To, Those of you living with others...

[Lolicat]

Are you not totally sick of being asked what your 'weird' music is?

Apparently Sonic Youth and Bjork are weird.

[kwami42]

My roommate doesn't listen to music, and whenever I play mine when he's in the room, he either leaves or turns the tv up really loud, forcing me to put on headphones. So I guess all my music is weird.

[AtomicCow]

Yup, they're both weird. For liking them, we are weird people. Accept it and revel in it, for we are beyond ordinary. That's not a bad thing.

[Lolicat]

My roommate doesn't listen to music, and whenever I play mine when he's in the room, he either leaves or turns the tv up really loud, forcing me to put on headphones. So I guess all my music is weird.

I couldn't live in the same room as someone unless they were a total music nerd like me.

[kwami42]

I couldn't live in the same room as someone unless they were a total music nerd like me.

I'm only just developing my music nerdiness, and I got randomly matched with him. Living in a house with my own room next year though. *Cheers*

[Lolicat]

Yup, they're both weird. For liking them, we are weird people. Accept it and revel in it, for we are beyond ordinary. That's not a bad thing.

Nah, that's pretentious. I'm just glad on their behalf that I'm out of my harsh noise phase.

[Highlandlassie1]

Yep, those bands are weird.
Taste is subjective.
Glad there is enough different kinds of music to make everyone happy.

[Lolicat]

Yep, those bands are weird.
Taste is subjective.
Glad there is enough different kinds of music to make everyone happy.

Taste is subjective, yes, but I'd hardly call those two fairly mainstream artists weird. People are sheltered.

[blackfeltfedora]

It's been a long time since my wife gave up on making sense of my musical taste. She was very excited that her Christmas gift of a "God is an Astronaut" shirt was well received, I think that is the first time in 8 years I've expressed any real enthusiasm for one of her gifts that wasn't on the list.

I have also been using headphones for the past 6 years.

[Sayburr]

Yes... my wife hates when I listen to Primus, Tom Waits, heck, even Marillion... So, I only listen to this music when she is away.

[Lolicat]

It's been a long time since my wife gave up on making sense of my musical taste. She was very excited that her Christmas gift of a "God is an Astronaut" shirt was well received, I think that is the first time in 8 years I've expressed any real enthusiasm for one of her gifts that wasn't on the list.

I have also been using headphones for the past 6 years.

This terrifies me. I want to meet someone that loves music as much as I do. The same music, too. I do not want to duel with some hair metal loving redneck or proghead!

[Teh_Jakester]

In all my years on this Earth, I have never heard of a Glam Metal-loving redneck. Unless you consider me a redneck, with my living in Maine thing.

[Lolicat]

In all my years on this Earth, I have never heard of a Glam Metal-loving redneck. Unless you consider me a redneck, with my living in Maine thing.

I was just throwing words together. I think it was the mullet connection.

[JukeBoxHero]

When I'm home I told to turn it down. Usually my music isn't called weird. Although occasionally when I show people what I'm listening to, I usually get a puzzled expression.

[Gowienczyk]

Related but not the same; my friends when they visit understand I'm really into music and know I'm open-minded. Hell, one or two of them sees me as this music "sage" or something like that. Some of them like some generic stuff, but that's them.

I could of worded that reply better.

[King_Nuthin]

My wife and I are pretty musically compatible thankfully. We each have a few tastes that will bring groans from the other, but if its something new we usually both like it. She definitely is a little poppier than me though.

I had roommates into mainstream music exclusively though and it was quite odd. I was even convinced one would rip down my posters though 20 years later I'm thinking they probably just fell down by themselves and I was being paranoid.

[back_blows]

I think my bros are okay with my extreme noise terror.

[spongemonkey95]

My roommate has quite a few of the same tastes as me....then we also listen to some stuff the other despises. Luckily we both enjoy our music loud enough so that we don't hear each other's music. Whatever, it works.

[benson111]

Me and the old lady have very similer tastes in music and even movies. Although she is into more hip hop than me, i dont knock her for liking it.

