Does your SO love music that you HATE?

[Elidor]

What is it?

I have to endure Elvis Costello and his wife Diana Crawl or whatever. Poor fractured Atlas, threw himself across the fucking mattress. I could give a fuck. Die already, shithead. Pump It Up was the only song I liked.

My music that she hates:
Ministry, Cop Shoot Cop

[Cobalt Violet]

1. I have to endure classic rock.

I too love Cop shoot Cop and Ministry among others.

[liberalhistorian]

2. Well, I don't have an SO right now,

so I don't have that problem! :evilgrin:

[CornField]

3. Mr. CornField is a headbanger

It drives me insane.

[aquaman]

4. My wife is a huge Tori Amos fan.......

And I can't stand the music, makes me want to cut my ears off.

[cedahlia]

12. Uh oh!

Is that you, honey? :D

Well, I at least try not to play Tori in mr. cedahlia's presence. He agrees to subject me to as little death metal as possible, and I agree to subject him to as little Tori as possible. This agreement works out pretty well. :-)

[aquaman]

15. We have a similar agreement...........

My wife and I listen to mostly the same types of music, Tori is just not one of the bands. Don't get me wrong I can tolerate "cornflake girl" but that is about it.

[u4ic]

5. If only

I could 'accidentally' damage all those horrible Sinatra CD's...

[mr_hat]

13. Horrible? Sinatra!? >

You don't deserve your SO.

[aquaman]

6. Hardhead.....

Did you see the The Alternative show last week on VH1 classic? It had on Al from Ministry and played many of their tunes. It was a repeat from the summer so you may have seen it.

[Elidor]

18. I have no TV

Only radio and internet radio.

[Behind the Aegis]

7. Party time!

My So and I are both gay, so anytime music is playing in the house, it sounds like a gay bar! Lots of disco remixes, Madonna, Cher...the stereotypical stuff! :) We also like a different variety, but don't often cross paths with music one likes and the other doesn't. The only thing I don't like is the CD he has that works in his alarm. It is some bizarre New Age crap (and I like New Age music). This CD is AWFUL! It sounds like a cat getting castrated in a dentist office on the beach! IT IS WRETCHED! Other than that... we cool!

[Taverner]

8. Yes. Janet Jackson.

[cedahlia]

9. Yes, namely death metal

He also likes a lot of bands/artists that I don't particularly like, but will tolerate...mostly emo type stuff that just doesn't do anything for me. But I'm cool with that stuff being played in my presence...I can tolerate it even though I find it very blah. But what I cannot tolerate is death metal...it will literally put me in a bad mood. Luckily, mr. cedahlia is a cool guy and is kind enough not to blast it while I'm in the house or in the same car as him.

As far as my tastes go, he hates most of the stuff I'm way into. So he'd probably say that he can't tolerate my Tori and Pearl Jam CDs or my obsession with 80's New Wave bands either! But I am a nice person also, so I try not to subject him to my music much either...although I am known to blast Sirius's First Wave station through our home theater system now and then, which come to think of it, he is actually very tolerant of. He usually just shakes his head and smiles at me as I happily and loudly sing along to the Pet Shop Boys or Duran Duran. Aww, now I'm thinking of what a sweet boy I have, and how mean I am to subject him to that stuff when I know he hates it! He sure must love me a lot! :D

Luckily, we do have some common musical tastes...there's a few bands we both love, and we both are way into oldies (the Four Seasons, Motown, etc.) so we share just enough musical common ground to be able to live with each other...thank god! :-)

[vixengrl]

10. My husband likes Moby.

I don't always *get* Moby. I'm a very eclectic person, really, and can like most anything. But I'll take Ottmar Liebert and the flamenco guitar over Moby, most times. (Actually--this is really good music--Ottmar Liebert--if you can dig international stuff). And some of Moby's stuff sounds....like duh. He came, he saw, he sampled. Hubby also has some French or something electronica type stuff which does not set my little heart on fire. He has a wide-ranging taste, luckily, and can take all my faves--Metallica, Pearl Jam, U-2--but he hates oldies and soul. I *love* a lot of soul-type stuff. He acquiesced to Marvin Gaye and Al Green (who wouldn't?). But if I sing an oldies' love song riff, he winces a little. But then, he got me to admit I love Sinatra and Dean Martin, so I guess we're musically--mostly-copacetic.

[SKKY]

11. My wife really likes Luis Migues (Spanish Michael Bolton) and Julio's...

son. I can't stand either. But then again, she would never, ever let me listen to White Zombie, Nine Inch Nails, or Jane's Addiction in the car, so we compromise on The Police, U2, and Jarabe de Palo. It works.

[truthseeker1]

16. I'd ride with you in the car anytime :)

that's good driving music

[SKKY]

19. And if I wasn't married, I'd certainly let you...

...I've never met a woman with my music tastes, much less riden in a car with one.

[PartyPooper]

14. My partner of nearly 32 years loves opera. I hate it!

Go figure!

But, we're still together. And, there's lots more that we both enjoy together besides OPERA! Thank God!

:D

[truthseeker1]

17. Asia, Air Supply, Eddie Money

I have a really wide variety of music that I listen to so I'm pretty open......he's very limited, mostly 80s pop/rock. Most of it I can tolerate, but it just gets old....

