Chatting on the way to some place with my workmate…
my workmate said that “I listen to all kinds of music”
and then I asked “Really? Do you enjoy that norwegian RAPE YOUR CHILDREN AND EAT YOUR BRAIN MOTHERFUCKEEEERRR type death metal?”
he: “no, I dont listen to that kind of music.”
me: “What kind of music you like to dance to?”
he “Dance?”
me: “Yeah you know like, go to a festival or a club or whatever and dance to the music. any genre really, but I am mostly referring to psychedelic trance music, drum and bass, house and other electronic genres that people usually like dancing to”
he: “I don’t go to such drug parties. I don’t listen to that kind of music.”
me: “So why you say you listen to “all kinds of music” then?”
he: “Well I meant that anything that is on the radio. None of that drug music stuff.”
me: “You could have just said I listen only to mainstream music.”
I think “I listen to all kinds of music” usually translates to “I listen to whatever is right in front of me because I don’t care enough to do otherwise.”
Usually. If someone is making chit-chat with me and asks what I like to listen to, I’d probably say “oh, a bit of everything,” but I actually mean it. I like both country and western. Also disco. I also like noise and field recordings. Today I’ve been listening to Vietnamese folk music, but I think I’m going to switch over to late 90’s British IDM or Edvard Grieg. My “all kinds of music” translates to “anything but pop music.”
oh it’s not just norwegians. funniest moment at a concert, these guys on stage this ones for all the ladies out there… fucked with a knife!
oh fuck and gg allin was hilarious! this guy used to get naked, kick the crowd in the face when they got close to the stage, fight them, shit on stage and roll around in it and throw it in the crowd… fuck for years he threatened to kill himself on stage every halloween
It always is based on my mood. Some days the music I bop around to in the car drives me nuts other days.
My EX was county. My DH is old country. I like 50,60,70’s and all three of my daughters played in orchestra as do two grands. But that sure isn’t what they play in the car
Whenever anyone inquires as to the type of music I like, I usually respond that I have eclectic taste in music.
Even though my preference is jazz and classical, I prefer not to alienate anyone right away.
My experience has led me to conclude that most people hate jazz and despise classical.
So I try to initially play nice.
Greetings @Egzoset
I am somewhat familiar with Rammstein, as a talk radio host I listen to occasionally, plays Rammstein as his in and out bumper music.
A little too jackhammer discordant for my taste.
I do, however, enjoy the artistry of Renee Fleming very much.
That’s a contrasting form of energy, i found i had to be selective about what i pick but this music doesn’t shock me as much as it used to. Artists have their own kinds of language, none represents them all. The distance between my 2 samples seems obvious, i may have acquired “filters” that help in appreciating those a bit more than i can with other categories.
Some filters never going to be accessible even if i try hard, that’s how music is. There are people who listen but don’t really receive anything when others are reached directly, without a double-layer of translations… Music being a language in its own way (if we ignore words), which i find fascinating!
For me “all types of music” would be an outright lie.
I listen to specifically talented or eclectic samplings of each genre.
For Rammstein this one and angel hit home for me.
Steelers wheel or Mamma’s and Pappas, is as close to “hippy music” as I can get, as Jerry Garcia’s message never got through to me.
Tree beard would say like Saurumon my mind, these days made of Metal.
it’s true, i always listen to classical while driving and when someones in my car they are generally polite for the first 5-10 minutes then go ok i’ve had enough of this shit now and change the station
many people only like 1 type of music. I say I listen to all kinds of music because I listen to many types and, the average person doesn’t know ALL types. I listen to music in at least 3 languages and still not listen to All types. I do not listen to all types.
