Is it preference or Ignorance?

Well folks, before I begin ranting this is my first ever thread so be nice;

So just thought I'd start a thread about the different preferences people have in music.
Its just its very rare that you find someone who mostly listens to heavy metal, to enjoy a bit of of sugababes.
Or someone who is besotted with getting 'down' to Sean Paul to additionally be into Linkin Park.
You get the idea

Anyway I was just pondering, weather or not the reasons for these common preferences were actual honest public displays of a certain catorgory of music (i.e. rnb, rock, classical ect..)
Or if infact some people are too ignorant to learn a little about music outside their "preferences"

I, myself try and be as openminded as possible and consider myself to be into different types of music.
I love the chilli peppers but I cant help my head diggin soppy song like Britney's 'everytime' or David Gray's *this years love* :-[
Ahhhh.......
Its just, oh I cant get over the fact that some peeps get a buzz off a song (you know the feeling, when you cant help but dance, hum, or sing when it comes on.If its really good you may even get shivers down your back, anyway :-X) and others can just deteste it
Yea, I am very much aware that we are all unique and I appreciate that peeps have their individual tastes ...blah blah..
I just cant help thinking that people who narrow themselves down to a certain catagory of music are missing out on so much... if you get turned on by a song that you are embarassed to be turned on by, just feck it and give in! Don't punish your brain man!

Right well I just hope I have made sence, I really am not usually this serious i need your views people cos this topic confuses me
ANYWAY, I have wrote far too much for this thread so I'll shut the f*ck up now and let some of you fine people voice youselves :-X

P.s. Admittedly, bands such as Busted, Westlife, Blue ect (yes I do loathe boybands) are complete sh*te and do not deserve any recognition.
P.p.s. That was not hypocritical, just fecking honest - right I really am gonna p*ss off now.

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And call me a freak or whatever but I also don't mind the reeaaally classical stuff

Youd be surprised at how many people like classical if you admit it first. Most people dont mention it, as they assume they are in a minority and that there may be stigma attached etc...

Yes well I'd just like to confirm that I was being ironic

(though i still believe it of course)

*is ashamed of oneself*

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ps: whats that thing called when you get the wounds of jesus suddenly appearing?

stigmata ?

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stigmata ?

Isn't that part of a plant. Or maybe thats stomata. Ah wheres Phil a.k.a 'fountain of knowledge' when you need him?

i'd like to think i was open minded, but my girlfriend would like to argue, i have a thign against 'emo' music, just because alot of it has a very trebley shout that seems to have no consistancy, but othre than that and the obvious pop one i'dl ike to think i had a broad listening range, i occasionally recieve crit for some of it, il ike a lot of the old snoop dogg stuff, i love loads of dance music (rob d rules too) and yeah i like robbie williams and a couple of kylie osngs, quite a bit of maddona but the mojority of what i listen to revolves aroudn marilyn manson cradle of filth etc...intersperesed nicely with placebo and various other artists including the levellers (a new edition to my listenign range) there are quite a few bands that i will like one song of and hate a thousand others by them for example maroon 5 i've heard most of their album and the only song i like on it is harder to breathe. classical music is good, but i tend to dislike classical when it is major, also there are two andrew loyd=webber songs i like, memories (very beutiful) and also the minor part to close every door to me. and a lot of phantom of the opera stuff (was that webber?) i like the new slipknot soong i alos liek sum of there other stuff but not an amazing amount i think its a shame corey doesn't use his voice better coz in the song 'bother' its really nice. also murder dolls/frankenstien drag queens from the planet 13 i really dislike but recently i dunno they're almost tongue in cheek way of doing everything has grown on me, i like the song 197666 its funny. anyway yeah this was probably me just clearing myself, a lot of my friends..no names mentioned...also like to consider themselves open minded but in comparison to my range i don't think they are (maybe just me on my high horse)
p.s. the cheiftans rule especially when they do stuff with great big sea!

i listen to as many different types of music as i can. apart from pop music which i dont really like because i dont consider it to be artistic, its just made to generate profits.

but anyway, not meaning to sound egotastic, but i dont know anyone who has a range of musical tastes as varied as mine. most people tend to stick with one genre because it is cool in their social gr00pz, or whatever. i listen to whatever i feel like listening to, from black metal to jazz... music is alll good.

i hate it when people say "this music sucks" when it obviously doesn't, its just their particular musical tastes differ. or it might be that they actually like it but are afraid to show it because their friends dont.
when i listen to something i dont like (which isnt often..) i just respect it for what it is, because it doesnt suck, its just someones art which i dont like. unless its pop, in which case i just dismiss it / ignore it.

i also dislike bands who sound exactly the same as the next band, like the 'The' bandwagon thing going round. The Strokes are boring IMO, and its made worse by the hundreds of bands trying to copy them. i also dislike music directly aimed at a certain demographic like emo...

So whats an enema?