What Type of Music Do You Listen To?

Everything. There are brilliant artists in every genre, as well as good, could be good, okay, soso, rip off, ick, yuck!, and "Ouch! Make it stop!"

I really do mean 'everything'

Opera to bluegrass, hip hop to bagpipes, rock to techno, religious to punk, depression era to gangsta rap (those 2 are strongly linked thematically, actually), ozarks to Irish, Tibetan to Aussie, pop to experimental, country to blues... And about 30 others.

List is long and varied....

The Clash
Tom Waits
Lenny Kravitz
The Gorillas
Gogol Bordello
Lucinda Williams
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Tom Petty
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Willie Nelson
Kinky Friedman
Patsy Cline

The list continues...

I listen to a lot of different music. I like Pandora because I can set up stations with a little Robert Miles, a little Bond, a little Madonna, a little 80s and a little pop or rock or celtic-inspired music. I don't typically listen to Eminem, but I like some of his songs. Same for Kid Rock. I also listen to some country. Some songs I do not play with the kiddo around.

I really need to get my ipod with a kiddie play list again for DD (4) - Choo Choo Soul, They Might Be Giants, Imagination Movers, Barenaked Ladies...

Depends on whos around K.. :)

I listen to EVERYTHING from Rock and Roll, to gangster rap. :) I even really dig Irish Bands!

Only thing I could do without is todays Lame-O country music. {{Gag}}

All types of rock, new wave, world, reggae!, acid jazz, alternative.

Currently spinning Michael Franti & Spearhead's Yell Fire! Album ... Sooooo good!

http://www.amazon.com/Yell-Fire-Michael-Franti-Spearhead/...

ETA: Jim ... I've seen Sevendust live a few times ... great shows!

While I'm sitting here at my computer I listen mostly to "easy listening" or "country": Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, that type. Right now I'm listening to Anne Murray.

BUT, when I'm in the car with my two teenagers I listen to whatever they want to and it runs the gamut of country to rap!! I don't think there's any type of music I haven't listened to when I'm with them. Unlike a lot of other parents it really doesn't bother me. I'm open to listening to everything so I know what they're listening to. There have been only a couple songs I've asked them not to listen to (especially around me!) because of the language. I'm just so sick of the "F" word!!

Fun question! (And it's "to" not "too" - sorry, I had to!)

I guess I need to speak up for country :) I've listened to it since I was in high school. My favorite artist has been Bryan White (2pts to anyone who knows who he is hehe)

I also listen to some alternative rock.

A little bit of everything. But usually our local station that plays all the latest hits.

No country. And in no particular order, Eminem, Slipknot, Metallica, NWA, Ludacris, Staind, Sevendust, Kiss, Tesla, Queensryche, Lil Wayne, Game, Theory of a Deadman, Nickleback, Van Hagar.
We have satellite in both cars, worth every penny.

I listen to the same artists I did when i was younger. U2,Green Day, Aerosmith, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Johnny Cash. Maybe some of the younger groups out like Coldplay, and The Killers. It's always been Rock, and Alternative. Maybe some Punk thrown in for fun.. Although, I love Adele..

I like Alternative Rock and Punk
Also Classical and some jazz.

Rock, classic rock, older alternative.....
And (by default) some of today's pop when son is around! :)

Right now on my iPod, I have
Leonard Cohen
Red Ho Chili Peppers
Edith Piaf
Steve Earle
Townes van Zandt
Greg Brown
John Prine
Antony Hegarty
Lucinda WIlliams
Bonnie Raitt
Rush
AC/DC
Simon and Garfunkel
Iris Dement
kd lang
Georgia Satellite
Tracy Chapman
Gov't Mule
Zachary Richard
Bruce Springsteen
Coyote Run
Smithfield Fair
Warren Zevon
George Michael
Delbert McClinton
Mary Gauthier
Brian Setzer
Joni Mitchell
Dwight Yoakam
Jerry Lee Lewis
Eric Clapton
James Taylor
Kinks
Spin Doctors
Canned Heat
Wayne Toups
Sarah McLachlan
Mammals
Jesse Winchester
Nick Cave
Allison Kraus
U2
Emmylou Harris
Meredith Brooks
John Fogerty
Meatloaf
Levon Helm
Tori Amos
Rufus Wainwright
Jimmy Lafave
Melissa Etheridge
Don McLean
JJ Cale

