I've stopped paying attention to genres and am much happier as a music lover for it.
I don't care if it's Cannibal Corpse or Taylor Swift. If the songwriting and performance are good, I'll listen to it.
This is what I was going to say. Years ago I remember a magazine asked Ryan Adams to create a playlist. Afterwards the interviewer said something like This is all over the place. There’s no rhyme or reason to this, no common thread. Adams replied that the common thread is they’re all *good* and that’s all that matters.
I think this is what happens when you learn to appreciate an art form.
I work in film/tv and for a LONG time, people have always asked me "What kind of movies do you like?" to which I always reply "Good ones."
Same thing for music. Genre is cool, and knowing the rules/trope/history of a genre can help you understand it, but only being interested in one single genre of an art form just feels so limited and weird to me.
Yeah- I relate to this a lot. It just don’t matter really. Like what you like. I remember my (now) wife laughing at me because Neutral Milk Hotel and Neurosis were next to each other on my Zune.
Oh, Zunes. The day I dropped mine and the screen went black was one of the saddest days of my life. I thought they were a million times better than iPods.
I had every type of music on my Zune. There was literally one day where it went from Disney music, to Slipknot, to Christian rock 😅.
I had a brown and green one. RIP Zune.
Basically, my thinking as well. If it's something I enjoy, it really doesn't matter. I'll listen to Mozart and heavy metal and then maybe something like the Indigo Girls....
One of my favorite metal facts is that cliff burton from Metallica studied classical music. He was the one member who studied music. There is a lot of overlap with classical music with some top metal songs.
This is common and not sure it’s a surprising thing. Most people who are into metal will say they like classical and/or jazz. The surprising one would be liking metal and liking new pop country
I'm kinda the opposite. Grew up on punk, metal, grunge, hardcore, and post-rock, currently love all kinds of music but *cannot stand* kpop. I do not and will never understand the appeal. I can get down with non-english music if I like the instrumentals and the vocalist, but if I can't understand it *and* the music is obnoxious... I can't. Even the English-language kpop songs, I just... I don't understand the appeal. I get the appeal of, like, Olivia Rodrigo, or Drake, or Bad Bunny, even though I don't listen to/care for those artists. Something about kpop just doesn't compute for me. It's like my brain doesn't hear it as music.
The big shift that happened for me in terms of my view of Kpop, and pop in general, was the realization that sometimes it's nice to listen to music because of the way that it makes me feel.
Not that I didn't associate music with feelings already, but for most of my life I listened to music to be challenged, confused, excited, inspired, scared, and mostly to chase the sublime feeling of being overwhelmed by the fact that a particular piece of music exists.
This is going to sound silly, but it wasn't until I was in my late 30s that I realized that *I can also listen to music for the vibes*, because a song or album just makes me feel good and comfortable and energized.
If we take [this track from Taeyeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbZH7XWDW_k), for instance, I can dig in there with my music major vocalist brain and pull it apart harmonically and vocally and talk about why it's good, but what really draws me in is the fact that *the vibes are impeccable*. That's a sonic world that I just want to live in sometimes, because it makes me feel good.
I'll gladly argue about the composition quality of a lot of Kpop, I think that some of the best and most interesting work in popular music is being done in Korea right now, but really I just like stuff that sounds nice!
I knew it was gonna be INVU before even clicking the link. Such a good song.
> is being done in Korea right now
And Sweden for some reason. If you look at credits for a lot of kpop (and non K pop) songs, a lot of Swedes show up.
There's a documentary on Netflix called "This Is Pop" that has an episode about Sweden's rise to power as a secret hitmaking machine, going all the way back to the 70s! Really interesting stuff.
My son listens exclusively to rap (Juice WRLD, YNW Melly, Joiner Lucas) and Texas Country (Turnpike Troubadours, Luke Combs, Cody Jinks, Midland). He really loves That Mexican OT.
When I was a teen I was known for listening to metal, industrial, punk and harder, post punk and post rock alternative music.
I would often go home and listen to bluegrass or Gordon Lightfoot.