[elfreako]

My g/f will listen to whatever I put on. I'm not sure she even has musical tastes!

[Soror_YZBL]

My roommate basically hates noise. I'm very inconsiderate, though, so now she hates me as well. :)

[blackfeltfedora]

Yes... my wife hates when I listen to Primus, Tom Waits, heck, even Marillion... So, I only listen to this music when she is away.

that is why God invented these:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR7506-Professional-Diaphragm-Headphone/dp/B000AJIF4E/ref=pd_cp_e_2?pf_rd_p=413863501&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00001W0DI&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=17TWSTRA9GP7GH7QD4W3

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via FoxyTunes (http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/)

[NFreak]

I always use headphones anyway to avoid being looked at strangely. Picture a scrawny computer nerd listening to Slipknot, Pantera, Metallica, System of a Down, Trivium, etc. And now you see why I use headphones and never speakers.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

I never use speakers, always headphones. My family don't even really know the music I listen to, except my sister.

[Gowienczyk]

I don't like headphones. Dunno why.

[afterstasis]

i've only lived with one person who had even slightly similar music taste (he could roll with anything except extreme metal). i miss him.

[Hungryfreak]

My family respects my music tastes at least, so Im fine. My classmates, though, really won't touch 9/10ths of the music I listen to. Most of my music is either weird or evil to them, haha.

[MronoC]

In all my years on this Earth, I have never heard of a Glam Metal-loving redneck. Unless you consider me a redneck, with my living in Maine thing.

then you haven't met many rednecks, with your living in Maine, because a lot of them love s**t like "Cherry Pie" and "Every Rose Has It's Thorn"

In response to the topic, headphones.

[Alright_Computer]

Most of my friends are either not into music at all (they only know stuff like Queen and Bon Jovi) or are into indie. I've been trying to get my indie-liking friends to like stuff like Sonic Youth, Jesus and Mary Chain, and My Bloody Valentine, with mixed results.

[Insane3]

This terrifies me. I want to meet someone that loves music as much as I do. The same music, too. I do not want to duel with some hair metal loving redneck or proghead!

:mad:

Heh... I'm not actually one, I have multiple heads. But they deserve some respect.

[Bub]

I haven't had it happen yet but I'm waiting for my younger sister to say Radiohead is weird after she hears me listening to Kid A or Amnesiac.

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

Well, I don't live with anybody (beside my family) but I head bang a lot when I listen to my music and generally the people with no musical taste make mock me for it.(Its easy to tell too because I have long curly hair that moves goes crazy when I head bang)

[Lolicat]

When I live with my family I get either odd looks, if it's jazz/noise/punk, or approving nods if it's folk.
At university everyone thinks my music is weird, I had sort of hoped to meet interesting musical soulmates D:

[instantdeath999]

I love headphones.

[Lolicat]

I love headphones.

This too. There is nothing like sitting at 2am with a good set of headphones and listening to your music in the dark.

[King_Nuthin]

Headphones are great when you need them but nothing beats a great (or even really good) set of speakers.

[Lolicat]

Headphones are great when you need them but nothing beats a great (or even really good) set of speakers.

Yea, I prefer my speakers at home, but I don't have a linking cable for my laptop, so I don't get to use them unless I rip CDs.

[Hungryfreak]

Yea, I prefer my speakers at home, but I don't have a linking cable for my laptop, so I don't get to use them unless I rip CDs.

A simple auxiliary cord will do. It's simple enough to find one, then you just plug it in through the headphone jack and you're good to go. I assume you already have a system or something.

Hell, so long as that works, you can just plug in your iPod and keep the laptop free to move around, that's what I do. I've got two sets of speakers, good quality external computer speakers (with subwoofer) and a great quality stereo system that's usually too loud for me to use.

[Lolicat]

A simple auxiliary cord will do. It's simple enough to find one, then you just plug it in through the headphone jack and you're good to go. I assume you already have a system or something.

Hell, so long as that works, you can just plug in your iPod and keep the laptop free to move around, that's what I do. I've got two sets of speakers, good quality external computer speakers (with subwoofer) and a great quality stereo system that's usually too loud for me to use.

