When People Ask You What Kind Of Music You Listen To...

[La Revolucion]

What do you say?

I usually just go with "a bit of everything," but I feel really dumb saying it because that's what everyone says.

[Kyle]

It depends who's asking, but I really hate being asked that.

If it's somebody who doesn't know music, then I'll panic for a bit and then say "errr loads of wierd stuff really, not too much off the radio"

If it's somebody who knows music then I'll panic for a bit, then mention a few bands, usually "errr, loads of different stuff, At the Drive-In, The Cure...hip hop, electro blaaaaa"

[perriwinkle]

yeah when people say they listen to "everything" it means they listen to pop rock AND pop rap and that they even enjoy wal-mart country. eclectic.

i usually just say "i listen to a lot of stuff" and that if i like it i'll listen to it, but that a lot of the bands i listen to would be considered indie.

[Kyle]

I wish I could get out a response like that.

[perriwinkle]

write it on your hand, you can use it next time!

[ATM]

I flip my scarf and walk the other way.

[Waltz Profit]

i walk my scarf and flip the other way

[Eliminator]

/scarf

[ATM]

/vinyl'd

[Waltz Profit]

/edgy

[The Great Decay]

I take a sip of my starbucks coffee while attempting to look as though I'm more intellectual than the individual who is asking me and reply with only "jazz".

[Thanks]

I honestly do have favorite styles of music, and those are jazz and punk. So I guess I say that?

[Eliminator]

pazz and junk

[Anxious]

I don't know why, but whenever asks me what bands I listen to, my mind goes blank and all I can think of is what I listened to that day.

[Waltz Profit]

i bet you get quite



anxious

lol!

[Anxious]

lawd

[Dave de Sylvia]

"Daughtry."

[Sound Boy]

i just say "good music"
im usually right

[Zmev]

I really hate being asked that

this

[cobert]

I kind of freak out because if I say 'everyything' then they think I listen to pop rock AND pop rap and...wal-mart country

So I usually say 'punk' since most of the stuff I listen to is in some way or another derived from punk. Except then they might think I listen to Anti'flag or some ****, but its better than the 'everything' answer.

[niobium]

i'll make a jokes

"country. yup. yeah no ****, i'm really getting into the new emerson drive :thumbs:"

then we all laugh and i get to avoid really answering it

[EightMilesHigh]

Mostly indie and trip hop, but a little bit of everything.

If they ask what type of indie I usually say like "Oh, Smiths, Decemberists, Calexico, Radiohead" but I try not to name drop too much.

[Zebra]

bob marley

[Zmev]

butt thump

[asdf]

I don't know why, but whenever asks me what bands I listen to, my mind goes blank and all I can think of is what I listened to that day.Same happens to me.

when I filled out an application for volunteering at my college's radio station they had a section to list some music, and I could not for the life of me think what to put. Just minutes after turning it in I thought of all these bands I should've put on there.

[niobium]

same for me. that's why i bring my mp3 player when i shop for albums

[Eliminator]

Mostly indie and trip hop, but a little bit of everything.

If they ask what type of indie I usually say like "Oh, Smiths, Decemberists, Calexico, Radiohead" but I try not to name drop too much.

quit being a fag and say you only listen to cohen

[A Spoonful Supreme]

"What kind of music do you listen to?"
-"Good music"

"What kind of movies do you like"
-"Good movies"

[Kayetan]

I usually go with a generic, whatever indie type stuff.

[EightMilesHigh]

quit being a fag and say you only listen to cohen

But no-one I know listens to Cohen.

[Anxious]

Same happens to me.

when I filled out an application for volunteering at my college's radio station they had a section to list some music, and I could not for the life of me think what to put. Just minutes after turning it in I thought of all these bands I should've put on there.

That situation would be frightening. I'd probably try to remember what my lastfm page looks like.

[asdf]

That situation would be frightening. I'd probably try to remember what my lastfm page looks like.I tried thinking of my top 10 on last.fm, but I blanked.

Oh well, when I talked to the guy who showed me around the studio he was impressed with the little bit of what I listed.

[perriwinkle]

it cant be that hard to remember some bands that you like

[Eliminator]

pinback enhances memory

[perriwinkle]

invigorates spirit

[wang masta flex]

freshens breath

[Happymeal]

I'll answer them by asking the same question and whatever they mention I'll say I like that too. Then I change the topic unless he/she talks about stuff I really like, and the discussion ensues

[perriwinkle]

I'll answer them by asking the same question

i hate when people do that

[AlienEater]

Normally I'm like 'err a lot of different stuff i guess'. Maybe I'll say 'mainly punk and indie stuff`, but I try not to, I always get a response that's like 'ooh I listen to The Libertines and The Sex Pistols too'

I generally try to be as vague as possible

[sexymuffin]

i just list off the most obscure bands i know, they don't have anything to make conversation with and they stop asking me stupid questions.