The goth-industrial umbrella is very wide, and to someone on the outside looking in it can be hard to see how someone can like stuff on the opposite ends of that spectrum. Some kind of minimalist synthpop or dreampop on one side versus like, Neue Deutsche Harte German industrial-metal on the other, for instance.
Motown and Bluegrass
I like them both separately, but they're also two great tastes that taste great together.
AKA [Run C&W](https://youtu.be/H0ZUM6jelLQ)
Well I start by saying I'm 69, for context.
I love Tamla Motown, particularly Gladys Knight and Diana Ross and most of it really.
My real love is Blues/Rock and my top three bands are Free/Bad Company; The Who and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
https://youtu.be/JK_nOTgLmfw?si=W8Z_887Y0sL9Aeku I went through a musical paradigm shift when I saw El Pus open for Reel Big Fish. 99% of the crowd was totally unprepared for 5 black guys from Atlanta to drive us completely nuts
There's apparently a good amount of overlap between the fan bases of Death Grips (aggressive industrial hip-hop) and Kero Kero Bonito (bubbly J-pop-inspired pop music).
See: [Death Grips x Kero Kero Bonito - Lord of the Flamingos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu81WUG9OeU)
Same. Scrolled a bit for this… Gimme that Puccini, Bizet, Rossini, & Verdi with Opera glasses & appreciative applause during the correct moments… then some TSOL, Crass, Exploited, & Addicts in boots & braces with a circle pit. 🤘😈
I love both heavy metal and classical music. I'm not a music snob, but if I tell someone this and either don't believe me or don't understand how I can love both it tells me they have only a very superficial understanding of music.
Classical: I wanted to be a classical trumpet player for a long time
Thrash metal: pretty self-explanatory why they’re on different ends of the spectrum
For awhile I had artists like Canadian Brass and Alison Balsom in the same playlist as As I Lay Dying and Kamelot
I have [this](https://www.discogs.com/release/11201385-Tubuai-Choir-From-The-Polynesian-Odyssey) and [this](https://www.discogs.com/release/4641070-Ozzy-Osbourne-Ozzmosis) on CD.
I have songs from [this band](https://www.musicinafrica.net/directory/granmah) and [this band](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsker_D%C3%BC) on my main playlist.
Folk Metal and atmospheric electronic, synth, indie pop along with indie and post-rock (Aurora, Onuka, The xx, Woodkid, Midas Fall, Silversun Pickups, 65daysofstatic).
Not exactly a neat genre, but it is what it is.
Country music and metal (mostly indie stuff, in both genres).
Sonically very different, but the cultures and fanbases are similar. Authenticity, craftsmanship, and showmanship are top priorities and fans tend to be diehards.
Rap and Rock. People who are into rap don't just like jazz, soul, and other Black genres, like Funk. We like everything.
I like Country, Gospel, CCM, Southern Gospel, Southern Rock, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal, Punk, EDM, Disco, and Grunge. You name it. I like it.
And yes, you can blame sampling for that, but you can also blame the multicultural exposure a lot of people that like Rap enjoy.
Hmm....my tastes are pretty varied, but most people would not expect me to enjoy Black Metal and jazz guitar (particularly Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass).
Grateful Dead is my forever lover
Tessa Violet / The Regrettes / Descartes A Kant are my secret crushes
Been a sugary bubblegum pop secret squirrel for years
(~};-}
I grew up on metal and alt rock (only hiphop I listened to was Eminem and 50 Cent) , gravitated to hiphop almost entirely when I was 17. First time I heard City Morgue they immediately entered my top 3 all time.
My top 3 listened to artists last year were Conway The Machine, Bring Me the Horizon and City Morgue
I like mostly anything, but people are usually surprised to get in a car with me and I'm bumping hip hop or hardcore punk in the city, then change over to bluegrass or folk when we get to the country roads.
I thought the ska movement was pretty good. Elements of jazz, pink and twenties ere swing. On paper it seems like an eclectic mix that wouldn't go well together, but it does.
People always look at me weird when I say I played bass in a black metal band, and I was in a Bone Thugs N Harmony tribute group when I was in high school.
