Is it normal to only like non-vocal music?

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I strongly dislike vocal music. Quite often I will be listening to a new song, expecting it to be instrumental from start to finish, but then some harpie breaks in to a shrill and annoying vocal line, at which point I turn off my radio as quickly as possible. My favorite genres are classical music (mainly piano) and various types of jazz (which tends to be non-vocal). Is this normal, or should I force myself to enjoy high pitched screeching for the sake of keeping up with the Joneses?

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    Different people get different things out of music.

    This song, "Immunity" by Jon Hopkins, has some voice but it sounds very instrumental---actually I have no clue if he's actually singing words or not. The addition of his voice is beautiful.
    http://youtu.be/Y8eQR5DMous

    There's something hypnotic about this song and I quite like the damper pedal being used in a percussive way.

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    • LornaMae
      10 years ago

      No idea why you were thumbed down for this :S

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      • LornaMae
        10 years ago

        I listened to the song but it did not win me over :/ Maybe a bit too relaxing for me hahaha

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  • Tommythecat.
    10 years ago

    You could turn the radio off because it's often full of shit. And find vocals you do like, not every singer is a high pitched screecher.

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  • handsignals
    10 years ago

    100% agree, ditch the poser out front and replace with never ending guitar solos.

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  • dickwashington
    10 years ago

    im the opposite

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  • RoseIsabella
    10 years ago

    Hahaha... high pitched, shrill shrieking harpies, does your radio only play death metal; is it possessed by the devil?

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  • Shrunk
    10 years ago

    I never liked it either, well i didn't hate it, but the kind of music i like most has no words.. what doyou think of songs with voice samples though? and i dont mean sampling from famous singers, or singing at all, some of my favorite music just has clips of various people talking and i always enjoyed that

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  • Avant-Garde
    10 years ago

    I know what you mean. There are some songs that are mainly instrumental until they get to a part and suddenly there's singing. Sometimes, I don't like when this happens because, I find that there's something in the voice which ruins the song. However, there are some songs where in this isn't an issue. It really depends.

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  • coexcio
    10 years ago

    Okay, I don't mean to be odd about it but how often do you listen to songs you imagine are instrumental, only to be interrupted by the hounds of Zeus?

    I've listened to songs loads of times without being interrupted by mythological phenomena. Something weird is happening with you if things that don't exist are shouting themselves alive for the reason of an IIN story about music.

    If you believe what you believe, it's time for an exorcism. If you don't believe this stuff, maybe just have a nice walk somewhere.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      Actually the hounds of zeus would be metal vocals, whereas I was talking about harpies, which I find that most (non smoker) female singers bear an unfortunate resemblance to.
      I am not schizophrenic by the way, and the descriptions in my post were not meant to be taken literally.
      I do however thank you for your concern, and will consider an exorcism if I ever encounter mythological creatures whilst listening to music.

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  • kingofcarrotflowers
    10 years ago

    Check out the album mogwai youth team by mogwai. Also a lot of boards of Canada is instrumentall :)

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      Thanks for the suggestions. I will listen to them when I have a moment.

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      • kingofcarrotflowers
        10 years ago

        Always happy to talk music :)

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    • LornaMae
      10 years ago

      True! I love practically anything by Mogwai.

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      • kingofcarrotflowers
        10 years ago

        Great band :)

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  • LornaMae
    10 years ago

    You like what you like. To me certain singers' voices sound like beautiful instruments.

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    • kingofcarrotflowers
      10 years ago

      Just wondering, who would your favorite singer be? For me it'd be Jeff mangum ( even though I hated it at first) and Lisa hannigan, she has a beautiful voice.

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      • LornaMae
        10 years ago

        I'd never heard of Lisa Hannigan and from listening right now I like her a lot so far :)

        Oh, my favorite singer? That's a fucking tough one you asked there, mister! I'll try to narrow down. For many many years in a heartbeat I'd say Madeleine Peyroux. When you look at my last fm profile she's the most played artist overall.

        Despite being eclectic in my taste, I have two main preferences musically, which makes it quite hard to single one out from different musical genres. So, out of the bluesy soul artists, today (it varies), I say Sam Cooke. Out of the hipster indie ones, as far as voices go, I'll say Karen O's is one of the most exquisite. And male has got to go to Jack White! Everything he touches is just insane! Oh, wait, but maybe he wouldn't be best vocalist, but best musician.

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        • kingofcarrotflowers
          10 years ago

          Ah cool got some musicians to look up :)
          And yeah I love Lisa, I think of it as comfort music, it's simple but her voice is fucking beautiful especially on lille ( it's all about her first album)
          I'm a stripes fan, I heard Jack has solo work but I never checked it out, I'll give it a listen :)

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          • LornaMae
            10 years ago

            Ooooooh, for Jack you could maybe try the Dead Weather!!! Alison Mosshart from The Kills does vocals.

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            • kingofcarrotflowers
              10 years ago

              I remember reading a review of midnight boom? Bloom? One of the two and making a note of it!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      I know that not all singers are as I described, although most of them do fit the bill nowadays.
      I do find some folk music highly enjoyable, but the vast majority of vocal music is just not my cup of tea.

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      • kingofcarrotflowers
        10 years ago

        If you like folk you might like the creek drank the cradle by iron and wine,
        The decemberists are good too

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      • LornaMae
        10 years ago

        I understand, like I said you like what you like :)

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