Janszoon

I don't listen to opera. I feel like I should give it a serious chance since it's obviously a significant style of music, but I don't think I've ever heard even a snippet of it that sounded appealing.

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The Batlord

Same here. I think the singing is just overblown to the point of being cartoonish. If they weren't committed to being as technically impressive as possible then I highly doubt that vocal style would have ever developed. I did dig Wagner's Ring Cycle though. But that's mostly because it was on TV, so there were subtitles, and there was a big, expensive, high-tech production made of it, so it felt like watching a live action fantasy movie... with goofy singing.

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Josef K

I like John Adams and I can listen to Wagner, but mostly I'm in the same boat.

Frownland

Stravinsky's A Rake's Progress is an opera worth checking out imo.

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Black Francis

I can't even distinguish electronica genres apart all i know is i like Boards of Canada and Squarepusher.

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YorkeDaddy

I remember when I talked about how I had a range of music that I didn't like to listen to and several members spent a week trying to tell me how close-minded I was.

Gee how this forum changes

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Frownland

I don't listen to much soul or R&B, but I haven't explored the genre much.

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Josef K

I can give you some '60s (and '70s to some extent) soul recs if you want. I like to think I know a decent amount.

grtwhtgrvty

I listen to a lot of soul / r&b infused electronic music if you want some recs

YorkeDaddy

Have you even scraped this surface with the essentials? I'd be willing to bet you'd like "What's Going On" quite a bit.

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