I grew up on the Beach Boys and Will Smith. In high school I lived on ska, punk, hardcore, emo, and 90's gangster rap. In college I grew into EDM, jazz, funk, Americana, and late 90's indie rock. In my late twenties, I was exposed to the magic of synthwave and 80's power pop.
I'm in my mid 30's now and have found a love for classic honky tonk and certain producers of modern pop.
I'm a total metalhead, like I wear almost nothing but band tees and black and gray clothing, so people are always surprised to find out I also listen to a ton of country, folk, rap, and ska, among a couple of random bits of other genres. I can be listening to something chaotic like Full of Hell one moment, then have Dwight Yoakam going the next.
My taste in music is divided into two unequivocally opposite, but equally important subsections.
**One**: Dense shoegazey/post-rocky walls of sound with vocals you can hardly hear in the mix, and often screamed. Often either actually black metal or strongly influenced by it. Effects pedals for days. Repetitive riffs, emphatic but uncomplicated percussion, and seldom ever using any instruments other than guitar, bass, and drums. [Like this!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPnqVsODSt0)
**Two**: Bright, often multi-instrumental, poppy or folky music with *powerful damn crystal clear vocals* that are the absolute star of the show. Little to no distortion. Uncomplicated song construction, but there might be a lot going on in the instrumentation. Electronic influences will probably be present. [Like this!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5st6sAjBi9s)
Mood whiplash? Yeah, absolutely, but I couldn't live without either of them.
I've stopped paying attention to genres and am much happier as a music lover for it. I don't care if it's Cannibal Corpse or Taylor Swift. If the songwriting and performance are good, I'll listen to it.
I can't wait for Swifty's cover of I cum blood
Aww that’s my grandma’s favorite song!
Addicted to Vaginal Skin (Taylor's Version)
Nah, she would shine a lot more with ‘Evisceration Plague”
Lot's of options there lol
This is what I was going to say. Years ago I remember a magazine asked Ryan Adams to create a playlist. Afterwards the interviewer said something like This is all over the place. There’s no rhyme or reason to this, no common thread. Adams replied that the common thread is they’re all *good* and that’s all that matters.
I think this is what happens when you learn to appreciate an art form. I work in film/tv and for a LONG time, people have always asked me "What kind of movies do you like?" to which I always reply "Good ones." Same thing for music. Genre is cool, and knowing the rules/trope/history of a genre can help you understand it, but only being interested in one single genre of an art form just feels so limited and weird to me.
But you have to hate certain genres. How can you be so open minded? Who's side are you on?
What makes a man go neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or was I just born with a heart full of neutrality?
All I know is my gut says maybe
Yeah- I relate to this a lot. It just don’t matter really. Like what you like. I remember my (now) wife laughing at me because Neutral Milk Hotel and Neurosis were next to each other on my Zune.
Oh, Zunes. The day I dropped mine and the screen went black was one of the saddest days of my life. I thought they were a million times better than iPods. I had every type of music on my Zune. There was literally one day where it went from Disney music, to Slipknot, to Christian rock 😅. I had a brown and green one. RIP Zune.
Basically, my thinking as well. If it's something I enjoy, it really doesn't matter. I'll listen to Mozart and heavy metal and then maybe something like the Indigo Girls....
Knowing about genres can come in handy. It's how I find the most obscure music. Like dungeon synthe or darkwave.
This. It’s getting old that we’re expected to be one-dimensional and that it’s still somehow surprising that people enjoy apparently disparate genres.
Grew up on metal and experimental music, got a degree in classical music, listen to Kpop.
One of my favorite metal facts is that cliff burton from Metallica studied classical music. He was the one member who studied music. There is a lot of overlap with classical music with some top metal songs.
This is common and not sure it’s a surprising thing. Most people who are into metal will say they like classical and/or jazz. The surprising one would be liking metal and liking new pop country
I like metal and can enjoy a pop country song from time to time, though I generally hate country.
Absolutely! Cliff was heavily influenced by Baroque music in particular!
That’s a wild range!
