Popular Music

[Steve]

Considering Harry's recent thread on the role of classical music in our lives, I thought I might try and get at our listening habits of other forms of music.

I fall into the 4th Catagory (Some).

[Don]

I had to go with 1-50, but I only have two and doubt I'll be getting more in the future.

[Josquin des Prez]

Popular Music

Is gay. The end...

[Steve]

Yes, perhaps I shall reconfigure the options a bit. Perhaps add an option for those with maybe (1-10) albums, splitting the 4th catagory up.

I too am in the low end of that catagory. (Around 10 for me).

[rubio]

I owe about 3000. It includes everything from metal, punk, jazz, world music (one of my favourite genres nowadays together with classical music), country, electronica, pop, psychedelic rock, garage rock, americana, soul, funk, reggae, indie rock, 70s disco, club music+++.

I enjoy almost every genre as long as the music has some quality. For some reason I don't listen much to blues, and the worst music I hear is marching bands music!!!

[71 dB]

Large collection.

Non-classical music is not the same thing as popular music. Most of my non-classical music is so called underground music. That kind of music has less listeners than classical music so compared to it classical music is popular music! 

[Don]

Is gay. The end...

I don't think that popular music is gay; it's the consumers of the stuff.

[Steve]

Large collection.

Non-classical music is not the same thing as popular music. Most of my non-classical music is so called underground music. That kind of music has less listeners than classical music so compared to it classical music is popular music! 

My that's quite the collection. I find it amazing how people can have such eclectic tastes. Metal and Classical? Interesting.

[Steve]

Large collection.

Non-classical music is not the same thing as popular music. Most of my non-classical music is so called underground music. That kind of music has less listeners than classical music so compared to it classical music is popular music! 

Very well then. Bog down my humble poll with such technicality... 

[71 dB]

I owe about 3000. It includes everything from metal, punk, jazz, world music (one of my favourite genres nowadays together with classical music), country, electronica, pop, psychedelic rock, garage rock, americana, soul, funk, reggae, indie rock, 70s disco, club music+++.

I enjoy almost every genre as long as the music has some quality. For some reason I don't listen much to blues, and the worst music I hear is marching bands music!!!

You seem to have even wider taste than me! Congratulations! 

[bhodges]

I'm in the high end (although not nearly as many as what rubio just posted  ) with probably right at 500 or so, mostly jazz, rock, and vocals of all kinds. 

PS, speaking of fans of metal and classical, Steve Smith (Classical Editor of Time Out New York and blogger on Night After Night) regularly posts on both.  Sometimes I wonder if my love of Xenakis is somehow a sort of ersatz metal interest...

--Bruce

[rubio]

You seem to have even wider taste than me! Congratulations! 

I'm easily triggered for all sorts of art - especially music, movies and literature. There is so much to listen to, read and watch that is of high quality. And so little time!!

[Steve]

I'm in the high end (although not nearly as many as what rubio just posted  ) with probably right at 500 or so, mostly jazz, rock, and vocals of all kinds. 

PS, speaking of fans of metal and classical, Steve Smith (Classical Editor of Time Out New York and blogger on Night After Night) regularly posts on both.  Sometimes I wonder if my love of Xenakis is somehow a sort of ersatz metal interest...

--Bruce

The contents of my non-classical collection are almost entirely Jazz-oriented. I know many classical devotees with interests in other vocal music and jazz, but none with an avid interest in metal. I might explain this by pointing out the similarities between related popular genres and classical. As for Metal..Rap...Other Heavy Rock I see almost no real similarities.

[Danny]

Quite a bit for me.

[Harry]

None I voted, because it is none!

[Danny]

None I voted, because it is none!

[Steve]

None I voted, because it is none!

Yes, about half of my 10 were gifts, and the other half failed experiments in diversity. 

[Steve]

Is that a look of awe or dismay?  0:)

[Harry]

Is that a look of awe or dismay?  0:)

Danny is in two minds about that I think!

[BachQ]

None I voted, because it is none!

One can only imagine Harry's CD collection if he were equally interested in popular music as classical . . . . . . Lucky for him, he's not . . . . . .