What's your music taste like?

anticipation · 12-02-2009, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

My philosophy when it comes to music- just listen to it without prejudice or pre conceived notions. I am not interested in fads or phases and I will judge any music on it's own merits without any outside prejudices.

It does help if you are open minded I guess.

exactly, good music is good music regardless of who makes it or why they are making it.

Axiomatic Wiki · 12-02-2009, 07:22 PM

Not sure why, but I always tend to move in directions that lead me to the most obscure music I can find. I am coming out of my intense Beatles and Bob Dylan binging phase, and moving in the indie rock direction, a path I started on before I began exploring classic rock. Still listening to a lot of Shoegaze and noise rock on the side, and indie rap is still strong in my heart(Just not my primary genre as it was a year and a half ago). Im kinda at a crossroads right now, don't have a favorite band or a current favorite genre, because I spent the past half a year doing nothing but listening to The Beatles over and over again. Getting more into electronica based music, but I could never imagine it becoming a primary genre I listen to, I just don't enjoy it THAT much.

Does not really say much about my current musical taste, but my current taste is not nearly as solidified as my tastes of the past have been.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 12-02-2009, 07:39 PM

I'll take a crack at this.

Like a lot of teenagers I started with classic bands like Led Zeppelin and Nirvana but refused to listen to anything I deemed "corporate" or "pop".

From there I started getting real interested in hardcore punk (like what Btown said). Bad Brain's Rock for Light CD stayed in my player for months on end. I would cycle in between obsessions with Nirvana's In Utero (a very important album in my musical growth), The Smashing Pumpkin's Mellon Collie and the Bad Brains album. My interests grew more and more into punk rock and alternative rock.

I dropped the whole "pop sucks" attitude fairly quickly, when I came to the realization that Nirvana was essencially a pop group.

I had held a grudge against hip-hop for taking the spoit light away from Grunge in the 90's. The only stuff I had heard was today's radio stuff and couldn't figure out why people preferred this to rock music. Then through MB I learned about The Notorious B.I.G... did some research on him and instantly I was hooked. That got me into all the rap I enjoy today, plus Loathsome Pete's posts about Gruf the Druid got me into that great Canadian Underground stuff.

I had always loved classical and world music, and that love continues today.

Last year I discovered eclectic music blogs. It was all kinda new to me... I had always sorta thought you need to belong to some kind of musical social group or class (like punk, grunger, gangsta).

Part of the reason I like so much music today is because of the composers John Cage and John Zorn. Cage made me challenge what I thought of as music. Zorn made me realize that a genre can be so varied that it's rediculously close-minded to say you hate something because of the label it's under.

I now enjoy pretty much everything I hear (about 1 out of every 20 albums I get I feel I have to return or delete). A lot of who I am musically today is thanks to MB

Neapolitan · 12-02-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Even though I am a fan just like you, I hate the ones that are like 'Oasis the best rock n roll band since The Beatles.' Both amazing bands, don't get me wrong.

I always felt that Oasis was the best rock n roll band since The Smiths who where the best rock n roll band since The Jam who were the best rock n roll band since The Beatles! maybe I left out a couple of bands (I don't know), but since were on the subject I heard the Artic Monkeys are the best rock n roll band since Oasis etc etc etc

Meph1986 · 12-02-2009, 09:46 PM

My introduction to music started with frequently listening to the oldies station (primarily 60s pop) with my mother.

When I was about 10 I fell in love with hip hop, due, mostly, to Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. E. 1999 Eternal was the first album I ever owned.

From then until about 2003 I listened to hip hop almost always with a few rock acts here and there (e.g. Limp Bizkit during the late 90s

and the White Stripes during the early 00s

). It was around 2003 when I joined Allhiphop's Ill Community forum. Within a year after joining, I was introduced to several underground hip hop acts and began to turn my back on the mainstream, becoming a full fledged backpacker by 2005

.

Additionally, it was during 2005 where I began venturing into classic rock and territory, listening to will know acts such as Zeppelin, Hendrix, Stones, The Who, etc. I also began listening to several popular 80s metal bands such as Metallica, Priest, and Maiden

.

It was around 2007 when I began delving into many different genres of music. Later, wanting to find a forum similar to that as the aforementioned, I simply googled 'music forum' and found this site.

As far as taste is concerned, I'll give anything a listen (except reggaeton). My favorites, however, are Hip Hop (favorite), Punk and Metal (and most of their respective sub-genres).