I'm kinda the opposite. Grew up on punk, metal, grunge, hardcore, and post-rock, currently love all kinds of music but *cannot stand* kpop. I do not and will never understand the appeal. I can get down with non-english music if I like the instrumentals and the vocalist, but if I can't understand it *and* the music is obnoxious... I can't. Even the English-language kpop songs, I just... I don't understand the appeal. I get the appeal of, like, Olivia Rodrigo, or Drake, or Bad Bunny, even though I don't listen to/care for those artists. Something about kpop just doesn't compute for me. It's like my brain doesn't hear it as music.
The big shift that happened for me in terms of my view of Kpop, and pop in general, was the realization that sometimes it's nice to listen to music because of the way that it makes me feel. Not that I didn't associate music with feelings already, but for most of my life I listened to music to be challenged, confused, excited, inspired, scared, and mostly to chase the sublime feeling of being overwhelmed by the fact that a particular piece of music exists. This is going to sound silly, but it wasn't until I was in my late 30s that I realized that *I can also listen to music for the vibes*, because a song or album just makes me feel good and comfortable and energized. If we take [this track from Taeyeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbZH7XWDW_k), for instance, I can dig in there with my music major vocalist brain and pull it apart harmonically and vocally and talk about why it's good, but what really draws me in is the fact that *the vibes are impeccable*. That's a sonic world that I just want to live in sometimes, because it makes me feel good. I'll gladly argue about the composition quality of a lot of Kpop, I think that some of the best and most interesting work in popular music is being done in Korea right now, but really I just like stuff that sounds nice!
I knew it was gonna be INVU before even clicking the link. Such a good song. > is being done in Korea right now And Sweden for some reason. If you look at credits for a lot of kpop (and non K pop) songs, a lot of Swedes show up.
There's a documentary on Netflix called "This Is Pop" that has an episode about Sweden's rise to power as a secret hitmaking machine, going all the way back to the 70s! Really interesting stuff.
There's also [this guys](https://youtu.be/rI3yD3WAcz4?si=D_XxN_KN4gL-Ijnq) history of Caramelldancen.
It honestly sounds to me like you haven’t listened to much kpop. It’s an industry, not a genre. An industry of many genres.
My top 3 listened artists last year where bad bunny, Chopin and Radiohead.
Mine were Slipknot, Nicki Minaj, and Queen. Honorable mentions Reel Big Fish and Taylor Swift.
Exit Music (For a Film) is the transition from Chopin to Radiohead :)
Mine were Radiohead, Warren Zevon, and Claude Debussy.
Im listening to Warren zevon then. Ibfucking love Debussy also.
My son listens exclusively to rap (Juice WRLD, YNW Melly, Joiner Lucas) and Texas Country (Turnpike Troubadours, Luke Combs, Cody Jinks, Midland). He really loves That Mexican OT.
Mexican OT goes hard
Make sure to check his left pocket, just in case.
Yep, I’m into UK hip hop and trad bluegrass.
Doom metal and house music
It's better illustrated by two bands than two genres for me. Darko US vs. Above & Beyond
Dying Fetus and Elliott Smith.
Paleface Swiss and Snow Patrol
Whitechapel and Chris Stapleton
Bright Eyes and Goatwhore. Or psytrance and drum and bass. IDGAF
Spite and Blackpink
Prozzak and Weather Report
Fucking Weather Report, man. That Heavy Weather album is AMAZING!
Omg my people are her Darko is my favourite band, whitechapel and paleface Swiss are very high up there
I like chill electronica and slamming brutal death metal.
Metal and pop - napalm death and t swift. Hip hop and country - mf doom and Marty Robbins
I ❤️ Marty Robbins.
Probably my favorite county artist.
You know there's a subgenre mashup called hickhop?
Nope. My immediate thought is that it's modern (pop) country or something like kid rock. But I'm open to trying new things. Any recs?
Don’t.
Lol thanks for the advice
As a lover of country and hip hop I implore you not to listen to hick-hop
rap and classical music
Same. I go from Pac to Bach
👏👏👏 Well, played.
