How diverse is your taste in music?

[The Dread Pirate]

I'm a metal head but I'll listen to anything so long as it's good

 

[Flibster]

On my current playlist:

Genesis
Seasick Steve
Muddy Waters
Leadbelly
R.E.M.
Queen
Crowded House
John Lee Hooker
Robert Johnson
Bo Diddley
Reel Big Fish
Puppini Sisters
B.B. King
Peter Gabriel
Dire Straits
Elmore James
Split Enz
Beatles
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Fats Domino
Proms 2009
Big Bill Broonzy
Gatemouth Brown
Cab Calloway
Kula Shaker
James Brown
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
The Jive Aces
Louisiana Red
Lightnin' Hopkins
Treana
Pink Floyd

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

I'd say my taste is quite diverse. For example, If I look at my iPod then a few different artists that jump out at me are:

Disturbed
Bonnie Tyler
Slipknot
Michael Jackson
Enter Shikari
Robbie Williams
Machine Head
Elvis Presley

I'd say that was a broad range there. But I'm mainly geared towards metal, alternative and 80's pop/rock.

 

[bledd]

wouldn't say mine is that diverse, I'd much rather have 10 bands with 30 albums each, than 300 bands with 1 album each...

neither Nirvana or Oasis will be making any new music though :/

 

[Lysander]

neither Nirvana or Oasis will be making any new music though :/

I dunno, Kurt Cobain still may have another album in him, he's just going through writer's block.

 

[marc2003]

i'm quite narrow minded really. although i do listen to music from opposite ends of the musical spectrum, i'm still very fussy about what i listen to. and looking at my last fm stats i spend far too much time listening to a small amount of similar artists.

 

[Eddie]

I don't think I've met anybody who doesn't think their music collection is diverse. I don't know whether I can class mine as diverse or not as I'm not 100% sure exactly what it means in musical terms...diverse within a particular culture, diverse within a particular genre, diverse within world music, etc, or is it diverse within all of them?

I don't think it really matters though tbh, I just think people like to say their collection is diverse as it makes them appear, or so they think, more wind-swept and interesting.

 

[gillywibble]

I love heavy metal and I also love Bach.

 

[TheOtherOption]

I like a few different genres, mostly though rock/alternative but I do like a good bit of classic now and again.

 

[bledd]

I dunno, Kurt Cobain still may have another album in him, he's just going through writer's block.

it would make my day if he'd faked his death tbh

 

[NerveAgent]

Mine is ridiculously narrow minded. It probably ranges from house to electro-house

But in reality I like songs from loads of genres and would never not listen to something because its the wrong genre.

 

[Lysander]

Mine is ridiculously narrow minded. It probably ranges from house to electro-house

I think it's better to know a lot [even to the point of obsession] about one genre rather than small bits about loads.