Girls with good taste in music DO EXIST!! [Archive]

Cussion

11-24-2009, 01:57 PM

I'm studying to become a teacher, and I was talking to this girl in my class. She told me that she's 18 years old (I'm 24) and we talked for a while about music and stuff. Then she showed me her iPod and I found that she had every Stevie Ray Vaughan album in there.. and then I saw that she had ALBERT KING, early Pink Floyd and Hendrix in there. Awsome! A similar situation happened when I was invited home to my ex girlfriend the first time. She showed me her record collection and I found that she had "WIRED" by Jeff Beck, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac "Live" and lots of Zeppelin albums. It's so great to see that there are young girls with good taste in music nowdays!!

MudPies

11-24-2009, 02:02 PM

She's 18. Did you ask her out?

KRosser

11-24-2009, 02:05 PM

Dude, you really got me scratchin' my head here, for a whole buncha reasons

bluesmeanie

11-24-2009, 02:06 PM

Girls are just people, man. Some people have good taste in music, some don't. Besides, "good taste" is a matter of personal opinion anyway.

therhodeo

11-24-2009, 02:06 PM

I'm a musician and I care about music and but finding out her tastes in music was really the last thing I got around to when I met my wife

Plague Dog

11-24-2009, 02:07 PM

So you're the one who determines what good taste is or isn't.

BTW, my daughter who just turned 21 has the most eclectic music collection I've ever seen, which includes SRV, Jeff Beck, Zep, Bonamassa... she also has tons of stuff I'd never heard before that is amazing.

therhodeo

11-24-2009, 02:08 PM

Also, liking whats popular with the middle aged population here at TGP absolutely does not equal having good taste.

Plague Dog

11-24-2009, 02:10 PM

Also, liking whats popular with the middle aged population here at TGP absolutely does not equal having good taste.

Yeah, that's just creepy... she definitely has issues.

scottl

11-24-2009, 02:14 PM

So she is a student and you are a student teacher?

atquinn

11-24-2009, 02:20 PM

Also, liking whats popular with the middle aged population here at TGP absolutely does not equal having good taste.

Yup. Sounds like she mostly has old taste in music. :D

-Austin

Jazzydave

11-24-2009, 02:21 PM

I'm a musician and I care about music and but finding out her tastes in music was really the last thing I got around to when I met my wife

See, I was the opposite! One of my first questions was always about music with women. Even if she didn't listen to what I did, she still needed some sort of justified reason for diggin' it

I lucked out though...although my wife gets a bit bored with Vai and other guitar instrumental music and her iPod is plagued with boy bands, she's always making up for it by introducing me to fantastic artists and bands I may have never heard of otherwise.

Flyin' Brian

11-24-2009, 02:23 PM

Dude, you really got me scratchin' my head here, for a whole buncha reasons

Girls are just people, man. Some people have good taste in music, some don't. Besides, "good taste" is a matter of personal opinion anyway.

Absolutely. Maybe this should be linked to the "sexist" thread. The OP has just become the latest poster boy for being sexist....not to mention ageist.

Phil M

11-24-2009, 02:25 PM

Also, liking whats popular with the middle aged population here at TGP absolutely does not equal having good taste.

To each their own, and all that good stuff ... but I also think it's a little weird for an 18 year old to be into that stuff. Just my opinion.

As far as relationships go, music is about the last thing I care about.

Ros

11-24-2009, 02:28 PM

They sure do and I even married one of them. As proof she thinks my playing is pretty crappy so I know she has good taste! ;)

-R.

Stadler Guitars

11-24-2009, 02:29 PM

Its important that two people share a lot in common if they intend a relationship to last, so its exciting to meet someone with such great taste in music.

Music is very meaningful to people who truly love it and someone's favorite stuff says things about their past and aesthetic. A person with that, intelligence, kindness, and a physical attraction could keep you busy for the rest of your life.

Flyin' Brian

11-24-2009, 02:30 PM

but I also think it's a little weird for an 18 year old to be into that stuff. Just my opinion.

I'm not looking for an argument, but I wondered....why is this weird? Unusual maybe but not weird.

Jazzydave

11-24-2009, 02:31 PM

They sure do and I even married one of them. As proof she thinks my playing is pretty crappy so I know she has good taste! ;)

-R.

I hear you on that! I highly respect my wife's opinion in music and always run my new material by her. She's what keeps me from getting too wrapped up in the guitar work and keeps my focus on the vibe and meaning of the song as a whole.

