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Originally posted by Redd Okay, do you understand how/why people can see it as unpleasant though? And yes I realize this can be said about any type of music, my point here was to discuss and figure out what exactly is it that makes it 'hard' to listen to. Is it the tempo-swings or the random notes? Do I specifically find this unpleasant because it's so far away from the music I normally listen to? Is musical taste so unique that what I find challenging to listen to in this track someone with the same musical preference as me might find enjoyable?

Yeah, it probably has a lot to do with the fact that this song is pretty unique and probably extremely far away from what you usually listen to, but I think it has even more to do with, what psychologists call, openness to experience (that's why people with same tastes react differently to new experiences). I mean, Björk is an experimental artist, and as such constantly makes art that is challenging to listen to and grasp even to her own fans. If you're not patient enough and ready to subdue your preconceptions and established viewpoints and looking for instant gratification instead, you're not gonna like it or get it. Weird signatures and tempo changes are nothing to be afraid of!

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Originally posted by Woony It boggles my mind how anyone can enjoy listening to stuff like this.

Seriously?



ONTOPIC: Apart from the most pop culture nonsense(nicky minaj, kid cudi, and alike), there are some tracks from the scenes and producers that I usually like, that are IMO simply unlistenable to me. Like this:



While this one sounded promising at the beginning, amazingly cliché vocals, track form, overall atmosphere make it sound like terribly cheap commercial disney movie background music. I just can't stand this track.




Also, I can not understand the people who listen to(or dj, produce) one genre only, all the time. For example, I know a guy who lives for tech house, which is, in my opinion pretty much the least creative popular genre out there. He also considers all other genres to be crap.

MPB: Música Popular Brasileira or Brazilian Popular Music



Pagode:



Axé:



Rio Funk:




That's enough me thinks.

Maybe this is what you're looking for. I'm not to sure if it falls under what you wanted.

^ kinda sounds like the guy from Interpol

took me a really long time to understand this (about 7 years):

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Originally posted by Woony It boggles my mind how anyone can enjoy listening to stuff like this.

I actually enjoyed that.

There are all sorts of shades in the spectrum of "dissonance." One of my favorites in the "classical" variety (rather than the "noise" variety) is Ligeti:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyO7c6U5dEw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OxiM9ramHM&feature=related

I actually never got into full blown doctrinaire twelve-tone stuff, but something about Ligeti resonates with me. His music always seemed to be off in its own world.

Rap, Hip Hop and derivatives

Happy Hardcore

Most jazz except Coltrane. Top 40 vocoder

Some country,Mexican folkloric (rancheras), Spanish romantic songs, Reggea-ton?

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Originally posted by Lagrangian Most jazz except Coltrane.

read: "Coltrane is the only jazz artist I know"

also this thread isn't "list shitty music" it's supposed to be about stuff that is challenging. Top 40 vocoder garbage isn't challenging.

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Originally posted by Lagrangian Rap, Hip Hop and derivatives

Why?