classicalman114
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I find myself asking this question a lot: am I the only person out there who adores a group such as Celtic Woman, a singer like Julie Andrews, loads of different classically oriented stuff such as opera, Disney songs, plenty of more feminine music, yet refuses to listen to someone like Frank Sinatra, but loves the hell out of a variety of metal genres (I am slowly getting into more and more underground bands as my taste expands, but I began my metal journey with groups like Slipknot, which I know is not true metal)? I hold a disdain for (almost) anything mainstream pop and/or rap today, with very few exceptions. Most underground rap is brilliant.
I may be very unusual in this respect, because the majority of people I have met who like the first genres and artists I mentioned are also heavily into the mainstream pop and rap scene of today (and the past as well), and I have had someone on the Celtic Woman Forum (which I am a member of) once tell me that it is very rare for someone to like both Celtic Woman and metal.
I feel the greatest reason why I am such a metalhead is due to the fact that most metal is highly virtuoustic in its nature (much of it on par with classical music from all the great periods), and its lyrics tend to focus on meaningful topics and are very well written (this is especially true of more underground metal, even deathcore). An exception is a band such as Motely Crue, which I cannot stand one bit.
Of course, I know I'm not the only one, but I would say that the combinations of music I enjoy are quite opposites on both ends of the spectrum of human expression. The one thing they both have in common though is fine musicianship, and that cannot be denied.
I may be very unusual in this respect, because the majority of people I have met who like the first genres and artists I mentioned are also heavily into the mainstream pop and rap scene of today (and the past as well), and I have had someone on the Celtic Woman Forum (which I am a member of) once tell me that it is very rare for someone to like both Celtic Woman and metal.
I feel the greatest reason why I am such a metalhead is due to the fact that most metal is highly virtuoustic in its nature (much of it on par with classical music from all the great periods), and its lyrics tend to focus on meaningful topics and are very well written (this is especially true of more underground metal, even deathcore). An exception is a band such as Motely Crue, which I cannot stand one bit.
Of course, I know I'm not the only one, but I would say that the combinations of music I enjoy are quite opposites on both ends of the spectrum of human expression. The one thing they both have in common though is fine musicianship, and that cannot be denied.
