two parts to this:
3underscore said:
The whole problem is that when they say some band, and you say "I don't listen to them", you are immediately (by effect) saying it isn't good.
the statement, "i listen to good music", does not imply that i listen to all music that is good, only that i listen only to music that is good. there can be good music i haven't heard yet.
3underscore said:
Plus, if good is subjective, it would be very weird if you didn't buy things that were good - if your belief is that it is subjective, it would have been better not to answer as the response has no content.
so you suggest silence as a response? i think not. the point of saying 'i listen to good music' is to underscore the fact that i don't listen by genre - i listen purely by its appeal to me. theres no 'type' of music that i like, i like almost all types (can't think of one i don't, but i'm sure you lot can). for me, theres good music ie music i (would) like and theres music i don't, which to me isn't good music. if it was, i'd like it. "i listen to good music" is in effect an abbreviation of the unwieldy response "i listen to all different types of music but just the parts i like".