[Little Man being Erased]

"I don't like music"

[sexymuffin]

yeah i do that sometimes too or "music is gay" "only fags like music"

[BringHomeTheBacon]

I once told someone I listened to indie rock. His response was "Oh, you mean like O.A.R. and Dispatch?" :/

[Zorg]

Listen? The music I like, I feel.

[perriwinkle]

me too zorg

[Apocalyptic Raids]

everything except country and rap

[Montana]

I generally try to be as vague as possible

Me too.

And I usually say, "I like a lot of Pink Floyd and stuff."

[Kayetan]

It's kind of annoying when people make me prove to them that I listen to music before they've never heard of before.

[Scuba_Steve]

depends on who's askin tbqh.


If it's someone I dont want to piss off I usually say "anything that has a message" cause it's generic enough to prevent a full conversation, but not downright mean.


If it's someone I don't know I'll just piss them off so they leave.

[sexymuffin]

If it's someone I dont want to piss off I usually say "anything that has a message" cause it's generic enough to prevent a full conversation, but not downright mean.

do you not like straight up niggas with attitude gangsta rap?

[Tremens]

in my art class this one dude was talking to me about hinder and korn and i was like yeah dude i love rockin to that ****

[perriwinkle]

ive done that before too only to be polite but it was pretty funny to me. not in art class though. less fun classes. but then when class starts everyone has to be quiet so its ok

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

*~aNyThInG tHatZ GoT a GoOoOd bEaT~*

[br3ad_man]

"different stuff"

[bleep_bloop]

i tell them i listen to screamo and jazz

[perriwinkle]

*~aNyThInG tHatZ GoT a GoOoOd bEaT~*

lllllol because i have seen this and heard this so many times.

[Concubine]

i tell them i listen to screamo and jazz

Did they ask you if you like my chemical romance and norah jones?

[ert90]

I usually start listing off genres until they become uninterested.

[iarescientists]

I hand them my iPod, which usually ends up with them changing whatever I'm listening to, to Pink Floyd.

[bleep_bloop]

i dont have pink floyd on my ipod so people can't do that

[perriwinkle]

why not they have some good stuff

[GenuineImitation]

I normally just say Im open to pretty much everything because thats the truth.

[cb240]

Angry, insane bile-filled acoustic ranting

or

Bad music

[cometuesday]

... I punch them in the face.

And in reality I say "um", scratch my chin, and begin posing my own questions in response so I can avoid being trapped in a conversation about whatever pop-**** single is being played on the radio three times an hour.

[dei]

I don't know why, but whenever asks me what bands I listen to, my mind goes blank and all I can think of is what I listened to that day.

I have the same problem.

[Hedgedive]

I say "everything but..." then I go on a rant about the music I don't like.

[dei]

I say "everything but..." then I go on a rant about the music I don't like.

GTFO, dei.

[the speckled knob]

bungle

[peromk]

I wrealy hate when people aks me that, because mostly I listen Enigma, Era, Enya etc., usually some kind of meditative music. And most of the people, when I say that, are asking themselves: What's the metter with him?
But I think that they don't wreally understand the meaning of that music.:confused:

[Liebensaft]

I don't know why, but whenever asks me what bands I listen to, my mind goes blank and all I can think of is what I listened to that day.

Same. When on the spot, I have trouble recalling favorite music.

Generally when asked what kind of music I enjoy, I say "Lots of weird stuff you probably wouldn't know. I definitely couldn't label anything with just one genre."

[requiem for a dream]

when u answer and the person ur talkin to have no idea about the music u like the question has no sense xD...

[Neoteric]

I just say I listen to loads of crap.

[Kyle]

"Lots of weird stuff you probably wouldn't know. I definitely couldn't label anything with just one genre."It's very hard to say that without sounding like a complete idiot, though.

[AlienEater]

if you said that they'd probably think you're a complete asshole

which can be good in certain situations

[ATM]

I guess, but generally I don't like to come off as an asshole.

[AlienEater]

that's understandable

[Tsuru]

I just rambling bands until I get that tilted head confused look.... meh.

