Weird taste in music

EclipsedByTheMoon · Post by **EclipsedByTheMoon** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:34 pm

Okay guys, just to make this clear, I'm a die hard Floyd fan, but I do find myself enjoying other types of (completely different) music. Pink Floyd is my favorite band besides Queen and the Black Keys (not sure if you've heard of them, they're an American rock duo that already won a couple of Grammy's) which is a really odd combination. The problem is that these bands have NOTHING in common. I don't think I need to talk about how great Pink Floyd really is, but I do think it's weird to like prog rock, hard rock and garage rock. Am I crazy/weird?

jambo · Post by **jambo** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:25 pm

I like prog rock, trance, classical, blues, techno, metal, britpop and house.

More variety means more music!

EclipsedByTheMoon · Post by **EclipsedByTheMoon** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:36 pm

jambo wrote:I like prog rock, trance, classical, blues, techno, metal, britpop and house.

More variety means more music!

That's true! Actually, the opening track of the Black Keys' latest album is a homage to Breathe off The Dark Side Of The Moon, lol.

Hudini · Post by **Hudini** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:41 am

I can't really think of a prog or prog-related band that didn't pay homage to 'Speak To Me/Breathe' in one way or another.

Back on topic, I still classify Pink Floyd as my favorite band although I enjoy much more music of different kinds. My current phone playlist includes Dream Theater, Faith No More, Fates Warning, Japan, Jansen/Barbieri/Karn, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Steven Wilson and Tom Waits. How's that for diversity?

That being said, the only genres of contemporary music I can't really stomach are MTV pop, overly repetitive techno (I don't really discern specific sub-genres of) and Balkan pop-folk. Everything else goes into consideration.

Also, someone once said that there are two kinds of people in this world: the ones that like ABBA and the ones that lie they don't like ABBA.

Hudini · Post by **Hudini** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:34 am

And shouldn't this thread be in the General Music Discussion forum?

Post by **snifferdog** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:55 pm

Good point Hudini. I shall move it now

jambo · Post by **jambo** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:26 am

I would have, but for some reason my mod powers aren't working at the moment...

Post by **snifferdog** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:12 pm

They had to get rid of an entire section of the forum to de-mod you. Is that a tribute to something or other?

jambo · Post by **jambo** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:41 pm

Anything less would just seem inadequate.

Jimi Dean Barrett · Post by **Jimi Dean Barrett** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:32 pm

I wish I could be more varied in my musical tastes, but as I've got older, I've just stuck with the things I listened to in the 90's in my 20's.

Mind you, I can't watch films or box sets of TV shows any more. Just really can't switch off and watch the screen! So I think my musical tastes got off lightly by comparison.

jambo · Post by **jambo** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 12:05 am

There's been a bit of research in to musical tastes and it seems as though your situation is pretty normal JDB

http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2015/05 ... ng-age-33/

"If you’re in your mid-30s, chances are you’ve found the type of music you’ll be listening to for the rest of your life. In fact, you may already be succumbing to the “music was better in my day” phenomenon. At least these are the conclusions of a new study by tech blogger Skynet & Ebert, who found that as listeners age throughout their 20s, their tastes slowly begin to recede from popular music."

moodyblue · Post by **moodyblue** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 12:31 pm

I can remember in my 20's, I kinda liked Madonna specifically a track called 'Live To Tell'. My mates at the time were far too aloof to even acknowledge that there may have been anything about the track to like. They were totally dismissive simply because it was probably uncool to them.
I still like her or periods of her work in any case.

Abba is another. Loved them then and still love them now. Was lucky enough to have seen them in the very late 70's.
Love them or loathe them, no one can deny their talent.

One music I have very little time for is Rap. It's not music to be honest but more lyrical.

Hudini · Post by **Hudini** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 5:56 pm

moodyblue wrote:Love them or loathe them, no one can deny their talent.

There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones that love Abba, and the ones that lie they don't love Abba.

Follix · Post by **Follix** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:26 pm

See my problem is that I don't like a lot of bands... But what I like I adore..

Pink Floyd (all era) is probably 60% of what I listen to, add the Beatles and you have 95% of what I listen to. The rest is mainly isolated songs from several bands but I don't enjoy the rest of their work.

Bigmanpigman · Post by **Bigmanpigman** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:31 pm

Hudini wrote:
moodyblue wrote:Love them or loathe them, no one can deny their talent.
There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones that love Abba, and the ones that lie they don't love Abba.

I have to be honest - it took me a few decades to come to terms with my feelings about Abba. Back in the '70s, when they were at their peak, it was so totally uncool to express anything other than contempt for their 'pop pap', though it was perfectly ok to express what you'd like to do with Agnetha

. Like just about everyone else I now fully understand that Benny and Bjorn were sheer pop geniuses, while Agnetha and Anni-Frid provided the perfect front. I can now sit back and enjoy their songs without bothering about what's cool $\:D/$

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