Can't say it's my favorite genre, but I enjoy it and listen to it 3 to 4 days per week for a total of about 7 hours.
Don't claim to be any type of authority on it, and don't care whether people think I'm cool or a fool for listening to it.
I'm reasonably familiar with the major composers and the major works of the baroque, classical and romantic eras. Not really interested in the modern era (20th-21st centuries), but to each his own.
I favor the classical era, but Bach of the baroque era and Johann Strauss II of the romantic era are two of my absolute favorites.
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"Paranoid is just like an anchor. It really secures everything about the metal movement in one record. It's all there: the riffs, the vocal performance of Ozzy, the song titles, what the lyrics are about. It's just a classic defining moment."
--Rob Halford of Judas Priest
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