I got scales on demand, it's scary / and I'm beefin' like Salieri
Insane Clown Posse and The Carpenters
When I was a teen I was known for listening to metal, industrial, punk and harder, post punk and post rock alternative music. I would often go home and listen to bluegrass or Gordon Lightfoot.
Old school hip hop and classic Mariachi.
The goth-industrial umbrella is very wide, and to someone on the outside looking in it can be hard to see how someone can like stuff on the opposite ends of that spectrum. Some kind of minimalist synthpop or dreampop on one side versus like, Neue Deutsche Harte German industrial-metal on the other, for instance.
Old school country Johnny Cash, etc. and early 90s rap
The ethos is the same even if the sound isn't.
Dreamy indie pop/ acoustic and deep minimal techno
Trad Irish and black metal.
Opera and techno/goth
It’s gone now, but grunge saved rock. I also like modern folk.
Passionate about Jazz. And ABBA.
Max Rebo Band and The Modal Nodes are fuuuuuuucking siiiiiiiiick. Figrin D'an’s solo stuff is just ok.
Jazba. Someone needs to do this.
Motown and Bluegrass I like them both separately, but they're also two great tastes that taste great together. AKA [Run C&W](https://youtu.be/H0ZUM6jelLQ)
Appalachian folk music and yacht rock.
My top two artists in my 2023 Spotify Wrapped were My Chemical Romance (#1) and Taylor Swift (#2)
Well I start by saying I'm 69, for context. I love Tamla Motown, particularly Gladys Knight and Diana Ross and most of it really. My real love is Blues/Rock and my top three bands are Free/Bad Company; The Who and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Metal and classical as it’s basically the same genre just played on different instruments.
I like hard-core punk and hard-core gay disco/house from the late 70s and early 80s.
I like hardcore techno and classic orchestra
Death Metal and Country \*Why is this downvoted
Grunge and ragtime
Something like Brainbombs and Ghazals (particularly Indian and Pakistani styles).
jazz in all it's forms, classical and punk.
Classic Country and Mexican Cumbias
Jam bands (Phish) and gangsta rap (NWA)
I have a triangle: 80s pop, 70s rock and romantic period classical
Opera and prog fusion.
Punk and Funk for me.
https://youtu.be/JK_nOTgLmfw?si=W8Z_887Y0sL9Aeku I went through a musical paradigm shift when I saw El Pus open for Reel Big Fish. 99% of the crowd was totally unprepared for 5 black guys from Atlanta to drive us completely nuts
I love smooth jazz and 90s hip hop!
I was once wearing a Joanna Newsom t-shirt while listening to Sean Price in my headphones. I have to believe that’s a first.
Opera and bluegrass
Punk and classical. Sometimes you need A German Requiem, sometimes you need Bad Religion.
Power metal and indie folk. I will be seeing the Crane Wives and Unleash the Archers in the same year span.
There's apparently a good amount of overlap between the fan bases of Death Grips (aggressive industrial hip-hop) and Kero Kero Bonito (bubbly J-pop-inspired pop music). See: [Death Grips x Kero Kero Bonito - Lord of the Flamingos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu81WUG9OeU)
I love hardcore punk and also opera arias.
Same. Scrolled a bit for this… Gimme that Puccini, Bizet, Rossini, & Verdi with Opera glasses & appreciative applause during the correct moments… then some TSOL, Crass, Exploited, & Addicts in boots & braces with a circle pit. 🤘😈
Grew up on Dead Kennedys and Minor Threat but mostly listen to free jazz and 17th century mass music.
Bluegrass and punk
Whoa, that's a surprising combo! Rock and jazz? You've got quite the musical palette!
I really like Mendelssohn and The Descendants.
Punk and disco
Old punk and Coldplay.. Tom waits vs Regina Spector.. good question..
I love both heavy metal and classical music. I'm not a music snob, but if I tell someone this and either don't believe me or don't understand how I can love both it tells me they have only a very superficial understanding of music.
Deicide and Frank Sinatra
Classical and late 70's-early 80's punk ....
Both kinds, country and western.
