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Okay, open minded = appreciating music for it's artform as well as it's complexity.
The music I listen to includes (man, this is going to take a LONG time to write): Rock, Alternative, Indie, Classical, Metal, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Blues, Punk, Grindcore, Neo Metal, Heavy Metal, some Nu-Metal (again, underground stuff), Experimental, Progressive rock, Funk, Ska and Reggae.
I also dabble in World Music.
Music is not neccisarrily about complexity and difficulty (although, I do listen to Zappa, which is some of the most complex and difficult music ever composed), but about the art.
It really doesn't take much to sit for weeks on end making complex music, it's just a very long process. I argue that what is more difficult is for the artist to accurately download their own emotions and interpret it into sound.
Which is why my three favorite artists of all time are Pink Floyd, Mozart and Radiohead, because they are all capable of makeing you feel somthing (movie scores do too, but they're useless without the images).
Art, dimension and passion are all there in rock music, don't be so naive.
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