Music genres you like

Select some music genres that you like. Why do you like them? What are your favorite artists of those genres?

You mean... there are other genres besides metal?

But seriously folks... 99.99 and 44/100 percent of my CD collection is some form of rock, metal, hard rock, or punk... other than my "Rocky Horror" soundtrack album and two discs of music from "The Simpsons." I have nothin' against most other genres, I just don't go out of my way to collect them.

Ditto. The majority of my music collection is some form of rock or metal. There's a few blues, jazz and a coupla Johhny Cash records thrown in there for good measure. But that's about as diverse as I get.

Do you want me to write a novel on here? And more importantly, would anyone read it?

I can't vote, that first one is too diverse for me. I'm a closed minded curmudgeon. Now I have to go check the fireants in the yard that keeps the durn kids out.

My tastes have always been varied, the only time metal was the main component in my collection was from ages 12 to 24 or thereabouts. At this exact moment in time I would say metal only makes up about 20% of my listening.

I voted for Rock (Prog Rock is my main genre now), R&B/Soul, Funk, Blues, Folk, Latin, Jazz (2nd favorite genre) and Classical.

i like bits & pieces of lots of stuff thanks to my wife.

i like old country (Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rodgers, etc)
i like old hip-hop (Too Short, Ice-T, N.W.A., etc)
i like R&B (Adele, Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson, etc.)
i like vocal jazz (Manhattan Transfer, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, etc)
i like adult contemporary (Sarah McLachlan, Paul Simon, Fleetwood Mac, etc)
i like alternative (Liz Phair, Everclear, Alanis Morissette, etc)

i like all kinds of stuff outside of metal - prog rock, space/kraut rock (mellotron), psychedelic, classic rock, getting more into blues, classical, 80s pop, limited country (Cash, Charlie Daniels)

exact33 wrote:

i like all kinds of stuff outside of metal - prog rock, space/kraut rock (mellotron), psychedelic, classic rock, getting more into blues, classical, 80s pop, limited country (Cash, Charlie Daniels)

With as much as you like prog/psychedlic & space rock it's probably time to start delving into fusion and some late 60s jazz because it all developed around the same time and the genres have alot in common.

Definitely the first one.

Very little in the other categories appeals to me (maybe industrial if that includes bands like KMFDM and Ministry).

I'm all over the genre map but as others have said, the vast majority of my music collection is some form of rock or metal. The occasional Jon Secada disc notwithstanding.

I use my staticist from musik-sammler:
53,3% Rock (though there's some stuff there that i would rather call Metal)
26,1% Metal
9,3% Pop
1,9% Blues
1,8% Soul/R&B
0,8% Country
0,8% Reggae
0,8% Soundtracks
0,7% Rap/Hip Hop
0,6% Jazz
0,5% Techno/Electronic
0,1% Classical
0,1% Folk/Traditional
The rest falls in categories like Comedy, Radio plays and such stuff

NEW AGE solo Piano for me, I'm probably the only one here who likes it... A Lot

I also listen to traditional blues, 80's RAP and occasionally to smooth jazz

I can think of something from every genre that I like. Even indie/alternative/grunge even has a couple of bands that were good.

I don't really listen to a lot of metal, mostly listen to prog rock, hardcore punk, synthpop, and jazz. But when I do listen to metal it's usually stoner/sludge.

I think my part time pursuit of musical soulmates is a tad ambitious.

99.99% of my collection is Metal, Hard Rock, and Rock. The rest is Swing. I also have two Frank Sinatra ablums - whatever genre that is.

I voted for Rock, jazz, reggae, and country.

The stuff I listen to the most is either prog rock, metal, jazz, or fusion. I occasionally listen to classic country (Conway Twitty, Hank Jr., etc.) and reggae (Bob Marley).

With jazz, I usually listen to late 60's-mid70's stuff like Miles Davis' electric albums (In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, A Tribute to Jack Johnson, etc), Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band & Headhunters, Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay & Straight Life albums. That kind of stuff leads straight into the fusion stuff I enjoy, like Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Lary Coryell and Eleventh House, Billy Cobham, and Tony Williams' Lifetime.

Alex, if you want to get into jazz/fusion, that would be a good place to start.

S.D. wrote:

exact33 wrote:

i like all kinds of stuff outside of metal - prog rock, space/kraut rock (mellotron), psychedelic, classic rock, getting more into blues, classical, 80s pop, limited country (Cash, Charlie Daniels)

With as much as you like prog/psychedlic & space rock it's probably time to start delving into fusion and some late 60s jazz because it all developed around the same time and the genres have alot in common.

no more cds to buy!!!

Ill have to listen to some.

While the majority of my collection is metal/rock, I have and like a little bit of everything. Rap, opera, classical, musical, whatever, etc.

I checked just bout all of them because I normally can find at least 1 -3 songs I like in any genre but there are some that I genuinely like, for example The Blues love the blues but its gotta be nothing recent though I Love Buddy Guy hehe. Jazz I like I also like Nu-Swing too and Rockabilly

Like I said I can normally find a few songs i like in just about any flavor of music I Just love music

Addy wrote:

I checked just bout all of them because I normally can find at least 1 -3 songs I like in any genre but there are some that I genuinely like, for example The Blues love the blues but its gotta be nothing recent though I Love Buddy Guy hehe. Jazz I like I also like Nu-Swing too and Rockabilly

Like I said I can normally find a few songs i like in just about any flavor of music I Just love music

retro swing is excellent!!!

I like 80s hard rock the most, I like a lot of the classic rock 60s and 70s. Basically I like "Rock N' Roll"! I like a little of the 90s "grunge" era (STP, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Creed).
I also like old Country (Hank SR, Haggard, Nelson, Twitty etc. I like Alabama, Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, and Brad Paisley's music. Most of today's modern country sounds like generic pop by people IMO cannot sing very well. I just don't get people who like this stuff, it's like all that matters is the contents of the lyrics. These guys with their "John Boy and Billy" off key singing accents and pretty faces....somebody put a fork in that junk already lol

My whole collection is pretty much just classic rock and metal. But I do like some 80's alternative stuff sometimes. Oingo Boingo was actually the first band I liked as a kid.

exact33 wrote:

Addy wrote:

I checked just bout all of them because I normally can find at least 1 -3 songs I like in any genre but there are some that I genuinely like, for example The Blues love the blues but its gotta be nothing recent though I Love Buddy Guy hehe. Jazz I like I also like Nu-Swing too and Rockabilly

Like I said I can normally find a few songs i like in just about any flavor of music I Just love music

retro swing is excellent!!!

Retro and Nu Swing is great stuff for the newer stuff I maintain that Brian Setzer's Orchestra "Dirty Boogie" is the best nu swing album in existance hehe

Addy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Addy wrote:

I checked just bout all of them because I normally can find at least 1 -3 songs I like in any genre but there are some that I genuinely like, for example The Blues love the blues but its gotta be nothing recent though I Love Buddy Guy hehe. Jazz I like I also like Nu-Swing too and Rockabilly

Like I said I can normally find a few songs i like in just about any flavor of music I Just love music

retro swing is excellent!!!

Retro and Nu Swing is great stuff for the newer stuff I maintain that Brian Setzer's Orchestra "Dirty Boogie" is the best nu swing album in existance hehe

that is an excellent one. I also love squirrel nut zippers.