Why do some people have a problem with certain kinds of music?

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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    A good fwiend often reminds me of my shit-taste in music. Don't bother me none.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,876
    Hobbes said:
    A good fwiend often reminds me of my shit-taste in music. Don't bother me none.
    Dude you rock the legendary tunes!  :lol: 
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  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Hobbes said:
    A good fwiend often reminds me of my shit-taste in music. Don't bother me none.
    To each their own.  By the way your taste in music sucks... =)
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    cdthomas1981 said:
    Hobbes said:
    A good fwiend often reminds me of my shit-taste in music. Don't bother me none.
    To each their own.  By the way your taste in music sucks... =)
    :cry:
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    edited July 2019
    I hate certain kinds of music because they literally make me feel bad when I hear them. Like if I hear country music (for example), I literally have negative emotions as a result. Kind of the same as when I'm forced to deal with a person I think is an asshole or something.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,819
    JPPJ84 said:
    I‘m guilty of „hating“ certain types of music. Try and listen to German „folk music“ like the Musikantenstadl and maybe you’ll see why. That and techno drive me nuts and literally  cause me physical pain.
    That being said I totally accept that other people love it. I just hate it when I have to listen to it... like at my grandparents‘     or a party.


    I love the thought of your grandparents listening to techno!  =)
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  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    goldrush said:
    JPPJ84 said:
    I‘m guilty of „hating“ certain types of music. Try and listen to German „folk music“ like the Musikantenstadl and maybe you’ll see why. That and techno drive me nuts and literally  cause me physical pain.
    That being said I totally accept that other people love it. I just hate it when I have to listen to it... like at my grandparents‘     or a party.


    I love the thought of your grandparents listening to techno!  =)
    :lol: that would be funny! Maybe I misphrased that a bit :wink:
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    edited July 2019
    My words were put to the test earlier this evening.  C. and I went to San Francisco to visit my step-daughter.  We had dinner at a new simple Thai restaurant in the Castro District.   The food was decent and reasonable but the music was a challenge for me- too loud (most is these days) digital (ditto) and kind of a combination of modern r&b/ rap/ hip hop.  I told my step daughter about this thread and how this music was challenging my thinking.  But I also pointed out that this music had a lot of energy and this IS, after all, The City, and look, those people are digging it and are happy.  I had a hard time with the music but, WTH, who am I to say it is bad.  These people were HAPPY (and some were even gay, ya know?).  So I passed the test.  And my step daughter, who is at an age where this kind of music is much more appreciated said, "It's not something I care for but I don't hate it.  Why hate it?"  Right on, baby.

    So this is a very revealing thread.  Quite interesting.
    Post edited by brianlux on
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  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    I loathe free-form jazz and interminably long solos (guitar, drum, voice - especially doing national anthems, whatever). When I hear these things it actually makes me angry.  It’s like, just get to the point already!  And yes, I realise that it often is the point.  I try to resolve this by removing myself from the situation, if possible, and trying not to bitch about it too much as I know that there are people who love this stuff.  It’s just not for me.  
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    Fifthelement said:
    I loathe free-form jazz and interminably long solos (guitar, drum, voice - especially doing national anthems, whatever). When I hear these things it actually makes me angry.  It’s like, just get to the point already!  And yes, I realise that it often is the point.  I try to resolve this by removing myself from the situation, if possible, and trying not to bitch about it too much as I know that there are people who love this stuff.  It’s just not for me.  
    LOL.  I'm laughing because back in the early 70's I had roommates that were really into free and avante gaurde jazz like Albert Ayler, John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil Taylor.  That stuff drove me NUTS!!!  Some nights I just wanted to scream.  But them one night, with the help a  little something and the right mood, suddenly- BINGO!  I got it.  Now I love all that stuff- I mean really love it.  So I always encourage to people to leave themselves open to new and different things.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Renfield
    Renfield NYC NY Posts: 1,054
    edited July 2019
    PJ_Soul said:
    I hate certain kinds of music because they literally make me feel bad when I hear them. Like if I hear country music (for example), I literally have negative emotions as a result. Kind of the same as when I'm forced to deal with a person I think is an asshole or something.
    No love for Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Patsy Cline, Kathy Mattea, KD Lang? Or Lyle Lovett?
    https://youtu.be/bF3KeXcRAhE
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    Renfield said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I hate certain kinds of music because they literally make me feel bad when I hear them. Like if I hear country music (for example), I literally have negative emotions as a result. Kind of the same as when I'm forced to deal with a person I think is an asshole or something.
    No love for Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Patsy Cline, Kathy Mattea, KD Lang? Or Lyle Lovett?
    https://youtu.be/bF3KeXcRAhE
    And Willie and the Boys want to know, Why don't you love me?


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    Certain music just doesn't resonate for me. Over the years I have tried to be more mindful about my negative response to some music, but what irks me is when people tell me I "just don't get it" . No, I get it; I just don't like it. Personal preference. Years ago I went to a YoYo Ma concert. One of the pieces performed was atonal avant garde. To me, it sounded like the sonic version of water torture. Others loved it. When some people find out I love Pearl Jam, they will tell me that Ed sounds as if he is gargling insulation. To each their own. 
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  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    Hobbes said:
    A good fwiend often reminds me of my shit-taste in music. Don't bother me none.
    Your fwiend has questionable taste in music. And t-shirts.
    ELITIST FUK
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    SD48277 said:
    Certain music just doesn't resonate for me. Over the years I have tried to be more mindful about my negative response to some music, but what irks me is when people tell me I "just don't get it" . No, I get it; I just don't like it. Personal preference. Years ago I went to a YoYo Ma concert. One of the pieces performed was atonal avant garde. To me, it sounded like the sonic version of water torture. Others loved it. When some people find out I love Pearl Jam, they will tell me that Ed sounds as if he is gargling insulation. To each their own. 
    Reminds me of something I was listening to (on-line?  on the radio?  can't remember) where it was this small group of people who all seemed to think they were really hip and in the know about what is good and what's not in music.  One of the guys started talking about Pearl Jam and you could hear the groans in the room.  Some people seem to think it's not cool to like Pearl Jam, probably because they aren't obscure- too big to be coooool.  So the one guy said, "OK, I know what you guys are thinking, but if you could see them perform live (more groans) you would see what I mean.  They put on a great show, they really give it their all..."  Poor guy was speaking to a group of closed-minded hipsters.

    I like a fair amount of obscure stuff too but have no shame whatsoever in liking Pearl Jam or any other bands that are "big" that give me sonic pleasure.  To those thread that ask, "What is your musical guilty pleasure," or "What bands are you embarrassed to admit you like?" the answer for me is always, "None."  No need to be ashamed of liking ANY music! 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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