Yea, but I've never been at home long enough to bother with it, so it's always something I plan to do. During the summer, maybe.

[Nitz13]

My dad sometimes mocks or makes fun of some of the stuff I listen to, but he's got some great stuff in his collection so I don't mind. The rest of my family just keeps it to themselves.
On the other hand I find it tough to have a decent conversation about music with any of my friends. Most of them are pretty clueless and don't listen to music. While I'm not exactly an expert when it comes to music, would be nice once in a while to discuss a certain band without my friends going "who's that?" :rolleyes:

[Lolicat]

My dad sometimes mocks or makes fun of some of the stuff I listen to, but he's got some great stuff in his collection so I don't mind. The rest of my family just keeps it to themselves.
On the other hand I find it tough to have a decent conversation about music with any of my friends. Most of them are pretty clueless and don't listen to music. While I'm not exactly an expert when it comes to music, would be nice once in a while to discuss a certain band without my friends going "who's that?" :rolleyes:

Same, I hate not being able to discuss the music I like with the people I hang around with.

[Insane3]

I haven't had it happen yet but I'm waiting for my younger sister to say Radiohead is weird after she hears me listening to Kid A or Amnesiac.

Radiohead is weird. I mean... songs like fitter happier or the pyramind song.

[Insane3]

Same, I hate not being able to discuss the music I like with the people I hang around with.

That's my daily life. My only musical escape is this forum.

[Lolicat]

Radiohead is weird. I mean... songs like fitter happier or the pyramind song.

Not that weird. And I guess weird really might be subjective. I mean, most guys my age are happy enough to sit in the bar and watch videos of the Saturdays, one of whom we all remember as being part of the S Club Juniors, when she was around 12. That's a little weird to me.

[Der_Lex]

The only bands that I listen to that my wife can't stand are the ones that feature growly vocals, like Opeth (although she absolutely loves Damnation), so I usually only to listen to those when she's not around. Otherwise, I don't think I've been able to weird her out with any music yet. She's still exploring most of my music collection at her own pace, and if anything, I'm often surprised at what kind of bands she ends up really enjoying. She happily accompanies me to concerts as well, so no, no complaints there.

[Lolicat]

The only bands that I listen to that my wife can't stand are the ones that feature growly vocals, like Opeth (although she absolutely loves Damnation), so I usually only to listen to those when she's not around. Otherwise, I don't think I've been able to weird her out with any music yet. She's still exploring most of my music collection at her own pace, and if anything, I'm often surprised at what kind of bands she ends up really enjoying. She happily accompanies me to concerts as well, so no, no complaints there.

I hope I'm that lucky.

[Ryuzaki]

When it comes to my parents, my Mom doesn't really care much, although my Dad seems to get a kick out of the fact that I tend to like some of the older rock bands. Probably one of the few things we have in common.

When it comes to my friends, my music tastes are usually pretty different. They generally just copy off of each other and only go for really mainstream stuff (AC/DC, Dragonforce (ffs, ugh...), Bon Jovi, etc.) Which I can sometimes connect too, but my own taste in music sort of heads off into Punk, Alternative, Progressive, and some other stuff. For instance, I've managed to introduce them to Rush and The Offspring. But even so, whenever I play The Hives or The Clash, I get some pretty odd/annoyed looks.

When it comes to my girlfriend, we have pretty different tastes, but we're compatible. xD She's more into the hip-hop/pop sort of thing (i.e. Chris Brown) that I wouldn't ever listen to on my own, but on the contrary, she wouldn't ever listen to Judas Priest. But there's a lot of middle ground, too-- for instance, we're both fans of Guns N' Roses, CCR, Journey, and Cheap Trick.

^_^; So basically, sometimes people like my music, sometimes they don't.

[Hungryfreak]

Yea, but I've never been at home long enough to bother with it, so it's always something I plan to do. During the summer, maybe.

Cheap auxiliary cords come with every piece of techno-junk nowadays. You might surprise yourself and find a couple laying around your own house that you've overlooked.

