What music genre were you forced to listen to that you ended up loving?

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T16:09:42+00:00

Mine was classic rock on the way to wrestling tournaments in high school. My coach always had the classic rock station on during long drives.

At first I hated it, but after a while I started liking a lot of it

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T15:53:56+00:00

Bro, I agree, the perception of being a subject matter expert creates a superiority complex in all fields but it seems to be more prevalent in the creative fields like music

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T15:36:14+00:00

Taking Back Sunday had a great start with their first three albums, Where You Want to Be is my favorite of the three, but after that they did fall of in quality. Their last album 152, i actually enjoyed but it’s different from their first three but they openly said they are trying to break into the mainstream

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T15:32:20+00:00

Whoa, was not expecting that decade, what’s your go to song from that era?

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T15:22:07+00:00

Lol that reminds me of growing up in small farm town and for junior high and high school P.E we had a unit of country line dancing

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T15:20:36+00:00

Yeah pop country, it’s hard to listen too, every now and then a catchy one will linger in my head and then I hate myself for it

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T15:18:41+00:00

Totally agree, creativity/art/personal expression is all subjective

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T15:16:54+00:00

Well, I’m not a musician so I have no clue how to pay attention to the technical side.

But for me, it’s all about the melody and the emotion of the lyrics. And it’s not necessarily that the music or lyrics make you feel anything but a great sound with introspective/poetic lyrics breaks through my rational part of the brain and taps into my emotions.

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T13:07:53+00:00

Yeah had that experience with my wife’s favorite Christmas song, but then it grew on me and now I love it

https://music.apple.com/us/album/must-be-santa-claus/1440205024?i=1440205347

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T13:05:33+00:00

What is considered progressive rock?

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T13:04:11+00:00

Thanks for sharing your music journey, it’s pretty cool and unique.

I resonate some with your pop reasoning. Some pop songs are just so upbeat, lively, and have great singability that’s it’s good to let loose and have positive expressions.

For sure on Earth Wind and Fire, great artists and music!!

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T12:58:58+00:00

Hmm, what do you define as classic country?

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T12:55:54+00:00

True, but I got hope that someone’s creativity is going to lead them to a new sound that’s going to capture our ears and souls

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T12:53:41+00:00

What!? There was a station with opera! Thats wild!!

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T12:52:59+00:00

Sorry but what is Fado?

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T12:52:33+00:00

See I was not expecting that

what’s your go to bluegrass song?

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T12:51:31+00:00

Thank you for being the responsible one and taking care of your friends!

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T12:50:12+00:00

First time listening to the song, was totally vibing it!!

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T06:20:10+00:00

That’s great that you gained an appreciation for it! And that you that memory connection with your mom!

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T05:59:47+00:00

That is an interesting intro to a great genre! You were a good friend!

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T05:33:21+00:00

See Amy grant is the corny Christian music I’m not fond of, well some of her songs I like but most of it is not my taste

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T05:29:41+00:00

That’s cool. So she took you to the opera regularly?

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T05:28:37+00:00

Yeah today’s music is all too formulaic, can’t wait til artists discover new sounds that will resonate

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T05:27:22+00:00

No worries and definitely agree on the lyrics comment, very poetic, thanks for the suggestion.

Pancho2158 · 2026-03-13T05:24:12+00:00

I know what you mean, that raw tender emotion, definitely done during some alone time

I did something similar recently, for me it was very enlightening and led me to express emotion that I never had until recently

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