that I grew up hearing. I'm just talking from my own personal experience - and I guess that's really all I can talk from, you know? Granted: if everybody I know said stuff like that, that's probably a sign that I should go and meet some new people! :p
Hmm, I think I might be starting to inadvertently stray away from the original point of this discussion. Didn't intend to get off topic, so with your permission maybe I should leave things there. I guess all I'm saying is that, speaking as someone who grew up with everyone else displaying such strict and narrow musical tastes, my more "I appreciate different genres" approach came as a surprising breath of fresh air for me.
rachel on 20/6/2008 at 13:39
Exactly. Last year I rediscovered baroque with Rameau and Corelli before going to 60's and 70's rock, buying pretty much all I could of Dylan, The Band and Janis Joplin. Then there's the Avalanches and The Crystal Method who became a pretty much premanent addition to my playlists. More recently I'm back in the 70's with Nick Ingman's Terminator and the Bullit soundtrack. And all this while listening to Parker, Getz and Hancock, and other great jazzmen as I'm learning saxophone.
But it's really, really rare that I mention "loud" stuff like the Iron Man soudtrack or Kidney Thieves in the same sentence as the Dixie Chicks or Marvin Gaye. I can listen, and like, pretty much anything, but there are people focused on one single genre who don't or can't understand that.
fett on 20/6/2008 at 14:59
DF and raph - you're right though. For every person who will admit to liking a wide variety of music, there are 100,000 sheep who only listen to what's on the radio, and can't even remember what was on the radio two years ago. If you mention Meshugga and Maroon 5 in the same sentence, they just think you're trying to prove something, rather than considering that they too might be able to try a wider variety. I find this to be true with many things - movies, food, books, etc.
I was clueless about the Beatles in high school b/c everything was Van Halen and Def Leppard, but when I turned 25, I got seriously hooked and now I'm a fucking Beatles zealot. Pissed off too, because if I'd listened to them earlier in life, I'd be a much better songwriter today. Revolver is the shit.
Scots Taffer on 20/6/2008 at 15:56
Am I embarrassed that I like a lot of Britney's latest album?
No. But I probably should be, lol!