[Der_Lex]

I hope I'm that lucky.

Well, it's not just a matter of luck. You shouldn't push music on anybody, but you can ease them into listening to new things, if they're a bit open minded about music. When I met her in college, my wife was one of those people who never really listened to music, but simply put the radio on and used it as background noise. Since I usually can't stand to have the radio on (most pop and r&b makes me stabby, and Belgium is severely lacking a decent classic rock or alternative station), I lent her some cd's of mine to introduce her to the kind of things I listened to (nothing too heavy at first, mostly bands like Marillion or Porcupine Tree). She got into them, we went to a few concerts, and she's been expanding her musical horizons ever since. Rock Band has actually helped with this as well, since playing the game has made her a bit of a Pixies and Silversun Pickups fan.

[Lolicat]

Cheap auxiliary cords come with every piece of techno-junk nowadays. You might surprise yourself and find a couple laying around your own house that you've overlooked.

Cool, I'll have a look!

[TheCrimsonSaint]

My parents have been agonizing non-stop ever since I started listening to nu-metal. They also are worried about my recent dive into grunge... And don't even get me started on when they found St. Anger sitting in my room with its Parental Advisory sticker. They flipped. They probably think I'm going to hell or something like that.

[Hungryfreak]

I'm lucky how my family is. Both my parents are progheads, my mom likes punk and my dad likes classic metal. They're both openminded enough, too (I got my mom interested in the Melvins the other day, haha). My brother likes a lot of the same metal that I do. He's not so much into death metal, but loves stoner/doom and grindcore. When he's around, back from college, we'll usually share music.

[Lolicat]

My parents have been agonizing non-stop ever since I started listening to nu-metal. They also are worried about my recent dive into grunge... And don't even get me started on when they found St. Anger sitting in my room with its Parental Advisory sticker. They flipped. They probably think I'm going to hell or something like that.

My parents don't give a **** about bad ****ing language in music. Only ****s and ****ing idiots think ****ing kids get influenced by the ****.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

I'm lucky how my family is. Both my parents are progheads, my mom likes punk and my dad likes classic metal. They're both openminded enough, too (I got my mom interested in the Melvins the other day, haha). My brother likes a lot of the same metal that I do. He's not so much into death metal, but loves stoner/doom and grindcore. When he's around, back from college, we'll usually share music.

My dad is a little close-minded. He claims his favorite band is Yes. Which is ****ing awesome, true. But then he won't give Iron Maiden a chance. I have a hard time believing that you can put up with (insert Yes' singer name here) and yet not want to even give Bruce Dickinson a chance. I did get him to watch Live After Death with me once and caught him in awe at a couple of Dave Murray's solos. At the end, he merely said "How can you watch a band in all that spandex?"

My mom is a different story. She thinks that I'm going to go to hell for listening to metal and **** like that. It took her about 4 months to get over Jesus Christ Pose after she first heard it. She threatens to take away my CD's pretty typically, preferring to blame my music for my "attitude" rather than trying to fix what is actually going wrong.

My family needs a shrink.:rolleyes:

[Gowienczyk]

My parents have been agonizing non-stop ever since I started listening to nu-metal. They also are worried about my recent dive into grunge... And don't even get me started on when they found St. Anger sitting in my room with its Parental Advisory sticker. They flipped. They probably think I'm going to hell or something like that.

:p

[Lolicat]

My dad is a little close-minded. He claims his favorite band is Yes. Which is ****ing awesome, true. But then he won't give Iron Maiden a chance. I have a hard time believing that you can put up with (insert Yes' singer name here) and yet not want to even give Bruce Dickinson a chance. I did get him to watch Live After Death with me once and caught him in awe at a couple of Dave Murray's solos. At the end, he merely said "How can you watch a band in all that spandex?"

My mom is a different story. She thinks that I'm going to go to hell for listening to metal and **** like that. It took her about 4 months to get over Jesus Christ Pose after she first heard it. She threatens to take away my CD's pretty typically, preferring to blame my music for my "attitude" rather than trying to fix what is actually going wrong.

