POLL: Favorite styles of music, ok stuff, dislike?

I realized I love everything combined together onto one and the main and probably unique contender of such style is
MAGNA.

My favorite type of music is rock music from the late 1950's through the 1970's. We are talking the Beatles; Byrds; Dylan; Stones; Sam Cooke; Mamas & the Papas; Gary Puckett; Doo Wop; etc. Lillian Roxon's "Rock Encyclopedia," which was published in 1968 (I still have my copy), could be renamed "Rich's Favorite Music."

My second favorite type of music is Americana (country; folk; bluegrass) . Pick up a copy of the "No Depression" magazine to see what I mean. At any point , I will own from 40% to 60% of their "Top Whatever" lists.

My third favorite type of music is a toss up between jazz and classical/opera. I buy a lot of these two types of music and I am still learning about them ... but, I still can not distinguish between two conductors' versions of the same piece.

I find most world music tolerable, but I do not buy it consistently. I own some Cuban (Afro-Cubano All Stars); some latino (Ruben Blades); some African ... but that's about it.

I head for the door whenever I see the warning label "explicit lyrics" on the CD cover. It is not the use of language that offends me. What the warning sticker has come to represent to me though ... is music that is a mish mosh of thug braggadocio set to a boring and repetitive "thump thump" beat. The music is not melodic ... the words are not poetic. Kid Rock may try to "humor it up" on occasion ... but it still does not work for me on any level.

Elizabeth: thanks for a great post. This New Year finds me, just like last year, recuperating from spinal fusion and listening to a lot of music. My New Year's resolution for 2004 is to focus only the music and not the equipment (granted though, I am a mid fi aficionado ... when I do damage it is in $500 chunks). Posts like yours help me to keep my New Year resolutions.

Regards, Rich

Favorite: all periods of jazz, far too much to list or discuss. Orchestral/Symphonic music of the classical,romantic and some modern classical music.
Next is some progressive rock, some rock and pop. I love Latin Jazz, bluegrass, "Good" reggae,soca,chutney soca (indian wife from Trinidad, mon)
I head for the door when I hear MTV/BET rap,modern r&b, modern "bad" reggae, angry trashy hard rock of the last decade or so
I'm into BEAUTY, aesthetics, composition, you know, the rules of design. NOT UGLY TRASHY GARBAGE

Just out of school, my tastes ran to splashy,brassy stuff like Richard Strauss,Stravinsky,Ravel,and jazz with electonic instruments.

My tastes have evolved to classic and barouqe era classical and hard bop and swing Jazz. What's the common thread? Polyphony. I'm increasing attracted to the interplay of two or more horizontal lines played at the same time.

Many years ago took a class on Far East culture and the Prof. asked me to learn to play a few songs on the piano. At first the song/s were so strange/usual. After learning to play them, I felt the music that I was playing before the class was so plain and boring! Strange how we get accustomed to things...I'll listen to just about anything but I'm not too keen on a few types. A healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to everyone. Bill