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I prefer people who like different music because it's an easy way of being exposed to something new. Having different tastes are a part of what makes interacting with a person interesting. I have no desire to be with the male version of me.
The only exception would be if a person likes music I literally find offensive. An example would be that 90s misogynistic rap music that was popular for a while. I could never date a person who would happily dance to lyrics like "Women ain't nothin but beeyotches and ho's"
Just a question, does it really matter to you. I find it extremely difficult to date a female who does not share somewhat similar taste in music as I. It sounds trivial but I can't help it. I play my records and music loudly almost every evening when I get off, in the car (windows up, I don't like to annoy others) and at home. I've totally written off females in the past because they enjoy country music, hardcore rap, gospel, etc......
BTW I do dj as just a hobby.
I would have a hard time listening to country/rap all the time.
Too much in common leaves very little opportunity to help each other grow or expose each other to new things.
Good point! Personally I think it's kind of nice if someone doesn't like exactly what I like, and I've found my taste has expanded when I'm exposed to new things.
My musical taste is all over the place (With one exception. I agree with the statement that "Crap is short for crap") including progressive jazz, and international stuff. My wife's is really middle of the road.
So I have a bitchin' set of headphones. Problem solved.
i think i'd have problems with someone who loved music that I hated, or hated the music that I love.
but unless it is one of these extremes, no, it is not an important issue.
however i do think musical taste is a reflection of a person's personality, if not an influence. For example, a lot of alternative rock or metal lyrics these days are the introspective and hyperemotional wailings you'd expect from a teenager, vacillating from angry to despondent. Or some of the pop music basically encourages women to be obnoxious, materialistic wh*res.
I've dated grown adults who let the lyrical themes of their music bleed into their behavior, and that is definitely a problem.
Music is a big part of my life so I would like to date someone who likes my favorite genres but I find my music tastes change depending on where I am in my life. Lately, I have been listening to a lot of singer/songwriter stuff. I just kind of feel like lying down under the covers during short winter days accompanied by the appropriate soundtrack.
I like to find music off the beaten path and have a lot of international artists in my music collection. I don't listen to the radio in the car but instead my ipod. I am drawn to things that sort of have a "classiness" or "elegance" about them. Thus, I like old jazz standards.
I have never dated a guy with the exact same music tastes as me. There were always artists that one of us liked and the other didn't care for. However, it is cool to date someone who has the same general tastes so that I can discover new music to listen to.
Due to my music tastes (underground/hardcore rap - think Immortal Technique) I do NOT expect any women to like what I like. I do not even let other people listen to what I listen unless I know they'd like that kind of stuff.... because thats some scandalous -ish. Therefore I am pretty open minded and can tolerate other people's musical tastes (rock, r&b, pop, house, jazz, classical, music in other languages, etc). The only music I absolutely HATE is country and gospel.
one of the reasons (among many) that i divorced my husband was that, one day, when i was putting on some sixties soul, he confessed to me that "i never really have liked that stuff".
like the guy in high fidelity said, "these things matter". alot of people just like to have the radio on and buy a few cds a year. my music tastes, while being very eclectic, are pretty much rooted in soul, reggae, and sixties garage. and i am a VERY big music fan, and used to be a musician. bad music literally makes me want to throw up. i can't think of anything more WRONG than being with someone whose tastes were middle of the road.
there was a guy who wanted to date me and i had known him a long time. great guy, handsome, made 6 figures, but he didn't listen to ANYTHING other than pop music. he actually said "but i have really eclectic tastes- anything from sade to three doors down". i would rather have a sharp stick in the eye.
My husband and I do not share the same tastes in music. I try to tolerate his, and he will not mine. I guess that is his version of compromise. He pretty much likes the "mullet crowd" pleasing music, which I do not listen to if I am by myself, but I can put up with that better than that rap stuff.
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Personally I think it's kind of nice if someone doesn't like exactly what I like, and I've found my taste has expanded when I'm exposed to new things.
