I’m not saying particular genres, we all have our less desired musical genres, I mean music in general.
When I was a child I was very confident to say that I hated music, all kinds, and my cousin used to say that was not possible.
Turns out he was right, and I only hated the teenage music my sister from the 90s used to listen to.
Secretly I enjoyed soundtracks and OSTs from several media, such as animes (digimon openings and battle themes for example) and some TV shows or even videogames.
Then my taste “evolved” and pretty much stayed at rock, heavy metal and alike.
So that little memory lane inspired me to ask about this.
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Not hate per se, but my grandpa was very uncomfortable around any kind of “persistent noise”, be it too many people talking at once (he usually spent the most part of family reunions in the garage, tinkering with his gadgets), loud machines running for a long time (he’d rather walk a few miles than sit in a car for longer than five minutes) … or music. Then again he was a German WWII veteran who never went to therapy, so who knows what kind of memories he buried deep down … he never talked about it.
So … not exactly “hating all music” in the actual sense but I think he had a good reason to avoid it nonetheless.
I hate 100% of modern music and about 90% of old music.
My playlist is like:
- Mozart
- Show Must Go On by Queen
- Moscau (German version) by Gengis Chan
- Hall of the Mountain King
Beatles and Pink Floyed are tolerateable.
And I apologize for anything I misspelled anywhere above.
What specifically about music is it that you don’t like? And what is it specifically about those particular songs that makes you like them?
Well, I tend to see music as an instrument that allows you to feel certain feelings. If the music gives off negative vibes, it probably means the person dislikes it.
Somebody must have beat our guy with a radio while top 40 music was blasting from it
Well, you still like music then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m curious to see if you find anyone. I do know there are some kids who are very sensitive to the moods of music and cry for Happy Birthday, for example, because it’s in a minor key. I can see how it could almost be like someone is whining at you or trying to get you hyped up and you just want to be with your own thoughts?
Not trying to take from the emotional side of birthdays here.
Going to put on my poindexter hat: It’s not in a minor key. But the melody is in a mode, called Mixolydian, which is more major than it is minor because its primary triad is a major chord.
“Amusia” is apparently a thing, which would be the inability to feel patterns in pitch, beat and/or rhythm in music, so I can definitely see those people not enjoying music so much. I can’t relate at all, but I guess I can’t exactly relate to what it’s like to be blind either…
Now that we are talking about disabilities… I didn’t even consider deaf people… Perhaps some deaf people are not capable of liking music? (I suppose there are levels of deaf, as blind people do).
Deaf people can still feel vibrations from music, and in my experience tend to enjoy that quite a lot
I live with a guy that seems to hate music. Haven’t actually asked him about it because he just yells at the TV or radio if they have music on.
Huh, that must be… Weird? Imagine getting mad at all TV jingles 😂
I get a bit agitated at TV jingles but thats just because i hate advertisements in general
He just switches channel and screams about what he wants to watch not being on.
People are allowed to like whatever they want to. If you don’t like my playlist, I’ll put on headphones.
Huh okay? But that was not the point of my rambling 😅
I know people who hate some music and are apathetic at best to all the rest, but I feel like theres enough variety that no one would hate all music.
I feel like my dad would be the closest person to hating music. I absolutely love music, so did my mom. My sister was into music when she was a teen and then it was more like: yeah i like when there is some music. I asked my dad once if he doesn’t like any music. He didn’t answer but 3 days later he said he liked the beach boys. He has no album or anything from the beach boys. I once bought him some Mozart album, because he said he liked Mozart. They are still sealed 10 years later. Every time we exchange cars, the radio of his car is just shut off. So i genuinely believe that my dad doesn’t actually like music at all.
I definitely met people who don’t care about music. And would prefer silence than music on the radio. I don’t believe they hate music in general.
I’m at an age where I’m just not as passionate about music as I was. Not saying only young people enjoy music. I’m just currently not inspired by it and hope to be so again soon.
I love love love music on a nice pair of headphones but when people start playing music (whether it’s compressed MP3 trash or high quality) out loud on a speaker then I’m irritated.
Shredder hates music
Some islamic fundamentalists introduced wide-ranging bans on music, for example Afghanistan under taliban rule or Iran for few initial years under Khomeini, so yes they probably have some strong opinions
I wouldn’t say I hate music, but my feelings are quite complicated. I have played guitar for 20+ years. I learned a lot of songs before I realized that every song is exactly the fucking same. And I eventually just got bored of it.
It’s not all types of music, though. Mostly just pop music. So I pretty much hate anything that plays on the TV or on the radio. When I was a teenager I was a total asshole about it and treated people who didn’t feel the exact same way as me as inferior. But I have calmed down quite a bit over the years. If other people like that music, that’s great for them. I can even have it on without whining now.
One thing I do love to do is song the “wrong” song – one that is exactly the same but with different words. I think it’s fun to try and figure out which songs sound really good when layered on top of each other. It drives my wife nuts.
I don’t think it’s really possible to simply hate music. You might hate songs, or bands, or genres or styles; and those may be extremely hard to get away from making it seem like you hate all music. But human brains generally like musical form to some degree. It helps in learning and memorization and all sorts of other things.
Streaming services have been a life changer for me. Previously I rarely listened to music because radio was too much blather and I never got my music collection to the point of being convenient. However since I started subscribing to a streaming service, I listen constantly, to music from various genres and time periods, and have rediscovered music I like that had previously been too much hassle.
Most importantly I discovered the genre that most spoke to me was one that I rarely heard in my region, or among people I knew
I used to not like music for a long time because my family was weirdly annoying about music. They made it uncomfortable to want to listen to it, making me feel embarrassed about it.
I don’t hate music, I also don’t like music. I am indifferent to music. I don’t seek it out at all, nor do I ever listen to it on my own.
Do songs ever get stuck in your head? Did you ever go to gigs when you were younger? What’s your family’s relationship with music like?