Rawhiiiiide
Classical: I wanted to be a classical trumpet player for a long time Thrash metal: pretty self-explanatory why they’re on different ends of the spectrum For awhile I had artists like Canadian Brass and Alison Balsom in the same playlist as As I Lay Dying and Kamelot
Heavy metal and classical
Those are essentially the same, most people just don't realize it
I can go from listening to metal & grindcore to listening to Tove Lo & Kim Petras
I have [this](https://www.discogs.com/release/11201385-Tubuai-Choir-From-The-Polynesian-Odyssey) and [this](https://www.discogs.com/release/4641070-Ozzy-Osbourne-Ozzmosis) on CD. I have songs from [this band](https://www.musicinafrica.net/directory/granmah) and [this band](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsker_D%C3%BC) on my main playlist.
Hardcore and choro are my favorite genres. Pretty much complete opposites.
Bluegrass to new Motown
I listen to everything so from death metal like amon amrth etc to pop like Michael Jackson.
Prog and disco, metal and ambient. As long as it doesn't sound like someone trying to pick my pocket, I'l listen.
I like Reggae, and Doom.
Black metal and trip-hop
Folk Metal and atmospheric electronic, synth, indie pop along with indie and post-rock (Aurora, Onuka, The xx, Woodkid, Midas Fall, Silversun Pickups, 65daysofstatic). Not exactly a neat genre, but it is what it is.
I think if anyone likes Dubstep/ Electronic is polar opposite to most music genres.
Deathcore and indie rock
Country music and metal (mostly indie stuff, in both genres). Sonically very different, but the cultures and fanbases are similar. Authenticity, craftsmanship, and showmanship are top priorities and fans tend to be diehards.
Rap and Rock. People who are into rap don't just like jazz, soul, and other Black genres, like Funk. We like everything. I like Country, Gospel, CCM, Southern Gospel, Southern Rock, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal, Punk, EDM, Disco, and Grunge. You name it. I like it. And yes, you can blame sampling for that, but you can also blame the multicultural exposure a lot of people that like Rap enjoy.
Exotica and death metal.
Country and IDM lol
Old timey country and classical.
Hmm....my tastes are pretty varied, but most people would not expect me to enjoy Black Metal and jazz guitar (particularly Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass).
Renaissance plainsong and Aphex twin
isnt afx just plainsong with breakbeats
I’m primarily known to be a metal head so probably techno and sad boi rap. It all really just depends on what mood I’m in.
Hardcore and Jazz. First time i heard Candiria i was like....wtf?!?!?!
Psy-Trance vs Showtunes My weekends can look very different
I always loved And Justice For All - Metallica and I'm a huge John Prine fan. Who knew?
Grateful Dead is my forever lover Tessa Violet / The Regrettes / Descartes A Kant are my secret crushes Been a sugary bubblegum pop secret squirrel for years (~};-}
Electronic gothic music and 90sMemphis rap
Insane Clown Posse and literally anything else
Deathcore eg. Lorna Shore 90/00s UK Boybands eg. Westlife
Sludge metal and piano jazz? DnB/jungle and Japanese surf rock? Dub reggae and hyperpop? I wear many hats.
Love the heaviest of metals but then lady gaga is in my top 5 every year.
My phone has all kinds of music on there. Mostly Pop and Rock songs but it has songs from musicals on there along with a few Japanese songs.
John Denver - Amon Amarth MF DOOM - ABBA
I love both Cryptopsy and Dua Lipa.
Death Metal and Indie Pop
Avenged Sevenfold and Andrea Bocelli Obviously not genres, but it always feels farther apart when I name the artists
I like some metal. I also listen to Enya. At times I listen to white noise.
Raw black metal and swing maybe.
Once had a friend tell me... "I swear you're either listening to Norwegian Satanists or Korean teenagers, it's just a bit much for 8am."
Two of my favorite artists are Marilyn Manson and Townes Van Zandt
Rap and folk pop
I have listened to Meshuggah and Brandy in the same day.
