Anyone else not like music?

[Fluffycloudland77]

A lot of it actually depresses me.

Me, I don’t like any music. Sometimes hearing a song will make me feel nostalgic for past memories but I don’t like it for the musical aspect.

DH does not understand it at all, and I’m not sure I do. I’d like to at least enjoy some type of music because I can see I’m missing out, people are so passionate about it, but I just don’t. It assaults my ears...

I’m not keen on music unless it’s something to dance to. I find it very difficult to pick out a tune, I really don’t understand it at all. I don’t often recognise a song without words. It irritates the shit out of me when people put on “background music” because it’s just a distracting noise to me. I’m aware this means I’m missing out on an experience, perhaps that feeds my irritation.

I love music. It's a big part of my life. But I also love silence.
My parents never ever listen to music.

My mum doesn't, she's always said she'd rather read!
Funnily enough my dad loved it, he's in his 70s and has a Spotify account etc He's totally cool, loves obscure indie bands etc
Luckily my mum loves him and also likes a drink, so she happily goes to festivals etc with him.
As a family we went to Glastonbury for many years, I used to find it hilarious watching my mum, tipsy and shouting at us 'who's this playing then?' while some huge household name was onstage

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I asked dh if Liam Gallagher wrote a Beatles song.

Another non-music person here - the only music i listen to voluntarily is on Desert Island Discs.

Our house is music central so yes I love music but dh likes it loud and in a busy household with 3 kids sometimes I just want to chill for a bit! So yes I do love the occasional silence!

When I am "doing things" eg cleaning etc there always has to be music!

I can't work with music at all though which I used to as a teenager.

I don’t like it either. I’ve never been to a concert and like you, I don’t know anything about music at all. When I was a teenager I used to pretend I’d forgotten to watch Top of The Pops the night before.

I really can't get on with audobooks....I read 2/3 books a week so they should be my thing but I've never been able to finish one. They send me to sleep!

I like music, but not music with vocals.

My mum has always hated music, she always felt like a weirdo and pretended to like it because most people don't seem to understand!

It's called Musical Anhedonia apparently.

Strange...I like music but rarely listen at home as I get bored, I'd rather listen to a book. I absolutely cannot concentrate if there is music playing, it scrambles my brain in a weird way. I love musicals though!
Oddly my children are very musical and play multiple instruments that I do enjoy listening too (quietly)

I struggle a but with audio books too, I get distracted or my mind wanders, miss a bit, have to rewind. The same can happen with podcasts but for the most part it doesn't matter, although I do sometimes have to listen to the same one twice.

I love music- my whole life has had a soundtrack. I can’t listen to a lot of jazz though- it’s too disorganised to my ears. I find myself increasingly sounding like my grandmother when DS has his ‘music’ on too... it’s just noise.

Me.

There’s things I’ll tolerate but I don’t listen to music for pleasure. It mainly irritates me.

I worked in music years ago though when I was young, I put it down to that and being surrounded by music snobs. Turned me off it.

I’m glad you posted this as I have been feeling there must be something wrong with me! I never listen to music. I did a bit in my teens/early 20’s but the older I get, the less I like it. I’ve heard a wide range over the years but I just prefer silence. I watch tv but it’s only on for specific programmes then goes off again but I would never just sit and listen to music. It just makes me feel stressed and annoyed. I never got the “urge to dance” either, music has just never made me feel that way. It made dating quite hard when I was doing it as most people would put on their profiles “music is my life” or some such thing! Part of the reason I’m staying single!

I love music! I listen to heart radio in the car and when I am out walking (a lot!)
I will sing along to pretty much anything, even the songs I do not really like that much (Sam Smith)
But I am another who loves Taylor swift songs! I am in my mid 30s and sing along with everything as I walk along the sea front.

Having said that I really do not like rap generally and singers like Eminem, I like something that I Can sing along too

I don't mind it occasionally (eg in the car, at a gig) but I prefer silence at home. DH would have the radio on all the time if it were just up to him.

I don't mind it in the car if the DCs have it on. I do sometimes have it on in the background while working at the computer. But never play it while doing stuff around the house or out walking or just to listen to, I prefer silence or the spoken word. In fact when outdoors i don't listen to anything just birds singing or whatever. I am very intolerent (probably unreasonably so) of music being played outdoors, campsites, gardens, hate, hate it.

I grew up learning instruments. I play several, and love playing classical music, but don't particularly enjoy listening to it. I rarely listen to music at home, just in the car, and I like the stuff I grew up listening to best. I particularly enjoy the music my parents and aunt and uncle liked as it reminds me of day trips in the car and the mix tapes they played.

I know what PP means about music making you feel sad. I can't articulate why, but that's how I often feel, even with upbeat, happy songs.

I like music but have to be in a really specific mood to listen to it, which is only when I’m driving or getting ready for a night out. I used to hate going to my boyfriend’s house as his family would just have music on all the time and I found it really quite miserable. Felt like I couldn’t hear myself think or relax properly. I would never just listen to music at home, if I’m cleaning or doing something I’d rather listen to a podcast.

I was in a choir in my late teans we wnt abroad a few time. We went to the place where Eleanor of Aquataine was buried, we were not due to sing there but as soon as we were there we were all saying we should sing so we decided spontaneously to sing a 6 part classic piece. It was wonderful.

I'm really curious about this as someone who loves music.

When you say it depresses you, do you mean the lyrics or the sound of it?

Are you very sensitive to noise? Have you had music played at events like parties or a wedding and how did you feel about that?

For me it just gets in the way, it distracts me from other things, which might just be my thoughts. In its place its fine, I go to occasional concerts (classical nowadays rather than gigs), musicals, carol service at Christmas. But I can go days or weeks on end without it and certainly don't want it on around the house all day.

As for events such as weddings, don't mind it in the background but if it's too loud to chat in a group over I'm likely to want to head home early. Talk beats music pretty well every time.