[musikmusik]

I'll start with genres, Rock, Alternative, Jazz, then if that sparks any of their interests I just turn the question around and ask em what THEY like to listen to, which usually ends up being alot of pop crap. I'm a jazz trained saxophone player and a classically trained clarinet player. I prefer music with substance and art. I like it complicated, and I love music that has respectable musicians, and ORIGINALITY!!! Unfortunately music today is losing these qualities.

[asymm]

This thread reminds me why talking to some people about music can be really painful. It's supposed to be a light-hearted discussion about each other's tastes, not a vicious judgment against whoever you're speaking with. It's music, it's your interest, you should just be happy that someone's willing to listen to you talk about it.

[Dave de Sylvia]

It's not like it was in the good old days.

[dei]

I hate talking about music because I can't stop myself from talking ****.

[asymm]

Yeah, I am getting pretty old. See ya later guys.

[Ganondorf]

Usually say mainly ''punk'' and ''indie'', purely because most music I listen to is vaguely linked to one of these two genres, and everyone says ''everything'' even though they don't like everything.

[Liebensaft]

It's very hard to say that without sounding like a complete idiot, though.

True dat. Sometimes I'll mention bands I like that they're more likely to know. But generally people don't even know those bands.

[Tangy zizzle]

I'd say punk but people always get an entirely inaccurate view of me, so I just stick with "um, rock?" and then walk away.

[YDload]

I'll start with genres, Rock, Alternative, Jazz, then if that sparks any of their interests I just turn the question around and ask em what THEY like to listen to, which usually ends up being alot of pop crap. I'm a jazz trained saxophone player and a classically trained clarinet player. I prefer music with substance and art. I like it complicated, and I love music that has respectable musicians, and ORIGINALITY!!! Unfortunately music today is losing these qualities.

no it isn't, you just havent been looking hard enough. i value originality more than anything else in music, and even i can find plenty of good stuff just by asking around forums like this one. this place can help!

and i just say "rock" cause even though i listen to different artists from everyone else i encounter, i know better than to say "everything" or risk an argument.

plus i really dont listen to much else if you make the genre that broad.

[niobium]

so i was asked this at an interview yesterday. the place was one of those used media emporiums. i remembered what i put in this thread (i answer it like a joke) but unfortunately the lady is not a friend, so i had to answer seriously, and i stumbled

i namedropped some artists (eventually) and summed it up with i like both rock and hip-hop (being as that's what the store carries) and electronica.

[Boilermaker]

I just say, "the Pixies, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips, The Ramones, that type of stuff." They generally understand.

[superpeer]

It depends who's asking, but I really hate being asked that.

If it's somebody who doesn't know music, then I'll panic for a bit and then say "errr loads of wierd stuff really, not too much off the radio"

If it's somebody who knows music then I'll panic for a bit, then mention a few bands, usually "errr, loads of different stuff, At the Drive-In, The Cure...hip hop, electro blaaaaa"

Yeah. Worst question ever.

[sexymuffin]

I'll start with genres, Rock, Alternative, Jazz, then if that sparks any of their interests I just turn the question around and ask em what THEY like to listen to, which usually ends up being alot of pop crap. I'm a jazz trained saxophone player and a classically trained clarinet player. I prefer music with substance and art. I like it complicated, and I love music that has respectable musicians, and ORIGINALITY!!! Unfortunately music today is losing these qualities.

ahaha you can't be serious

[Hedgedive]

and i just say "rock" cause even though i listen to different artists from everyone else i encounter, i know better than to say "everything" or risk an argument.



yeah but then they're like "OH DO YOU LIKE NICKELBACK I LOVE NICKELBACK" and I'm like "..."

[sexymuffin]

perhaps you've heard of breaking benjamin they're this pretty obscure physics rock band kind of like tool

i like them

[YDload]

yeah but then they're like "OH DO YOU LIKE NICKELBACK I LOVE NICKELBACK" and I'm like "..."

i dont know any "serious" nickelback fans because really, there aren't any. just people who dont really follow music seriously and just love to spend money on albums they've heard on the radio.

no knock against them, i mean not everyone LOVES to just listen to music, but this is typically what they will buy should they decide to purchase a record.

[Hedgedive]

hey man you like Hinder?

[perriwinkle]

i saw some kid in my vector geometry class wearing a Hinder shirt

he had long curly hair

and he was ugly

what a lame *** bastard

[YDload]

oh yeah here is a relevant Onion article that illustrates, through satire, the tendencies of people who buy crappy music

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30719

[niobium]

that's too funny

[perriwinkle]

yeah i read that too hahaaaa best part is the last half



"We wanted to give our fans exactly what they've come to expect: music so inoffensive and indistinct that it could be played virtually anywhere—a bank lobby, an SUV stuck in traffic, a party full of aging stockbrokers and their girlfriends. That's no small task. Even a lot of the most vacant and unimaginative people have some capacity to actively engage in the music they're listening to."