My family needs a shrink.:rolleyes:

I think I saw this movie.


(Sorry... couldn't resist)

[TheCrimsonSaint]

I think I saw this movie.


(Sorry... couldn't resist)

The reference went over my head, but either way I don't really care. I laugh about my mom's paranoia more than anything. She doesn't realize that I ain't doing anything just because she tells me to.

[instantdeath999]

My parents don't give a **** about bad ****ing language in music. Only ****s and ****ing idiots think ****ing kids get influenced by the ****.

Hey, boy, you better watch your ****ing language.

Gotta love parents who tell their kids not to curse, yet do it in front of them all the time.

[Gowienczyk]

Excessively using profanity is quite childish and annoying, though.

[Lolicat]

Excessively using profanity is quite childish and annoying, though.

It is rather, although the use of it now and then to underline a point is rather effective.

[Hungryfreak]

Excessively using profanity is quite childish and annoying, though.

I agree. There are times where it can be comedic (see SYL), but other times, it really shows lack of originality and/or poor grasp of the english language.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

I try not to curse excessively, but sometimes it just comes out. Especially right before a track meet.

[instantdeath999]

It's usually just a way to avoid using dem big words.

I never got the memo about Xbox Live, though. Apparently, there's some kind of contest going on to see how many times "****" can be fit into a single sentence. That's the only explanation.

Of course, casual cursing is definitely fine with me.

[Hungryfreak]

Whenever I refuse to curse, I notice my vocabulary becomes more intricate and sophisticated, which I like.

[MronoC]

As far as talking to my friends about music, it's simplified by the fact that I really only have two people who I actually consider close friends, one of them actually helped me first get in to heavy metal, and that's how we got to know each other, and he grew up on punk (mostly because his mom would let him listen to heavy metal as a kid), so we have no trouble talking about most stuff, though I'm hesitant to think he might enjoy the kind of stuff I've caught on to because of you people :p. As for my other friend, we typically don't talk about music much, beyond music from video games.

As far as cursing, I avoid excess, and only swear when it would be particularly appropriate, or particularly effective. When you do it right, either no one will notice, or the conversation will come to a screeching halt.

[Insane3]

Whenever I refuse to curse, I notice my vocabulary becomes more intricate and sophisticated, which I like.

But cursing sounds better sometimes. There is more emotion in cursing than in precise vocabulary.

[instantdeath999]

But cursing sounds better sometimes. There is more emotion in cursing than in precise vocabulary.

Haven't you ever seen a pg-13 movie? They only allow one F-bomb, so they strategically use it :D

[Lolicat]

I love it when they say 'c*nt' onscreen. It's the one word that is guaranteed a reaction.

[instantdeath999]

I love it when they say 'c*nt' onscreen. It's the one word that is guaranteed a reaction.

I like the way South Park managed to do it. Not that I would use the word, but clever nonetheless.

[polishdog90]

My parents have been agonizing non-stop ever since I started listening to nu-metal. They also are worried about my recent dive into grunge... And don't even get me started on when they found St. Anger sitting in my room with its Parental Advisory sticker. They flipped. They probably think I'm going to hell or something like that.

Haha. My parents bought me St. Anger for Christmas. Which was actually kind of disappointing because I've actually had several conversations with my dad about how I disliked that album before he bought it.

[Lolicat]

Haha. My parents bought me St. Anger for Christmas. Which was actually kind of disappointing because I've actually had several conversations with my dad about how I disliked that album before he bought it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O4sSZc2WCU

[polishdog90]

My friends are pretty cool about music. They let me blast Eurobeat in their car while driving around. Most of my friends listen to any music I give them, but won't actively search for music. Most of my friends listen to music more than the casual listener, but not enough to be a huge music fan.

My dad tries to piss me off with music. He reads Rolling Stone magazine and attempts to sound hip by talking about whatever band is in their articles or lists or whatever. And if I ever express that I dislike a band he will play their music loudly in my house (I guess I must be related to him if he can be that obnoxious). But in general I like most the music my dad likes. Every once in a while he will walk into my room and be like wtf are you listening to, but he never tells me something is bad.

