| Neos said: A persons' music taste sucks when he/she does not acknowledge talent or when he/she only listens to music because it's beautiful, not because it could have a meaning. imho ^^ |
Pretty much the way I look at it, although the second category is kind of general.
I think music can have meaning in different ways, such as its meaning in terms of what it stands for musically or in terms of musical history, its lyrical meaning, its meaning in terms of its ambition for taking music to new places, etc.
Just because you like it and you think you have good taste does not mean the music is good or that you have good taste. I often judge a person's taste on not just what they listen to but how well they can describe to me why they listen to the music that they do and why the music that they listen to matters.
I am completely open to people having different tastes than my own, but just because you say or think you have taste does not mean it is true.
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