Do you have good taste in music? | Comments

The fact that so many books still name the Beatles "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success: the Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worth of being saved.

This is a terrible list, as the aforementioned stated, you neglected so many genres and decent bands it's pathetic you even attempted to label me through this poor excuse of a quiz. By the way, apparently you're a "rap" fan, learn the roots of your own musical taste and start checking out the originators of hip-hop/rap and listen to acts like Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest. Both of whom I respect, admire, and enjoy.

My nice side: Everyone has different tastes in music. You are allowed to disagree with other peoples opinoins but you could do it in a nice way at the very least. So next time instead of bashing us oldies lovers, try to be polite about it.

My mean side: You jerkwad! The older stuff is way better than the auto tuned crap they brainwash into little brats like you!! So just go hide in a hole listening to your silly justin beiber and stupid emo stuff. Come out when you're ready to listen to good stuff like Elvis, The Beatles, Styx, Kansas, Heart and other awesome bands from those eras!!!!!

LOL!! It's obvious that you don't know anything about MUSIC.

There are only "rock" and "hip hop" artists there. I'm more eclectic than that. I like Pink Floyd, Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin...BUT I also like other kinds of music, like Jazz, Funk, Soul, some good Electronic music, underground and innovative stuff...that it's done for the love of music, not money. Not your mainstream s---. I didn't know 75% of that crap...And I'm only 20, by the way, DJ and collector of 12" for some years now. I've learned to appreciate good music...kinda lucky nowadays :)

By this quiz I suppose you like Rap (if you can call it so) then you should listen and learn from Gil Scott-Heron...

I'll say that it is way more close minded to call someone close minded for their taste in music just because it is different than yours. And I'll agree, there is some good rap out there, but most if it is people that know absolutely nothing about music and/or it's theory. Just people making bad rhymes to a provided beat about their "Money" and their "Hoes". Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, and that's what makes everybody different and diverse. So who are you to judge someone based on that?

Your more close-minded then me. What the hell are you talking about. I don't even PLAY guitar hero. And I like old music because it's better then the crap they make now. And yeah there is SOME good rap maybe out there but don't trash old music. I suppose you haven't even heard a Eric Clapton song or a Beatle song in your life. And most of the "old" music as you put it are the most highest selling records in the whole United States then any other musican since then to now, 2009. I haven't seen a single comment that said something good about your quiz.

Okay, you know nothing you sorry butted little freak! You wanna know some good songs if "i have no musical taste"? Look up all these songs! "Holy Wars... the punishment due, Hangar 18, Take no prisoners, Five magics, Poison was the cure, Lucretia, Tornado of souls, Dawn patrol, Rust in peace... polaris" and then you'll know some good music.

What even is this? there are no good bands here. No mention of mountaintops stained. I seriously hope you guys don't actually believe this crap. This is the year of our lord, AD 2013 people, there is better stuff than this.

There are so many better things, like k-pop and meme rap, that would be a better frame of reference of music taste than this garbage.

9/5 it's bad

YVYVY said:
Feb 27 '09, 10:48PM

LOL!! It's obvious that you don't know anything about MUSIC.

There are only "rock" and "hip hop" artists there. I'm more eclectic than that. I like Pink Floyd, Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin...BUT I also like other kinds of music, like Jazz, Funk, Soul, some good Electronic music, underground and innovative stuff...that it's done for the love of music, not money. Not your mainstream s---. I didn't know 75% of that crap...And I'm only 20, by the way, DJ and collector of 12" for some years now. I've learned to appreciate good music...kinda lucky nowadays :)

By this quiz I suppose you like Rap (if you can call it so) then you should listen and learn from Gil Scott-Heron...

I AGREE SINCEARALYQ!Q!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all, I don’t play guitar hero, and second, I don’t even have any friends!!! So maybe YOU should go cry and then ignorantly tell your friends how YOUR “good” tastes are.

PS Sorry, but this was an ok quiz, but... offensive as you can see. And you think old music is bad?! How about that trashy brainwashing pop music people listen to (no offense). Now that’s bad music (in my opinion).

This is such a s--- quiz. I got horrible taste only because I love rock and I've never even played Guitar Hero, and telling me to kill myself because I like rock is so immature. Nevermind the fact I'm only 14 and I hate modern rap. It's pretty clear you're a My Chemical Romance fangirl/boy, since it's mentioned pretty much everywhere.

YOU are the one with horrible taste in music. Go listen to your Justin Bieber, fruit. And at least old music is unique. New music has machines doing 80% of the work, and it SUCKS! Only 12 year old girls like you listen to new music. New music will be forgotten by 2020, and old music will STILL be going.

yeah, as the man before me said i literally made this account just so i could comment on this. listen to 3 or more of these and youll know good music:

Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Jimi Hendrix
Cream
Met allica
ACDC
The Clash
The Who
Lynryd Skynryd
The Rolling Stones
Nirvana
Va n Halen
Kiss
Queen
Bon Jovi
Eric Clapton
Motley Crue
Pink Floyd
The Doors

Wow, fall into a pit and rot, nobody likes your unheard of trash. Old music is GOOD, go $crew yourself if you don't like it quiz creator. And by the way, I bet YOU are the one who plays guitar hero, ya stupid PLEBEIAN!

um.... whoever made this quiz needs help or to have a hearing check or something. I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL!!! but I also like GREEN DAY and maroon 5 and third eye blind and coldplay and some other newer stuff. lots of the bands you mentioned I've never even heard of. sigh, some people! I hate hip hop and rap and country and betoven stuff

Your quiz sucks. I don't like old music because of Guitar Hero

I like old music because in my opinion there are very few

good bands anymore.
I've always liked that kind of music
You must have really sucky taste in music

wooow u got issues. OLD music is good. NEW music is good.

hahaa music is different to everyone.

This quiz was created totally out of anger. ur crazy, just chill.

and just saying, i've NEVER heard of most of these bands you've given as examples. hahaha

I think you are the only one from here that has a close minded! Just because you don't like old music or the music I like, doesn't mean that I should kill myself.Everyone has different music tastes, and you can't tell who's are bad and who's are good. SCREW YOU!!!

CRAPPY! Almost no Dragonforce.

I hate Hip-hop, Rap, and modern Pop. I like the 80's Pop, but still. I like a lot of Emo bands.

I'm not 100% sure if the following are Emo, though: Lavondyss, All That Remains, and Cradle of Filth.

First off this is hilariously old. Second, is the author from Canada? Cuz protest the Hero is a very specific Canadian band and they also mentioned Rush.

By what criterion do YOU decide that my musical taste is bad, and by what criterion do YOU decide what is bad music? Do you have a musical education, or just a loud mouth?

This quiz is so awful and so lacking in self awareness that I non-ironically love it.

The lower your score, it appears the more you know your game.