Snoop... Lion? I don't know man, I just don't know...

[East Coast Hustle]

And before anybody else says some dumb shit because they don't actually know a thing about the subject, I think you should all go listen to Tiken Jah Fakoly's L'Africain album. If you can get through that and STILL tell me you categorically dislike reggae, then I'll start taking your opinion seriously.

I just listened to the six songs he has on Myspace.

It was unpleasant.

Here's the thing. I am not saying that reggae is bad music. I am just saying that I hate it, as a genre. I can listen to it under certain circumstances without it bothering me, unlike, say, noodly Jazz, which makes me want to shank a bitch, but I would never deliberately put it on to listen to it.

There is a lot of music that I don't like, but can still recognize as good music. I loathe U2 and Pearl Jam, but I can appreciate that they are good at what they do even though I can't tolerate it. I feel the same way about reggae. I hate everything about it, while recognizing it as a valid music form with highly talented musicians who are skilled at their craft.

Nothing wrong with that. You like what you like, and vice versa. I'll never begrudge somebody their musical tastes as long as they're at least semi-educated tastes. I see that alot with hip-hop. People who "hate rap" but have never heard anything but Lil' Wayne or Drake and I just go put on a Bliss 'n' Eso or Doomtree album and wait for them to ask me what this cool band is that they're listening to.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

And before anybody else says some dumb shit because they don't actually know a thing about the subject, I think you should all go listen to Tiken Jah Fakoly's L'Africain album. If you can get through that and STILL tell me you categorically dislike reggae, then I'll start taking your opinion seriously.

I just listened to the six songs he has on Myspace.

It was unpleasant.

Here's the thing. I am not saying that reggae is bad music. I am just saying that I hate it, as a genre. I can listen to it under certain circumstances without it bothering me, unlike, say, noodly Jazz, which makes me want to shank a bitch, but I would never deliberately put it on to listen to it.

There is a lot of music that I don't like, but can still recognize as good music. I loathe U2 and Pearl Jam, but I can appreciate that they are good at what they do even though I can't tolerate it. I feel the same way about reggae. I hate everything about it, while recognizing it as a valid music form with highly talented musicians who are skilled at their craft.

Nothing wrong with that. You like what you like, and vice versa. I'll never begrudge somebody their musical tastes as long as they're at least semi-educated tastes. I see that alot with hip-hop. People who "hate rap" but have never heard anything but Lil' Wayne or Drake and I just go put on a Bliss 'n' Eso or Doomtree album and wait for them to ask me what this cool band is that they're listening to.

In most cases, I find it impossible to hate a whole genre, with the possible exceptions of "adult contemporary" and boy bands.

[East Coast Hustle]

I find it incredibly easy, but mostly only with Jazz.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I find it incredibly easy, but mostly only with Jazz.

I like Jazz, but I hate Noodly Jazz. I always thought I hated Jazz, but that was just because what I knew as Jazz was aimless saxophone ramblings. Which is also why when someone says "if you think you hate x, listen to this!" because I may simply not know what I'm missing.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

I find it incredibly easy, but mostly only with Jazz.

I like Jazz, but I hate Noodly Jazz. I always thought I hated Jazz, but that was just because what I knew as Jazz was aimless saxophone ramblings. Which is also why when someone says "if you think you hate x, listen to this!" because I may simply not know what I'm missing.

I don't like noodly either. Or that quiet, subtle, anemic shit, which is often also noodly.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Noodly sucks.  It put me off jazz, until I discovered Ella Fitzgerald.

The problem with noodly for me, is that music is an expression, a method of communication.  GET TO THE POINT.

[East Coast Hustle]

I find it incredibly easy, but mostly only with Jazz.

I like Jazz, but I hate Noodly Jazz. I always thought I hated Jazz, but that was just because what I knew as Jazz was aimless saxophone ramblings. Which is also why when someone says "if you think you hate x, listen to this!" because I may simply not know what I'm missing.

Yeah, there are a handful of exceptions to my hatred of Jazz (Ella, Maceo, a few obscure guitar prodigies). I guess it would be fair to say that I don't categorically hate Jazz, I just hate 99% of what I hear.

[AFK]

The worst Jazz is infinitely better than the best pop.

[East Coast Hustle]

I was trying to come up with an intelligent response to that but it's too dumb a thing to say for me to bother.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The worst Jazz is infinitely better than the best pop.

Balls.  Absolute rubbish.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

The worst Jazz is infinitely better than the best pop.

Balls.  Absolute rubbish.

Yep. "Pop" =/= "Celine Dion"

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The worst Jazz is infinitely better than the best pop.

Balls.  Absolute rubbish.

Yep. "Pop" =/= "Celine Dion"

I can listen to Kelly Clarkson, P!nk, Lady Gaga, and Anna Nalick all day.

30 seconds of jazz makes me start punching myself in the junk.  And NOBODY wants to see THAT.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The worst Jazz is infinitely better than the best pop.

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

Nigel, I am saddened that you put U2 and Pearl Jam into the same sentence.

Bono is a douchebag, Eddie Vedder is like a personal deity to me. :argh:

[AFK]

The worst Jazz is infinitely better than the best pop.

Balls.  Absolute rubbish.

You are entitled to be wrong. 


Pop is worthless tripe, jazz is the very essence of Discordia.  If Eris were a musician, she'd be a jazz tombonist.


FACT!