I would like to wait for a few opinions before I come back and give my own.
Well, maybe men are less willing to admit to liking music that seems…uncool.
I’ll come back later and discuss further.
:rolleyes: Let me quickly consult every woman in the world and get the consensus that we ALL agree on.
Oh, I see…OK…let me post that.
No. Everybody is an individual. We shouldn’t be judged as a group.
And by the way…taste is taste, and in the end, an opinion…what YOU may think is poor taste is great taste to me.
jarbaby
DNFTT.
Geez, you people are touchy.
Ok. I ask the question mostly of men because I’m a girl- a chick, whatever.
In the past, I have had far more male friends make fun of my music than female friends.
It’s come to the point where I once had two seperate tape collections for my car- one collection that I listened to when I was alone or with close friends, and another collection for when there happened to be a guy in the car.
Maybe this question applies better to younger people, people who are still overly concerned about what their peers think of them. I have come to care less as I got older, but I still have some tapes that i only listen to alone.
F’instance, i would NEVER put on the West Side Story soundtrack if I was driving in the car with a male friend.
They would most likely hate it.
I wanted some opinions here, to see if guys really thought that girls’ tastes in music suck. I think many men think that, but I just wanted to ask.
My theory is that men are probably less likely to admit to liking certain things.
I’m not sure why, but if it’s any clue, my gay friends are a lot less inhibited over what they like, they seem to have a wider range of things they like. West Side Story might be a threat to masculinity or something. I’m just pondering…
I always feel bad when I write a post that pisses somebody off, sometimes I do it by accident and feel terrible and defensive.
I was just wondering, really.
But I had an interesting thought-
Every time I piss somebody off, the person who gets offended always seems to assume I’m male. It’s really weird.
Whenever I’m nice, people refer to me as “she”
Does that mean we all think that only guys can be jerks?
That’s sad. Cyn told me that woman can be jerks, too.
I guess men shouldn’t be judged as a group.
Turpentine,
I guess that all I can say is that there is no such thing as poor taste in music. Taste is an individual attribute. It’s right up there with personality and clothing. No two people will ever agree on everything, which is why we have so many different kinds of music.
I personally am male. I enjoy Classical, Opera, Country, Alternative, Pop, Rock, and Oldies. Right now I’m listing to “3 doors down” but a second ago I was listing to Dean Martin and a week ago I was at the Ballet enjoying Carmina Burana. <-sp? Anywho, I know that my personal taste in music would be unenjoyable to some, distastefull to others, but really outstanding to a few others.
In short, don’t worry about what other people think about what you listen to. If you enjoy Bagpipe music, let it rip. If you’re into rock, turn it up!
Whatever you do, just enjoy it.
OH come on, Tyklefe. How PC can you be?
Of course there is such a thing as poor taste. Get in touch with your inner snob, man! Black socks with tennis shoes are in poor taste. Can’t we all agree on that?
And yes, Turpentine, to answer your question, fewer women than men have good taste in music. (There. I said it. Flame away!) Probably a better way to put that is that fewer women than men are so caught up in esoterica that they would bother to focus on what is and is not the “right music.”
Men tend to be much more obsessive about their music collections. Go to any hipster used record/CD store, and most of the customers riffling through the racks are men. (Most. Not all.)
Men are more likely than women, I think, to get caught up in music trivia. (Or trivia in general.) Men are more likely to do the research. Women have better things to do, on average.
Maybe it’s an outlet for sexual frustration.
“Tyklfe,” I meant.
By the way, anyone here read the book High Fidelity. Or seen the movie?
It’s like a case study in the phenomenon I’m talking about.
And Spoke, you’re right there is such a thing as poor taste, but that’s not what I said. I said:
My statement was refering to MUSIC exclusivly, not to life in general. And there is no such thing as bad taste in Music
Just thought I’d get you up to date.
I’ve seen most of High Fidelity
I have found that although women supposedly have more sensitive hearing capabilities than men, their choice in how to reproduce their music of choice leaves a lot to be preferred. I don’t know any women who have component audio equipment – it’s usually boom boxes, cheap Soundesign stereos that they’ve owned since the 1970s or 1980s, or systems that appear to be separate components but are in reality one cheap box. Speakers? HA! Meanwhile, about half the men I know are bit with the audiophile bug in some way – NAD, Rotel, Mcintosh if they’ve got some big bucks, and so on – if not, they’ll at least have mid to high end mass market components from Sony or Technics.
Then again, Mariah Carey sounds just as bad on an Emerson all-in-one box as on some esoteric British gear.
I think spooje nailed it. In my past life of working in record stores, I met many more males who geeked-out over music, the more esoteric the better. Some people get very serious about their listening habits, whilst a great many more seem to see it as a pleasant background peripheral to their daily lives. Oddly enough, if you substituted the hobby of gardening for that of music, then I know many more females than males who take it seriously. I wonder why that is.
Oh, and spooje, High Fidelity is one of my favorite books, and the movie is pretty ok as well.
Substitute spoke- for spooje in that last post.
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Tyklfe-
Now don’t get all riled up. I’m just having a little fun with you.
And by the way, I would argue that “The Macarena” is the musical equivalent of black socks with white tennis shoes.
I stand corrected
Oh, HELL yeah girls have poorer taste in music than guys. And they smell funny, too.
But they can be snuggly and fun.
It depends on what you consider bad music. It also depends upon the age of the “girls” and “guys” in question. I don’t think there’s much difference among older people. Among younger people, well, yes, many girls listen to awful music. But then again many boys listen to equally awful music. It is often awful in a different way (say, black metal vs. bubblegum pop), but there is plenty of overlap.
So I’d say no, one sex does not have a monopoly on poor taste in music.
Do women have poorer taste?
Depends on your taste.
Okay, this has been nagging at me all afternoon. What ‘better things’ do women have to do? I’m not being sarcastic here, I really want to know.
I think that some guys feel the need to impress the world with their taste in music, just like some do with their cars/muscles/whatever. Case in point, Mr. LunaSea. He is very much into Mod/Ska/Northern Soul, sufficiently esoteric, right? When we were first dating, he pointed out his rare 45’s and CDs to me. He blessed me with his detailed musical knowledge. He impressed me with a list of musicians he has met. He had enough Klipsch speakers to line the walls. You get the idea.
After while, when he felt more comfortable with me, he began to admit liking less “obscure” stuff. He revealed that he actually liked some of the things I listen to. I looked through his large music collection and noticed many of the bands I enjoy (Siouxsie/DM/New Order/cheesy 80’s/techno/classical etc.) He even owned a copy of NIN “The Downward Spiral”, gasp. He borrowed my cds to listen to in his car. He revealed his love of Harry Connick Jr., and so on.
So, you may not ever get your guy to like West Side Story. Mr. LunaSea will never enjoy the “Nightmare Before Christmas” soundtrack. He still thinks a lot of the stuff I like sucks, but then again I don’t see the point in owning every Paul Weller track ever recorded either.
I am of the opinion most guys just want people to think they have good taste in music.