[Lolicat]

My friends are pretty cool about music. They let me blast Eurobeat in their car while driving around. Most of my friends listen to any music I give them, but won't actively search for music. Most of my friends listen to music more than the casual listener, but not enough to be a huge music fan.

My dad tries to piss me off with music. He reads Rolling Stone magazine and attempts to sound hip by talking about whatever band is in their articles or lists or whatever. And if I ever express that I dislike a band he will play their music loudly in my house (I guess I must be related to him if he can be that obnoxious). But in general I like most the music my dad likes. Every once in a while he will walk into my room and be like wtf are you listening to, but he never tells me something is bad.

My parents have recently started following 'cool' music. It makes me ill, bring back your Springsteen, I tell them!

[polishdog90]

My parents have recently started following 'cool' music. It makes me ill, bring back your Springsteen, I tell them!

Haha my parents love Bruce Springsteen. They keep trying to get me to learn his songs on guitar so they can sing along. I've never been able to get into his music though. The whole I was born in a small town in American theme gets really old really fast imo. Same with John Mellencamp.

Actually that reminds me, I think that the first time my parents have ever really expressed negative opinions towards my music was just last week. I told them that I was going to try and find vinyl copy of Charles Manson's album Lie and they didn't like that.

[Lolicat]

Haha my parents love Bruce Springsteen. They keep trying to get me to learn his songs on guitar so they can sing along. I've never been able to get into his music though. The whole I was born in a small town in American theme gets really old really fast imo. Same with John Mellencamp.

Actually that reminds me, I think that the first time my parents have ever really expressed negative opinions towards my music was just last week. I told them that I was going to try and find vinyl copy of Charles Manson's album Lie and they didn't like that.

More of a moral objection than a musical one, to be honest. I wouldn't purchase his stuff either, mainly because I've never found his stuff interesting.

[Cosma]

The people I hang out with don't so much think my music is weird, they think I'm weird. Be driving down the road listening to the Zune on random, Ozzy is playing and is followed by Chopin. After that Garth Brooks, then GnR, and SRV, Yanni, etc...


Ok I admit it, I am weird!

[Lolicat]

The people I hang out with don't so much think my music is weird, they think I'm weird. Be driving down the road listening to the Zune on random, Ozzy is playing and is followed by Chopin. After that Garth Brooks, then GnR, and SRV, Yanni, etc...


Ok I admit it, I am weird!

People think I'm plain insane sometimes, I don't know how comfortable I am with that.

[polishdog90]

More of a moral objection than a musical one, to be honest. I wouldn't purchase his stuff either, mainly because I've never found his stuff interesting.

Well I think that most of parents musical rejections are moral ones. Parents believe swearing is bad so they don't let their kids listen to rap. They think that heavy music is evil so they don't let their kids listen to metal.

I don't think parents tell their kids not to listen to music because it sucks. At least I have never experienced that with myself or any of my friends.

[Hungryfreak]

The people I hang out with don't so much think my music is weird, they think I'm weird. Be driving down the road listening to the Zune on random, Ozzy is playing and is followed by Chopin. After that Garth Brooks, then GnR, and SRV, Yanni, etc...


Ok I admit it, I am weird!

I've gotten the title 'music schizophrenic' for having tastes like that. My playlist can go from King Diamond to King Crimson to King Curits, haha.

[Lolicat]

Well I think that most of parents musical rejections are moral ones. Parents believe swearing is bad so they don't let their kids listen to rap. They think that heavy music is evil so they don't let their kids listen to metal.

I don't think parents tell their kids not to listen to music because it sucks. At least I have never experienced that with myself or any of my friends.

Nah, parents believe rap is bad because of the prevailing ideas about it in my experience. My parents don't object to rock having swear words or objectification.

[DasKonstruct]

Haha my parents love Bruce Springsteen. They keep trying to get me to learn his songs on guitar so they can sing along. I've never been able to get into his music though. The whole I was born in a small town in American theme gets really old really fast imo. Same with John Mellencamp.

