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Does the Gay Community have Terrible Music Taste

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  1. Justinian20

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    Now personally I know this is not true especially in the case of myself, but reading through all these articles it seems that people believe that gay men have horrible music taste(horrible music taste is top 40 music for America and sometimes Britain in my opinion).

    Why would people actually think we as the gay community have horrible music taste, from the question's I've asked on the entertainment and media thread I get a good idea that most of us guys here like in some way, music that requires talent to play(horrible music is actually no required talent and you just have to sing).

    I want you to discuss why people actually think this.
     
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    I don't think it has much of a difference. Some music I like that others like, and other music I like that others don't like.
     
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    No but the thing is most straight guys think we have horrible music taste and I know music taste is subjective as some people actually do like top 40, but I just want people to discuss why a straight person would think that.

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    Is it because the gay community is perceived as feminine so therefore we have the taste of a woman in music(no offence most women do love pop and all the stuff that is generally seen as horrible music by the majority of the male population).
     
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    I assume because many gay clubs and shows that are associated with the gay community (e.g. Glee) feature a lot of Top 40/pop songs.

    Personally, I listen almost exclusively to country music, which some would say is also a terrible music taste :lol:.
     
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    Some of the pop music today is just really shallow. And gay people have a tendency to gravitate towards it. That being said, I enjoy pop music anyways.
     
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    Well, my music taste is perfect. I could be listening to the Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, the myriad of symphonies by Josef Mysliveček, or the witty orchestral suites of Georg Philipp Telemann....or I could be rocking it out to my Street Fighter soundtracks, headbanging to my TekkenTunes, or crying along with my NieR OST....or I could be twerking my ass to Nicki Minaj or rapping along with Azealia Banks...dancing along with any of my favorite female Korean idol groups. My music taste is basically a mystery flavor. :grin:

    On topic, though, a lot of pop songs, particularly by Lady Gaga or Beyoncé or whomever else, are associated with gay people. I'm not sure why since they usually don't have explicitly gay themes or lyrics, but *shrugs* :V
     
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    I personally think why aren't the male artists associated with gay people, it sort of confuses me, we are men why can't the supposed gay idols in music be men.
     
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    I've bolded the key words and added a few too. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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    To answer your question as objectively as possible, the perception is partly because gay guys (and by gay people/community you simply mean gay guys, right?) are on average a little more feminine than straight guys, and commercial, camp, female-led music is generally more likely to appeal feminine personalities than more masculine personalities.

    But I've made two very tenuous generalisations there, so there's little you can draw from it. It's more because when you imagine the gay guy stereotype, he's gonna be a bigger fan of Britney Spears than Pink Floyd. But even those that adhere to the stereotype pretty well don't necessarily fit the bill when it comes to music taste, and the complete opposite of the stereotype could still love Britney Spears and that's cool.

    When I lived in Scotland, so many super straight guys loved disco/house music, which was awesome for me.

    P.s. it's not up to you to define 'terrible music taste'.

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    Woops I'm posting again when I should be sleeping.

    I don't think gender really matters when it comes to 'gay icons'. What makes them gay icons is their flamboyance/'glamour'/expressiveness/androgyny/behaviour against the norm. And yeah, this doesn't really appeal to the gay person that fits in with everyone else, but gay icons are only iconic for the gay people who've felt excluded or repressed. For them it's inspiring to see someone they can identify with perform huge tours and become loved by the masses despite (or because of) their difference from your average guy.

    There are plenty of male gay idols too: Prince, Morrissey, Elton John, Pet Shop Boys to name a few.
     
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    Yes, J.S. Bach is terrible.
     
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    I'm sorry but we are known for having the best musical taste lmao
     
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    I find it rather funny that I liked most singers before I knew they were "gay idols". In fact, I didn't know Prince and Morrissey were big in the gay community until now. I liked Lady Gaga and Madonna before I knew they were they famous in the gay community
     
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    I wasn't aware we all share the same taste.

    Excuse me while I consult my friends on what music I like so we can report our decision to the Supreme Homo Cultural Committee.
     
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    LOL, you are great, Aussie.
     
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    Because most of the Popular artists such as Lady Gaga, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Cher, Lana del Rey, Marina and The Diamonds, Kylie Minogue, etc. are often associated with the gay community and these artists are seen as rather feminine, queer or campy and like what others have mentioned, it's what is usually played in the gay club scene. These musicians are often targeted with criticisms and reasons how "bold", "confident", "expressive" controversial" they are and this is what gay people are attracted to, a female performer who isn't afraid to take risk and is open about her sexuality.

    I do agree that music is subjective, I myself am not a fan of these artists though I do enjoy a handful of their songs here and there but I guess I am just trying to answer your question.
     
