People who "like all kinds of music." Love/hate em?

I think if someone said "I like all kinds of food" they wouldn't be treated with suspicion - it's interesting that music is so different.

this is my standard reply to the question "what kind of music do you like?", accompanied by an embarrassed facial expression.

(Obviously, for anyone who has read my posts, I have pretty eclectic taste in music myself and I haven't found any really consistent thread that runs through everything I like.)

Also: Karen Finley to the thread (re: yams).

if said to someone whose life doesn't revolve around music - the only reasonable answer (if you really DO like all kinds of music, that is)(what would constitute "all kinds" is open to debate, but chances are such person wouldn't be much interested in such debate anyway)

maybe it's just being emotionally open.

i like yams

i really do like all kinds of music, although obviously i'm partial to certain things. but depending on the context it's easier to say "all kinds" than "19th century lieder" or "songs about shoes."

True dat.

So I find it impossible to judge someone at all when they say they like all kinds of music. They could just as easily be telling the truth as lying.

it's just that this phrase signifies different things to different people

that's why i like using it, it doesn't mean much at all and if people are really curious we can get into it

No way. I'll eat anything. But if I have to listen to anymore fucking Tori Amos, I think I'm going to put my head through the wall.

You're right, of course. They may be misrepresenting themselves, though, afraid of looking foolish. But I wonder, who goes around asking people what they listen to? I don't.

i think someone even saying this phrase, whether or not you think their tastes meet some acceptable definition of "eclectic," signifies a certain kind of openness

whatever happened to thinking the best of people?

jazzy pianos and sloppy punk are not all kinds of music. get one new record clerk!

And it is because the movie expert has spent his time differently than I that he can say: "I love all music, just everything, man. From U2 to Justin to Outkast, I'm into it all!" and he can indulge my ignorance and lead me around like a lost dog in the movie store when I told him I merely like "funny comedies" or something similarly stupid I might say at the desk. That's his turn to smirk and help me out when I'm being goofy.

In fairness to the record store clerk he was probably just happy it wasn't another crappy Soup Dragons ep.

If someone asks ME, I'll get into the genre game but I'll stick to labels that most people don't get... "I'm mostly into IDM, prog, freak folk and experimental, with a smattering of dark ambient, baggy, and bosstown for flavour."

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"I'm able to find something enjoyable about all the different kinds of music I am exposed to. I get my music from a variety of sources, including different radio stations, CDs I pick up at the store, something on iTunes that catches my eye, DJs at clubs, music magazines, Pandora/last.fm, live shows I attend and recommendations from my friends, so consequently my taste in music is broad and diverse. I feel no need to thin out the ranks of my musical tastes to make them more digestible, because I enjoy music because _I_ enjoy music, and not because I enjoy other people enjoying me enjoying music. So by "all kinds of music" I might mean that I like music spanning _only_ 10 genres of music, as I've spent my life trying to become a well-rounded person at the expense of knowing the 976 primary sub-genres of jazz. Naturally I prefer some types/artists to others, but rather than break down my musical tastes into specifics, which would be overkill for such a generic inquiry, I'll merely make a generic but honest statement that you can choose to follow up if you're genuinely interested. If so, I'll gladly fill you in on my love for ________ or my current obsession with ________. But if you asked the question just to make small talk, then you can just move on and discuss the weather, the status of the local professional sports team, or good movies you've seen recently, as would be the probable course of the conversation."

PS: might I suggest some remedial social skills classes for many, many people in this thread? Generic questions yield generic answers, so don't read too much into it. What's likely is that the person who responds with "I like all kinds of music" is thinking about how terribly uninspired your question is.

Amateurist and Doctor Casino OTM.

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sorry, but: vomit.

dedicating my life to fighting straw men

What utter crap, the example of people on this thread and on ILM in general should put paid to that notion.

