Anyone else limit themselves musically?

[Demenise]

I despise all rap and all metal (except for some classic artists who people call metal when the songs really have more of a hard rock feel.) I also can't stand (pretty much any) year 2000+ music, and a good portion of late 1900's music. Really, I limit myself to branches of rock from the '60s to the '80 (and some '90s) and shun literally everything else.

Anyone else limit themselves this much?

[afterstasis]

absolutely not.

of course i try to avoid listening to individual pieces of music that i dislike, and i don't actively explore the very few styles i dislike, but love music and want to experience as much new stuff as possible and try to constantly expand my library.

[clashcityrocker10]

I try not to, but I must admit I haven't been able to expand my musical tastes as much as I'd like to yet. If I come across something I haven't heard yet though, I'll give it a listen.

[Gowienczyk]

No, being narrow-minded and ignorant isn't a cool thing to do.

[My name is Fez]

absolutely not.

of course i try to avoid listening to individual pieces of music that i dislike, and i don't actively explore the very few styles i dislike, but love music and want to experience as much new stuff as possible and try to constantly expand my library.

QFT. Sort of.

I'm open to give anything a shot, for the most part. At this point in my life, country is probably the only genre I will not go out of my way not to explore, but I am open to anyone's suggestions for it under the pretense that I probably won't like it =p

Other than that, I used to dislike quite a bit of hip hop, but thanks to me deciding that I should give Kanye West's new CD a shot based on liking the single, and a number of suggestions from gowie, I have recently discovered that it's pretty damn awesome XD

I don't like specific subgenres of wider genres. For example, I haven't heard a single grindcore band to have one quality that I would personally find redeeming, and I tend to favor metal with clean vocals over screaming or growling, but I am open to a number of bands of the latter.

My tastes are nowhere near as broad as the likes of afterstasis or gowie, but I am just as willing to at the very least give anything a listen, unless I specifically know it's a genre I don't like or from an artist I don't like (and even then, I'd probably give it a shot if it was suggested by someone else).

[Fizzeler]

I try to blend genres I do not like with genres I do like like Prog. and Death Metal I can not stand Death Metal, but actually like some Death Prog. Metal groups like Cynic is probably the best example

[Nuff_Said]

if you limit yourself you will quickly find yourself listening to the same bands/albums for the rest of your life. What a bummer that would be.

[JukeBoxHero]

I try to blend genres I do not like with genres I do like like Prog. and Death Metal I can not stand Death Metal, but actually like some Death Prog. Metal groups like Cynic is probably the best example

I give you...ATHEIST!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyEqpZlZek8

[Fizzeler]

I give you...ATHEIST!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyEqpZlZek8

They are the second band that comes to mind then Opeth

[Hungryfreak]

absolutely not.

of course i try to avoid listening to individual pieces of music that i dislike, and i don't actively explore the very few styles i dislike, but love music and want to experience as much new stuff as possible and try to constantly expand my library.

This. If anything, nowadays, I try to listen in particular to genres I normally dislike to find good bands within them, since I know they're out there.