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    God I know not everyone's the bloody same it's just why do we even have to be stereotyped anyway. I was just like why do straight people think we have bad music taste, I personally say we all have pretty damn good music taste from the guys who like folk all the way to the guys who like Spacesynth.

    By the way you are very hilarious in fact that's my random style of comedy there. I would probably have done a very similar thing to you aussie except more like this.

    My Lord, we have information that a group of people in the world have turned the magic wheel, it has landed on pop music who shall we assign that to.

    Leader of World: We shall assign it to the homosexual group now we must spread it's message all hail the Wheel of the Universe to make things simpler for every stupid person.

    Whole Committee: Hail the Great Wheel of the Universe

    Leader: And Now for the lesbians(spins the wheel) It has landed on male

    Committee member one: Oooh, we must honour the wheel all lesbians must be stereotyped as masculine, yes

    Leader: That is correct, the wheel is always correct.

    End Scene,

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    If any of you know the voices of Kang and Kodos when they take the place of the presidential candidates in the treehouse of horror episode, just imagine the entire group of people speak like that.
     
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    what?
     
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    I related it to Aussie's post not yours man, yours just popped up while I was writing my post.
     
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    Some people think Metal is rubbish. Your problem is less with the gay community, and more with mainstream music. I'm quite happy to let people listen to whatever they want to, as long as it isn't something like National Socialist Black Metal. It should be an individual's choice if they want to expand their music taste or not. All we can do is encourage it.

    I don't enjoy every single Metal band. I think I'm a bit of a music snob. I accept that some people enjoy listening to bands such as Metallica, Pantera, Slipknot, Opeth and Meshuggah, even although I dislike listening to them. I'm sure I listen to plenty bands they might consider 'rubbish.' Hell, I listen to some Deathcore. So there. As much as I love Swedish Death Metal circa early 90s, I wasn't above listening to the new Rings of Saturn album yesterday.

    It might make you feel better if you see the good side of Metal being less known. What if Power Metal became pop music? Do you want over 9000 bands to sound like DragonForce? Oh, god, with all due respect to everyone that listens to that band, I would personally be upset. And as much as I love Rhapsody... I don't want a bunch of clones of that either. I love the variety found in Metal.

    I love Heavy Metal and I'll accept the misunderstandings that come with it. I think the spirit of Metal is about being an individual and standing up for yourself. For example, I find it empowering when Power Metal bands sing about courage and loyalty. I feel sorry for people that call it 'gay' or 'flower metal.' They need to get over themselves.
     
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    For this topic what I meant is on the internet most straight people seem to believe that gays have bad taste in music I know it's not true at all. By the way most straight people believe the stereotype but to be honest the only stereotype comes from the gay clubs.

    I do not believe this by the way, I was posing the question to everyone on the board and from that I can tell that no one actually believes it, I personally think the perception of horrible music taste is just that a perception. I know a lot of you guys like alt rock, electronic, and even pop. I have an open mind when it comes to music, like a very open mind, I can listen to mainstream music and see the appeal to some people but then I think today's mainstream scene is boring, it's all the same ergo I liked the 90's mainstream scene. Britain had a different scene to America, America was grunge and metal, Britain was more like electronic and synthpop. Australia was still rock. It was all different though.

    I accept misunderstandings about certain music scenes, but when a community is labelled with one type of music that they like. I don't like it. When I come on here in terms of music, I see the open musical minds, the rockers, the pop people, the edm people and I see everyone as different here. I posed this question because I was interested in what you guys thought as a whole of the perception of straight people on the supposed gay music taste of top 40 music and pop.

    I do not follow that perception and never have I find it absurd, it's like saying all rednecks like country music, I'm sure some rednecks like folk music, even some might be rockers, but they don't all like country music. Same with the straight community, you've got the obscure music from that scene and no one group should be labelled with one specific thing they supposedly like.

    I like Spacesynth, ever heard of a gay man liking Spacesynth(no you haven't), I like Power Metal because it's inspiring and makes me feel empowered, I bet someone likes folk music, someone likes country, someone likes rock, someone likes techno, someone likes chiptune, someone likes epic doom metal or lowercase music. And the thing about that is we are gay, so the label should never apply to a group, maybe the look can apply or what you're good at but telling us what music is a stereotype is too far.

    Everyone likes what they like and the gay community is exactly like the straight community in that all have a variety of taste. I certainly would be pissed if power metal became popular because they would start ruining a great sub genre.

    So everyone who's saying Oh you're a shithead thinking all gays like pop music just remember I posed the question to you guys to answer and I only posed the question, I don't believe it in any way.
     
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    Ive been wondering about this steriotype myself actually and im still not sure why people think that. Personaly i think i have a good music tast
     
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