Gamers have terrible taste in music.

[MaxwellEdison]

...As a gamer with a taste in music, no, I don't think my taste is shit.

Why on earth would you ask gamers this question? Of course they'll disagree.

 

[pwnzerstick]

Counter argument:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECjDfQd8QVc&feature=related

Bleeps and bloops my ass.

 

[OrokuSaki]

It's impossible to say that all gamers have horrible taste in music because gamers is a relative term. For instance, I find that Halo players have horrible taste in music because they all try to convince me about the validity of a halo soundtrack.
I think casual gamers have horrible taste in music because most of them act like people I went to high school with and there's really only so many times you can here "Bawllin!" before you want to start smashing in skulls with a desk chair.

And finally, I think that people who are persistent in the belief that their music is "T3h 6R34T357" all need to be killed. That said I can't stand country, folk, blues, and jazz. Seriously, who listens to that?

 

[TheXRatedDodo]

What a funny topic..
You essentially state that gamers, as a singular collective entity, have terrible taste in music, and then go on to point out that taste in music is a subjective matter?
If it's subjective, then surely you have no right to call anyone's taste terrible? To me, that renders all taste in music equal.

I mean yeah, there's a lot of videos of games on youtube with techno or Bodies by Drowning Pool as the backing music, neither of which are particularly to my liking, but fuck man, who cares?
You don't have to listen to anything you don't like.
I listen to Jazz but I'm not beating anyone over the head with my opinion stick here. The only thing my opinion stick is pointing out that your opinion stick is no better and no worse than anyone else's!

 

[UFOROMANTIC]

You be the judge. [http://www.last.fm/user/fenix_7]

Tool sucks. The fact that you listened to that pretentious nu-metal shit more than Nobuo Uematsu makes me sick. And The Killers? Radiohead? This to me is not just crappy taste, but terribly unadventurous. I feel for the gamer populace if you represent the whole. JUDGED.

 

[TheXRatedDodo]

Never heard of this stereotype before, and it's just so rediculous considering everyone has their own taste in music

Case in point, Justin Beaber, if people didn't think his songs are great then he'd never would have become so popular, but 5mins on the net and it's very obivious that a lot of people find his music to be terrible, or just his apperance it gets a bit cloudy something as to which.

In all fairness, you should never underestimate the power of a corporation's marketing department.
It seems like this entire website is full of people who fundamentally loathe the Call of Duty series and everything the series has come to represent and stand for and the business practices that fuel that, yet each installment has sold more than the last (at least since 4, I dunno about the earlier ones..)

How many adverts do you see on TV for "the latest and greatest band!" with quotes from NME saying "album of the year!" and other such hyperbolic statements?
Probably quite a few, with a new "album of the year!" appearing every few weeks.
People buy 'em, said artist disappears off the face of the earth, and the record label has made their money.

Some things are popular because they're well made, but a lot of stuff is popular because we're told it is, and then we make it so, leaving the cycle to repeat..

 

[TheXRatedDodo]

I don't like Radiohead, carry on doin' what you're doin letterbomber223. \o/



EVERYBODY GO HERE AND TRY AND TELL ME THAT MY SUBJECTIVE OPINION IS QUANTIFIABLY, OBJECTIVELY WORSE THAN YOUR SUBJECTIVE OPINION BECAUSE THAT WILL BE FUNNY.
http://www.last.fm/user/NoJesusNoBeast

 

[Reaper195]

Music is far to personal to be stereotyped. Which means this stereotype concept needs to fuck off.

Personally, I am a fan of classical, melodic death metal, hard rock, AC/DC (Yes, they have their own genre....dicks), rap, etc.

 

[DanielBrown]

Never seen that stereotype myself.
I was also a music fan(thrashing metalhead) before I deloped an intrest in gaming, so at least my music taste is awesome!

 

[Hatter]

I've never heard of this stereotype, and I play videogames + have wonderful taste in music so myth busted.

 

[UFOROMANTIC]

It's impossible to say that all gamers have horrible taste in music because gamers is a relative term. For instance, I find that Halo players have horrible taste in music because they all try to convince me about the validity of a halo soundtrack.
I think casual gamers have horrible taste in music because most of them act like people I went to high school with and there's really only so many times you can here "Bawllin!" before you want to start smashing in skulls with a desk chair.

And finally, I think that people who are persistent in the belief that their music is "T3h 6R34T357" all need to be killed. That said I can't stand country, folk, blues, and jazz. Seriously, who listens to that?

I do. I grew up with blues, as my mom was a blues singer. Johnny Cash was a gateway into some country (OLD country, dark stuff, not this hokey Big and Rich shit), folk music is fine in a given time and place, and my grandfather is a jazz drum virtuoso. If you can't find something in those entire fucking GENRES(there's a lot to them) then damn, you just aren't looking hard enough. These musics you have mentioned are near and dear to me, and there's a hell of a lot more to them than that. Not to mention the fact that the music you like probably owes quite a bit to the aforementioned genres.
I don't believe that my music is the greatest, but I think it is very wide in scope and taste. I abhor this "everything but country and rap" or whatever mentality people have going, which I find can actually be prevalent among gamers, and highly dangerous.

 

[Titan Buttons]

Never heard of this stereotype before, and it's just so rediculous considering everyone has their own taste in music

Case in point, Justin Beaber, if people didn't think his songs are great then he'd never would have become so popular, but 5mins on the net and it's very obivious that a lot of people find his music to be terrible, or just his apperance it gets a bit cloudy something as to which.

