Song parts that annoy the wife

Edited by Harrekiet - August 19 2018 at 08:44

Anything by Frank Zappa totally pisses her off.

There would far too many to mention. I don't play Prog around my wife (I use headphones or earbuds when she is around). I thought that music such as Mellow Candle might appeal, but it didn't.   If it counted, she does like music by the Alan Parson's Project and Kitaro. When I played her Dark Side of the Moon, she asked "What's all the fuss about?" And I get that, that's a part of my childhood, not hers.

One thing that I remember her specifically commenting on negatively is the scream at the beginning of Geinoh Yamashirogumi's Osorezan (mind you, I did have the volume turned up).

She doesn't like the music that most moves me. When I started going out with her, I almost exclusively listened to classical music. I remember playing Beethoven's Seventh and Ninth symphonies, Myaskovsky, Schubert, Bach, and Delibes and the like around her. On more than one occasion while I was feeling deeply moved, she mentioned that she couldn't see the appeal at all or she would ask me how it could appeal to me. She most likes "songs" that relate to her past (a part of her growing up) and those tend to be things like certain Elton John, Air Supply, ABBA, The Carpenters.... I appreciate a lot of what she likes, but it doesn't go the other way. That's okay. At the time it bothered me, but it doesn't any longer. Not that I minded that we would have different tastes, everyone has different experiences, but it was the questions. I think that she felt much the same when I questioned her religious beliefs (we got beyond our differences and accepted each other as we are, and we respect each other -- wish more people could do the same). We have such different backgrounds, she's an engineer and I'm just a dreamer who dreamed my life away.

At least when it comes to film, television and novels, our tastes intersect much more, but our shared experiences in Japan played a part in that.

Edited by Logan - August 19 2018 at 13:49

Hi,

Any Zappa.

My wife hates pretty much everything that isn't straight rock, jazz, blues & metal. So that's about 3/4 of my collection. Whenever we go for a drive she gets to bounce any track she doesn't like so a lot gets bounced. Whenever we go to a gig she makes me play them first so she can decide if she wants to go or not.

My dear wife Virginia seems to detest anything she calls "guy music," which includes prog of course. 

She hates it all except some classical, disco, and hits of the 70s/80s.  We are night and day.......I need a man cave!

My wife dislikes Tull & most Zappa. Also any long drawn out instrumental sections of songs. 

Edited by Argo2112 - August 20 2018 at 07:36