My personal tastes in music; would you say this is justified?

[GeneralFungi]

Now, I've always been an odd person. People have always known me for that, but I'm only considered odd because of my tastes in just about everything. People cringe when I suggest putting pickles on a pizza slice. People lift their brow when I doodle various pictures of various characters that I enjoy doodling, but I've always been accepted none the less. I'm not the most popular person around, but I'm reasonable well liked, and it doesn't bother me when people call me strange. I'd rather be weird then be a robot.

But I found one opinion both rude, and ignorant.

As stated earlier, people always find my tastes questionable. My taste in music is no exception. I picked up Super Mario Galaxy 2 a couple of weeks ago, and I was really digging the music to it. I had to try very hard not to hum it in public.So I decided to load up my mp3 with various songs from the game. So I'm just sitting there, enjoying the music I was listening to. One of my friends asked what I was listening to. People often found what I listen to strange, so I simply stated, "Oh, something odd." To which he replied, "Probably Mario or techno or something. That isn't real music. Real music has lyrics."

I felt rather sour towards him after he made that comment. "So you think you can justify whether or not something is music? Music is just a series of sounds, after all. Am I not justified to my own opinion?" "You'd have to be on crack to enjoy THAT."

He not only told me that he hated my music, but he practically said that I was likely on drugs for liking such atrocious music. Do you think he was justified? I don't mind people questioning my tastes, but insulting me directly because of what I like is pretty inexcusable. I choose to like what I like. I've never hated mainstream music, but I simply never got into it like things that I've played games to. Maybe I've always just found video game music to be more upbeat and overall perks my mood.

Am I over-reacting, or was my reaction justified?

 

[unoleian]

"Real music has lyrics?"

Pardon me while I laugh my ass off.
No, that is far from the case. Real music is what excites our brain and makes us feel good. That's different things to different people. Lyrics are hardly a necessity for that!

ed- That becomes an especially atrocious statement to make when you consider music and rhythm has likely been around in some form or another a LOT longer than the spoken word!

 

[ProfessorLayton]

"...Real music has lyrics."

Is that a joke? Because saying that Beethoven isn't music but the Black Eyed Peas are is ridiculous. If one of my friends said that to me, I would straight up stop talking to them for good. I want to know what he listens to, if you don't mind telling us.

 

[GeneralFungi]

"Real music has lyrics?"

Pardon me while I laugh my ass off.
No, that is far from the case. Real music is what excites our brain and makes us feel good. That's different things to different people. Lyrics are hardly a necessity for that!

ed- That becomes an especially atrocious statement to make when you consider music and rhythm has likely been around in some form or another a LOT longer than the spoken word!

I'm happy to know someone, somewhere can agree with one of my opinions. It isn't often someone agrees with my point of view, just like any other thing I treasure. But some people can be awfully stubborn.
While I don't try to force my views on people, some people don't even take the time to consider what I have to say. They don't have to agree, but they can at least hear me out when I have something to say.

Edit; I'm sorry, I forgot to answer your question. I hear him listen to a lot of rap and popular hip hop type music. Most of the music he listens to are featured in top 10 lists and the such, but he also listens to a good amount of country music aswell. Where I come from, some of us are viewed as hillbilly/cowboy types that stomp their feet and square dance.

 

[Skeleton Jelly]

Real music doesn't need lyrics. Like you said, it's a series of noises that our brain perceives as pleasant. You're friend is just a bigot.

Also, you're just another sheep in the herd. Don't think you're unique. No one is.

 

[Jack_Uzi]

Nothing is wrong until you harm other people with your behavior. If it is considered weird, so be it. You may also think of that remark as a compliment of being the person you are.
Game music on your mp3 player? Well, I still have some C64 tunes on that one and I just love them! Just do what you like, that's one of the most important things to do in life.

 

[GeneralFungi]

Real music doesn't need lyrics. Like you said, it's a series of noises that our brain perceives as pleasant. You're friend is just a bigot.

Also, you're just another sheep in the herd. Don't think you're unique. No one is.

I like to think we're all different in our own way, but I wasn't stating that I was. People just saw me as a strange person. I didn't state what I felt I was, I stated what I was thought as. Maybe I just found it depressing to be one of billions of identical androids.

 

[darthzew]

Technically, garbage is food as long as someone eats it, but we could argue that there's such thing as "real food."

