What’s Your Favorite Type Of Music?

[EmilyAdkins1]

I don’t have a specific kind that I like but I do like YUNGBLUD.

[dannyk13]

Classical for me.

[Bobbisox1]

Motown for me

[Mamyalynne]

Tamla, Northern Soul and Dance Trance.

[shoota]

Polyphony.

[Lie-in King]

Blues.

[bobbinwales]

Grime, drill, trap, old school rap, ...

[andy-hughes]

Lie-In King - // Blues. //

May I commend to you the excellent 'Blues Matters Magazine' - where you will find a serious of album reviews by yours truly, together with interview features on occasion.

[Mozz71]

I like a bit of everything, from Classical to Billie Eillish, by way of Chuck Berry, The Kinks, Billy Joel, Madness and Manic Street Preachers.

[andy-hughes]

People often describe a specific genre of music, as people have done on here, and I always assocaite that with liking music to a depth of enjoyment beyond simply casual listening.

I am always wary of people who say "I like anything ... " because that usually indicates a shallow interest and that they don't actually like music very much at all.

As a music journalist I love a range of genres, but I love them all deeply and passionately, I am not a gadfly scanner, I love the music I love to an extreme.

If pushed, I would say my faves are blues music, some country, and I adore 1950's doo-wop!

[Mozz71]

Andy //I am always wary of people who say "I like anything ... " because that usually indicates a shallow interest and that they don't actually like music very much at all.//

I feel that was somewhat aimed at me coming directly after my "bit of everything" comment. Allow my to clarify: I love certain artists and pieces of music, but from a wide variety of genres, such, as mentioned, Rock n Roll, the sixties, singer-songwriters, eighties pop, "Britpop" (I hate that term, but it sums up my likes) and so on.

There are also genres and styles I despise, and if I had a time machine, I'd be tempted to go back and strangle Pete Waterman at birth.

[Arksided]

Queen is my favourite band so I do like a bit of everything, be easier just to say 'Modern Jazz' what's that about, sounds to me like they're still learning to play.

[andy-hughes]

Mozz - // I feel that was somewhat aimed at me coming directly after my "bit of everything" comment. //

It wasn't aimed at you - your post was not up when I started writing my reply - and apologies if you felt I was having a dig, which was not my intention.

Thanks for the expansion on your original answer.

[david small]

Classical music, but not for too long. Definitely no human voice.

[Mozz71]

Andy, yeah, I see they share the same submission time, I didn't notice that. Not a problem, no harm done.

Must go, working on my time machine and garrotting technique... ;-)

[andy-hughes]

Arksided - // ... be easier just to say 'Modern Jazz' what's that about, sounds to me like they're still learning to play. //

I attend the Montreal Jazz Festival every year as an invited writer, and I have had material published in Jazz Journal in the UK, and also in Downbeat - the premier jazz title in the US.

And I completely concur with what you are saying!

Because I can go to every show free, I try and see as many jazz artists as I can, especially those i am interviewing, and in a large number of cases, it's clear to me that the rest of the audience are hearing something that is not reaching me at all.

I attended the Wayne Shorter 80th birthday concert there - a top draw gig, sold out, and I couldn't say I understood or enjoyed a note of it. Clearly it was amazing, the atmosphere was electric, but I simply can't hear what fans and appreciators are hearing.

What I do know as a journalist is, you don't need to understand or like an artist's work in order to interview them.

I talked to Mr Shorter for nearly an hour, and my feature was a front cover for Jazz Journal, he was fascinating and a wonderful interviewee - I would love to hear what I am clearly missing in that style of music!

[Deskdiary]

I have a pretty narrow taste in music, being in the main 70s and 80s Soul and Funk, with the occasional foray into the 90s (although there's some very good stuff around at the moment, such as Lack of Afro).

I'm talking about the George Clinton, early Gap Band, early Cameo, Teddy, Luther, Linda Clifford, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Jean Carne et al.

My interest was piqued by the fabulous Robbie Vincent Soul Show on Radio London in the 80s, and it's never waned.

I still have 4,694 pieces of vinyl (their catalogued which is how I know the exact number), which drives my wife mad because (a) they take up a lot of room and (b) because I was an early adopter of the iPod and now listen to music digitally.

[shoota]

Wot, no Kylie?

[EmilyAdkins1]

Uhm what?

[andy-hughes]

Mozz - // Must go, working on my time machine and garrotting technique... ;-) //

Cool - thanks.

I cannot share your dislike of SAW - I think they are the Holland Dozier Holland of this generation - they created a formula and made it work across a large number of artists who enjoyed an individual identity, whilst still being under the umbrella of the SAW sound.

[Mozz71]

I dunno if it counts as funk DD, but I do love a bit of Sly and the Family Stone, not to mention Seventies era Stevie. It sounds pretty funky to me!