Gamers have terrible taste in music.

[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.

 

[natster43]

I have never heard of this stereotype, and I don't think it is true, as I think the music I listen to is good.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

What do you mean by bad taste? You mean how almost every CoD montage is played with "Bodies" in the background?

Oh man i love that song, but it is incredibly overused

 

[blankedboy]

There is no good or bad taste... What is this crap? Taste is taste.

 

[Madara XIII]

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.

Never heard of this stereotype at all my good sir. I'm very picky when it comes to music and while I tend to rejoice in the classical taste I also prefer Rock and Black Metal.

So I have to say that this stereotype while unknown to me in origin is completely unfounded in my opinion

 

[Madara XIII]

There is no good or bad taste... What is this crap? Taste is taste.

Agreed. While there is Good and Terrible music, it shouldn't be our place to judge another person on their taste.

Trust me, I've heard bad music from all the ages and I really want to forget alot of it.

 

[Madara XIII]

I would like to prevent further perpetuation of this stereotype with one word. Manowar

HOORAH! Allow me to Join in with

Azathoth - Intro and In Darkest Dreams

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[Frankster]

First time I ever heard this stereotype and call BS.

It's not like gamers as whole share tastes, even within games, so how you can stereotype the music of such a large group of people?

Ex:Just about every song people here have named, I hate. I'm not into rock or metal at all.

 

[Electric_Sunshine]

I argued with some friends on Steam about this yesterday, we came to the decision it was pointless as we have different tastes and what someone likes is what someone likes.

Most small time gamers I know enjoy electronic dubstep stuff, the ones I argued with enjoy heavy metal and its sub-genres. I enjoy classic rock(Led Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles, lots of Eric Clapton), a small bit of modern rock (Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, late Powderfinger etc.) and progressive rock (Pink Floyd, early Powderfinger).

I've only met one other gamer with similar taste, it all comes down to the person, none of the people I argued with are bad people, and are all fun to game with, so I don't let our taste in music decide our friendship.

 

[Yopaz]

I haven't even heard this about this stereotype before, but it's utterly stupid. Music isn't what unites gamers, the fact that we play video games is. No matter what everyone say, gamers don't have bad taste in music because gamers don't have a uniform taste in music.
Also taste is a word that is a different way of saying preferences. Does a person with bad taste dislike what the masses listen to?

 

[viking97]

i've never heard this, like ever. and of course it's not bloody true, how could it be? i'm pretty sure for every conceivable genre of music there's somebody who likes it AND gaming.

 

[ChadSexington]

I've heard of the stereotype and I wouldn't say they have bad taste it's just most of them aren't *that* into music.

The ones that are into music generally have awesome taste though.

 

[noxymoron19]

So your asking a site that is primarily full of gamers whether gamers have bad tastes in music? I feel you should be able to predict the answers you get. And my taste in music is amazing. Like I would say anything else. Oh ya I'm a gamer

 

[Astoria]

My boyfriend's a gamer and he has the best music taste out of everyone I know. I've never heard of this stereotype before.

 

[Twilight.falls]

Never heard of this stereotype.

Now, I've never been a big fan of current music. For some reason I've always preferred things like Bobby Darrin, Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra and so forth.

People have told me that this is odd for a high schooler. Oh well, give me "Beyond the Sea" over "Eenie Meenie" any day.

 

[Fenix7]

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

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

I have never heard of this stereotype before......

Although honestly, I think the concept of "Good Taste" and "Bad Taste" is stupid and arbitrary. Music is to be enjoyed. If you enjoy it, listen to it.

Some people like Rap, some like Techno, and I rock out to Beethoven and Sinatra

 

[TyrunnAlberyn]

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?

*Sigh*.

Those stereotypes, like any, may have a small foundation in truth. There is a sub-section of gamers focusing uniquely on a single genre (and pushing it on others they come in contact with). There is a sub-section of people who make/write/listen to music on a certain level that are highly elitist. However, neither of those sub-sections mean the group as a whole is like that and does that. Speaking for myself, as both a music and a game nerd, I like to think I'm not a horrible elitist who frowns on everything that isn't complex technically or emotionally (even if I will not like everything, but eh, everyone else's choice what they want to listen to, wasn't all made for me anyway), and as a gamer, while, yes, I do listen to game soundtracks (and there are some good ones out there, honestly, even if this is one of those things the music community doesn't agree on with me ), I also listen to baroque, classical music, jazz, musical, some pop, some folk, some rock, some techno and various forms of metal.

Limiting yourself musically is like limiting yourself to playing one game genre only. Sure, you may enjoy that genre more than most others, but you might just miss that gem of a game/song in another genre that is capable of giving you some enjoyment elsewhere.

 

[ServebotFrank]

I don't see enough information to respond. What is this stereotype you mention? What kind of music do gamers listen to that is bad? This is pretty vital information you're missing.