Apparently, I as a straight male, cannot listen to Lady GaGa

[telecom_goddess]

I've always been of the mind that I like what I like in music and anyone else who doesn't like it can go fuck off. I don't care what other people think of my musical tastes....I listen to what makes ME feel good.

So if you like Lady GaGa and find her voice interesting (which I can totally relate to, I get intrigued by voices all the time) then go for it. Or whoever your artist of choice is.

My mother was always on my case cause I liked a lot of female singers, not enough male singers. "You should listen to Elvis he's popular" (this was back in the seventies )....but I don't like Elvis his voice drives me up the wall. I also don't like Bob Dylan for the same reason. However I love the guy that sings for the Red Hot Chili Peppers (sorry name escapes me right now) because his voice is fucking amazing. By the same token I grew up with and love Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, the Eagles (Timothy B Schmit is my personal fave there) and so on.

Just let me listen to what I want and leave me alone

[Fryk]

I'll see your playlists, and I'll raise you mine:

1. Rockapella
2. Gwar
3. Genitorturers
4. Gyorgy Ligeti
5. John Rutter
6. Yoshida Brothers.
7. Theme from Superman
8. Massive Attack
9. Rachmaninoff's Vespers.

Etc. etc. etc.

[Amanita]

I've got Rachmaninoff's vespers too!
I also like Lady Gaga, Madonna, Medieval Baebes, Sarah Brightman, and a whole lot of others from so many genres it's not funny!

[AdminAssistant]

Oh, and since I'm in theatre, I have to love Kristen Chenowith, Idina Menzel, Sarah Brightman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, etc. etc. I dislike most musicals and outright hate many popular ones. Wicked? bleh. Phantom? Trash. Les Mis? Could someone tend to M. Hugo's grave please? Because he just can't stop rolling. Weepy, overly sentimental crap. I do like Sondheim, because he isn't afraid to make musicals that aren't all about glitter, special effects, and either happy or overly tragic endings. Assassins is pretty much the most awesome thing EVER.

[powerboy]

I like music because I think it's good, not because it's a certain genre.

Thats how I am. I only have songs that I like on my iPhone

[tabbyblack13]

I'm like powerboy and KnitShoni. I will listen to almost anything as long as I like it. I have Beethoven, AFI, Black Eye Peas, Blue Man Group, Disturbed, Flyleaf, Apocalyptica, Garbage, Lady Gaga, Incubus, Orgy, and many more on my mp3 player. I wonder what people would think if they saw what my full music collection.

[Lace Neil Singer]

My CD collection is pretty varied; I've had people express surprise over seeing Duran Duran, Blondie, Kula Shaker and T-Rex within it, usually with an exclamation of, "But I thought you were a metal head!"

Never realised that liking metal music meant that I had to be excempt from liking anything else. O_o

[Bloodsoul]

Genres I pulled out of Windows Media Player based on the music I possess:

Alternative
Blues
Brechtian Punk Cabaret
Children
Classical
Comedy
Country
Dance
Disco
Electronica
Gothic Rock
Heavy Metal
Indie
Jazz
J-Pop
Metal
New Age
Other
Pop
Pop Punk
Psychadelic Polka
Rap & Hip-Hop
Raggae
Rock
Rock/Pop
Soul And R&B
Stoner Metal
臺灣流行音樂

[Fryk]

Isn't funny how all of us, myself included, are having a sort of "weird-off"?

Who is the most eclectic? Tune in to find out!!!

[Lace Neil Singer]

XD Won't be me... for once, which will make a change. Do you know which band has prompted the most people to say my taste in music is weird? It's not Kiss, not Marilyn Manson... it's Kula Shaker. I lol at those people. XD

[muses_nightmare]

I think my playlists would confuse most people. I have nearly 4000 songs on my Ipod, throwing it on shuffle would blow some people's minds. Marilyn Manson to Diana Krall to Atmosphere to (yes) Lady Gaga.

on the topic of Lady Gaga, I'm a fan. I've loved every one of her music videos, and while her clothes are pretty crazy, she is unique. I don't think she's the next Madonna, but then again, I've never been a huge Madonna Fan. She's an entirely separate artist.

Listen to whatever you want, other people's opinions be damned.

[linguist]

I think my playlists would confuse most people. I have nearly 4000 songs on my Ipod, throwing it on shuffle would blow some people's minds. Marilyn Manson to Diana Krall to Atmosphere to (yes) Lady Gaga.

on the topic of Lady Gaga, I'm a fan. I've loved every one of her music videos, and while her clothes are pretty crazy, she is unique. I don't think she's the next Madonna, but then again, I've never been a huge Madonna Fan. She's an entirely separate artist.

Listen to whatever you want, other people's opinions be damned.

first off, yay atmosphere! they're one of my favs.

second, i couldn't agree more about lady gaga. she and madonna both make dance music, and both are pretty much masters of developing an image and self-promotion. their similarities pretty much end there. lady gaga's music is much harder-edged, and she actually possesses musical talent. i've seen her plerform stripped down to nothing but her voice and a grand piano (that she played herself), and it was amazing. i've yet to see madonna do anything similar.

[BookstoreEscapee]

since I have an open note final on Tuesday while listening to Lady GaGa.

You get to listen to Lady GaGa while you take a final?

I wouldn't call you gay, but I can see where people are coming from since her music is more for the female crowd.

Not this female...

[Fashion Lad!]

I was hammering out some notes since I have an open note final on Tuesday while listening to Lady GaGa.

You get to listen to Lady GaGa while you take a final?

I was writing my notes while listening to Lady GaGa

[Fryk]

Speaking of Gaga, has everyone seen the YouTube clip of her performing while still at NYU?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51q...layer_embedded