Preferences among genres of music

[mtbc]

I consider my tastes to be fairly mainstream, there is a wide range of music that I enjoy hearing. A notable exception might be that there are fair chunks of country and folk music of which I am not much of a fan, especially if the lyrics are sentimental story-telling, also the kind of heavy metal that is more incoherent growling than it is melodic guitar work. I don't have much sophistication: while I might like a range of semi-popular classical music, in jazz I enjoy Keith Jarrett but don't go as far as liking much of John Abercrombie's stuff.

Anyhow, one genre that I like more than many is synthpop, also fairly minimalist electronica. After all, I'm the kind of person who can get an earworm of the music that Rob Hubbard provided for the video game Lightforce. This morning I have been happily productive for a while as I listened to some late seventies tracks from the Yellow Magic Orchestra and am now wondering where I put a Larry Fast album.

Comments

[thewayne]

In the realm of metal, are you familiar with Rammstein? Their vocals are neither growled nor screamed, if I understood German they should be quite listenable. Excellent violin work, too.

[mtbc]

Thank you for the tip! I'll give their Made in Germany a try to get an overview.

[thewayne]

Happy listening!  Aside from their midis and some videos, I stumbled upon a really cool Greatest Hits that they compiled.  A two disc set, the second disc was covers of their stuff by other metal bands!  Tres spiffy!