Music we hate

Palestrina is great

And all those awful schmaltzy operas by Puccini, Rossini and Verdi. It's baroque for me always.

Too sickly sweet for me! Give me Bach, Beethoven or Hildegarde de Bergen any day.
Love some Taverner, but not all.

Oh Galen. Me too. All the test of the family say I'm an uncultured cloth eared *

Mahler!

I can't stand the kind of modern orchestral music that seems to have no melody at all. The inimitable Sir Thomas Beecham once said, when asked if he had ever played any Stockhausen, 'No sir, but I may have trodden in some'. Apologies if I have misquoted him but that was the gist.

Is it me but does Katy Melhua always seem to sing out of tune?

matson - yay for Led Zeppelin! 'Black Dog' is one of my favourite albums.

Hate Christmas musak and I must be the only one NOT to like Freddie Mercury or Queen!

I love classical music best of all. But really I like anything except rap. Which is just annoying. It rhymes with yap which is fitting as it grates in the same way that a yappy dog does.

I don't hate any music but Im not keen on loud modern stuff that the young ones like. I mainly play new age music for relaxation. I love some classical music such as air on a g string (hamlet cigar ad many years ago).
Swan lake is lovely too. I like all sorts of pop and I don't mind whats played in shops I cant stand carols too early as I get bored with them especially ones that are made to sound like pop music. Real carols the week before xmas is lovely.
My all time fave is Queen, I loved Freddie so much.

not me! yes, pink Floyd, ac/dc , led zeppelin, Hendrix,munford and sons.... I'm not a classical person.

Went to a festival in a park in Brighton last month where they had some samba bands that went on and on in the same rhythm. I had to leave !!!!!

Well, that seems to have shut everyone up....

I DO like Pink Floyd's older stuff, King Crimson (that dates me!), PJ Harvey, Mogwai, Steeleye Span, some Jimi Hendrix, some Levellers, most classical piano music, Early Music (including medieval), traditional and some contemporary folk....and Mozart operas...

Rap.

Adiemus - I was pregnant when that came out and played it non-stop! DS came out practically singing it and it has always been one of his favourites too.

I'm with Rockgran and love The Stones, Tom Petty, Eagles etc. I like most other music, but really struggle to find anything enjoyable about certain male opera singers and quartets whose voices are so powerful that they aren't tuneful. I don't know if it's because my ear isn't trained to hear the exquisite execution of the performance or they are getting away with terrible singing!

Don't like rap or hip-hop; boy/girlbands; most mainstream pop music; crooners, male or female; musicals (apart from 'Cabaret'). And I'm not that keen on jazz, though admittedly I'm pretty ignorant and haven't really given it a chance.

Just checked out Adiemus on YouTube. Am pleased I did - I'd heard it before and loved it but never knew what it was. So now I know! And will search for it on iTunes.

I also like Lovely Day [which others dislike.] Oh dear.
I don't like 'musak' [music for lifts] Hate Noddy Holder's Christmas song, but like most others. I quite enjoy a bit of Christmassy music as long as it's not too far from Christmas [Nov and Dec is ok.]Think of the poor staff who have to listen to endless renditions of Rockin' around The Christmas Tree though! Could drive you crazy.

Jazz. Sets my teeth on edge. And rap. Otherwise I like most things. Love to hear a blues sax well played.

suebailey does this mean you will develop a penchant for cocoa and Midsommer Murders as well?
I love In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry, makes me feel young and happy, specki I have not pondered on the words, just the general Summery feeling of it , which takes me back a bit.I also love Summer In the City [who sang that?] which was played in all the coffee bars when I was a teenager in the 60's. Ditto The Kinks Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon, although this may be a bit later [70's?]

I love music but not RAP under any circumstances. I must be getting old too as I'm starting to like Country and Western.

penstemmon I am with you almost entirely but I do adore most Mozart and rock music in particular

We have held our Bag Pack in Tesco,s , one of the main stores.And guess what? NO MUSIC! When I mentioned this to one of the assistants, she replied that piped music was not allowed in the store.Thank you Tescos,s
And we made several hundred pounds.Thank you again Tesco,s!

The songs from Les Miserables make me miserable . Why people go on about that film/show/whatever is completely beyond me. The music is so simplistic, dreary and maudlin. I wouldn't care but I'm having to sing it at the moment - my choir is learning it for a performance.
Feetlebaum I like Celine Dion - she has an amazing vocal range and her latest album 'Love me Back to Life' is stunning. I agree she is quite annoying when interviewed though..but her singing voice is superb.
Cleo Laine - ugh! Could never stand her voice or delivery - have to switch off when she cranks up.
Jimi Hendrix - can't stand him.
David Bowie - dont get the universal adulation.
And the song which I absolutely cannot bear is 'In the Summertime' by Mungo Jerry. There is a line in it - "If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal, if her daddy's poor, just do what you feel" oh dear isnt that just appalling?