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Are you shy about your music taste?
TheTruth1983
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In offline life, I mean.
I do get a bit shy about my music taste and tend to turn the volume down when someone is at home. There are certain bands and artists that I would never play to someone else as the reaction would be "what the f*** are we listening to" (I have some very musically unadventurous friends).
I think it tends to go like this - when I listen to my music by myself, I think "this is awesome" but when I play for others, I find myself saying "hang on, it gets better".
Also, when I tell people that I am into stoner/doom metal, they think I am weird
I do get a bit shy about my music taste and tend to turn the volume down when someone is at home. There are certain bands and artists that I would never play to someone else as the reaction would be "what the f*** are we listening to" (I have some very musically unadventurous friends).
I think it tends to go like this - when I listen to my music by myself, I think "this is awesome" but when I play for others, I find myself saying "hang on, it gets better".
Also, when I tell people that I am into stoner/doom metal, they think I am weird
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I too love those Irish rebel songs. I don't personally have to agree with the lyrics to appreciate the passion and beauty of the songs. I find the whole tradition of rebel music in Ireland fascinating.
It's entirely ridiculous, no matter what your taste is, pop, rap, rock, metal, electronic, classical etc, it shouldn't matter and people shouldn't be judged for it, it's just music ffs.
But in answer to your question I sometimes turn my ipod down because I listen to a lot of foreign music, like Japanese, Swedish etc, so it can get a little embarrassing because of that. Not embarrassed because of the music, embarrassed because of the questions that immediately follow.
I'm actually proud of my taste in music and unfortunately the majority people I encounter seem to have a much more casual interest in music, coupled with fairly dubious taste. It's really refreshing to talk (offline) with people who share some of the same musical interest but mostly it seems to happen online nowadays. It just seems like you're less likely to find people who follow their own instincts rather than consuming what is pushed at them. I keep finding people who won't watch subtitled films or listen to music with lyrics in a language they don't speak, or even people who read anything. Often these are the same people who listen to the sort of pap that appals me.
I'm very opinionated about music and do not suffer garbage gladly which is why I don't write much on here at all and try to resist to comment on the dire stuff although some of the nonsense written and the trash that is being hugely over-discussed is hard to believe at times.
If an artist I like has released a poor record I will probably skip buying because there are too many other better things on my wants list. I can't stand the sort of 'zombified' fan of / apologist for certain artists that exist out there. When you lose objectivity and turn into an unpaid PR machine people need to stop listening to you. Also those who listen to only one genre. It isn't even possible to only enjoy one genre of music. It's totally self-imposed so you can fit yourself into some scene or project some image. I guess it's refreshing that young people don't tend to follow subcultures so much any more - punks, rockers, mods etc. because those tend to dictate parameters you are supposed to remain within.
There's nothing in my record collection that I'd be embarrassed for anyone to see or hear and I do find that the people I tend to get on better with are those who share some common ground musically. I will dismiss people who have crappy, mainstream music collections just as I would people who live for football or soap operas or their games console or clothes shopping.
I love listening to them at home alone, or if I know I'm with another fan, but coming out as a Steps fan to many friends (who I'd only known a month or two) was a tad embarrassing.
It's probably worse that they were all 17-20 and I was 24, so I was kinda past that "MUST fit in" stage of my life but none of them 'got' it.
It was ok though, a few of the others told me they were fans too lol
Also my guilty pleasures are Glee and Eurovision so if i'm on public transport and one of the songs comes on i turn it straight down.
I've got a friend whose into all that really heavy metal stuff but confided in me that he likes Barry Manilow as well, I guess he doesn't give a fluff what others think!
I am into heavy metal too, and I really like Taylor Swift's music and have all of her albums
:o:o:o:o:o
It's true
Heavy metal fan who likes Taylor Swift??
No shame there my friend
where is the 'shakes head' thingy
In highschool I joined a club where we would DJ music during lunch and other school events.
It started out fun, but got a bit boring after a few months. Plus you start to run out of things to play.
So we started making games. One game we came up with was a contest on who could play the most embarrassing song ever. On top of that, you had to "front sell" that you were about to play your favorite song.
It's been 20 years, but I still remember telling my entire school (around 3,000 people) that this was my favorite song ever.
I don't think you are just opiniated about music.
I do have a lot of uncool music, I'd hate to think of someone looking at my iPod. But I have a lot of 'cooler' music too, I just like a lot of things.
Also, another thing is that I don't like people to know I use Spotify. I always immediately get followed up with questions like "Why do you pay for this when you can get it for free?", and people think I'm an idiot. Paying for music (even if it's a £5 a month subscription), seems like pretty much the least cool thing you can do.
I get that when I tell people that I never pirate and only buy albums (never single songs). I just reply saying "A lot of the artists are not well known or independent and they make great music while connecting with their fans and deserve my support".