I listen to a little bit of everything (well, almost everything). I don't like anything offensive. Christian music mostly, some pop. Don't like country much, or hard rock/metal. I've been known to enjoy a rap song now & then. I like something with good lyrics I can sing along to- Celine Dion, Martina McBride, Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, Madonna, even Black Eyed Peas.

anything rock, classic rock or rap.. but good rap (older rap) not this rediculous nonsence ive been hearing lately.. although i will say some of the things lil wayne says in his songs make me laugh my butt off .. i hate pop music techno & country .. and even though i hated it when i was younger iv grown to be a fan of my dads oldies music.. i guess after almost 24 years of hear cbs fm blasting from the garage radio every weekend it kind of grows on you
.. if i had to pick a favorite id have to say eminem i love everything he does .. as far as bands im still into all the music i listened to in highschool- lagwagon, the lawrence arms, nofx, a wilhelm scream, rise against.. stuff like that

Rock and roll mostly. Classic rock, 80s and modern alternative, new wave, dance, r & b, soul, show tunes. Pretty much anything but rap and country! The last few concerts I went to were the Foo Fighters, U2 and Lenny Kravitz and a great little band called Fitz and the Tantrums. My current favorite band is Green Day and when I'm driving around alone I am usually blasting and singing along with one of my favorite musical soundtracks, like Wicked or Hairspray. I am a gleek and proud of it :)

I mostly listen to NPR. My girls HATE it. But they have had driveway moments and it gives me the chuckles. I also listen to international music from Africa, China, and the west Indies. I also like country, light rock, R & B, what ever sounds good. I don't like hard rock and rap.

Linkn Park
Greenday
Nirvana
Offspring
Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash
Nora Jones
Kate Bush
Tom Petty
Roy Orbison
Loreena McKinnett
Bach
Vivaldi
Emininen
OutKast
Lady Antebellum
Dixis Chicks
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
John Denver
Janice Joplin
Cat Stevens
and the list goes on

And all in this week. I don't have a fav per se - depends on my mood -
Angry and rebellious - has to be grunge
Hippy Chick - janice, jefferson airplan, and my man cat
Lady like - the classical guys
Sexy - Nora and the smokey girls

You gotta' love Pandora and streaming, free, music.

Fun questions - Thanks !!!!

When I was a teenager: VERY eclectic - Country, R&B, Hip-hop, Rap, Ska, Oldies, Big Band, Showtunes, some heavy metal (really only Metallica), stoner music like Nirvana & Oasis, Tori Amos & lots of Frank Sinatra

In my early-mid 20s: Eminem, Contemporary opera (Like Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church, Andrea Bocelli, etc.), Country, R&B, Oldies & Rat Pack era, and a lot of old school church music (I'm a choir girl), and lots of Arabic & Assyrian music (although I have to look up the translations for the lyrics.)

I'm pretty out of the pop music scene right now. I really only listen to it now when I am in the car and the kids AREN'T with me. Otherwise I am content listening to kids' music (set to more of a rock beat), as that's the stage of life I am in right now.

I LOVE Beyonce! She is in a league of her own amongst today's vocalists.

ETA: I know some of the current artists that I like are: Jason Mraz, Adele, Christina Aguilera, Michael Buble, Maroon 5....and I've finally come to appreciate contemporary Christian music, so I'll add Casting Crowns, DC Talk & Lifehouse to that list....oh yeah, Carlos Santana! THAT GUITAR IS AMAZING!

I listen to a ton of rock, old school rap and r&b, metal, indie, techno, ska and various artists in Spanish. I'll admit I'm not too interested in current music and often listen to artists and/or bands that no longer exist. I can't pick one favorite artist so here are a few I love:

Led Zeppelin
Elvis Crespo
Save Ferris
NWA
Tori Amos
Tupac
Seether
Placebo
Queen

I have yet to find a genre that I always enjoy, or one that I never enjoy.

