What Genres of Music are Aspies Into?

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I don't think aspie's taste in music can be generalized. It's a matter of personal taste.

i listen to alot of this

Probably all sorts.

I like a lot of different kinds of music. For neurological reasons there are some kinds of techno and rap and street drumming that I can't stand because they paralyze me or make me lose control of movement.

The kinds of music I most consistently like is country (not as much the stuff that sounds like pop with a Southern accent that they're putting out lately, but actual country), bluegrass, and folk (both traditional and modern, and I love watching how songs have mutated over time between, say, Ireland or England and Appalachia). But I like some music from most kinds of music, really.

One of my favorite bands is the Cocteau Twins since most of their songs it's impossible to hear the words. (They've broken up, but their lead singer sang on part of the soundtracks for Lord of the Rings that someone was mentioning earlier.) And I've perseverated on several bands before (one band at a time, usually) including listening to single songs on continuous repeat for days, etc.

I don't think my emotions are less extreme or more simplified than usual.

For me I am into, Goth stuff like Rock, Metal, Grunge, Punk and everything else along those lines. So I have things like Linkin Park, Green Day, System of a Down, Foo Fighters, Trivium, KoRn and so on

Mostly classical and ambient.

http://www.last.fm/user/jokumuko

I especially like loreena mckennit (celtic), enya (celtic) enigma(alternative? trance? techno???), 3 doors down, 3 days grace, 3rd eye blind nickelback (i believe n.b. would be soft rock.... although granted, they have moved into mainstream recently) , and then most country, very little pop, like nelly furtado, pink, black eyed peas.

old stuff

my favorites are Fleetwood Mac 1975-1987, Genesis 1976-1992, Styx... 1972-1983
Rush... til the 80's
Black Sabbath (the Dio years mostly)

Personally I avoid music period. It's an emotional stimulant, and I don't know about the rest of you, but I get enough emotional stimulation from my daily affairs. The never system needs a good rest when your on your own, and certainly doesn't need tweaking when not!

I mostly listen to various genres and classifications of Rock music with a few other things mixed in. Favorite bands/artists of mine include AC/DC, Aerosmith, Cake, Electric Light Orchestra, Faith No More, Flogging Molly, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Jonathan Coulton, MC Frontalot, Metallica, The Offspring, Queen, System of a Down, Tenacious D, Tom Petty, Tool, Traveling Wilburys, Ween, and Weird Al.

Death metal.

And songs that take the piss out of life, i.e. The London Underground Song, possibly my favourite song of all, even better than death metal.

My playlist:

project playlist

I love dance music. To a lesser extent I enjoy rap/hip-hop. I think the reason is because both genres have good beats and choruses that get repeated frequently.

I would post my last fm, but there was an 18 month gap where I didn't use it so it's so inaccurate it's scary.

SO errr...

Primarily electro-indie-rock with a bit of pop thrown in.

A bit of alternative rock...

Lots of up-n-coming bands...

Anything that involves the use of a Korg.

And then weird little forays into new age/mystic/folk stuff, like Loreena McKennitt.

Classical... as a classical pianist how could I not appreciate the great masters.

Dance dance dance...

Getting a bit more into some hardcore lately...



But not hip hop. Not death metal. Not R&B. Not hard rock. And generally not what's in the charts.