Zarko · 12-02-2009, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meph1986

My introduction to music started with frequently listening to the oldies station (primarily 60s pop) with my mother.

When I was about 10 I fell in love with hip hop, due, mostly, to Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. E. 1999 Eternal was the first album I ever owned.

From then until about 2003 I listened to hip hop almost always with a few rock acts here and there (e.g. Limp Bizkit during the late 90s

and the White Stripes during the early 00s

). It was around 2003 when I joined Allhiphop's Ill Community forum. Within a year after joining, I was introduced to several underground hip hop acts and began to turn my back on the mainstream, becoming a full fledged backpacker by 2005

.

Additionally, it was during 2005 where I began venturing into classic rock and territory, listening to will know acts such as Zeppelin, Hendrix, Stones, The Who, etc. I also began listening to several popular 80s metal bands such as Metallica, Priest, and Maiden

.

It was around 2007 when I began delving into many different genres of music. Later, wanting to find a forum similar to that as the aforementioned, I simply googled 'music forum' and found this site.

As far as taste is concerned, I'll give anything a listen (except reggaeton). My favorites, however, are Hip Hop (favorite), Punk and Metal (and most of their respective sub-genres).

Awesome first album, if I do say so myself.

music_phantom13 · 12-03-2009, 12:46 AM

Oh, and I'll still listen to anything anyone suggests, outside of small doses of bluegrass, rockabilly, and southern rock I think I have yet to find a country album that I enjoy. I don't like saying that, because I do hate it when people say that they don't like an entire genre, but I truly don't think I like any country outside those genres. It's not that I haven't tried. I've listened to more than a few albums, and when I see country songs popping up in people's journals (particularly Flower Child's) I'll always give the tracks a thought... It's just all sounded bad to me so far. There might be something out there, but it's hard for me to take any interest in searching when everything I've heard so far has just really not sounded good. Don't hate me for that

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 12-03-2009, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by music_phantom13

Oh, and I'll still listen to anything anyone suggests, outside of small doses of bluegrass, rockabilly, and southern rock I think I have yet to find a country album that I enjoy. I don't like saying that, because I do hate it when people say that they don't like an entire genre, but I truly don't think I like any country outside those genres. It's not that I haven't tried. I've listened to more than a few albums, and when I see country songs popping up in people's journals (particularly Flower Child's) I'll always give the tracks a thought... It's just all sounded bad to me so far. There might be something out there, but it's hard for me to take any interest in searching when everything I've heard so far has just really not sounded good. Don't hate me for that

Corb Lund Band.

William Elliot Whitmore.

This blog.

NSW · 12-03-2009, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meph1986

My introduction to music started with frequently listening to the oldies station (primarily 60s pop) with my mother.

When I was about 10 I fell in love with hip hop, due, mostly, to Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. E. 1999 Eternal was the first album I ever owned.

From then until about 2003 I listened to hip hop almost always with a few rock acts here and there (e.g. Limp Bizkit during the late 90s

and the White Stripes during the early 00s

). It was around 2003 when I joined Allhiphop's Ill Community forum. Within a year after joining, I was introduced to several underground hip hop acts and began to turn my back on the mainstream, becoming a full fledged backpacker by 2005

.

Additionally, it was during 2005 where I began venturing into classic rock and territory, listening to will know acts such as Zeppelin, Hendrix, Stones, The Who, etc. I also began listening to several popular 80s metal bands such as Metallica, Priest, and Maiden

.

It was around 2007 when I began delving into many different genres of music. Later, wanting to find a forum similar to that as the aforementioned, I simply googled 'music forum' and found this site.

As far as taste is concerned, I'll give anything a listen (except reggaeton). My favorites, however, are Hip Hop (favorite), Punk and Metal (and most of their respective sub-genres).

I don't care what anyone says...great album and it will always be on my MP3 player.

music_phantom13 · 12-03-2009, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Conan

Corb Lund Band.

Good call, thanks. I listened to all of Modern Pain. I can honestly say it's the first country album I've listened to the whole way through without cringing once. Just the sound I've been waiting to hear. This is actually probably something I could actually listen to relatively often. The lack of that god awful steel sound is so relieving. More like this?

