Kate Bush Rules! said:
I feel that i have heard a lot more music styles than some people here
I don't think that it's an issue of how many music styles people here have heard (and I am pretty sure that most people here have heard a rather wide range of things), but more that people have found what they like best, often much more than other kinds of music.
I listen to a lot of different things (including something as strange and inaccessible as ancient Japanese court music--even the people who are really into it don't expect anybody else to like it!), but music with a combination of power, speed, melody, and complexity is what I like best. So I listen to metal and classical music more than anything else.
I like other things (including Kate Bush, by the way), but certain things are able to create a deeper connection with me than others. And there are lots of people who connect with music that really does nothing for me, regardless of whether the music is well done or not. I talk mostly about what I like the most, so people probably misinterpret my musical tastes as being a lot narrower than they really are.
And what I expect from certain types of music is different from what I expect from other types. I really, really enjoy HammerFall, but I'm not listening to get the same thing I am when I listen to Opeth, for example. I want something different from that when I listen to Cheap Trick. And something different again when I listen to Handel. And something different again when I listen to traditional Japanese music. So just because I really love power metal, it doesn't mean that I don't know (and appreciate) a wide range of music. I think that the same principle would apply to most people who frequent this discussion board.
. But then again, I started backwards. Most people started with simpler metal, maybe got tired of it and found prog. I started with prog, got tired of it, and went to more streamlined power metal type stuff.
