When people with "Normal Music Taste" ask you what you listen to...

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ryan17

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It seems that no one on here actually has a consistent way of dealing with this.

I think i am just going to completely forget trying to explain myself.

The next step (i figure) is how to dodge the question once asked.


random guy with Franz Ferdinand t-shirt - "so what music do you listen to?"

me - "bits of everything. hey how bout that Manchester United Game last night? or How about that new little britian episode?"



i think these tactics will now be used.
 
john eden

john eden

male pale and stale
ryan17 said:
It seems that no one on here actually has a consistent way of dealing with this.
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I imagine most people would give a different answer to the question if they were trying to ignore someone, or get in their pants... so consistency is probably unusual... :)
 
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martin

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Never say "punk", it's not worth the conversation that'll follow. "Reggae" means "Bob Marley" - don't get upset about it. Don't say "Girls Aloud". I know YOU think it's a stand against indie rock bores and they represent something post-whatever, but people will take it to mean that you sit wanking off to their videos during Saturday morning kids' TV. Don't say "grime" or "dubstep" or "yardcore" - they won't have a clue what you're talking about. If you say "industrial", they'll probably assume you like going to those 'stomp' things with clowns making a racket with dustbins. "Jazz" is tricky - they'll probably respond by saying "Nice" and smirking at you. Don't say "rap" - if you're white, they'll be thinking you're some Nathan Barley type. Don't say "world music" - nobody likes a smart arse. If you say "rock" they'll assume you idolise Tommy Vance and wear a brown leather jacket on weekends. Your best bet is to simply say "Basement Jaxx".

PS - don't worry about trying to get into someone's pants, liking the same band as a sexual partner makes the afterwards / chatting bit unbearable
 
matt b

matt b

Indexing all opinion
spot on

martin said:
PS - don't worry about trying to get into someone's pants, liking the same band as a sexual partner makes the afterwards / chatting bit unbearable
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my girlfriend says i put her off music for life ;)
 
Grievous Angel

Grievous Angel

Beast of Burden
I just say I like reggae.

Then I usually sweep the questioner into a rapid-fire discussion of how it's not just reggae I like, but the vast network of musics for which it is a tributary, especially those contained within the ardkore continuum.

martin said:
"Reggae" means "Bob Marley" - don't get upset about it.
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Doesn't upset me.

I think anyone who gets upset by the association of reggae with perhaps its greatest musical genius is ... expressing a point of view I don't understand.

martin said:
PS - don't worry about trying to get into someone's pants, liking the same band as a sexual partner makes the afterwards / chatting bit unbearable
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Really? Never posed a problem for me :). But then I never ran out of topics of conversation with sexual partners.
 
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DavidD

can't be stopped
UGK?

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mms

sometimes
Try not to, people think i'm a weirdo anyway.
It took 3 people to mispell complaint in the office yesterday, a word they see everyday.
My correction was treated with distain. Books are weird too, and being able to speak French is a 'who does he think he is' situation.
 
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robin

Well-known member
i usually end up saying something like "pretty much everything.except trance.and metal.oh,and i don't really like bands"
which is fairly lame,but what can you do
 
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Eric

Mr Moraigero
I say "oh, this and that, how about you?"

Usually then you can avoid the issue completely.
 
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mpc

wasteman
i went through a phase of telling people i liked hip hop when i first started uni because i got tired of being asked by about 5 people per day.
 
Woebot

Woebot

Well-known member
you just resort to that "a bit of everything line"

i used to always say:

"everything apart from classical music" but then i started listening to classical music and my father-in-law starts assuming i know about early jazz. astonishing how the word "jazz" denotes something completely different to your stuff 50 year-olds.
 
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