Controversial views

[Regina]

I really don't think much of the Beatles music.

(damn, I've dated AND outed myself big time now)

I hate Elvis.

I actually dislike a lot of music.  Unless it hits me on an emotional level, it's just sound to me.  So the bulk of stuff a lot of people like I don't.  What's frustrating about that is that a lot of people think it's because I haven't heard their favorite band or song and that my opinions are based on a lack of exposure, which is simply not true.  I've listened to a ton of music in my lifetime.  I likely have heard whatever the other person finds to be the pinnacle of music.  I just simply find most of it annoying-to-terrible.

I'm that guy who dislikes entire genres of music.  I loathe country.   Old country is filled with cheesy, schlocky crap.  New country is essentially watered-down pop rock.   Full of whiny/nasally voices and terribly twangy guitars.  Yuck.  I'm not into hip-hop or rap.  I don't actively hate it like country, but aside from a few exceptions, it's annoying at best.  Too much repetition, no real melody... nope.

I've learned the hard way to just let it go, because music is an intensely personal thing to a lot of people, and despite how it may seem at times on here, I really don't try to be an asshole all the time.  So, I don't usually say something.  But, I might find a convenient reason to leave the room for 3-6 minutes....

I'm right there with you, dislike Elvis, and ditto on The Beatles too. I can kinda see why they appealed to people at the time they were relevent, since the music they were presenting was (relatively) more exciting than what people were used to then. I don't understand people who still go out of their way to listen to them today though. There's been so much better and, frankly more exciting, music since then and they're so dated now.

With that being said I can't stand people who take music so personally. I have my favourites but I'm not going to really cuss someone out just for not liking them. Some of these crazy internet stans go way too fucking hard for their queens, looking at The Beyhive (LOL at that name tho, genius), The Rihanna Navy, Gaga's Monsters etc. You'd think these celebrities were paying these teens to come to their defense, the way they wild out for them. It's stupid. I actually had an internet friend who cut me off once, because I got annoyed with him for arguing aggressively with people who dislike Britney, and he knows I love Britney myself. Let people have their opinions, it's not that serious, especially over celebrities who don't know any of us even exist as individuals.