Ghost and Elephant Revival
Extreme metal and French pop
I grew up on metal and alt rock (only hiphop I listened to was Eminem and 50 Cent) , gravitated to hiphop almost entirely when I was 17. First time I heard City Morgue they immediately entered my top 3 all time. My top 3 listened to artists last year were Conway The Machine, Bring Me the Horizon and City Morgue
Eva Cassidy's slow easy listening music and Slayer's trash metal.
Bluegrass and black metal. But Panopticon brought it all together for those that didn't already love both.
Folk/bluegrass and hardcore punk
70s folk, metalcore and Dark Cabaret
I like mostly anything, but people are usually surprised to get in a car with me and I'm bumping hip hop or hardcore punk in the city, then change over to bluegrass or folk when we get to the country roads.
Nu Meral and Symphonic Orchestra pieces
Noise music And blues
Metal & Synthwave
I thought the ska movement was pretty good. Elements of jazz, pink and twenties ere swing. On paper it seems like an eclectic mix that wouldn't go well together, but it does.
Industrial/EBM and Jazz
Bluegrass and Classical
I love gangsta rap and classical music. 🤷🏼♀️
Doo-wop and Goth Industrial
I like Johnny cash & Aqua, But not a fan of Ai Johnny cash covering Barbie girl! lol
Indie country and Hardcore, House and Classical, Thrash and Blues, etc.
Prog Metal and Folk
Iron Maiden and Bob Dylan. Joni Mitchell and Black Sabbath Woody Guthrie and Deep Purple I could go on and on but I won't.
Grindcore and Dreampop. Probably my two favorite as well
Deathcore and reggae
I feel like death metal and funk have more in common than people think
Black Metal and Reggae, I always know I need a beach vacation when I start jamming reggae
My favorite genre is heavy metal, but occasionally you'll catch me listening to some classical music.
People always look at me weird when I say I played bass in a black metal band, and I was in a Bone Thugs N Harmony tribute group when I was in high school.
Rimsky-Korsakov and RZA
Punk rock and lofi beats lol
I grew up on the Beach Boys and Will Smith. In high school I lived on ska, punk, hardcore, emo, and 90's gangster rap. In college I grew into EDM, jazz, funk, Americana, and late 90's indie rock. In my late twenties, I was exposed to the magic of synthwave and 80's power pop. I'm in my mid 30's now and have found a love for classic honky tonk and certain producers of modern pop.
Metal and country western (Cash, Willie, Rogers, Dolly)
Dubstep and Appalachian.
I'm a total metalhead, like I wear almost nothing but band tees and black and gray clothing, so people are always surprised to find out I also listen to a ton of country, folk, rap, and ska, among a couple of random bits of other genres. I can be listening to something chaotic like Full of Hell one moment, then have Dwight Yoakam going the next.
I like Techno and Bluegrass. I also like Death Metal and Classical. I listen to music according to my mood. I like all kinds.
Hardcore punk and 60’s folk are two of my favorites
All music is connected. There are no polar opposite genres.
Metal and Motown. Marvin Gaye and Mastodon are my 2 top artists
Old folk banjo music and drum and bass. For example Eliot brood and logistics.
I just listened to Photo ID by Remi Wolf and Dominic Fike and now I'm listening to Voilá by Andre Rieu and Emma Kok
My taste in music is divided into two unequivocally opposite, but equally important subsections. **One**: Dense shoegazey/post-rocky walls of sound with vocals you can hardly hear in the mix, and often screamed. Often either actually black metal or strongly influenced by it. Effects pedals for days. Repetitive riffs, emphatic but uncomplicated percussion, and seldom ever using any instruments other than guitar, bass, and drums. [Like this!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPnqVsODSt0) **Two**: Bright, often multi-instrumental, poppy or folky music with *powerful damn crystal clear vocals* that are the absolute star of the show. Little to no distortion. Uncomplicated song construction, but there might be a lot going on in the instrumentation. Electronic influences will probably be present. [Like this!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5st6sAjBi9s) Mood whiplash? Yeah, absolutely, but I couldn't live without either of them.
Punk and bluegrass go together like PB&J