Eh... I have a friend named Forrest who listens to AFI and System of the Down, but when I show him strange music like Throbbing Gristle or The United States of America, he ends up loving it. He especially loves "Black Angels Death Song" from V.U. debut. My little brother hates everything I listen to. He thinks it's either pretentious or just "noisy crap." Of course, he generalizes everything like movies or art. He only listens to mainstream rap, too (which probably explains it). When I showed him "Save Me Save Me" by Xiu Xiu, he just ended up saying the guy can't sing and that it's just a bunch of bleeps(?) and random guitar noises. When he heard a "Prelude to Meditation" by John Cage he just ended up saying it's not music. He especially hates V.U. and said it was all poorly recorded.
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