Music genres you can't stand...

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Good for him!

I'm not crazy about rap music, myself. I like the creative use of loops, electronic sound sources, and "turntablism" because these guys really do those kinds of things in artful ways. What I get hung up on is the lyrical content. I find it grotesque, and there are much better ways of writing songs without relying on the same, tired, provocative filth and depravity of hip-hop lyrics. To put it visual terms, there is a fine line between art and pornography.

I do enjoy country music, but I prefer country music that resembles more what I listened to as a child. Don't gag, but I do find Taylor Swift to have a lot of good vocal talent and potential to becoming a truly great performing artist rather than just another fleeting trend. As an example of what I mean, I thought Leanne Rhymes was REALLY starting to come into her own, and then she suddenly vanished from the music scene. And that is truly sad to me because I thought her first attempts in the industry were absolutely pathetic! But the talent and energy were apparent. Contrast with Britney Spears in a different genre. To my ears, Britney might just as well been another pretty face in a karaoke bar for the quality of work. She was off to a good start, but after two or three albums it was apparent that "it" just wasn't there. I really don't want to see the same thing happen with good talent like Swift and even Miley, but I'm worried Miley Cyrus is going the same "just another pretty face" direction. That is also shameful, in my opinion, because she got to grow up surrounded by people in the industry via her father, not to mention all the pressure of being a child actress in a popular TV show. All the right things are THERE, but being a conformist to the industry will not grant you any kind of public longevity.

I have NEVER liked Shania Twang (come on, you KNOW I spelled it right!). Mutt Lange has always had higher standards than that, and I wonder that Twang may have buried HIS career along with any respectability he may have had...

I don't like jazz, either, but that's another story entirely. I got burned out on jazz because I used to hang out with musicians who took it WAY too seriously. Any kind of old music can still be new and exciting in the hands of the right performers. Take classical music, for instance. The Eroica Trio never fails to impress. If you never liked classical music before, these ladies will totally give you a new appreciation for it!

I'm pretty much unimpressed with MOST of the acts that came out of the 90's. Music generally sucked after 1985, and by 1989 the party was definitely OVER. The worst thing to happen to rock was Nirvana, and that was just the final nail in the coffin for me, after which my listening was primarily classical music and oldies, including my first introduction to the Beatles. The 80's were simply the best decade for music. PERIOD. Some of those sounds have really come back and seem to be here to stay. But WOW--that was a great time to be a kid!

Christian Rock, Rap, country, and any of the "Core" genres in metal, EG Deathcore, Metalcore, Doomcore.

Yeah good for him! How dare those kids have their own musical tastes? Obviously the best thing to do would be to show them how idiotic they are by playing them REAL music.

To be honest, I would've gone out there and talked to him about his music, since I don't know many artists in those genres. It'd probably surprise him that a lot of people listen to all kinds of music. Often times people just hear someone listening to something they don't like and they leap to conclusions.

You sad, sad person.

I guess it would be pretty hard for me to eliminate entire genres. Most of the music I don't like happens to be country western, but I won't rule out the possibility of there being a good country song.

My favorite country song is actually a NIN cover, so it doesn't count.

My least favorite is probably death/black metal. Basically metal that sounds like....

ChugChugChug GRRRRRAAAARRRRR! RRROOHHRR! ChugChugChug GRRRUUUGG!

Country, rap, gospel, and all the tween crap.

Modern country, most modern rap (90s is good), that 'screamo' stuff that people actually call music, and a large majority of modern Pop music.

I've tried to enjoy all genres of music, but in the end, the certain genres just irritate me, with minor exceptions. I'm very very picky.

I can listen to most genres of music. All have musicians that I enjoy, and tranversely musicians that I hate, all in the same genre.

For some reason, though, I have a hard time getting into rap, metal, modern country, basically most modern forms of popular music.

Most old music (80's and before), and anything made by Disney.

Most pop and electronic/techno, although Aphex Twin is good (more IDM than techno however). I just hate the hippy-boppy-jump-up-and-flail-your-arms feeling about techno.....quite irritating.

I hate and despise most popular music dating from around the 70s on.
I'm particularly maddened by whatever genres into which you'd lump the likes of these monstrosities:

Only thing I can't stand is gangster rap.

Dkw but rap/hip hop

Minimal.

And funky house - it's just music to drink a bacardi breezer along to.

For one thing, I dislike music that is overproduced and has no meaning. Secondly, I dislike rap. I dislike certain types of pop (especially the types that discount women as boy-crazy idiots that prattle on about makeup), and I don't like anything made by Disney. They have no meaning, their songs are written by random people instead of themselves, and they just bore me.