In the car I nearly always listen to hot jams on the radio. It's redundant, overly produced, and predictable which means that it doesn't distract me or overwhelm me with emotion. When I have a music player in the car I tend to become obsessive about it, wanting to listen to just the right thing at just the right time - interrupting one song to start another that strikes my fancy. If I'm the driver it's not safe, like texting. If I'm the passenger I end up driving everybody else crazy with my pseudo DJing.

Otherwise I am equally as weird about music. With exception of a FEW kids songs (ABC, twinkle twinkle, row your boat...a few more), I do not know all of the words to any song. Not even my favorite ones. My husband gets a kick out of correcting me when I try to repeat song lyrics. I always, always, always screw them up. Ditto proverbs and common sayings. I get the point across, but never the details.

Anyway, point being, the melody and rhythm of music is incredibly important to me. And then, when I really love a piece of music, it completely overwhelms me with emotion. It's intoxicating. Sometimes I go days on end without listening to 'my' music, because it is so moving and it stays with me.

And I have phases. Sometimes I will listen to two songs over and over and over, or one composer/artist, or one album, or one mix. Usually, I have it just so and then, suddenly, it becomes time for a change. It's funny, there are some pieces that are like a time machine because I will have listened to them so much but only for a phase.

Right now I am in a big time Chopin phase. I've cheated on Chopin a few times to listen to Nina Simone's "Ain't Got No" and Nancy Sinatra (and Lee Hazelwood), Leonard Cohen, Cocatue Twins, Johnny Cash, David Bowie, Sigur Ros, Cat Power, Nick Cave, Pavarotti - I can't think of any others right now. Eric Satie is almost always agreeable, at least I can always listen to "Gymnopedie".

Mostly alternative rock/rock, and older music. I cannot stand 95% of the music that is popular nowadays, honestly. Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Lil Wayne and the like, just make me want to puke & smash my radio. I really dislike any of the modern rap or hip hot that's out nowadays. If it's auto tuned, computerized, and all about the image and lacks substance, I can't stand it.

I love Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Third Eye Blind, etc., with some older funk, soul, & R&B thrown in.

I like a mix of everything really, except Contemporary Christian. I literally feel ill when I hear it.

Pretty much everything except country.

My tops are Ween, Phish, Galactic, Pixies, Wu-tang, Linkin Park, Digable Planets, Grateful Dead, Black Keys, Eminem, Stevie Wonder, Primus

I could go on and on. I love music, I listen to it almost constantly.

I am a product of the 80s - it's still my #1 Choice -
Rock (hair band and glamor rock)

Country - mostly contemporary Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith
Rhianna
Beyonce
Black Eyed Peas
Def Leppard (ohhh pour some sugar on me!!)
Matchbox 20

Brahm
Vivaldi (love love love the 4 seasons)
Bethoven

yeah - eclectic...the only thing I don't listen to is RAP - I don't consider that music. I like Hip-Hop but not rap.

I like any and all good music. Not all music in any genre could reasonably be called "good," though. There's plenty of mediocre stuff out there. And worse than mediocre.

What I fall back on reliably is the streaming music programming of my local public radio station, which includes a great deal of "adult rock/pop," but also occasionally world music, techno, hip-hop, jazz, western and gospel. I like the taste of my OPB In House programmer, I guess. He doesn't play what's "hot now," but rather a wide selection of what he likes, and he includes lots of local Portland bands. The selection is rotated often, which helps keep it varied and fresh.

I love rock...heavy metal, hard rock, classic rock, southern rock, and top 40. I also like some country (mostly the upbeat/rockin tunes) and very little, older rap (think Sugar Hill gang and older LL Cool J). I also like contemporary christian music (and yes, I can even find some that is rockin' like Bride Dressed In Black and Once Called Saul).

I listen to anything but Gospel and Country. If I hear Country in an establishment, I have to leave, I cannot stand it.

I listen to Kidd Kraddick in the morning and usually stay on that station which is all the popular artists for most of the day.

I loke Coldplay, Maroon 5, Phil Collins, Bon Jovi, Jim Brickman, Rhianna, Katy Perry, Usher, .... pretty much everything.

I guess it would be considered pop. I love Maroon 5, Pink & Adele. Still like the old stuff I listened to in HS like Green Day, Nirvana & White Zombie. I guess I like a lot of different music.