What's your music taste like?

Guybrush · 11-30-2009, 05:20 AM

I know there are plenty of less direct ways to figure this out. There are journals and threads like the last.fm week threads and so on where you can sort of get an idea of what people listen to. There are even quite a few threads that are similar to this one, but I haven't found one which just poses the simple and honest question; what is your taste in music like? I realized I only have very vague knowledge of this concerning a lot of you guys so I wanna know!

I'll try and sum up mine. I'm quite explorative and so I often listen to music I don't like in search of something, but it also means I have at least something I like in most genres. Still, my number one decade is the 70s, my number one country in the world is England and my favourite genre at the moment is prog rock. This will be confirmed should anyone check out my most played artists on my last.fm. Caravan, Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd, Yes and Camel are at the top 6 of my all time most listened to. Frank Zappa is also in there, but he's not english of course.

I'll say though that prog rock is relatively new in my life compared to a lot of the other stuff I like. A couple of years ago, the top bands on my last.fm probably would've been stuff like Boston, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Megadeth, Metallica, Dio. It was mostly hard rock and metal for quite some time.

Aside from Prog and classic rock, I think jazz which I'm a little new to still is my big number 3. I'm quite fond of a lot of the fusion sounding stuff from the early 70s. I'm just now discovering some of the great jazz-players from my own country.

I have a soft spot for pop hits from different genres, like Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight or Bee Gees' Staying Alive. Sometimes the crappiest pop hits are good I think, but I'm not at all up to date. Most of what I listen to from this decade are new albums put out by old artists. Popular artists from all kinds of genres including some of the stuff my GF likes make up a sort of background level of music in my life.

So that's it. Anyone else?

11-30-2009, 05:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	What's your music taste like? I know there are plenty of less direct ways to figure this out. There are journals and threads like the last.fm week threads and so on where you can sort of get an idea of what people listen to. There are even quite a few threads that are similar to this one, but I haven't found one which just poses the simple and honest question; what is your taste in music like? I realized I only have very vague knowledge of this concerning a lot of you guys so I wanna know! I'll try and sum up mine. I'm quite explorative and so I often listen to music I don't like in search of something, but it also means I have at least something I like in most genres. Still, my number one decade is the 70s, my number one country in the world is England and my favourite genre at the moment is prog rock. This will be confirmed should anyone check out my most played artists on my last.fm. Caravan, Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd, Yes and Camel are at the top 6 of my all time most listened to. Frank Zappa is also in there, but he's not english of course. I'll say though that prog rock is relatively new in my life compared to a lot of the other stuff I like. A couple of years ago, the top bands on my last.fm probably would've been stuff like Boston, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Megadeth, Metallica, Dio. It was mostly hard rock and metal for quite some time. Aside from Prog and classic rock, I think jazz which I'm a little new to still is my big number 3. I'm quite fond of a lot of the fusion sounding stuff from the early 70s. I'm just now discovering some of the great jazz-players from my own country. I have a soft spot for pop hits from different genres, like Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight or Bee Gees' Staying Alive. Sometimes the crappiest pop hits are good I think, but I'm not at all up to date. Most of what I listen to from this decade are new albums put out by old artists. Popular artists from all kinds of genres including some of the stuff my GF likes make up a sort of background level of music in my life. So that's it. Anyone else? __________________ Something Completely Different