I've Been Judged More By The Music I Listen To Than Anything Else...

[ChristineES]

Sometimes, when I am lost in thought, some pretty unusual things will come into my head. I normally don't share them. But today, I thought I would. Today I was thinking about how, in the past, people would judge me most by the music I listened to.

If I said I liked the Bee Gees, people would say "How on earth can you listen to disco? (The Bee Gees are not actually a disco group, although they did have a couple of hits that were considered disco). If I told someone I liked John Denver, they might say "How can you stand listening to that "white boy music"? If I said I liked listening to oldies, someone might say "How can you possibly like that old music, it sucks!". People made fun of me for whatever music I listen to.

It's kind of strange, if you ask me.

 

[Awkward Fingers]

Listen to the group Baby Metal.
It's all you ever need in life.

 

[Alceste]

It is strange.

Here is a related anecdote. I walked into the office in the work truck a couple of months ago. My boss, a gentle soul, calm, peaceful, a committed feminist, funny, soft spoken, tidy, and ever so slightly out of his element in his "boss" role, was frowning over his paperwork and listening to extreme death metal. Like, the singer just goes "RUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAGHHHHHH" over and over, and the rest is fast drumming and about four thousand over-drive guitars. I burst out laughing and I couldn't stop. Then he was also laughing, because I guess my laughter is infectious.

Did I judge? Yes. I judged him even more funny and complex than I had previously thought.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I got made fun of for listening to what is apparently "white people's music" in high school and I still get made fun of sometimes by dumb black teens from the ghetto. But, whatever. I sometimes tease people about their musical tastes. At one point, the teasing got so bad between a friend and I that I had to call a truce.

 

[oldbadger]

............. Today I was thinking about how, in the past, people would judge me most by the music I listened to.

It's kind of strange, if you ask me.

My Granny used to tell us to judge people by looking at their shoes. Cheap shoes? No good! And she went to church regularly (probably fancied the vicar) so that was another 'biggy' for her. Good shoes and go to church? OK!

My old-man judged young men by what sport they played. Soccer?...... lout! Rugby?.....good chap!

If we had to move house it was very important to choose a prop well away from 'council-houses', 'cos you know who lives in them..... down and outs, with poor shoes, soccer players....... probably all convicts.

But music?....... they never mentioned music.

 

[Viker]

I freak people out with going from Madonna to Morbid Angel. This is the look I get.:areyoucra

 

[lewisnotmiller]

It is strange.

Here is a related anecdote. I walked into the office in the work truck a couple of months ago. My boss, a gentle soul, calm, peaceful, a committed feminist, funny, soft spoken, tidy, and ever so slightly out of his element in his "boss" role, was frowning over his paperwork and listening to extreme death metal. Like, the singer just goes "RUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAGHHHHHH" over and over, and the rest is fast drumming and about four thousand over-drive guitars. I burst out laughing and I couldn't stop. Then he was also laughing, because I guess my laughter is infectious.

Did I judge? Yes. I judged him even more funny and complex than I had previously thought.

Oooh...I've had a bit of this over the years.
My tastes have mellowed, or branched out, but there has always been a little metal, or punk or just hard rock included. Then I was right into the Seattle scene.
You could almost see some of my mum's friends thinking 'Wow...and he seems like such a nice boy. I guess he keeps his drug habit well hidden...'

 

[ChristineES]

When I was in the Navy, some girl went AWOL (Absent Without Leave), when she disappeared everyone commented on her "Weird Music"- She liked Megadeth.

 

[Alceste]

Oooh...I've had a bit of this over the years.
My tastes have mellowed, or branched out, but there has always been a little metal, or punk or just hard rock included. Then I was right into the Seattle scene.
You could almost see some of my mum's friends thinking 'Wow...and he seems like such a nice boy. I guess he keeps his drug habit well hidden...'

ROFL! Yeah, my boss doesn't keep his drug habit all that well hidden, I must say. The whole truck reeked of pot. On the bright side, he's got your back when your menstrual cramps are really interfering with your 12 hour work days.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

when i was in the navy, some girl went awol (absent without leave), when she disappeared everyone commented on her "weird music"- she liked megadeth.

lmao!!!

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

It is strange.

Here is a related anecdote. I walked into the office in the work truck a couple of months ago. My boss, a gentle soul, calm, peaceful, a committed feminist, funny, soft spoken, tidy, and ever so slightly out of his element in his "boss" role, was frowning over his paperwork and listening to extreme death metal. Like, the singer just goes "RUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAGHHHHHH" over and over, and the rest is fast drumming and about four thousand over-drive guitars. I burst out laughing and I couldn't stop. Then he was also laughing, because I guess my laughter is infectious.

Did I judge? Yes. I judged him even more funny and complex than I had previously thought.

I love death metal, especially melodic, technical and progressive death metal, but brutal death metal is good too. I also like deathcore and deathgrind. And that's just death metal. That's not even getting into black metal, thrash metal, crossover thrash, doom metal, metalcore, power metal, etc.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I freak people out with going from Madonna to Morbid Angel. This is the look I get.:areyoucra

I do similar things. Morbid Angel sucks now, by the way.

 

[CynthiaCypher]

I listen to everything from 80's pop music to hardcore punk.

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I dare you to judge me.

 

[Viker]

I do similar things. Morbid Angel sucks now, by the way.

Yep. But they ruled 20 years ago. Beavis & Butthead helped spread the lava. They're awful now.

 

[Viker]

i listen to everything from 80's pop music to hardcore punk.

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i dare you to judge me.

i love you!!!!

 

[Alceste]

I love death metal, especially melodic, technical and progressive death metal, but brutal death metal is good too. I also like deathcore and deathgrind. And that's just death metal. That's not even getting into black metal, thrash metal, crossover thrash, doom metal, metalcore, power metal, etc.

Lol - yeah, I suppose there are "kinds" of death metal. One of my coworkers is apparently "one of the top, if not THE top, technical death metal drummers in North America", according to my boss, an allegation backed by the sheer number of beats per second he can pump out. Which is a lot.

This is another conversation that made me laugh. Not in derision. Just because it's funny, because they are both the nicest guys you could ever meet.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I freak people out with going from Madonna to Morbid Angel. This is the look I get.:areyoucra

I had a mate that was this extreme with music diversity too.
Used to drive me crazy. Getting in his car was like some insano-lottery as to whether he'd have kick-*** tunes on, or some pukeworthy rubbish my mum would have liked.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I listen to everything from 80's pop music to hardcore punk.

You're too narrow-minded. I listen to everything from Gregorian chant to horrorcore to aggrotech to black metal to world music to 50's pop to goth to synthpop to ska and screamo.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

You're too narrow-minded. I listen to everything from Gregorian chant to horrorcore to aggrotech to black metal to world music to 50's pop to goth to synthpop to ska and screamo.

You're a music harlot!

 

[Draupadi]

I freak people out with going from Madonna to Morbid Angel. This is the look I get.:areyoucra

I go from soft slow songs of Arash to loud and wild ones of Children of Bodom. Glad nobody around me knows that. I don't mind keeping the hearty laughter to myself .