Musical Taste?
What’s your taste in Music? English allows us to use the word taste in other areas of life than food. You can have good taste or bad taste in fashion, music and even friends. When one talks about one’s taste, we are talking about what we prefer or like.
When it comes to Music, Movies and Books we talk about genres (pronounced John rah or if you prefer Zahn rah) and it refers to the way we can separate these into groups with similar characteristics so we have comedy movies, romance, horror, action and Science fiction to name a few. The same is true for music.
So what genres of music do you like?
When we discuss our opinions on music, we can use expressions such as:
I’m crazy about it …
I love it…
I like it…
It’s Ok …
I don’t mind…
It’s not my cup of tea.
I’m not crazy about it.
I don’t care for it.
I don’t like it.
I hate it.
I’m sure I am forgetting some expressions. Maybe you can supply some.
Anyway back to genres -
Here are some of the songs that I would play for my class to (1) see if they knew the Genre and (2) to discover their taste in music.
Listen and tell us what you think. Do you know the genre? What’s your opinion of it?
- Funky Town - Blondie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiGxthv-Eoo
2. Don’t Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU
3. I do! - Toya - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byoCjcJwoO0
4. Unanswered Prayers - Garth Brooks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Xt89mGxqE
5. I am a man of Constant Sorrow - Soggy Bottom Boys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFpEYOPBsDU
6. Stand by Me - Ben E. King - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZNL7QVJjE
7. Songbird - Kenny G. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN2RnjFHmNY
8. Back in Black - AC/DC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA
9. My heart will Go On - Celine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3QAqZQYLIQ
10. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg
11. Born to Fly - Sara Evans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xvhutWc67k
12. Reflection - Leo Salonga - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcC3rYEZv9o
13. Parents Just Don’t Understand - Will Smith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3PFC86UNI
14. Twelfth Street Rag - Fats Waller - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl958H8i9M4&list=RDcl958H8i9M4&start_radio=1
15. Imagine Me Without You - Jaci Valasquez - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJfBabSVxaA
16. Word Up - Cameo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOSdI_91WM
17. Nutcracker Waltz - Tchaikovsky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxHkLdQy5f0&list=RDQxHkLdQy5f0&start_radio=1
18. Yang Guan San Die - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8-1vfzpVWM
19. Old Time Rock N Roll - Bob Segar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMY1ewg-e9w
20. Not Gonna Get Us - Tatu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HL-N9oOjcs
21. Let it Be - Beatles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDYfEBY9NM4
22. Bidi Bidi Bom Bom - Selena - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKGbjJarMeA
23. Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07Yq4zGTcI
24. Jane Monheit - Somewhere over the Rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP_5veYs1vE
25. Complicated - Avril - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NPBIwQyPWE
Did you find anything you liked? Any you hated?
Comments
What kind of music you like depends on.your mood. In sadness, you enjoy slow motion music and with your beloves, you love to listen romantic music so on, but sometime it irritates you. You feel like being alone in pin-drop-silence.
I want to hear other people opinions