I hate the "What kind of music do you listen to?" question. My playlists are all over the place, they have no cohesion, it's just whatever I happened to be in the mood for at the time a song was added. Everything from Scandinavian metal to Irish folk music to classical to rock to electronica to hardstyle, and I really don't know how to answer that.
I used to just pick a genre and claim it was that, but then people tend to want to discuss that and what I really want to say is, "I like a broad range of music, but I do not want to discuss my musical tastes with you, nor do I want you to recommend me songs from whatever you're currently listening to. Please desist." What's the proper answer to that question that doesn't leave me sounding like an asshole, but also doesn't invite further critique?
Edit: I guess what I'm saying is, I'm the 4th one.
73This pretty common now. Streaming and internet in general have made music so accessible (and private) that music-as-lifestyle subcultures are dying off due to genre intermixing.
31I think that’s a great thing to happen, because people can now focus on what they really like instead of sticking to one artist
24
I didn't realize until embarrassingly late in life that some people didn't want to talk about music.
My answer has usually been to just talk about whatever I'd picked up recently. "I just picked up Slothrust's covers album. They're like a rock band with some grunge. They covered black Sabbath and Brittany Spears. I love a fun cover."
11I'm quite happy to talk about music with people whose tastes I understand and share; I quite enjoy music, but I feel like the chances of any random person I meet being familiar with or interested in the same things I'm currently listening to are slim to none. Not that I think I'm some music hipster or anything, but I tend to get really attached to very not-mainstream stuff.
I'd happily discuss The Protomen with you at length. Oh, you don't know who they are? Well, I certainly am not going to explain to some random semi-stranger that I very much enjoy a band whose major work is a Megaman-themed rock opera, that's just not a conversation I want to have. I can usually feel them judging me the whole time.
2
I just say im eclectic, i listen to a lot of random shit at random times and leave it at that
4I'm the 4th guy (love screamo and post hardcore though) but people think "all over" means I don't pay attention when it's the opposite.
I get appreciation and love the music of Jack White as much as Mariah Carey. My playlists drive my friends and family wild.
I usually answer the question with questions to describe music I like that's in the same ballpark as them. My FIL loves CCR and Jimmy Buffett, but about as close as I can get to that is John Mellencamp. We then talk about Johny Cougar and have some good conversations. Sometimes they'll open up a step after that and we can talk about other stuff.
3Your best bet is to just say you aren't into any of it, you just listen to whatever is playing.
Mind you, that comes with its own series of discussion points that will get annoying, but that's just human interaction.
3"Whatever's on the radio"
3Say you only listen to Wing as the greatest magnificent singer of all time. You are particularly in love with her interpretation of Beat It where she clearly outperforms the miserable attempt of Michael Jackson.
I guess with such an argument the discussion about your musical taste will not take long to switch to another subject.
And also, I really, love Wing because she sing without any other goal than to make other people feel good. No attempt to be a genius or taking herself too seriously.
2
I'm sad to see B
eirkenstock Trustfund Hippie didn't make the cut this year.22He merged with year round shorts guy when the price of cargo shorts went up
3In Germany: Birkenstock is just a regular house shoe
In the US: Birkenstock is a whole diagnosis ($5000 pls for diagnosing you with rich hippie syndrome)
2
hang on, if astrology girl is actually THAT self aware then she’s the obvious choice. that’s a sitcom character irl and will yield the best interactions by far.
22First one, that mf neva freeze
18Year-round shorts guy, present!
18I love how it's always "year-round shorts guy". Such a relief. I'm a year-round sweaters guy.
11I was a year round shorts guy, genuinely didn't feel the cold. Last year I suddenly became a year round thermal stockings, skivee, thermal gloves, jumper and woollen pants guy.
I can't get warm. It's like I'm catching up on 30+ years of never feeling the cold by feeling the cold all the time.
6
I have a friend that is the opposite of the first one: this summer, while other people were complaining about how hot the season was, he was wearing clothes that you would expect seeing during winter
9Did you check and make sure he's not dead?
6That's just the Australian guy
2Honestly, the guys who wear hoodies in summer trip me out. Like, I understand light, loose long sleeves for extreme heat, but not an insulator at 105F. That's just nuts.
1
I was the first one in high school. I was genuinely too warm all the time. It would cause me to sweat in classrooms if I were wearing jeans
8There’s a biological reason for this. We have a kind of fat called “brown fat” that keeps us warm. It increases during the winter and decreases during the summer. But, we have the greatest capacity when we’re young and reduces as we get older.
2
Do you even crunkcore?
5Shitbass
2
I'm definitely a combination of person 1 and person 4. I do wear shorts pretty much year round and I do like all kinds of music. Despite being a diehard metalhead I do also hate screamo, but not for the reasons given in the image lol
5I don’t really like screamo because they kinda sound stupid.
4It just sounds too whiney to me so I end up getting angry for all the wrong reasons lol
1
I wish there was an easy way to across to people that "music with unclean vocals" ≠ "screamo".
3I've had to have several discussions with people who have called death metal "screamo" lol
1
I'm both the shorts guy and the music guy, though I do enjoy screamo. Country is my "I can't listen to this dogshit" genre
4Fellow shorts and music guy (but long sleeves in summer to avoid sunburn so I actually have more clothing coverage on in summer than winter)... But country can be great and agreeable background noise in a way that not much else can... Sure punk rock and edm and more "fun" stuff (and yes, to an extent, screamo) are great if you're driving or gyming or cycling or whatever but that's not all the time
0To each their own, lol. I don't find country boring, I find it actively grating on my ears. Like, to the point that I will mute movies and put on subtitles if the soundtrack goes country. Having that as background noise sounds like my personal hell
1
These are all me simultaneously.
3I am the first and fourth one, though it's T-shirts instead of shorts
3
