Originally posted by Ozymandias
I have a very eclectic taste in music but I really like metal. My favorite metal band would have to be Lamb of God. I also like jazz (especially jazz fusion) and classical. What about you guys?
Hank Williams was on Prairie Home Companion once. He said something along the lines that "A true musician appreciates good music, no matter what 'kind' of music it is." And then he proceeded to play a Blondie song (at the time, somewhere between punk and new wave). I'm with Hank on that.
I took my son Orion to a Mannheim Steamroller concert. He was, at the time, writer and rhythm guitar player for a metal band. We enjoyed the whole thing, but at the end, they started to play some Tchiakovsky. Then this head banger next to me who sat quietly all this time suddenly says "Now THAT'S what I call music!". I think that's what Hank meant.
I'll try to listen to anything. If it grabs my attention, especially as something I'd like to play, I'll listen to it. If it's done well, particular if it's musically proficient, I'll probably like it. If it stirs something up in me, I'll definitely like it (three such favorites: Fanfare for Common Man, USAF Band version; opening theme from "Enterprise"; Pink FLoyd's "Learning to Fly"). This, IMO, is what music is for. I mean, I hardly even conside rap/hip hop to be "music", but I'm sure it reaches inside someone and does something to them, so that's music for them.
For background noise for driving, if I'm not listening tp the news, I'll listen to the hardest rock I can find, because hey, sometimes you just gotta rock. I guess since I hear fewer hard rock songs than any other kind of music that I'd prefer not to hear again, that'd make it my favorite kind.