Is it ok for people to call me close minded for not listening to rap music ?!
Question: I have tried to find something interesting about rap , i couldn't say i found much , i listen to metal and rock mostly .and i believe that variety is the key , but i was called close minded
cause just don't enjoy listening to RAP or pop ...
Answers: I have tried to find something interesting about rap , i couldn't say i found much , i listen to metal and rock mostly .and i believe that variety is the key , but i was called close minded
cause just don't enjoy listening to RAP or pop ...
How is expressing a preference being close-minded? We're talking about "art" here, and tastes are subjective, not objective. Sounds like whoever's calling you close-minded is being a bit of a bigot against you for not appreciating their style of "music". I HATE the stuff. I won't listen to it because it irritates my ears, angers me to endure, and provides me no pleasure at all, not that I haven't listened to some of it in order to form my opinion prior to stating my case. THAT would be close-minded, as well as stupid, forming an opinion on something to which you've never been adequately exposed to form an educated opinion regarding. Merely disapproving of the genre for your own personal music that you play is not in any way AGAINST rap, simply that it isn't to YOUR LIKING. BTW...Rap..the word that's missing a "c". OR....The "c" in rap is silent. lol
No. That just means that it isn't your taste. If you were close-minded that would've meant that you wouldn't have even given it a chance.
other people are entitled to their own opinions, doesn't mean you have to listen to or believe them.
lol...u listen to what u want and sod the rest
No..you have taste. I hate rap too. Not your fault it sucks. :)
I wouldn't say closed minded as long as you are thinking to each his own.
It's just not your thing.
(mine either)
if you can't figure out if your closed minded or not, maybe you are close minded.
You are only closed-minded if you think it is awful and other people shouldn't listen to it.
If you tell them "I've tried it, and I don't like it" then how could you be considered closed-minded?
No i do not like rap we all have different tastes in music.
No...
Depends on the rap also, I listen to beastie boys and blood hound gang they are technically rap, but not mainstream rap.
It would also be the same if you had a friend who tried to force thier friends to listen to polka, and weird al, seriously, it does not matter.
Listen to that statement "they say I was close minded because I dont enjoy rap"
That would make them close-minded for thinking you HAVE to listen to rap.
Besides, rap music now-a-days are just 3-4 minute commercials for various products you'll never buy.
i don't think that you're closed minded, but if people ask you about a song or something and you just say you don't like it without listening to it, then yes you are closed minded. if you don't do that, then you're fine. i'm the same way ith the rock and metal, but i do like a couple rap songs.
If you've tried then that is in no way close-minded. When people refuse to try something new...that is close-minded. At least you gave it a chance and if you don't like it that is you. Everyone is their own person. Just be you and keep rockin' on.
Yes it is.
Do they like it when you make them eat food that that they just dont like?
We are simply speaking of taste here.
You cant spell CRAP, without Rap.
No everyone has their own taste in music. I love the oldies and county and all my friend love rock and heavy metal.
yea it's ok that you don't listen to it, you might not like it, that's all.
Nope, everyone has a prefrence as to what they like...doesn't make you closed minded.
Why are you called close -minded? You did give it a try -which is more than I would do with that rubbishy, violent noise.
its an aquired listening ability.
i cant listen to much of it either. the content of the lyrics are sometimes to ???
WEll obviously that person is closed minded if they can't realize that there is different strokes for different folks. You are not close minded cause if you were you wouldn't have even bothered to try to like it or even listen to it. Its just not your cup of tea but atleast you are OPEN enough to tried it. Next time someone says that say takes one to know one and then ask them if they like country or rock?
No its not OK, Do those people listen to metal (if they like rap probably not) People like what moves them, motivates them, gets them goin. If rap dont do it for you then it is what it is. It doesnt make you close minded.
Close minded? They are playing a mind game, so why not play one back? Find some kind of music they don't enjoy and call them closed minded for not choosing to listen to it and as they argue their point it's just not their taste - likewise. They have made your point for you!!!
I think you would close minded if you refused to listen to it, never heard it before and still called it bad. But since you gave it a try and you didn't like it, I would just say it's not your tatse.
People who call you close minded when you say you don't like are in turn close minded themselves for not liking anyone who doesn't like it...if you can figure that one out. :)
Who ever is calling you close minded sounds a little close minded them self. Every one is entitled to their own personal opinions, likes and dislikes. There is a wide variety of music out there because there is a wide variety of people. That's what makes the world so interesting. It would be pretty boring if we all said, did and liked the same thing. Hope this helps. Peace
RAP IS NOT MUSIC. DON'T HAVE YOUR MIND SO OPEN THAT ALL YOUR GOOD SENSE & BRAINS SPILL OUT ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
i dont think youre being closed minded if you at least gave it a serious try. I pretty open minded on music. I listen to everything except most country and heavy metal. I say most because if i hear a song i like thats in either of those categories, i still will listen to it. you dont have to like everything to be open minded, you just have to give it a chance.
No way!
I tried listening to rap also, didn't like it.
But that doesn't mean I'm close minded= that's crazy.
No. They should be commending you on your good taste. Who cares who likes what music?? Variety is the key, but rap tends to have too much violence, sex and focus on drug use for my taste. I'm not closed minded for not liking rap. The beat and the bass and too much focus on illegal things don't appeal to me. Same with hip hop. But I like the "clean" rap. Will Smith has done some things I like.
It's not that I hate rap, it's that I don't like the message it sends in most of the songs. And bass makes me anxious (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), so it's actually due partly to a medical condition.
Like what you like. Listen to what you think is good. People likely think I'm closed-minded about rap, but I can't help it if it doesn't appeal to me. I don't like country music, either. (*gasp*) But, every now and then there is a song I just love to laugh with. Like "I've Got Friends in Low Places" and "Before He Cheats". So, don't let them get to you. It's like calling you closed-minded because you won't eat boiled okra. Well, so what? At least you like the fried chicken that came with it!
Close-minded is not even trying it. You're not close-minded, because after trying it and not liking it, it turns to opinions, and people can't trash you for that.
It would be pretty crappy if you did start saying how much rap sucks. If you don't like it, you don't like it. People shouldn't tell you you're close-minded.
There's a difference between not listening to it, and not liking it. I looks like you *have* listened to it, and that makes you open minded. The fact that you don't like it , just means you have good taste ;-)
(It's a joke, please don't flame me)
that probably comes from the same people who won't listen to your type of music. I personally can't stand country.