Thing is...
..I don’t have the time to hate music anymore.

I’ve a massively wide range of tastes, from Heavy Metal to Opera. I love Prog Rock to bits, but will also listen to Emmylou Harris or Neil Young. I love sixties Psychedelia, but will happily listen to Glenn Miller or Duke Ellington for hours.

Over the years I’ve accumulated a nice collection of CDs and now have a lot of stuff in mp3 format, with a large chunk of it carried around on a 120Gb iPod (it won’t all fit, annoyingly).

Despite never listening to the radio, I still get to hear “new” stuff, occasionally. My wife recently heard Taylor Swift on TV and bought her CD (which, despite all my prejudices, I actually quite like). Last week I bought a Moby Grape CD because I’d not heard them before and was curious. It’s not bad.

The point is, then, that I don’t bother wasting time listening to anything I don’t want to. If I don’t like it, I ignore it.

So don’t get all worked up about something that you think is shit. Ignore it. Be selective in your listening habits and just listen to stuff you like.

Trust me, it’s easier on the ears and the ulcers…..

(Although saying that, I would see all rappers consigned to their own circle of Hell..!)
(greatoldone Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl f'tagn, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 9:50, 4 replies)

^^ this in entirety
Music is like candy - it's much better once you remove all the rappers...
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 10:24, closed)

nice gag
I'll use that one....
(greatoldone Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl f'tagn, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 11:21, closed)

Glad you like it. Here's another:
If rap music is so good, how come people are always talking over it?
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 11:46, closed)

Not all rap is shite.
I like both Rage Against The Machine and Young MC, for example. EmmiMathers is quite fun too, though not all that good, admittedly.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 20:49, closed)