What I really hate about some music

We like what we like and we could leave it at that… depending on what level of involvement with the music we each want. However, to approach listening to music (or any art) with preconceived and rigid ideas about what aspects (repetition, rhyming) of music we like or don’t like is extremely limiting and stifles our growth as listeners; and, no disrespect intended, belies a rather simplistic (some might say sophomoric) appreciation of the art.

Repetition can be a valid and very effective compositional tool. Sure, we may not like specific songs (or works) that don’t employ that compositional technique or another in an effective way; but, the judgment of the validity of that technique needs to be in the context of the total of the compositional parts….the complete work. This idea applies to any music, from Pop songs to Classical works. Are we to dismiss a great composition such as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 because of its constantly repeated opening tune (motif)?

https://www.bsomusic.org/stories/the-power-of-musical-repetition/

@frogman when you are older and have heard so many great and wonder songs, you know what a well written song, great singer, or musician can do for music and selfishly want to hear that every time.... Remember when Mic Jagger tried to separate from Keith Richards? He failed because a wonderful singer lost a great musician and it wasn't the same. We have a tendency to want to ignore the nonsense. Is it being narcissistic and self centered ... maybe but I know what I like which is a lot.

I suppose for every generalization I can make there are exceptions. Example being repetition not good, plenty of songs I like repeat lyrics, time signatures, melody. Poor voices, is Neil really bad singer if he moves you with his voice?  Genres and era of music, I'm all over the place with this.

For serious listening sessions on home stereo I no longer have to experience music I hate, streaming allows only listening to tracks that please.

Having said that, I still occasionally have to suffer listening to music I don't particularly enjoy. Just last night I had to listen to five or six hours constant rotation of mid 70's through early 90's commercial/arena/headbanger/metal rock, this blasting through garage stereo system at extremely high volume level. What bothered me most about this wasn't any particular qualities or lack of qualities from any individual song, rather it was from the feeling or mood this music evoked in me.

The moods or feeling music evokes in us may be perhaps most telling in why we hate any particular song or genre of music, says far more about us than the songwriter, performance.