Originally Posted by: iamthe_eggman
I think one cop-out though is people who say "oh, I like all kinds of music", as in "I don't care what kind of music is playing, I dig it".

Exactly; I meet these people at my high school every day. People say "I like all kinds of music". I've never met a male say this comment, only females who don't know anything about music enough to consider themselves specialized (*don't get sensitive, this is my opinion based on my experiences*). they may say that as in self defense, because I ask the question about music right when i meet a person; Then again, they probably have a specific type of music they like, they just don't want to say it in case i don't like it.......Ah! :)
Well anyways, then I'll ask them if they like Classical music, in which they say "no", then i ask if they like opra, "No", then i ask if they like bebop, "No", then i punch them in the face, "Yes". ;)

What music you like and listen to and are influenced by shows a great deal of your personality. I see a white person from an affluent family overlooking a lake, with a $500,000 house, listening to Jay Z and flashing gang-signs (and wearing FUBU clothes), I immediately think "Identity problems", or "Trying to fit in".

What I don't understand is the whole "Death Metal" genre. King_David did a very good job at defending the attacking Cannibal_Corpse, who tried to convince people that music involving eating intestines through a 30-day dead woman's vagina was suitable for a listening audience. What the ****!? And CC later claims- "Death Metal isn't Death Metal without Death", which, in true class, Lordathestrings replies with "Which makes me wonder why it's so appealing? :confused: "

I believe that a large amount of people listen to mainstream music as a means to fit in, because they are insecure with their position in life. All kinds of people do this, even people in the non-mainstream world (Hippies, Punks, Goths). Anybody agree?

~Incidents