According to band members, hundreds of hours were spent in the studio trying to render the sound adequately benign.

"No matter how many times we recorded the new single 'Sitting Down (Hands At My Side),' there was still a certain 'oomph' coming through in the drums, a loud-ish, slightly gripping sound that we couldn't remove," drummer Paul Doucette said. "Finally, after running them through about two dozen filters, we managed to get that 'plastic spork hitting mashed potatoes' sound we were after."

There was a similar problem, band members said, with the guitar solos, some of which contained trace elements of what musicians call "passion." In addition, the interplay among bass, drums, and guitars occasionally produced uncomfortable polyrhythmic effects that provoked unintentional toe-tapping or head-bobbing in listeners. The problems were fixed through extensive re-recording.

"I'm satisfied that all the watering-down we put into this album was worth it," Thomas said. "My lyrics are super-bland, the bass might as well have been recorded on a keyboard, and just wait until you hear how dull we managed to make the guitars sound. It's amazing."

The band will introduce the album's first single next week on MTV's hugely popular, entirely insipid show Total Request Live.

[Jawaharal]

I just say Justin Timberlake or some other top 40 person I like.

[ATM]

I tell them that I only listen to MIMS.

[PECOAE]

I tell them that I only listen to MIMS.

is that why you rock?

[Boilermaker]

This is why I'm hot, this is why I'm hot.

You ain't cuz you not.

[wartree]

This is why I'm hot, this is why I'm hot.

You ain't cuz you not black or bold


...

[rocknrollstar5]

**** music, just to see what they say, little do they know I'm telling the truth

[EightMilesHigh]

hey man you like Hinder?

I saw this Nascar (I think) ad the other day that had Hinder covering "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf.

I laughed my balls off.

[Aficionado]

I just say..."you wouldn't know any of it" but if the person gives me that look like "your a jackass" I just say...Tool.

[perriwinkle]

you should just not say "you wouldn't know any of it"

[exodus]

Brit rock

[Mildred Pierce]

I like to say "The kind with notes."

[Radiobass81]

I say it's varied, but not a bit of everything. I've got my Rock days, my Salsa days, my Bossa Nova days...

[rocknrollstar5]

i also sometimes just say rock and roll mister

[fridayslobster]

at threadless you can always get the tshirt to go along with "I listen to bands that dont even exist yet."

Honestly though it depends on the person, if i know the persons gonna blast it in the school cafeteria i just say swedish psychodellic rock. Or i just sort of go y'know, alot of stuff

or i just freeze

[Adam CR]

Stand in front of the questioner, a little too closely, with one of your hands on his/her shoulder, and you other hand placed flat against their upper torso. Look them hard in the eyes.

Say this in a loud, passionate whisper:

"Music from the heart...musica dal cuore..."

Do not move. Say nothing more. Wait, as if expecting them to respond in kind.

[margin0walker]

ok i'll try that, brb

[flabbergast]

"Happy hardcore. And Phil Collins."

True story. She really liked nothing but happy hardcore. Except for Phil Collins.

[T_L_H]

Anytime I get that question I just hand over my iPod and let people look through it.

[Moon Flavor]

"Happy hardcore. And Phil Collins."

True story. She really liked nothing but happy hardcore. Except for Phil Collins.

Oh ****, that's something else...


I usually say "I dunno" over and over until they drop it.

[EightMilesHigh]

Anytime I get that question I just hand over my iPod and let people look through it.

I would do that but I have some pretty lame stuff on my iPod.

[i am the robots]

I normally just say Orchid and Through The Eyes Of The Dead and leave it at that.

[Monsieur Serviette]

I just say I listen to pretty much everything as long as the singer/band write their own stuff. Never really get into what I do and don't listen to.

[YDload]

you're missing out on a lot if you only listen to artists that write their own music.

[philly96]

I just say everything. Then they don't ask questions.

[Tsuru]

I just say everything. Then they don't ask questions.

I quit saying that when I start to think about what that includes...

[AmericanWeiner]

"weird stuff"

[RJDBass]

I just slap them with my brass knuckles that have 'RAPXCORE' imprinted on them.

[Woodstockington]

Conversations about music can be the most irritating conversations you'll ever have. They can also be some of the most interesting though.

It's a pretty crappy question really, and no one with a music taste that's worth talking about will ever give a good answer. Saying that though, people with a music taste that's not worth talking about wont give you a good answer either!

