Here we go, and be honest now, do you care when someone says a band or album or song you like sucks?

You know what? Pretty much every week I will see a post on here that disparages a band or genre that I really enjoy. I really don't care.

My reaction? That is why there are so many genres. Taste is relative - musical knowledge is not universal. There are people who idolize musical puppets with minimal talent like Brittany Spears. There are people who love jam bands. I am in neither of those groups. I love Prog - I love some traditional English/Irish folk music. I cannot stand Bro country. But whatever brings joy into your life musically - go for it.
 
Denverdave said:
You know what? Pretty much every week I will see a post on here that disparages a band or genre that I really enjoy. I really don't care.

My reaction? That is why there are so many genres. Taste is relative - musical knowledge is not universal. There are people who idolize musical puppets with minimal talent like Brittany Spears. There are people who love jam bands. I am in neither of those groups. I love Prog - I love some traditional English/Irish folk music. I cannot stand Bro country. But whatever brings joy into your life musically - go for it.
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A lot of people struggle with separating taste from quality. So when a normal listener says something sucks, what he/she usually means is "I don't like it".
I will get annoyed sometimes when it comes from people who should know better.

There's a lot of music I don't like, but I'd like to think that most times I can acknowledge there's some sort of quality to it even though it's not my bag when it comes to musical taste.

The less I say about Bro Country the better. That is garbage with very little musical value. :grin:
 
No

Music, like art, literature etc are all about personal taste and personal opinions. What someone else has to say is irrelevant since it is not my opinion but theirs
 
Depends on who says it, about what group, and what their reasons are for saying it.

I only really argue about this kind of stuff with really good friends in person if we’ve been drinking.
 
No

but I wish there was a way to transfer the feeling or the appreciation for something that I find incredible and when I introduce it to a really good friend & their just like, meh....so we could share in the stoke
 
I used to get a little bent out of shape if someone said that an artist that I liked sucked but I realize there are so many people out there and tastes are just so personal & different that it doesn't even phase me now.
 
Motorik said:
Not really, I kinda expect that people won't like my taste. I'm a guy who likes The Cramps way more than The Beatles, and thinks Neil Diamond's 'Cracklin' Rosie' is better than the entire Iron Maiden discography.
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Does he make you sing like a gi-tar hummin’?
 
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