Quote Originally Posted by Grand Wazoo View Post
It was John Peel that introduced me to the likes of Zappa, Beefheart, Van Der Graaf Generator etc. Like you as I have got older I have embraced more styles of music however I cannot stand Rap and if I am honest I cannot get into Reggae to any great degree, maybe the odd track is listenable to me. But I still like Soul such as Otis Redding and Al Green etc and can still listen to Tamla Motown and Jazz. I always say that Black musicians have produced some of the greatest music around but also the worst.
I think learning to play guitar also helped broaden my musical tastes as it encouraged me to read about and listen to players across a range of genres. Like yourself (and Soulman) I have a particular fondness for 60s Soul music but I also quite like a lot of reggae and ska. A genre like grime, on the other hand, I really cannot get into (probably a generational thing?) whilst even though I'm not a great fan of others, like country&western or hip hop, I find there are generally a few artists or tracks I like. Also find myself listening to more "world" music now and even if I don't understand much at all of the lyrics, I can still enjoy some non-English language artists (though these too no doubt reflect my increasing age as they mostly include oldies like Edith Piaf, Francoise Hardy and Miriam Makeba&#128514