[margin0walker]

this is pretty much the most irritating thread ive ever read.

[LostChild]

Conversations about music can be the most irritating conversations you'll ever have. They can also be some of the most interesting though.

It's a pretty crappy question really, and no one with a music taste that's worth talking about will ever give a good answer. Saying that though, people with a music taste that's not worth talking about wont give you a good answer either!
This.

I just say "I don't know" really quickly. And, if I have to, quickly rattle off a couple of the most accessible bands I listen to just to avoid the extra interrogation I'd have to endure if I mentioned that I listen to bands they've never heard of.

[team_racket]

john cage

[crystal cat]

I tell them I only listen to The Doors.

[descendents1]

I tell them I listen to classic punk, modern punk, post-punk, hardcore punk, and classical compositions.

[mozartv]

I tell them to **** off.

[philly96]

I give generalisations with the genres I like. Like alt, metal, rock and some jazz and dancey-type musiks. Then they don't really ask what bands I like. Unless I'm drunk then I talk about bands.

[margin0walker]

this thread makes me vomit

[Montana]

Some guy asked me what music I would play if I had a slot at the local college radio station but I couldn't think of anything, I just went, "Um..."

[cometuesday]

I'd play everything that could never find its way on to the radio in the first place.

edit: or is that "onto"? :/

[PECOAE]

I usually say "Alternative Rock", but then everybody thinks I'm into Nu-Metal, or "Indie Rock", but nobody knows what that means. So I usually just namecheck the Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr., and Radiohead.

[dei]

For some reason I always manage to give them the kind of music I listen to the least. Like, when I went up to my friend's school for the weekend, someone on his floor asked me what kind of music I listened to and I said folk even though at the time I was only listening to one thing that could ever be considered folk.

[CatfishJones]

when somebody asks me what kind of music i listen to, a just say that i listen to everything, because if i gave them an answer beyond akon or nickelback, i would just get blank stares. thats what life is like when you live in the back country of north carolina though. :upset:

[dei]

If I were to ask you what you listen to and you said "everything," I'd beat you up.

[CatfishJones]

why is this?

[dei]

I hate it when people say that.

[CatfishJones]

i understand. the only reason i say it though is because otherwise i would have to spend my time trying to explain to some douchebag who radiohead is. thats right, radiohead. most people around this area have no idea who they are. tell me that isnt bad.

[dei]

No, that's good. I don't like Radiohead.

[CatfishJones]

yeah, but people here have never heard of them. like or dislike, people should at least know who they are. the problem is they're too busy listening to their nickelback cd they burnt using limewire.

[dei]

Kazaa, you mean.

[CatfishJones]

Kazaa, you mean.

oh yes, kazaa. yeah so basically i live in a place where you either listen to country, rap, or nickelback/hinder. also, the kids who want to be different listen to "hxc". the only scene even close to me puts out bands like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOIxt5RggV4

[dei]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Alesanarock.jpg

[CatfishJones]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Alesanarock.jpg

yeah, those bastards. :angry:

[pulseczar]

i usually just say rap and rock to avoid engaging in stupid conversations and just risk looking like a limp bizkit fan or something

[austinajt]

If someone asks me what music I listen to I say.....

[baytamusic]

rock 'n' roll. duh.

[pinkyeti]

"Pop."

As in, not classical or jazz music.

[Conky]

when people ask me i tell them that i like anything indie. i love alternive rock, indie rock, grunge ect. i just try not to boar them with details.

[big80smullet]

usually i just say all sorts.

[Grohlthegreat]

Everyone around me seems to know what i listen to, even though i hardly know these people.

[shnoogumz]

I usually list 2 or 3 of my favourite bands...

[sexymuffin]

i just try not to boar them with details.

that's odd

i love drilling in the details, i can keep this up for a hole hour

[Electric Riley]

"Pretentious indie pop music generally"

really, at least i'm honest. reactions vary.

[A Dead Modernist]

I usually say some random band (Avenged Sevenfold, Nickelback, Hoobastank etc.) I don't listen, I dont know why.

[Conky]

oh sexymuffin your funny



















not

[CatfishJones]

^lame.

[Conky]

^douche

[sexymuffin]

oh sexymuffin your funny

not

elliott smith killed himself because he sucked

[masada]

also because he was a fag and ugly

[sexymuffin]

yeah and people who like him suck, are fags and are really ugly so what does that tell you

[Fire Away]

my teacher asked me this, and i said "um...punk, indie"

he goes, "what's indie??"

[CatfishJones]

^douche

neg'd