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[featherynscale]

You know you've moved into the realm of overgeek when you can't answer a simple question simply and accurately.

This morning, the nurse at the office says to me, "What kind of music do you like?". I'm completely without an answer. I flounder a bit, and settle on, "Anything with complex instrumentation, bonus points for the use of non-traditional instruments for the genre. Less vocals, more clever music." So I'm thinking, that covers almost everything, except for the thing about the Rickenbacker guitars, which you just can't explain to a sane person. Surely this would be easy to understand. I smile brightly.

She blinks a bit, and then says, "So, you like the oldies, then?".

No, not exactly. Oh well. Really thought I had it there, for a moment.

Comments

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Hee! But really, who doesn't like Thomas Dolby?

I do usually go the negative confessions route on this one (I don't like rap, I don't like country, I don't like insipid love songs, etc.) but it somehow seems like invariably, when I say this to someone, the first thing I name that I don't like will be their absolute favorite in the world, and then they sort of sag a bit. I don't want to go around idly putting people down; when I put people down I want it to be on purpose.

[beccak1961.livejournal.com]

You have a point. It's just easier to name the few things I don't like, than the laundry list of things I do.