Its cool that some of you all could look past music when choosing your mate...its just too important to me to let it slide by.

Crimson Queen

11-24-2009, 02:34 PM

I also think it's a little weird for an 18 year old to be into that stuff. Just my opinion.

That would be a good exemple for the definition of sexism thread.

Phil M

11-24-2009, 02:47 PM

That would be a good exemple for the definition of sexism thread.

Why? I didn't say 18 year old male or female.

pickaguitar

11-24-2009, 02:51 PM

I just wanna meet women who are NOT into the silly modern country...I can handle nearly anything other kind of music taste

Shiny McShine

11-24-2009, 02:57 PM

I'm studying to become a teacher, and I was talking to this girl in my class. She told me that she's 18 years old (I'm 24) and we talked for a while about music and stuff. Then she showed me her iPod and I found that she had every Stevie Ray Vaughan album in there.. and then I saw that she had ALBERT KING, early Pink Floyd and Hendrix in there. Awesome! A similar situation happened when I was invited home to my ex girlfriend the first time. She showed me her record collection and I found that she had "WIRED" by Jeff Beck, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac "Live" and lots of Zeppelin albums. It's so great to see that there are young girls with good taste in music nowadays!!

That's actually a bad sign for an 18 year-old girl to be into that stuff. You'll learn why later in life my son.

pickaguitar

11-24-2009, 03:09 PM

bad sign? learn later? I'm curious about that response...

Flyin' Brian

11-24-2009, 03:10 PM

I don't care what they listen to but dammit they have to clap on 2 and 4.

sovtekking

11-24-2009, 03:29 PM

HammyD

11-24-2009, 04:03 PM

In my experience with the kids at the college, I found they have very diverse taste and do not always fit any stereotype.

I helped one young lady, the proverbial drop dead beautiful blond with her Macbook as she was having problems consolidating her Itunes library. I saw Hendrick, Clapton, early Allman Brothers, SRV, Pat Methany, etc.

I foolishly commented "So your boyfriend is a guitar player...." She said "No. I really like blues and jazz guitar." My immediate thought was to ask if her mother and father were still happily married, as I'd like to meet her mother(!) I refrained.

She commented that is was cool that I was "a guitar player who looked like a lawyer" as her dad "looks like a guitar player, but is a lawyer."

I know it is easy to stereotype the young generation but there are some amazing kids out there.

iamdavea

11-24-2009, 04:09 PM

Most of my favorite music has been written and performed by women. If I were banished to a desert island with ONLY music made by women, I'd be cool for 50 years.

trisonic

11-24-2009, 04:14 PM

Dude, you really got me scratchin' my head here, for a whole buncha reasons

Me too.

Best, Pete.

Jazzydave

11-24-2009, 04:18 PM

Also, liking whats popular with the middle aged population here at TGP absolutely does not equal having good taste.

You mean like the same ones that are screaming "sexism!" over this thread? :dunno

Sounds to me like the guy just met a cool person, wasn't expecting them to have the same taste in music, and felt a little fuzzy. What's wrong with that?

Let's face it...there ARE stereotypes and we are all victims of them!

And I completely agree with the college crowd!. When I was overseas in the AF, I leaned on my college friends to keep me up to date on what was happening in the music world!

bluesjuke

11-24-2009, 04:35 PM

I like lLues first off and my wife likes Alternative.
I jokingly tell her that I like music and she likes the alternative to it.

Not neccesary that both like the same music but it would be nice.

jcmark611

11-24-2009, 04:50 PM

My niece is 18 and she likes all that music.

Hey, WAIT A MINUTE!

fusion58

11-24-2009, 06:19 PM

I'm not looking for an argument, but I wondered....why is this weird? Unusual maybe but not weird.

Hopefully she's not into Charlie Parker or Beethoven - that's even older! ;)

dohootowl

11-24-2009, 07:15 PM

Also, liking whats popular with the middle aged population here at TGP absolutely does not equal having good taste.
Bite my A__! Some of use MIDDLE AGED POPULATION are digging stuff like Them Crooked Vultures. Does that make me OLD? Just because John Paul Jones is in the mix? You sell us old guys short, dude.

fusion58

11-24-2009, 07:40 PM

Bite my A__! Some of use MIDDLE AGED POPULATION are digging stuff like Them Crooked Vultures. Does that make me OLD? Just because John Paul Jones is in the mix? You sell us old guys short, dude.

