Music Genres You Can't Stand

[arsenicCatnip]

In all honesty, when I read the OP's list, I nodded in agreement. "Lousy rednecks yodeling 'My baby may have split, but these colors don't run'." Then Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson came to mind. I might not like country, but I really like those artists.

Same thing with the other genres listed. On the whole, they make me cringe, but there are definitely exceptions, even if only one or two. That's enough to keep me from completely dismissing a genre. It's a very easy thing to do, but you might miss out on some amazing music somewhere.

I have to agree, with a single real exception.

I flat-out loathe techno, for the reason that listening to it gives me migraines. Anything with really heavy drum/bass ends me with a major headache, so I hate it. *shrug*

I really, really don't like most kinds of metal, but I have a strange love for Dragonforce.

Pop is annoying and overproduced. Yet I confess to a shameful enjoyment of Lady Gaga (only the first album though... Monster is overproduced and annoying).

And overall, rap as a genre leaves me cold, but I love Eminem, and I am a huge nerdcore fan. (MC Frontalot and YTCracker are a LOT of fun.)

My music collection is eclectic enough that I don't think I leave any overarching genres out (for example, I have metal and pop, but I don't have screamo/thrash or bubblegum/tweenybopper).

 

[Deadlock Radium]

I can't stand:
Rap - I just can't stand a sweaty person talking fast into a microphone with a monotonous bass rythm in the background. Also, I don't want to hear about you shooting "bitches and muthafackas."
Country - I just can't stand American "rednecks" singing of how great their country is, especially if they sing with a Texan accent, I can't stand that one.
Mainstream pop - Some pop is ok, but most of the new pop music is just utter shite. I don't need to give a better reason, you know it's shite.

Metal (Melodeath, death and heavy metal) is my thing.

Rap, Country... Yea, that's most of it. I can stand most other genres.

Contrary to popular belief, I am of the same opinion as you on this.

I prefer metal (death metal, melodic death metal, power metal, hell I'm not picky) but I can tolerate most other genres.

Just not rap.

And not country.

I like your music tastes, you're like me!

 

[Nouw]

I can stand any music. Justin Bieber? No problem? Brokencyde? Gimme!

It's one of my best and worst traits

 

[Vayash_Mour]

I cannot stand country. As far as hip-hop/rap goes, Kid CuDi is the only artist worth listening to. I seem to be unique in this thread, in that I quite enjoy metal, post-hardcore (a mixture of screaming and clean vocals) and some deathcore/metalcore. The argument has been made that these vocalists scream to cover their inability to sing, but screaming takes talent and many screamers sing as well. Many bands are also getting lumped into "metal" that are quite extreme variations: metal can encompass anything from Iron Maiden to Whitechapel to Disturbed to Protest the Hero. With that kind of range, everybody will find something they don't like; personally I dislike Suicide Silence, and other bands of the same style (with the exception of BMTH).

 

[Deadlock Radium]

I can stand any music. Justin Bieber? No problem? Brokencyde? Gimme!

It's one of my best and worst traits

What? You can stand those?
You sir, are insane!

 

[Johann610]

Hmm...Auto-Tune. Besides the "uncanny valley" effect of being almost-but-not-quite like a vocoder, there's the OBNOXIOUS addition of high-frequency harmonics that feel like sandpaper / chewing tinfoil / angry-bees central / failing electrical motors that makes me want to stab something.
Also, the "House" variety of techno, a repetitive variant in which tiny snippets of music are punctuated, every repetitive second or so, by VERY LOUD bass drum or something else. It's lazy, and the loud thumping does nothing for my ears. Also, it's repetitive. I'll pass. Particularly annoying in that all late-night dance clubs will switch to this "music" just as the mood has been set.

 

[Nouw]

I can stand any music. Justin Bieber? No problem? Brokencyde? Gimme!

It's one of my best and worst traits

What? You can stand those?
You sir, are insane!

Hell I think I was the only one who listened to the entire Brokencyde Song in this thread.

 

[Goremocker]

Country,New Rap,And POP...But most people I know hate those.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

Rap, and pop for the reasons stated previously. For the most part I hate hip hop but some of it is tolerable. One genre that actually induces headaches to me is freeform jazz. If that's the noise that comes from your soul I think it's time to hire an exorcist.

 

[jebara]

rap as its filled with no talents talking to a beat
also pop and most types of rock
and pretty much anything you would hear in the radio

 

[Mechalemmiwinks]

1) Pop Country. Not Bluegrass, Pop Country. Bluegrass is good.
2) Seattle Grunge Rock. Overdone, deified, then overdone some more. Thank God for shotguns.
3) Gangsta/Crunk/Hyper-militant, aggressive Rap. Shooting cops and rape just aren't my bag.
4) Whatever genre Lady GaGa's in.
5) Victorian Waltz
6) Christian Rock. Not Christian Rock in general, really. Just the ones that shove the words savior, redemption, reborn, saved, holy, father, son, ghost, forgiveness, praise, praised, God, awesome, belief, believe, mercy, grace, and cross down your throat 3 or 4 times.

 

[TRU7H OF A LIAR]

i love hardcore, metal, rock, punk and classical music. pretty much anything else is complete and utter turd, and even then a lot of my favourite styles of music are also complete and utter turd (clutch, it dies today and blessthefall are prime examples)

 

[Womplord]

pop, rap and country all suck. I've noticed that pop is just mindless, people rambling incoherently about a party or something.

 

[-Samurai-]

Rap. It's just a bunch of people talking in really bad rhymes(and they often try to rhyme a word with the exact same word. That's not how it works..) with noise in the background that's supposed to be music. Now they're sampling good songs and turning them into the worlds worst remixes, and kids are eating it up. I cannot wait until the rap/hip-hop phase passes.

Hell, there are very few bands I like, regardless of genre. I like music, not just noise. The music has to actually mean something and compliment the vocals. It can't just be the same chords over and over with a solo for filler. It has to be deep, and it has to make sense.

 

[Deadlock Radium]

I can stand any music. Justin Bieber? No problem? Brokencyde? Gimme!

It's one of my best and worst traits

What? You can stand those?
You sir, are insane!

Hell I think I was the only one who listened to the entire Brokencyde Song in this thread.

That's astonishing! You've got ears of steel!

 

[Zaydin]

I hate rap and country myself. Rap is just people attempting bad poetry, and country is always about one of three subjects. First is how much the singer loves being a redneck. Second is how much they miss something they no longer have (a girlfriend, dog, etc). Last is how much they love America and Jesus.

 

[Queen Michael]

I would say rap music, but rap isn't music. Talking isn't music, you have to have tunes and a melody. And when you do, I believe it results in a genre called R n'B.

 

[MrNickster]

Rap
Hardcore, Deathcore, Metalcore and just about any other genre of music ending with the word 'core'
Christian rock
Any song that is just about who some cockhead or whore loves someone