Is it possible to like all genre of music?

September 13th, 2009 | By Kal

I woke up after my traditional (non-existent) Sunday morning lie in,  set my itunes to shuffle and listened to a long succession of different artists whose music I have bought over the years. The question suddenly dawned on me – is it possible to like all genre of music. Basically, is there anyone out there who likes all genre.

Firstly, I do not claim to be this person! Why not, I hear you ask? Well, with me, and I’m sure with others, different genre have different places in my life.  I might listen to some classic early 80s Michael Jackson on my ipod as I rush to work in the morning, while later on in the day I might listen to Shine on you Crazy Diamond if I wanted to sit back and relax.

I use lots of music in lots of situations, but I think the mark of not really enjoying a genre is when you can’t really think of a time you’d listen to it.  There are one or two styles that I can’t get my head around – I can’t really understand the appeal of the rhythm or don’t find the vocal appealing. So that rules me out…

So where are you? Clearly liking every genre doesn’t mean you have to like every artist that each genre contains – you may have hated Blur but loved Oasis but I’d still say you like britpop. If you think you are this person, get in touch! If you think you know this person, you may perform a citizens arrest and bring them to me for extensive testing. Or is it all impossible, with one type of music totally contradicting another…

I know that when Rob and I are working on our songs in rehearsal we sometimes think about who we sound like at different times and what sort of person would listen to a particular song – or is that reading into things too much? I look forward to what you have to say!