# Do you know someone who dislikes all music? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 25, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-someone-who-dislikes-all-music/1021314 "2025-07-25T11:06:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 33
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-someone-who-dislikes-all-music/1021314/33 "2025-07-27T16:51:09Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > _My husband is at the other end of the spectrum. He has emotional meltdowns (tears and everything) when he hears music he likes, be it Buddy Holly or Beethoven._ I often have the same reaction when I hear music that moves me in some way. It could be the words or it might be just the right combination of notes, or both. Perhaps it’s in a minor key. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve heard it. I’ll have the same reaction every time. I know it’s probably silly to people who have no such response to music, but in some way I feel privileged to have this quirky sensitivity. I’ll give you one example. “The A Team” by Ed Sheeran. When I worked in radio I had to turn the monitor down when I played that song because I couldn’t listen to it without tearing-up. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-someone-who-dislikes-all-music/1021314)._