How musically conservative/liberal are you?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     This was inspired by the discussion in the Brokencyde topic, & I was interested to see how other people felt. I personally think of it as a measure of how strongly you hold to a certain set of musical principles & how open-minded one is in regards to trying new things musically.

     For me, I'm pretty musically liberal. I listen frequently to a wide variety of stuff ranging from light rock to death metal & also including jazz, folk, & country. Anyone who is aware of my former musical exploits knows that I've played some very avant-garde songs. With that said, there are certain genres that just don't interest me.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I listen almost exclusively to pop music. What does that make me?

(Aside from a flamer, duh)

     Probably center-right, though since you are an avid video gamer I will add that video game music tends toward the left end of the spectrum (as do movie soundtracks).

[Associate Justice PiT]

Ah yes, I didn't think of video game music, I do listen to a great deal of that as well.

     Video game & movie music are interesting in that they are supposed to correspond to what is onscreen. In context, they aren't that different from pop music, though they explore a larger sonic spectrum. Out of context, they can be fairly avant-garde. Doubly so if you are unfamiliar with their proper context.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Liberal and conservative in what way?

     Read the second sentence of my opening post for a rough means of defining the spectrum.

Ah yes, I didn't think of video game music, I do listen to a great deal of that as well.

     Video game & movie music are interesting in that they are supposed to correspond to what is onscreen. In context, they aren't that different from pop music, though they explore a larger sonic spectrum. Out of context, they can be fairly avant-garde. Doubly so if you are unfamiliar with their proper context.

Feel free to give me some of your favorites sometime.

     How familiar are you with Castlevania? I can name off a bunch of tunes from that series.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I listen almost exclusively to pop music. What does that make me?

(Aside from a flamer, duh)

     Probably center-right, though since you are an avid video gamer I will add that video game music tends toward the left end of the spectrum (as do movie soundtracks).

Video game music? What video game music is worth listening to in its own right? Legend of Zelda?

     I'm not really a fan of the LoZ series music, though the OoT Forest Temple theme is all kinds of awesome.

Ah yes, I didn't think of video game music, I do listen to a great deal of that as well.

     Video game & movie music are interesting in that they are supposed to correspond to what is onscreen. In context, they aren't that different from pop music, though they explore a larger sonic spectrum. Out of context, they can be fairly avant-garde. Doubly so if you are unfamiliar with their proper context.

Feel free to give me some of your favorites sometime.

     How familiar are you with Castlevania? I can name off a bunch of tunes from that series.

A gamer I am, a Castlevania fan I'm not, but I've heard it has superb music.

     Well, I know a few things about Castlevania music.

Vampire Killer: is overrated & everywhere. HoD version is the best, though none of them impress me.
Heart Of Fire: check out the AoS version. The CV I original looped too quickly.
Bloody Tears: is also overrated to an extent, though I can enthusiastically recommend the SC IV version of the song.
The Beginning: is quite seaworthy in the form of the CV III original, though it's worth listening to the DoS version as it is essentially the same with much better sound quality.
Clockwork: unlike the other NES Castlevania themes it heavily outclasses all successors, though the CotM version is good too. I'm personally a fan of the organ remix.
Bloodlines: is good in all three of its versions (Bloodlines, SotN, PoR). I'm partial to the SotN version, though that's the first one I knew.

     For that matter, anything from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is good, though Abandoned Pit, Door To The Abyss, & Curse Zone might be considered slightly creepy.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Seeing as I am a musician, I am not "musically conservative."

Haha, yes, every musician is open minded.

     Interesting given that I had complained that many thrash metal musicians are too musically conservative yesterday.

I don't know, I listen to mostly non-mainstream stuff but very little outside the "scene". Would that make me some type of radical conservative?

     Perhaps so. How do you react to attempts to explore new sounds by scene bands?

[Associate Justice PiT]

I don't know, I listen to mostly non-mainstream stuff but very little outside the "scene". Would that make me some type of radical conservative?

     Perhaps so. How do you react to attempts to explore new sounds by scene bands?

Depends. If they just switch to another scene style it's fine but if they go something completely different I just cease listening to them (like all those bands going to that classic rock-esque sludge type stuff.)

Consider though that we are including all of these genres in the "acceptable" category:

Punk
Pop Punk
Ska Punk
Hardcore Punk
Hardcore that is not Hardcore Punk ("Hardcore Punk is Punk made faster and louder, Hardcore is what happened when the Hardcore Punk kids decided they didn't want to sound like Punk anymore.)
Metalcore (but not a lot, and never real metal)
Grindcore
Real Emo
Indie Rock
Post-Real Emo Indie Rock
Post-Hardcore (referring of course to Hardcore that is not Hardcore Punk)
Post-Rock
Garage Rock
Post-Real Emo Hardcore, aka Emoviolence (not Screamo, that's a stupid word.)

That is actually quite a variety.

     I was thinking that punks & headbangers would naturally tend towards the left-wing of the spectrum given the large variety of styles encompassed by both genres.

     Let me rephrase my question. If a band you liked incorporated significant Beatles influences into their music, but were still easily recognizable as punk, how would you react?

[Associate Justice PiT]

I listen almost exclusively to pop music. What does that make me?

(Aside from a flamer, duh)

     Probably center-right, though since you are an avid video gamer I will add that video game music tends toward the left end of the spectrum (as do movie soundtracks).

Video game music? What video game music is worth listening to in its own right? Legend of Zelda?

     I'm not really a fan of the LoZ series music, though the OoT Forest Temple theme is all kinds of awesome.

Ah yes, I didn't think of video game music, I do listen to a great deal of that as well.

     Video game & movie music are interesting in that they are supposed to correspond to what is onscreen. In context, they aren't that different from pop music, though they explore a larger sonic spectrum. Out of context, they can be fairly avant-garde. Doubly so if you are unfamiliar with their proper context.

Feel free to give me some of your favorites sometime.

     How familiar are you with Castlevania? I can name off a bunch of tunes from that series.

A gamer I am, a Castlevania fan I'm not, but I've heard it has superb music.

     Well, I know a few things about Castlevania music.

Vampire Killer: is overrated & everywhere. HoD version is the best, though none of them impress me.
Heart Of Fire: check out the AoS version. The CV I original looped too quickly.
Bloody Tears: is also overrated to an extent, though I can enthusiastically recommend the SC IV version of the song.
The Beginning: is quite seaworthy in the form of the CV III original, though it's worth listening to the DoS version as it is essentially the same with much better sound quality.
Clockwork: unlike the other NES Castlevania themes it heavily outclasses all successors, though the CotM version is good too. I'm personally a fan of the organ remix.
Bloodlines: is good in all three of its versions (Bloodlines, SotN, PoR). I'm partial to the SotN version, though that's the first one I knew.

     For that matter, anything from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is good, though Abandoned Pit, Door To The Abyss, & Curse Zone might be considered slightly creepy.

Castlevania music? Isn't that all simple beeping?

     In the same way all rock music is simple string pulling, perhaps so.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I'd say I'm liberal musically because my favorite bands have all been music's innovators the last 10-20 years.

     That would only necessarily mean that the creative masterminds of those bands are musically liberal. Now if you are also a big fan of the genres that spawned those bands & similar bands that emerged around the same time, but who ultimately didn't innovate as much or at all, then I would agree that means you are musically liberal.

[Associate Justice PiT]

ultra-liberal

     For what it's worth, I interpret "ultra-liberal" to mean genuine avant-gardism. After all, breaking the conventions of one genre is one thing. Breaking the conventions of all genres & doing so in a deliberate fashion is something else.