What kind of music do you like?

[Adam]

This is a great question, and one I find difficult to answer. If I had to pinpoint one genre it would probably be Classic Rock, but my favourite 5/6 bands are an odd cross-section. See I'm starting to disagree with myself now because I'm a big Metal fan, but I find that genre in itself is so varied it's hard to pin down.

4 hours ago, HarshMillennium said:

Alternative/hard rock, and metal. Bands such as Seether, Alice in Chains, Stone Sour, Godsmack, Shinedown, Disturbed.

This is the closest answer to myself anyone's given so far. For many years as a teenager, Seether were my favourite band. Now I don't listen to them but I've seen Shinedown and Disturbed live in the last year, both terrific.

[Draevyn]

I used to be into a little bit of everything and if we're talking anything before like 2005 then I'd still consider myself that.

However, what I find myself listening to the most  has always been country music. I grew up on it and honestly it's probably the genre that I listen to the most nowadays.

[lari]

People who say they like a bit of everything are lying. 

 

Unless they truly seamlessly go from nazi punk to extreme black metal to bossa nova to ländler for their listening enjoyment. There's just too many marginal styles of music to say you listen to everything. Shouldn't be too hard to narrow it down, especially since people mostly anyway listen to popular stuff they hear on the radio. 

 

Anyway, I like this song:

 

That's like the best descriptive song of my taste. And then everything around that sound in every different direction. Harder, softer, poppier, angrier, etc, and the further it deviates from that song, the less I tend to like it. 

So, I guess I like popular, guitar based, hard, epic old fashioned rock and metal.

I got it figured out 

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Right now I'd probably say Noise Rock, particularly since being in the band I'm in over the last few years.

By noise rock I mean: Melt Banana, old Pixies, Sonic Youth, Future of the Left, Savages, McLusky and a load of local bands we've played with and/or know 'n love.

 

Other noise rock acts, to give a larger picture, include Steve Albini stuff, Babes in Toyland, Butthole Surfers, Deerhoof, Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Shellac, Tar, Velvet Underground. All that kinda shenanigans.

[=BK=]

I've always been into hard Rock and metal and pop but the last few years I've found myself in love with violin music and synth music. I also love anything with slightly spooky overtones.  My favorite band these days is The Birthday Massacre.

[FestiveJack]

17 hours ago, lari said:

People who say they like a bit of everything are lying. 

Or y'know... hyperbole.

[VerbalPuke]

12 hours ago, ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster said:

Right now I'd probably say Noise Rock, particularly since being in the band I'm in over the last few years.

By noise rock I mean: Melt Banana, old Pixies, Sonic Youth, Future of the Left, Savages, McLusky and a load of local bands we've played with and/or know 'n love.

 

Other noise rock acts, to give a larger picture, include Steve Albini stuff, Babes in Toyland, Butthole Surfers, Deerhoof, Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Shellac, Tar, Velvet Underground. All that kinda shenanigans.

I've been listening to a lot of this stuff lately as well. Jesus Lizard is probably my favorite of the bunch, or Unsane on the heavier side. 

Cop Shoot Cop is another in that sort of mold, but a bit different. No guitars, two bass players. They're probably one of my favorite bands these days. 

[Skummy]

10 minutes ago, VerBlood Drive said:

Cop Shoot Cop is another in that sort of mold, but a bit different. No guitars, two bass players. They're probably one of my favorite bands these days. 

Oooh, definitely going to have to check them out. I love bands that take an approach other than "guitar, bass, drums, vocals", and especially any that use bass as a lead instrument. Two bassists, and along the same lines as Jesus Lizard, sounds lovely.

Do you know Morphine? One of my all-time favourite bands; drums, vocals, sax, and fretless bass played with a slide. Gorgeous music.

[VerbalPuke]

5 hours ago, Skummy said:

Oooh, definitely going to have to check them out. I love bands that take an approach other than "guitar, bass, drums, vocals", and especially any that use bass as a lead instrument. Two bassists, and along the same lines as Jesus Lizard, sounds lovely.

Do you know Morphine? One of my all-time favourite bands; drums, vocals, sax, and fretless bass played with a slide. Gorgeous music.

Never heard, will check them out today. 

I'd suggest their first album, Ask Questions Later. Easy starting point and probably their best work (not that other albums/eps are bad). Probably the biggest song is "Room 429" which is a great song. It got a small bit of airplay on MTV in the early 90s, but was probably more of a late night curiosity.

Edit - @Skummy I really like Morphine so far. They have a nice variety in the few songs I've heard. Thursday and Buena have been my favorites so far (just running through the highest played tracks on spotify). I like the vocals a lot, the guy has a great voice. Honestly? They remind me a bit of Cop Shoot Cop. Especially the song Thursday.

[Benji]

22 hours ago, MadJack said:

Or y'know... hyperbole.

Sidebar: I will always read "hyperbole" as "hyperbowl". It sounds like an even more extravagant Superbowl.

[GA!]

Although Manic Street Preachers are my favourite band, I think turn of the century Kerrang-rock best describes the genre I listen to most. I like most genres - not exactly "a little bit of everything" - but imagine being a heavy metal fan who only listens to heavy metal. How boring.

[lari]

On 10/18/2017 at 12:35, MadJack said:

Or y'know... hyperbole.

Still a form of lie.

[FestiveJack]

7 hours ago, lari said:

Still a form of lie.

Or it's an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally? In the context of the question 'what music do you like' the response 'a little bit of everything' only literally means 'a little bit of everything' when someone like you decides to make a perfectly acceptable answer evidence of someone alleged moral duplicity because it's apparently 'still a form of lie'. It is an insult to concept of lying to suggest that hyperbole is solely that.

Example: The statement 'you are most tedious person in the world,' is clearly a claim not to be taken seriously and yet it could also be that you are the most tedious person in the world. And I'm second, because you've gotten me arguing with you over answers that in normal conversation are perfectly cromulent.

[METALMAN]

Off the top of my head, I can only think of two genres that I've tried to explore that haven't really worked for me: the more extreme end of metal and blippy bloppy wibbly wobbly end of electronica - Autechre and stuff. That's notwithstanding the genres that I have dismissed (rightly or wrongly) as utterly worthless and haven't bothered to explore further: nu-metal and all ska music from the last 30 years jump out as obvious examples. But for the most part, I find something to like in everything.

But if I had to narrow it down - which I do - I'll nominate two:

1. sad early 70s California folk rock: James Taylor and Neil Young. I can't even think of any others. But those two alone are enough for me to call this my favourite. 

2. romantic music - 19th century: Dvorak, Verdi, late Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Berlioz, Mahler, Tchaikovsky. I love the big ideas. I love this musical reaction to nationalism, socialism, technological development, nativism, nostalgia, fear for the future, autocracy, discovery, colonialism. I love music that means something and I can't think of any better exemplification of that sort of thing than this lot.

[Pooker]

Country music is and always has been my favorite. Everything form Hank Williams to Johnny Cash to Vince Gil, and today's weird mix of country/pop. Also really enjoy rock music from the 70s and 80s. 

[VerbalPuke]

Since we were discussing cool 90s music/noise rock in here, I think it’s worth mentioning Girls Against Boys. Really fucking cool sound. 

[Hobo]

Googling what artists I like are classified as on Wiki and I'm getting a lot of indie-rock, indie-folk and art rock. There'll be some country or country-tinged music there.

90% of what I listen to is the Mountain Goats really.

[=BK=]

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