Musical tastes

[Athena]

Logged onto youtube today and in my recommended videos were Enya's greatest hits,3 hours of relaxing music x2, 8hours of relaxing music. On the other side I have industrial mix from dark modulator and scum from santa hates you (nsfw language).

[alabamagirl]

My taste in music is pretty eclectic, too. And it depends a lot on what mood I'm in. If I'm pissed off, I'm more inclined to go for some angry, fast, pounding metal. Or if I'm in a romantic mood, maybe some sappy, gooey pop or R&B. Or maybe I'm feeling bubbly and dancy... Whatever fits the situation.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

Anything from Classic Rock to Hardcore/Punk to Jazz to Bluegrass to Classical to Noise to Ambient to Techno Pop to old school Hip-Hop to Death Metal/Grindcore to Speed Metal. But I tend to like older bands from all of these genres. I pretty much hate anything post mid 90's. I'm also ultra picky with who I like.

[jaythegeek]

I love Pop, Dance, Country, Soft Rock. Even a bit of Jpop!

[Jill F]

I like music that doesn't suck.  It could be pretty much anything genre wise, but there are certain artists that i would not touch with a barge pole.

I mostly play hard rock and metal when I jam though.

[katiej]

I recently discovered a playlist on Spotify called Deep Focus.  It's all ethereal instrumental music.  Some really great stuff.  Album Leaf, Helios, Caspian, Balmorhea, Message to Bears, and others...most of whom I wasn't familiar with.

[jakken]

I think my favorite music genres are Danish dancehall (I don't listen to Jamaican dancehall) and rap/hip hop. I mostly listen to Danish music. The only English music I currently listen to is Gym Class Heroes, which is one of my favorite bands.
I can listen to most genres though, I also really enjoy rock, funk, pop (both the more alternative and the mainstream), industrial, R&B. Yeah, I like a lot of different music.

[Edge]

Metalhead here. Most of what I listen to is folk metal, viking metal, and some other genres of metal, but I also have some neue deutsche härte and rock.

[✰Fairy~Wishes✰]

I like lotsa genres, but happy music is my favourite!

I love gabber and other hardcore. And I like hardstyle, too! And I like lots of Jpop music, especially bubblegum dance like Kyary and denpa music!

But I like lots of music, too. I like almost all electronic dance music!

[Ally_B]

Good god, such a big question....

Probably easiest just to say I grew up w/ 60s-80s pop and rock, got into metal, alt rock + industrial in h/s and as an adult, developed an appreciation (to some degree) for nearly every form of music that I've heard.

I was in a heavy metal band for over a decade, but these days I'm much more likely to end up listening to electro pop, jazz/R+B, ambient (both gentle and horrifyingly dark) or even simply fairly traditional guitar rock. That said, there's still more than enough room in my little musical world for everything I've ever loved and that I don't know that I love yet.

[Natalia]

I love:

- Classical music: Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Dvoràk, Beethoven...
- Classic rock: The Doors, Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel...
- Gothic rock: Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Cure, Bauhaus...
- Progressive rock: Yes, Curved Air...
- Symphonic/Power Metal: Nightwish, Epica, Therion, Rhapsody, Stratovarius...
- Gothic Metal: Tristania, Sirenia, The sins of Thy Beloved...

[Leeloo_Dallas]

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this at all, but I'v noticed my taste in music shifting slightly ever since I started transitioning.  I could be just bat->-bleeped-<- crazy, but I swear its related somehow.  I used to mainly prefer metal IE; Slipknot, Fear Factory, Manson, but also had a taste for trance/club/dance music.  Now I find myself rarely listening to metal at all. I'v been listening to stuff like Armin van Buuren, Ellie Goulding, Ariana Grande 95% of the time. 

[Miss_Bungle1991]

I don't really buy the idea that just because someone transitions, that their musical tastes change. I don't believe it any more than someone's sexual orientation changing for the same reason. I've always liked heavy stuff (80's Hardcore/Punk, early Speed Metal, early 90's Death Metal/Grindcore, Harsh Noise). But these days I can listen to much lighter stuff when I'm in the mood for it. If someone's musical tastes evolve, it has more to do with music rather than something like gender transitioning.