Real music touches the soul. There's a lot of stuff that fits the technical definition of music, but the real stuff is what hits you deep. It makes you think and it makes you feel.

 

[Captain Pancake]

Odds are if you were with chicks he was trying to undermine you and make himself look big and manly. But then I am a paranoid, Jaded individual. In all honesty he has no right to think that, I listen to the music form Half life 2 sometimes simply cause I like it. There's no difference between that and your situation, and it's still music, somebody spent hours composing it, try and tell them they put all that work into something that can only be called "sound".

 

[UnmotivatedSlacker]

Considering your friend essentially said the works of Beethoven, Mozart, Franz Liszt and etc were not music, I wouldn't take his opinion too seriously. As long you like it, who cares what other people think?

Odds are if you were with chicks he was trying to undermine you and make himself look big and manly. But then I am a paranoid, Jaded individual. In all honesty he has no right to think that, I listen to the music form Half life 2 sometimes simply cause I like it. There's no difference between that and your situation, and it's still music, somebody spent hours composing it, try and tell them they put all that work into something that can only be called "sound".

Honestly, he does have the right the think that, it's called an opinion. I think he's a bit of a douche and an elitist for thinking it, but that's his right.

 

[MikailCaboose]

No. That wasn't justified. Hell, about the only things I find myself really listening to is either VGM, or songs from And One or Rammstein.
Music is music, lyrics or not. And if your friend said that, then I would question him as a friend.

 

[Heavic]

*Looks at all my music which is about 70% no lyrics*

I guess I don't actually listen to music but rather sounds.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

That was a godawful argument on his part. You might want to point out that all Classic Orchestral music comes lyric free, but I can't think of more real music than the classic composers.

Just shove all the greatest composers in your friend's face and tell him that if he thinks it's not real music because it has no lyrics then he is the one with the uneducated opinion on music, not you.

 

[tomtom94]

I personally happen to believe that music is a harmonious collection of sounds. I generally take anything without a defined melody to not fall under that category.
And yet, I like punk. Amusing.

 

[Dexiro]

Real music doesn't need lyrics. Like you said, it's a series of noises that our brain perceives as pleasant. You're friend is just a bigot.

Also, you're just another sheep in the herd. Don't think you're unique. No one is.

He never said he was unique, just that he was different from the usual crowd

OT: Your friend sounds very bigoted. I'd actually argue that music without lyrics should fall under "real music" if anything, it just seems more pure.

 

[Quoliver]

IMO It's never justified to insult someone over musical preference. If you feel some kind of connection between it, listen to it and enjoy it. Flaming someone for their taste in music just seems straight up ignorant.

 

[Beartrucci]

I suppose that a few of my favourite songs don't classify as music then according to your friend.

Spoiler

 

[Lord George]

I find music without lyrics to be awful, but thats just my personal preference, but yeah him attacking you over it is a bit harsh, but then again you making such a big thing about it is also unjustified.

Hey people always tell me they don't like some of my music like when I listen to showtunes or prog rock, but I don't take it to heart much as its just opinions, if no-one had opinions the world would be real boring.

So in summery MAN UP AND STOP BEING BABY! INSULT HIS MUSIC RIGHT BACK AT HIM AND THEN EAT HIS FACE (or not you know its all good.)

 

[JLML]

Ok, that person is messed up in the head. If you think a series of sounds is music, it is music. No one can say what is and what isn't. Also, no one has the right to say another has a bad music taste or that their music in any way is worse than some other music.

If you ask me I'd say what you're listening to is more music than most rap/pop or whatever is popular right now.

 

[Exia91]

I felt rather sour towards him after he made that comment. "So you think you can justify whether or not something is music? Music is just a series of sounds, after all. Am I not justified to my own opinion?" "You'd have to be on crack to enjoy THAT."

Personal attack when in an argument is weak. when feeling cornered people tend to attack others directly in an effort to end up being the 'strongest'. He probably doesn't know better and thinks that everything outside his 'circle' is no more than jibberish, nonsense, complete bull crap.

Do you think he was justified?

No I do not at all.

Maybe I've always just found video game music to be more upbeat and overall perks my mood.

Personal 'flavor'. Cannot be forced to change it nor to like it. Just ignore his..ignorance. You know better and that's what counts.