Wow - this thread has made me aware that I'm f_cking up in the literature department also. I was born in '58, and most of my favorite novels were written in the 1920s. ;)

Cussion

11-25-2009, 10:04 AM

Seems like I stepped on a bunch of toes here.. well..
Face it. A good lookin' chick with good taste in music is better than a good lookin' chick with bad taste in music. Well, that's it..

And.. sexistic? c'mon.. Don't be silly.. :p

mbargav

11-25-2009, 10:23 AM

Nice backpedal pal. Your original statement was:
"Girls with good taste in music DO EXIST!!"
This suggests that it's somehow really rare for women to have good taste in music. That's what people are suggesting is sexist.

Jazzydave

11-25-2009, 10:29 AM

csills

11-25-2009, 10:32 AM

if she had some miles davis in there i might have been impressed.

jpfeiff

11-25-2009, 10:42 AM

C'mon guys--the dude is only 24. How much wisdom do you expect him to have? (oops--ageist!!) He's stoked 'cause he met a chick (dang--sexist!!) who digs the same kind of old-school music he does and that many of us do. I say RIGHT ON! Go for it, 24 year old dude! I remember getting a major woody the first time I met a chick who was into Hendrix--it seemed incredibly rare to me at the time. Does that make me sexist? Oh wait, I already am...

dumbell78

11-25-2009, 10:46 AM

+1 Its not that serious imo.

C'mon guys--the dude is only 24. How much wisdon do you expect him to have? (oops--ageist!!) He's stoked 'cause he met a chick (dang--sexist!!) who digs the same kind of old-school music he does and that many of us do. I say RIGHT ON! Go for it, 24 year old dude! I remember getting a major woody the first time I met a chick who was into Hendrix--it seemed incredibly rare to me at the time. Does that make me sexist? Oh wait, I already am...

srvaughnabee

11-25-2009, 10:53 AM

That's actually a bad sign for an 18 year-old girl to be into that stuff. You'll learn why later in life my son.

I'd like to hear the reasoning behind this statement.

Jazzydave

11-25-2009, 10:56 AM

I'd like to hear the reasoning behind this statement.

You don't already know? :confused:

Bussman

11-25-2009, 11:00 AM

The only important question here is: What does she look like? And back it up with pix...
Nothing else matters to us middle aged sexist pigs.

srvaughnabee

11-25-2009, 11:08 AM

You don't already know? :confused:

I sure don't.

Jazzydave

11-25-2009, 11:13 AM

I sure don't.

How old are you? Sorry, I have to ask...I'm buying into the ageism thing.

srvaughnabee

11-25-2009, 11:15 AM

How old are you? Sorry, I have to ask...I'm buying into the ageism thing.

20.

Jazzydave

11-25-2009, 11:20 AM

20.

You'll learn soon enough...or maybe you won't, but if you crave to write great songs, its an essential life lesson. Most of the best music ever written and performed has been about this very situation.

:cool:

srvaughnabee

11-25-2009, 11:29 AM

You'll learn soon enough...or maybe you won't, but if you crave to write great songs, its an essential life lesson. Most of the best music ever written and performed has been about this very situation.

:cool:

I have no clue what you're talking about:huh

Jazzydave

11-25-2009, 11:31 AM

I have no clue what you're talking about:huh

That's why I said you'll learn "soon enough!" I'll shoot you a PM...this isn't the proper place to go into details...

:cool:

therhodeo

11-25-2009, 11:33 AM

Bite my A__! Some of use MIDDLE AGED POPULATION are digging stuff like Them Crooked Vultures. Does that make me OLD? Just because John Paul Jones is in the mix? You sell us old guys short, dude.

Listen, dude, I'm 23 and I listen to alot of stuff that goes way back before you do. This has nothing to do with old vs. new. It has to do with the sad idea around here that any sort of blues rock from or descended from the "classic rock" era always equals good.

therhodeo

11-25-2009, 11:34 AM

I have no clue what you're talking about:huh

Oh the irony considering your user name.

srvaughnabee

11-25-2009, 11:36 AM

Oh the irony considering your user name.

My user name is a joke from some magazine column. Not my playing style;)

Plague Dog

11-25-2009, 11:40 AM

They ought to install a sarcasm meter on TGP just for this kind of situation.

Lance

11-25-2009, 11:50 AM

Hmm, interesting thread. Something did just occur to me. Perhaps the music on her iPod was given to her by her Dad, older Brother, Cousin etc. Did she say that she was really into a lot of that stuff? Ya never know, she could've gotten it as a gift, and whoever was the giver loaded it up for her with whatever they had on their drive. It could happen.