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

Many types of music are readily available.
Each of use has favorites: Classical, Rock, Jazz...
And perhaps some we really only listen to if politeness demands... and a few one would need earplugs to stay in the same room!
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POLL QUESTION: What are your favorite types of music?
Second? third? etc. What forms are tolerable but you would not buy? and what types do you head for the door?
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For me: first desert island music is Classical... Always loved classical music since teen. Preferences within Classical music: Mozarts Operas, Beethovens chamber music, Bartok/Stravinski, Debussy...
Second has been Rock, In Rock I like middle of the road stuff, Beatles, girl groups, Dylan (no heavy metal)
but I would say recently I have been learning about Jazz, and Jazz, from 1930 through 1969, is now my most played form of music. I am still learning about Jazz so picking favorites is hard. Some single items that stand out: Benny Goodman's 1939 Carnagie Hall concert. Miles Davis Kind of Blue, and Sketches ...
Stuff I am so so on is country,reggae,world,folk.
I am not willing to bear Thrash rock, most rape (though J.J.Kool is sort of listenable... Easy listening (Lawence Welk)
So this is the idea: list the stuff you like....
elizabeth
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marakanetz
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My crap list is only for individual performers:
1. Eagles
2. Green Day
3. Celine Dion.

Rarely listening to classics, but enjoy.

Sometimes listening to light rock of end-70's mid-80's:
Chris Rea, Chris Debourgh, Prokol Harum, Gary Brooker, 10cc...;
International music such as tangos, french chanson.

Heavy listening is dedicated to progressive rock, avant-jazz, ECM, avant-funk, neo-classical, soffisticated electronic music, innovative and abstract.
fathom7
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Marakanetz -- interesting take. I never classed Procul Harum on the LIGHT side -- probably due to having lost some hearing during one of their concerts in the Stone Age. Nice mix of music though. I also buy the Celine Dion thing too. But hey -- if it's your music why is she in your house?

F7
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marakanetz
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F7,
WIFE, he..he...!
fathom7
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Marakanetz:

Got it. That's how I got saddled with the requirement for multiple disc players. Now at a Sony SCD C555ES that has been modded. The mods make it worth it though. It's a transport for redbook and, well, thank god I got the mods for the SACDs I have. One of which is Carol King's Tapestry. Guess why.

F7
shubertmaniac
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Elizabeth:Are talking about music as enlightenment or music as entertainment. If it is for enlightenmnet then Schnittke, Schubert, and Beethoven. If it is for entertainment then Yardbirds, Nirvana, and the Rolling Stones. The only problem with classical music is that it takes so much energy to absorb its content and reflect upon what the composer is trying to communicate. It takes a goodly amount of time to reflect on something like a symphony by Schnittke or a string quartet by Schubert, even though I might have heard it a 100 times. That is what is so amazing about classical music, each time it is played, it comes back to you anew, something fresh and vibrant.
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