12-02-2009, 07:22 PM	#52 (permalink)
Axiomatic Wiki Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Souvlaki Space Station Posts: 99	Not sure why, but I always tend to move in directions that lead me to the most obscure music I can find. I am coming out of my intense Beatles and Bob Dylan binging phase, and moving in the indie rock direction, a path I started on before I began exploring classic rock. Still listening to a lot of Shoegaze and noise rock on the side, and indie rap is still strong in my heart(Just not my primary genre as it was a year and a half ago). Im kinda at a crossroads right now, don't have a favorite band or a current favorite genre, because I spent the past half a year doing nothing but listening to The Beatles over and over again. Getting more into electronica based music, but I could never imagine it becoming a primary genre I listen to, I just don't enjoy it THAT much. Does not really say much about my current musical taste, but my current taste is not nearly as solidified as my tastes of the past have been. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/AxiomaticWiki

12-02-2009, 07:39 PM	#53 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	I'll take a crack at this. Like a lot of teenagers I started with classic bands like Led Zeppelin and Nirvana but refused to listen to anything I deemed "corporate" or "pop". From there I started getting real interested in hardcore punk (like what Btown said). Bad Brain's Rock for Light CD stayed in my player for months on end. I would cycle in between obsessions with Nirvana's In Utero (a very important album in my musical growth), The Smashing Pumpkin's Mellon Collie and the Bad Brains album. My interests grew more and more into punk rock and alternative rock. I dropped the whole "pop sucks" attitude fairly quickly, when I came to the realization that Nirvana was essencially a pop group. I had held a grudge against hip-hop for taking the spoit light away from Grunge in the 90's. The only stuff I had heard was today's radio stuff and couldn't figure out why people preferred this to rock music. Then through MB I learned about The Notorious B.I.G... did some research on him and instantly I was hooked. That got me into all the rap I enjoy today, plus Loathsome Pete's posts about Gruf the Druid got me into that great Canadian Underground stuff. I had always loved classical and world music, and that love continues today. Last year I discovered eclectic music blogs. It was all kinda new to me... I had always sorta thought you need to belong to some kind of musical social group or class (like punk, grunger, gangsta). Part of the reason I like so much music today is because of the composers John Cage and John Zorn. Cage made me challenge what I thought of as music. Zorn made me realize that a genre can be so varied that it's rediculously close-minded to say you hate something because of the label it's under. I now enjoy pretty much everything I hear (about 1 out of every 20 albums I get I feel I have to return or delete). A lot of who I am musically today is thanks to MB Last edited by someonecompletelyrandom; 12-02-2009 at 07:44 PM.

12-02-2009, 09:46 PM	#55 (permalink)
Meph1986 How High? Join Date: May 2008 Location: FL Posts: 684	My introduction to music started with frequently listening to the oldies station (primarily 60s pop) with my mother. When I was about 10 I fell in love with hip hop, due, mostly, to Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. E. 1999 Eternal was the first album I ever owned. From then until about 2003 I listened to hip hop almost always with a few rock acts here and there (e.g. Limp Bizkit during the late 90s and the White Stripes during the early 00s ). It was around 2003 when I joined Allhiphop's Ill Community forum. Within a year after joining, I was introduced to several underground hip hop acts and began to turn my back on the mainstream, becoming a full fledged backpacker by 2005 . Additionally, it was during 2005 where I began venturing into classic rock and territory, listening to will know acts such as Zeppelin, Hendrix, Stones, The Who, etc. I also began listening to several popular 80s metal bands such as Metallica, Priest, and Maiden . It was around 2007 when I began delving into many different genres of music. Later, wanting to find a forum similar to that as the aforementioned, I simply googled 'music forum' and found this site. As far as taste is concerned, I'll give anything a listen (except reggaeton). My favorites, however, are Hip Hop (favorite), Punk and Metal (and most of their respective sub-genres). __________________

12-03-2009, 12:46 AM	#57 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	Oh, and I'll still listen to anything anyone suggests, outside of small doses of bluegrass, rockabilly, and southern rock I think I have yet to find a country album that I enjoy. I don't like saying that, because I do hate it when people say that they don't like an entire genre, but I truly don't think I like any country outside those genres. It's not that I haven't tried. I've listened to more than a few albums, and when I see country songs popping up in people's journals (particularly Flower Child's) I'll always give the tracks a thought... It's just all sounded bad to me so far. There might be something out there, but it's hard for me to take any interest in searching when everything I've heard so far has just really not sounded good. Don't hate me for that