[Ally_B]

I don't really buy the idea that just because someone transitions, that their musical tastes change. I don't believe it any more than someone's sexual orientation changing for the same reason. I've always liked heavy stuff (80's Hardcore/Punk, early Speed Metal, early 90's Death Metal/Grindcore, Harsh Noise). But these days I can listen to much lighter stuff when I'm in the mood for it. If someone's musical tastes evolve, it has more to do with music rather than something like gender transitioning.

I agree and disagree at once.... Hear me out! lol

I think that when one opens up the door to their true self, you open yourself up to experiences that you may not have felt were appropriate for the role you felt that you had to play before. There may have been things that piqued your interest, but it was something you could never feel safe exploring because you might be subjected to ridicule and/or bullying (particularly if yr old enough to have been around for the days when music was all still stored on not-so-portable media)....

Hell, it may have been because you were still trying to reject this part of yourself. Once you've commenced transitioning, you might allow yrself the opportunity to explore it and find you have a greater attachment to it than the music that you previously allowed yourself to experience and enjoy.

I also think that the chemicals you are introducing to your body can effect the way you might emotionally react to music. Not that I've looked for any studies that prove or disprove this, but given all the changes that hormones introduce to your physical being, I don't think it is far-fetched to believe that they can effect your relationship with sound.

For me personally, I've always had a shifting, but broad musical taste (bits of everything from bubblegum pop through to avant-garde noise) but that's more governed by mood.... I never close the door fully on a previous fascination, and thoroughly enjoy revisiting them once they make themselves a part of my musical DNA.

These days, I find myself listening to lighter stuff much more frequently than I did in the past. However, I honestly feel that has more to do with the fact that I'm older now and have become more philosophical about things, so I tend not to feel the desire to listen to noisy, chaotic music as often as I used to, rather than any direct influence from transitioning.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

I think that when one opens up the door to their true self, you open yourself up to experiences that you may not have felt were appropriate for the role you felt that you had to play before. There may have been things that piqued your interest, but it was something you could never feel safe exploring because you might be subjected to ridicule and/or bullying (particularly if yr old enough to have been around for the days when music was all still stored on not-so-portable media).

Well, I remember back in the day, it was very common for me to switch from stuff like Napalm Death to more mellow and poppy stuff like The Breeders. My friends thought that I was weird because of that. I told them all that they could go to hell if they didn't like it. I've always been the type to stick to my guns. Transitioning just reinforced that mentality. It didn't create it.

[Ally_B]

Well, I remember back in the day, it was very common for me to switch from stuff like Napalm Death to more mellow and poppy stuff like The Breeders. My friends thought that I was weird because of that. I told them all that they could go to hell if they didn't like it. I've always been the type to stick to my guns. Transitioning just reinforced that mentality. It didn't create it.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm like that myself. lol What I was saying is more based on observations I've made of others, a bit of psychology and a wee bit of playing devil's advocate.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm like that myself. lol What I was saying is more based on observations I've made of others, a bit of psychology and a wee bit of playing devil's advocate.

Yeah, I knew what you meant. I was just talking about where I was coming from.

[Illuminess]

My first love is 70s progressive rock like Rush, Yes, ELP, Renaissance, Pink Floyd, etc. Then the more modern stuff like Porcupine Tree, Marillion, Dream Theater, etc. I've also always been obsessed with female vocals, particularly soprano or mezzo-soprano styles. And if my music isn't expressing complex melodies and epic, orchestral arrangements then it needs to be conveying some deep emotions with passionate delivery. I can't do bands like Nickelback, Creed, or any overly happy stuff. Definitely no synthetic, superficial, pop diva, cookie-cutter crap. I love all kinds of styles from metal to electronica to folk to classical as long as it's genuine, soulful, with unrestrained expression and real talent.

[HexenPixi]

Deathrock (not a metal genre), Post-Punk, Coldwave/Minimal, 80's Wave and lots of cheesy Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave) pop like Nena, Berlin, Nina Hagen

[Illuminess]

I've lately been listening to a lot of female fronted doom/stoner rock, shoegaze and post rock.

Some recommendations:

Esben and the Witch
Emma Ruth Rundle
Marriages
Nordic Giants
Sunwølf
Exitmusic
2:54
Avatarium
Alunah
Black Mare
Black Math Horseman
Monarch!
Murkrat
Ides of Gemini