In all fairness, you should never underestimate the power of a corporation's marketing department.
It seems like this entire website is full of people who fundamentally loathe the Call of Duty series and everything the series has come to represent and stand for and the business practices that fuel that, yet each installment has sold more than the last (at least since 4, I dunno about the earlier ones..)

How many adverts do you see on TV for "the latest and greatest band!" with quotes from NME saying "album of the year!" and other such hyperbolic statements?
Probably quite a few, with a new "album of the year!" appearing every few weeks.
People buy 'em, said artist disappears off the face of the earth, and the record label has made their money.

Some things are popular because they're well made, but a lot of stuff is popular because we're told it is, and then we make it so, leaving the cycle to repeat..

That a very good point, although I'm not at all a part of that as I never make an opinion about any movie, song or game unless I've either played it, watched a friend play it, or it have been recommend to me by someone of similar tastes to me. For, example I love CoD 4 and MWF:2 but I hate Black Ops because IMO it has such a shitter story and is too patriotic for my taste.

 

[UFOROMANTIC]

Tool sucks. The fact that you listened to that pretentious nu-metal shit more than Nobuo Uematsu makes me sick. And The Killers? Radiohead? This to me is not just crappy taste, but terribly unadventurous. I feel for the gamer populace if you represent the whole. JUDGED.

You don't like radiohead?
I feel for the gamer populace if you represent the whole.

At least tell me you liked Thom Yorke's solo album? (I agree with you about the Killers tho - radio 1 trash)

I am glad that you called me on Radiohead, as in retrospect, I like some of their early stuff, but it's not what I generally listen to on my own. Haven't heard much by Mr. Yorke, though. I'll have to ask my girlfriend, she knows more about this stuff than I do.

 

[IvoryTowerGamer]

Nope. It is talked about frequently on numerous music boards and blogs.

Yes, this is indeed a rather pervasive stereotype on music boards. But, let's be honest and counter with our own stereotype: aren't all music nerds really strongly elitist at heart anyway?

Erm, can either of you post links to a board post or blog that illustrates this stereotype? I frequent some music boards and blogs and I've never come across anything like that.

 

[TheXRatedDodo]

I abhor this "everything but country and rap" or whatever mentality people have going, which I find can actually be prevalent among gamers, and highly dangerous.

The whole "I listen to everything but country and rap" thing is always quite amusing; the only people who ever say that are generally quite unadventurous in their exploration of the world of music and don't realize at all how deep the rabbit hole goes and quite how many totally unique holes there are in the first place..

 

[TheXRatedDodo]

Never heard of this stereotype before, and it's just so rediculous considering everyone has their own taste in music

Case in point, Justin Beaber, if people didn't think his songs are great then he'd never would have become so popular, but 5mins on the net and it's very obivious that a lot of people find his music to be terrible, or just his apperance it gets a bit cloudy something as to which.

In all fairness, you should never underestimate the power of a corporation's marketing department.
It seems like this entire website is full of people who fundamentally loathe the Call of Duty series and everything the series has come to represent and stand for and the business practices that fuel that, yet each installment has sold more than the last (at least since 4, I dunno about the earlier ones..)

How many adverts do you see on TV for "the latest and greatest band!" with quotes from NME saying "album of the year!" and other such hyperbolic statements?
Probably quite a few, with a new "album of the year!" appearing every few weeks.
People buy 'em, said artist disappears off the face of the earth, and the record label has made their money.

Some things are popular because they're well made, but a lot of stuff is popular because we're told it is, and then we make it so, leaving the cycle to repeat..

That a very good point, although I'm not at all a part of that as I never make an opinion about any movie, song or game unless I've either played it, watched a friend play it, or it have been recommend to me by someone of similar tastes to me. For, example I love CoD 4 and MWF:2 but I hate Black Ops because IMO it has such a shitter story and is too patriotic for my taste.

Indeed, that is a good direction to take! I don't really go out of my way searching for new things anymore, I tend to let recommendations from those who are of a similar mindset to myself steadily roll in..
Although occaisionally I take a gamble and end up stumbling upon gems, such as Demon's Souls and The Witcher 2... Especially The Witcher 2...

 

[UFOROMANTIC]

I abhor this "everything but country and rap" or whatever mentality people have going, which I find can actually be prevalent among gamers, and highly dangerous.

The whole "I listen to everything but country and rap" thing is always quite amusing; the only people who ever say that are generally quite unadventurous in their exploration of the world of music and don't realize at all how deep the rabbit hole goes and quite how many totally unique holes there are in the first place..

EXACTLY!! People just shoot themselves in the foot over things like this. One hole eads to another, and another, and another...there's a whole...world of holes? Damn, people are just depriving themselves of some exciting new music, over and over.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

Do you believe this stereotype is true? Not true? Why?

Would you like to add examples to the contrary?

I for one don't believe it is true. I've seen gamers with good taste in music and bad taste in music. But it is all subjective anyway.

NOTE: Please read the OP and don't just read the title and assume I'm ignorant.

So you believe the stereotype is true because some gamers like good music and some gamers like bad music?

That's like saying humans have a terrible taste in music, because some like good music and some like bad.

Please read more carefully I said "I for one don't believe it is true".