On musical selectivity

I have absolutely nothing to say about Motorhead, excepting possibly that I'm enterprising enough about new things to maybe pop over to Youtube and listen to a few of their songs. I will not do that now, however, because I don't particularly want to. This is my blog and I can do what I want! In fact, I could segue away from Motorhead and talk about, oh I don't know, rabid cabbages if it's my wont! Just because I have a pet project doesn't mean I'm locked into it! I refuse to be tied down, not even by myself! Freedom and anarchy! Down with the fascist, controlling, stifling Big Brother and up with the power of the people! For the Swarm!

My musical taste has been sort of an interesting anomaly for me. It's very widely scattered, and I'm very hard pressed to find or define any sort of pattern or regularity in what I like. I used to think that I liked alternative or heavy metal, but recently I'm discovering that I like only certain songs in the alternative or heavy metal genre. Not even certain bands. Certain songs. This holds true for classical, pop, video game music, techno, and pretty much everything that I listen to. I offer some explanation by saying that I have a very, very poor sense of discernment - I have a very hard time discerning lyrics in songs, so I tend more toward the musical aspects as opposed to the lyrical. Nevertheless, that doesn't really explain why I'm more fond of, say, "Dancing Mad" than I am of "Unforgiven," or why I like "Around the World" by ATC but don't like the majority of Backstreet Boys songs. I do notice that I seem to like faster-paced music more than slower ones, but that's speaking very, very generally, because I have no small number of slow love ballads on my iPod. However, I do notice that I really, really love it when people mix modern instruments with orchestras and classical instruments. Electric guitar or synthesizer together with a full choir and a full orchestra? That's amazing! AMAZING! I've yet to come across music made in that fashion without enjoying myself. Similarly, I love the British band "Bond" for their ability to mix synthesizer, electric guitar, with a string quartet. I love almost every piece of Bond music, which is something of a rarity for me.

Anyway, like every other aspect of my life, my musical taste seems to take a "treat everything individually" sort of approach to songs. Bond happens to be the exception that proves the rule, but maybe they'll start sucking and I'll have to be more choosy when it comes to the songs they release.