Have you ever met someone that doesn't like music?

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I have.

It always disturbs me when someone tells me that they dislike music or that they put music on strictly for "background sound". :S

 

[King_Oni]

... or that they put music on strictly for "background sound". :S

Perhaps is my "obsession" or interest that goes along with me and music where I care more for the technical aspect of music. I like to listen to time signatures, sounds used, dissect rhytymn, stuff like that. But some people are just like "meh... I just put something on on the background". That... annoys the heck out of me.

However; I believe there's a lot of music made nowadays to be for those needs. There aren't any intricate and innovative things done in composition where people would have to listen to it and just put down all their things, just to keep focused on listening.

Of course I sometimes listen to music if I'm doing something else. Sometimes I might put on music if I'm doing my arts and such, but I also look up sheet music or something and see how and what they actually did there if it strikes me as interesting.

By that extent I also hate how some people state their hobby is "listening to music". Yes, some people sit down, put on a good set of headphones and take time to listen to their favorite artists, but a lot of people state it as a hobby as if I were to state "my hobby is hiking"... if my the only time I walk for 10 minutes is for doing groceries towards the supermarket.

 

[KinksFan]

Yes, I've met a few people who don't like music. I have an older friend who doesn't like it, my mum doesn't care for it and there was somebody in a writing club that I used to take part in who doesn't like it.

 

[Christian T]

I don't particularly like it. I have nothing against it, but it's not really an interest of mine.

some people are just like "meh... I just put something on on the background". That... annoys the heck out of me.

That's how I feel about the common attitude towards film and television. I always watch something attentively to pick up all of the scripting, cinematography, acting etc. that's been so painstakingly put together. My work experience last year at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has shown just how much work is involved.

We just have to accept that others have different interests and therefore different priorities, but I realise you were probably just making a lighthearted comment.

 

[Kelly]

I've spoken (online) to someone who didn't like much music, he would only listen to music without vocals.

I can't imagine life without music, I adore music and it's like an alien concept to me that someone could dislike it, not really being interested and having it as background is a big difference to disliking it. I'd love to know people's reasons for disliking it or not having a particular song or genre that they like, I thought everyone had a favourite song but I guess not, each to their own and all that

 

[_Josh_]

Hmmm. I can't say I've ever met anyone who proclaimed that they didn't like music. I too find that as an alien concept. Music is amazing.

 

[Ylva]

A version of it. I have met people who only care for trashy pop songs, which they typically forget about after a few weeks, and have no other music they really like. I don't consider them to love music.

 

[Aalo]

Yes. She couldn't concentrate at all on with music on, but later learned to tolerate it better.