Race/gender/sex. orientation and musical stereotyping

Guybrush · 10-23-2009, 12:06 AM

Aside from my girlfriend who has adapted, I've never met a girl who had really compatible tastes to my own. I'm not sure I should say that means they have worse taste, but I think that for the most part, I've met fewer girls with a genuine interest and explorative approach in music. Most of the music I listen to while not necessarily obscure are from previous decades, so some golddigging is required to discover it. I know one who's genuinely interested, but her tastes are more up to date than mine.

In my experience, guys tend to be more interested in music than girls.

333 · 10-23-2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by toretorden

Aside from my girlfriend who has adapted, I've never met a girl who had really compatible tastes to my own. I'm not sure I should say that means they have worse taste, but I think that for the most part, I've met fewer girls with a genuine interest and explorative approach in music. Most of the music I listen to while not necessarily obscure are from previous decades, so some golddigging is required to discover it. I know one who's genuinely interested, but her tastes are more up to date than mine.

In my experience, guys tend to be more interested in music than girls.

I have to agree with you. I ask my friends this all the time. Needless to say, I'm 1 of 4 girls these guys hang out with. I only go to shows with guys, and it's not like I wouldn't go with a female. I simply don't know any girls around here who genuinely like the same music I do. I, too, love searching for good albums whether it be in stores or on the internet. I love talking about music and finding new music. Evidently, this is why I enjoy MB so much AND I enjoy the women who post on here. Well, most of 'em.

NumberNineDream · 10-23-2009, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 333

I have to agree with you. I ask my friends this all the time. Needless to say, I'm 1 of 4 girls these guys hang out with. I only go to shows with guys, and it's not like I wouldn't go with a female. I simply don't know any girls around here who genuinely like the same music I do. I, too, love searching for good albums whether it be in stores or on the internet. I love talking about music and finding new music. Evidently, this is why I enjoy MB so much AND I enjoy the women who post on here. Well, most of 'em.

In the environment I'm in lately (College mostly), I have to say it's a bit the opposite. Maybe because all males are pushed to become doctors or lawyers, the majority of the students in the film-making college are girls (90% of the filmmakers here are females).
So I've been surprised to see a lot of them caring for their music, getting to some experimental gigs and all kind of concerts, tho never pushing it in searching for their music. Mainly the eclectic tastes are in the few males.

FETCHER. · 10-23-2009, 05:22 AM

Where I stay (if your interested in music) its either Rock, like real Rock, or Electronica you get into.
Most of the girls I went to school with would just listen to stuff from the charts.
Which was all **** in my opinion.
most of the boys with no real interest in music would listen to generic "Dance" which was pretty common.
There was a huge patch where the people with no interest in music would listen to PCDJ, with acapella mix's. It was fucking awful.
In my experience, I haven't been around much ethnic minority, ever since I went to China, I've stereotyped Chinese people to only liking Classical (they loved Susan Boyle from BGT) Americans in general to Rap/Hip-hop and I don't know about the rest.
I've never really stereotyped by gender, but the more I think about it.. I don't imagine american females to listen to rap at all, probably more (I hate to say it) Pop.

Mojo · 10-23-2009, 07:49 AM

Theres always gonna be exceptions to any stereotype but i think i would agree that stereotypes are there for a reason, at least to an extent.

Im white and British. Apart from a really terrible mainstream hip hop phase when i was a teenager (which only amounted to about 3 or 4 artists by the way) i've always struggled to get into the majority of hip hop that i have listened to but recently my horizons have started to expand. I would say the same is true for a lot of people like myself, you are more than likely gonna find a liking for British mainstream guitar bands or mainstream dance/trance than you are for hip hop.

I would say that most of the males my age who i grew up with were and are predominantly into fairly generic, commercial, accessible British indie bands. Girls my age were preominantly into generic, commercial, accessible pop music and boy bands. Now that we've all grown up the boy band lovin' has certainly reduced but i would say is still a big part of their music tastes, whether it be for nostalgic reasons or what. These girls are the kind of girls that spam the hell out of Facebook every Sunday night with The X Factor related chatter and the same goes for any show like that, like Pop Idol, Britans Got Talent etc.

86 Position · 10-23-2009, 09:42 AM

the gender thing switches a bit when you're looking at an arts, indie sort of crowd....usually they all like the same thing and they all know whats good or bad in THAT scene.

the urban hip-hop crowd and EDM...that goes out the window

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 10-23-2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by toretorden

Aside from my girlfriend who has adapted, I've never met a girl who had really compatible tastes to my own. I'm not sure I should say that means they have worse taste, but I think that for the most part, I've met fewer girls with a genuine interest and explorative approach in music. Most of the music I listen to while not necessarily obscure are from previous decades, so some golddigging is required to discover it. I know one who's genuinely interested, but her tastes are more up to date than mine.

In my experience, guys tend to be more interested in music than girls.

One day I will meet a girl who likes Nirvana, rap and South African folk. She will be my wife.

storymilo · 10-23-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Conan

One day I will meet a girl who likes Nirvana, rap and South African folk. She will be my wife.

Dude just combine BTown, Bulldog (think he likes African music) and dreadnaught. Perfect music taste, and at least it will be part girl

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 10-23-2009, 08:33 PM

Dreadnaught likes rap? And she's white? I think I'm in love.

storymilo · 10-23-2009, 11:08 PM

Her profile says her favorite genre is hiphop

And uh.....I just happened to notice that one day... not weird at all, right?

10-23-2009, 12:06 AM	#31 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Aside from my girlfriend who has adapted, I've never met a girl who had really compatible tastes to my own. I'm not sure I should say that means they have worse taste, but I think that for the most part, I've met fewer girls with a genuine interest and explorative approach in music. Most of the music I listen to while not necessarily obscure are from previous decades, so some golddigging is required to discover it. I know one who's genuinely interested, but her tastes are more up to date than mine. In my experience, guys tend to be more interested in music than girls. __________________ Something Completely Different

10-23-2009, 07:49 AM	#35 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Theres always gonna be exceptions to any stereotype but i think i would agree that stereotypes are there for a reason, at least to an extent. Im white and British. Apart from a really terrible mainstream hip hop phase when i was a teenager (which only amounted to about 3 or 4 artists by the way) i've always struggled to get into the majority of hip hop that i have listened to but recently my horizons have started to expand. I would say the same is true for a lot of people like myself, you are more than likely gonna find a liking for British mainstream guitar bands or mainstream dance/trance than you are for hip hop. I would say that most of the males my age who i grew up with were and are predominantly into fairly generic, commercial, accessible British indie bands. Girls my age were preominantly into generic, commercial, accessible pop music and boy bands. Now that we've all grown up the boy band lovin' has certainly reduced but i would say is still a big part of their music tastes, whether it be for nostalgic reasons or what. These girls are the kind of girls that spam the hell out of Facebook every Sunday night with The X Factor related chatter and the same goes for any show like that, like Pop Idol, Britans Got Talent etc. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

10-23-2009, 09:42 AM	#36 (permalink)
86 Position Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 125	the gender thing switches a bit when you're looking at an arts, indie sort of crowd....usually they all like the same thing and they all know whats good or bad in THAT scene. the urban hip-hop crowd and EDM...that goes out the window

10-23-2009, 08:33 PM	#39 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	Dreadnaught likes rap? And she's white? I think I'm in love.

10-23-2009, 11:08 PM	#40 (permalink)
storymilo Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,845	Her profile says her favorite genre is hiphop And uh.....I just happened to notice that one day... not weird at all, right?