Actually that reminds me, I think that the first time my parents have ever really expressed negative opinions towards my music was just last week. I told them that I was going to try and find vinyl copy of Charles Manson's album Lie and they didn't like that.

Don't bother with that Manson album if you're getting it for the music. I have one of his albums on my computer and its freaking horrible. The man loved the beach boys but didn't have their talent.

[Lolicat]

Don't bother with that Manson album if you're getting it for the music. I have one of his albums on my computer and its freaking horrible. The man loved the beach boys but didn't have their talent.

Well, he was more of a Beatles man... :p

[DasKonstruct]

As for living with people, I run a few tracks out in the open to see if they get interested. If they aren't then I mainly play my accessible music while they're around and keep my Neubauten and Psychic TV to my car or use headphones. It is funny to see someone's reaction when I play concert footage from Throbbing Gristle on the TV. They sit and watch for like 2-3 minutes and then go, "what the hell is this?" to which I reply "Dadaism."

[Lolicat]

As for living with people, I run a few tracks out in the open to see if they get interested. If they aren't then I mainly play my accessible music while they're around and keep my Neubauten and Psychic TV to my car or use headphones. It is funny to see someone's reaction when I play concert footage from Throbbing Gristle on the TV. They sit and watch for like 2-3 minutes and then go, "what the hell is this?" to which I reply "Dadaism."

Yea, Throbbing Gristle would be pretty divisive. I don't think my neighbour was too fond of me last year when I fell asleep with Masonna's Spectrum Ripper playing.

[Runesmith]

My younger brother almost always enjoys whatever music I put on (not always at first, though - it took a few Rock Band play-throughs of the Siouxsie & The Banshees pack before he warmed up to them, and now he enjoys the band a lot), so I don't have any problems over here. Nobody else in my family seems to mind all the New Wave and post-punk I listen to, either. I do wish these genres were more popular stateside, though. I have only met one person offline with even remotely similar tastes as mine.

[Lolicat]

My younger brother listens to hip electro artists, he's agonisingly 'cool'.

[DasKonstruct]

Yea, Throbbing Gristle would be pretty divisive. I don't think my neighbour was too fond of me last year when I fell asleep with Masonna's Spectrum Ripper playing.

If you want to get really obnoxious just blare Kindergarten Hazing Ritual. That stuff is hard listening even for me.

[Lolicat]

If you want to get really obnoxious just blare Kindergarten Hazing Ritual. That stuff is hard listening even for me.

Nah, I'm mostly off my noise kick at the moment, and anyway, post rock and shoegaze phases my flatmates enough already!

[DasKonstruct]

Nah, I'm mostly off my noise kick at the moment, and anyway, post rock and shoegaze phases my flatmates enough already!

The only redeeming quality of KHR are the song titles.

"Lets pretend you just tried to rape me so my parents don't think I'm a slut"
"Adult Swim vs Mindless Self Indulgence in the battle for the most annoying fan base ever"
"and the winner is... Dir En Grey"
"I'll help you win a free ipod if you promise me head"

[polishdog90]

Don't bother with that Manson album if you're getting it for the music. I have one of his albums on my computer and its freaking horrible. The man loved the beach boys but didn't have their talent.

Idk, I like some of his songs. For example, Look at your game girl is actually a good song imo. I'm mainly getting it for the fact that he lead a cult though. I'm going to start collecting cult records. I know Jim Jones made a record.

[supernova1324]

Yes... my wife hates when I listen to Primus, Tom Waits, heck, even Marillion... So, I only listen to this music when she is away.

Lol, sounds like my mom.

[CaptainIcchan]

Nobody wants to know what my music is unless we're in the car.

[MronoC]

My younger brother almost always enjoys whatever music I put on (not always at first, though - it took a few Rock Band play-throughs of the Siouxsie & The Banshees pack before he warmed up to them, and now he enjoys the band a lot), so I don't have any problems over here. Nobody else in my family seems to mind all the New Wave and post-punk I listen to, either. I do wish these genres were more popular stateside, though. I have only met one person offline with even remotely similar tastes as mine.