I'm still wondering what that means.

fuck music no joke
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music is sacred. people opining about it on the other hand

bottom-tier cliche: "I like all kinds of music except rap and country"

mid-tier cliche: "I like all kinds of music except rap and country" people are narrow-minded and un-self-aware and probably really really classist and racist"

top-tier cliche: stop expecting all music fans to be good eclectic consumers and let them like what they like! perhaps these people are put off by the classism and racism (and misogyny and homophobia...) within rap and country 🤔"

cop-out:"I hate all kinds of music"

music is sacred. people opining about it on the other hand

I only listen to sacred music. and dirty south bass.

http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/i-like-all-types-of-music-10945

I definitely remember saying "I like all kinds of music" to someone recently, though I don't remember who I said it to. I feel terrible about it, but sometimes you just don't want to start that conversation.

xp--Onion article, oh my, brings back memories. Sitting in boss's office 30 years ago with boss, me, and a co-worker looking for stereo (he actually said "hi-fi") recommendations. We're both chiming in with our recommendations on CD & tape decks..."Woah, woah, woah! I have TOO many LPs to switch music formats now (1987)" Oddly prescient, if true. But boss & I both easily counted several thousand LPs between us and had no problem with CDs despite audiophile quibbles (none of the three of us audiophiles). WE press him on just how many is TOO many. After squirming, hemming AND hawing, admits to maybe as many as 30, 35 lps. Running the gamut from Springsteen to Joel, Billy. Thirty years later, I can still say: what a putz.

imo it's the "what kind of music do you like?" that is weird. "what have you been listening to lately?" is a much better question

And while I DO like an awful lot of music (and a lot of awful music) I recognize that question as one that is just an idle conversation marker and not a real serious question. So I just usually say "Arthur Doyle" on the off chance they'll remember, check him out later and go "WTF?" and probably cross the street if they see me coming.

Don't most music fans like all kinds of music? I can't really think of a genre that doesn't include some good artists. (Nu-metal is a subgenre and doesn't count.)

I like a broad range of stuff, was trying to think what I really didn't like. Think it may be metal whereas I do really enjoy the pre-stuff.
Don't like Country & Irish much, saccharine country or whatever its watered down form is called.
Not got veruy into classical stuff but don't dislike it.
Not got iunto techno, drum & bass etc but do like the influences so could again be something i could have some appreciation of but could easily get too much of.

Would hope people would have some broadness of taste and not get stuck in too narrow a cul de sac or whatever.
BUt music without feeling is negative innit. So overly manufactured soulless dross can be pretty worthless.

I happen to love all kinds of music - that’s really not hard to believe because if you walk past my house one day you’ll hear Bob Marley and the next you’d hear David Guetta or Calvin Harris or Shirley Bassey or The Beatles.

Don't most music fans like all kinds of music? I can't really think of a genre that doesn't include some good artists. (Nu-metal is a subgenre and doesn't count.)

plenty of good Nume'

Roots, Life is Peachy both all-time 10/10 albums

Don't most music fans like all kinds of music? I can't really think of a genre that doesn't include some good artists.

C'mon, dude, keep this wide-eyed naïve bullshit in the politics threads where it belongs.

Does Toxicity count as nu-metal?

Fuck you unperson

I much prefer "what kind of music do you like?" to "what have you been listening to lately?", by the way. I always struggle to remember what I've been listening to most recently and I don't really know what they'd do with "the last four things I listened to were Gabriel-era Genesis, Mandolin Prakash, Qasim Naqvi, and the new deJohnette/Scofield/Medeski/Grenadier" (last four things iTunes tells me I played).

Fuck you unperson

That's more like it. Welcome to ILM!

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ok, let's simulate this! How would you answer this:

Sund4r...what kind of music do you like?

Oh, all kinds. Classical, jazz, some old rock, ambient electronic music. I went to a lot of events at the jazz festival last week. How about you?

I have recently answered the question, "What do you like?" (in regards to music) with, "Oh, lots of stuff!" and didn't feel a bit bad about it. Because, I mean, it's reflective of my listening habits. For instance, the last batch of albums I played were by Erykah Badu, Genesis, Fugazi, and Lightning in a Twilight Hour. If I ever expound on my initial answer to the initial question, I usually rattle off some all-time favorites (which is usually along the lines of Bill Evans, the Cure, and David Axelrod).

Maybe music fans are worried about being dilettantes if they like all kinds of music...

personally I agree with Treeship, but I tend to feel more comfortable specializing in specific areas or sounds

i like the good music

correct answer to "what kind of music do you like?" is "oh, lots of stuff... what sort of music do you like?"

this is one of those questions that's obviously not a sincere question most of the time, but a rephrasing of "can i tell you about the sort of music i like?" so let them.

rushomancy OTM

It's good to hear what others are into first anyway, cuz it will give you a gauge of their musical language and then you can respond in kind

yeah. and also you can find out about some good shit by just listening to other people talk about music they love.