He has a season pass set on the Tivo for the Vh1 loves the 80s show - how many times does one need to watch those videos?? Yes, occasionally it's fun, but does it warrant a season pass?

[Magrittes Pipe]

20. Yes.

God, yes.

[cmf]

21. Where do I begin?

His two favorite bands are REM and They Might Be Giants. I can stand REM in small doses and I can take TMBG live, but other than that, :puke:

[silverpatronus]

22. r. kelly. ugh.

why, i have no idea.

[Allenberg]

23. HELL yes.

She like that god-awful pop crap and whatever passes for rap these days.

Makes me sick, and I refuse to listen to it.

[CanuckAmok]

24. "Our survey told us what you wanted, rebellion at a low, low price...

be an individual through our product, why complicate your life?"

She doesn't know what she's missing! But you need to hear more Costello.

[PittPoliSci]

25. my SO loves goth.

I HATE GOTH AND INDUSTRIAL

yet i tolerate it, cause she rules me. i mean, i hate it. really truly, i hate skinny puppy, i hate all that crap, but she loves it, so i deal.

[NNadir]

26. My wife is sick of Miles Davis's "Tribute to Jack Johnson" but only

because it's stuck in our CD player and plays every third album.

[jpgray]

27. My ex loved some country-punk hybrids

They made me want to drive sheet metal screws into my ears.

[Calanus]

28. MY SO loves those absolute shitbag candy-asses, MINISTRY

God DAMN, what fucking wimps.

[Bride of Cthulhu]

29. I have to endure annie lennox

and i loathe her voice, music, videos iow every thing about her. and she is my roommates favorite artist and he will listen to her for hours. and if i complain or ask to hear some of my music he accuses me of being mean and unreasonable. he also will put the entire music list on random which drives me nuts cause a piece of classical music may be followed by anything from annie lenox to one of mine ,Merciful Fate, King Diamond,Ordo Equtum Solis back to yellow,Iron Maiden,Heart followed by ocean waves and so on. this jumping around drives me nuts.

my preferences lean towards Merciful Fate, King Diamond,Ordo Equtum Solis,Iron Maiden,Heart Jean Micheal Jar re just about anything except for country, rap and religious music and of course annie lennox.

[NNadir]

31. I had a housemate who played James Taylor day and night.

Always the same album, the one with "Mexico."

Funny thing was that I used to LIKE James Taylor, but since then (this was back in the 1970's) I get hives when I hear James Taylor.

I really loathed that roomate too. He was a complete ass. I can't even remember his name; I've blocked it out, Andrew or something like that.

[Bride of Cthulhu]

36. Don't loath the roommate

just his taste in music. he has almost every CD she has put out...eeyech!

[MrSlayer]

30. Ugh, Yeah for the most part.

She's into stuff I hate like R.E.M. and INXS and really bad 80's pop songs and some country drek. I tolerate all but the country. But on the other hand both of our children were conceived while AC/DC was playing so it's not all bad. She hates bands that I love too, so it's mutual. The problem for her is I've had the kids on Slayer and Zeppelin since they were babies so she's outvoted on trips.

[lazarus]

32. Opera

But we're very, very compatible in everything else. So I don't mind it so much.

[RandomKoolzip]

33. My wife loves Nick Cave, Cocteau Twins, Einzturzende Neubauten, Bjork....

All of whom I fuckin' HATE.

I'm abig power pop fan, and I love free jazz, and all sorts of other stuff. But yes, her taste in music sends me over the moon.

But we both agree on the Beatles. We used to listen to the Beatles together when we first started going out......and I knew that I could be with her 24 hours a day and not care about her taste in music.

[American Tragedy]

34. Yes, ohhhhhhh yes. It's a fuckin nightmare.

He loves hip-hop/rap.

I listen to progressive metal, classical & opera.

Two very different worlds.

I've tried, I've reallytried, but I just can't get into it.

I'm sorta worried that it's indicative of a larger divide in our respective cultural contexts, something that could really alienate us from one another.

[Blue-Jay]

35. I think she has some Dave Koz laying around somewhere.

She swears it was a gift, but I'm not so sure....

[prolesunited]

37. Was to! From the IT guy

He got fired, probably for liking Dave Koz. It's not like I actually listened to it. :P

BTW, I told you I was a lost cause when it comes to music. Just think, I'm an empty vessel when it comes to that and you can put anything in there you want.

[fleabert]

38. Mr. Fleabert occasionally listens to rap, the really ugly stuff. ugh. n/t

[WCGreen]

39. Since we both love music and like stuff across the spectrum

we never get tied down to one type long enough to bore each other....

right now I'm diggin Americana

She's into Coltrain

[Coventina]

40. Quiet Riot

is in my cassette plaer in my car right now.
Not by MY choice!!

[chenGOD]

41. Nope. But I have plenty she doesn't like...

She'll tolerate it for a bit, but after too long, I usually put the headphones on.

CopShootCop and Ministry are both excellent, and so is Elvis Costello. Diana Krawl I can live without.

But I'm pretty tolerant musically.

[SarahB]

42. Well, with my ex anyway...

We learned to appreciate each other's tastes. I liked girly singer songwriter stuff (like Sarah McLachlan and Natalie Merchant), 80's "sort of" alternative (older REM and U2), and a lot of classic rock and roll and R&B. He liked harder classic 70's rock (Zeppelin, Black Sabbath). We actually grew to like each other's music. Not a problem.