Currently my younger brother seems to be under the impression that if it hasn't been in a video game, it's not good music. Thankfully, Harmonix typically have decent taste in music, but that doesn't help with the fact that he instantantly latches on to any song I dislike, playing it non stop, singing it aloud, specifically In This Moment and Lacuna Coil.

[Lolicat]

Currently my younger brother seems to be under the impression that if it hasn't been in a video game, it's not good music. Thankfully, Harmonix typically have decent taste in music, but that doesn't help with the fact that he instantantly latches on to any song I dislike, playing it non stop, singing it aloud, specifically In This Momean and Lacuna Coil.

You can nip that in the bud with some chainsaw dentistry...

[n4sc4r]

One of my friends has started to get angry and try to ignore me when I talk about music. This is mainly due to the fact that he only listens to "emo" branded music and A7X (He doesn't listen to much music). I talk about music a lot, and now he gets angry when i even bring it up.

One of my favorite moments was when our other friend was looking through his ipod, and I kindly asked to see some of the bands he had. My embittered friend figured I wouldn't know any of the music since it is what he listens to, but was proven wrong when i knew over 85% of the bands. He then proceeded to throw a small tantrum every time I opened my mouth for the rest of the day. He's kind of turning into a jerk lately.

I guess wearing AC/DC shirts can get you pretty well stereotyped as well. And no one in my school knows Pearl Jam or Smashing Pumpkins.

[MronoC]

One of my friends has started to get angry and try to ignore me when I talk about music. This is mainly due to the fact that he only listens to "emo" branded music and A7X (He doesn't listen to much music). I talk about music a lot, and now he gets angry when i even bring it up.

One of my favorite moments was when our other friend was looking through his ipod, and I kindly asked to see some of the bands he had. My embittered friend figured I wouldn't know any of the music since it is what he listens to, but was proven wrong when i knew over 85% of the bands. He then proceeded to throw a small tantrum every time I opened my mouth for the rest of the day. He's kind of turning into a jerk lately.

I guess wearing AC/DC shirts can get you pretty well stereotyped as well. And no one in my school knows Pearl Jam or Smashing Pumpkins.

I've decided to start thinking long and hard before I buy a band tee, because a while ago I got into the band Whitechapel (along with a few other deathcore bands) and got a tee-shirt at a local hot topic (I know, I know). I've since fallen out of the deathcore thing, I still think Whitechapel are alright, and they at least served as a decent launching point into real death metal, but in the end I still have too many scene kids coming up to me telling me "hey, that's a cool band".

[Lolicat]

I don't care if people tell me the band t-shirt I'm wearing is cool, although because I still have a penchant for wearing my old Mayhem and DarkThrone shirts I always have the most disgusting, smelly metalheads (student + metalhead = dirtiest people ever) approaching me to complement my shirt, that always confuses my friends who don't know the band.

[MronoC]

I don't care if people tell me the band t-shirt I'm wearing is cool, although because I still have a penchant for wearing my old Mayhem and DarkThrone shirts I always have the most disgusting, smelly metalheads (student + metalhead = dirtiest people ever) approaching me to complement my shirt, that always confuses my friends who don't know the band.

...wow...that hits close to home :D

[Hungryfreak]

Most people get scared of my shirts, unless Im wearing my Bob Dylan or Frank Zappa ones. I wear them, nonetheless. Besides, it's fun scaring middle schoolers with things like my Repulsion shirt, haha.

[Lolicat]

...wow...that hits close to home :D

You know yourself it's true... :p

Nah, but seriously, some of the people I've had come up to me I thought were going to rob me they looked so rough.

My favourite shirts are: Public Enemy, Funkadelic, Battle Royale and one of Lenin giving the finger.

[Hungryfreak]

My favorites are my Zappa, High On Fire and Toxic Holocaust shirts.

[Lolicat]

I forgot my Dr. Doom shirt too.