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RE: Neoclassical Metal is a style of music people will often say "that's not metal".. What else is new? [Metal Tree: 28]
The problem with pushing the limits is that they will move, as you say, but good music stays good regardless. We can all find something that suits out mood. Sometimes I need something fast and aggressive.
Yeah I like people to take things to new places. That doesn't mean I like all the places they take it to, but I tend to gravitate to music that is different from what came before it more than anything. I like almost all music (not a fan of Rap, okay with hip hop if it has decent music and more than just a beat), and country doesn't really do it for me though I respect the people that make it and don't mind watching it live or in competitions. The only music I really DISLIKE with a passion is an obscure version of Techno that was called Polish Techno by the guy that listened to it. Other techno I like, but that tech was so basic I might be able to train my dog to play some of it for a treat, and that is not a joke.
Other than that I like pretty much everything. I have things I prefer and that I personally choose to listen to more than others, but I actually like almost everything.
As far as rap. I like rap battles where they make up their responses spontaneously and on the spot. I don't get into the actual studio music rap though. I was around when Rap first hit the music scene. It was very basic back then. I like some hip hop as I consider it taking what rap was doing and actually adding a little bit more complexity to the music.
Rap hit at the same time as Break dancing, and for break dancing you just needed a good beat. So you had crazy dancing that was fun to watch combined with Rap in its infancy and they were a potent combo. I liked watching the break dancers. I didn't care for the rap.
I've liked other styles of music that fuse rapping INTO the music. So it is not even the rapping I dislike, it is just when the music is a basic beat and people doing rhythmic rhyming over the top of that. That's not my thing.
My son-in-law is actually quite good at that... Though he sings non-rapping in his stuff too so he seems more Hip Hop.
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I'm not really into rap, but there will be some I like. It's the same with most genres. I just don't listen to a lot of music radio these days, so I'm probably exposed to less new music now. I get my music from other sources now and that may be self-selecting what I like.
I VERY rarely listen to the radio either(couple of times a year in my car). I kind of go on music scavenger hunts a couple times a year just poking around corners on the internet and seeing what people are talking about. That is partially why I did the Metal Tree series. I discovered a lot of music I'd never heard before.