What music would it surprise your friends to know that you like?

[MissMillie]

Songs or artists

For me, it would probably be

Billie Holiday: there's something about her, probably the sad emotions in her singing

Thunderstruck: AC/DC's song that just makes me smile

Willie Nelson: It would surprise my friends that any country artist would be on a list of music that I like, but Willie Nelson is seriously one of the best song writers ever. Sometimes his lyrics can make you cry and smile at the same time.

[Joinfortmill]

1. Edith Piaf, French songstress, long deceased..

I can listen to her sing for hours in French and not understand a word. Says a lot for the music, too.

[Upthevibe]

2. MissMillie.....

Great question. Having said that, my taste is so eclectic that my friends know I like basically all kinds of music except Opera....

BTW, I love Billie Holiday and Willie Nelson too!

[PJMcK]

5. Opera!

Ugh.

Anything else, even bagpipes or accordion.

[lpbk2713]

8. I used to be indifferent about Opera.

And then I saw Pavarotti perform.

[highplainsdem]

3. People who know me at all well probably wouldn't be surprised by anything

I liked or took a more active interest in.

[zanana1]

4. Joe Bonamassa

Blues guitar. He's the best.

[highplainsdem]

7. He's great. Link to a thread with an amazing video:

https://democraticunderground.com/10181613577

[PJMcK]

6. Not much

I listen to all kinds of music, partly because I love it and partly because it’s my career..

I’m not a fan of opera so I guess if I started listening to Verdi and Puccini, my wife would notice. I’d prefer Gregorian chants or Irish folk music to opera!

[cornball 24]

9. Billie, Willie, Freddie (Queen) Rod Stewart and pretty much all genres of music depending

on the artist. A fellow DUer posted a video of one Stephen Barry performing/busking in Covent Garden, London. He sang All I Ask of You in a spontaneous duet with Celinde Schoenmaker. IMHO, his voice is magnificent.

[panader0]

10. Shostakovich.

As a young child in 1956 Morocco, where my dad was stationed, there were no records available
of rock and roll or anything that would have been on the radio in the states. So if I had a good
report card, my mom let me have a classical record.

[Harker]

11. I'm nearly hermitical...

but maybe the narrowest category about which I'm ardent is Japanese film score music.

I love quite a bit of opera.

[Ocelot II]

12. My taste in music is almost exclusively classical, but the other day

I surprised a friend with the same musical interests as mine by singing along with Dolly Parton's "Jolene," to which, inexplicably, I know all the words. My friend was gobsmacked.

[ironflange]

13. Classical, bluegrass, ABBA

[jcgoldie]

14. Billy Strings

Grew up on a farm hating country music and listening to rock n roll... Billy isn't really country but some folks take bluegrass that way.

[Midnight Writer]

15. Big band and swing.

[skypilot]

16. 70s soft rock.

Especially Ambrosia.

[Boomerproud]

17. The Ramones, Doo Wop, roots Country (Hank, Patsy).

[lame54]

18. The Wiggles - don't tell anyone

[nolabear]

19. Kanye

Maybe not my FRIENDS friends, but more casual friends might be surprised.

Hard not to mix up Kanye's talent with his wildly unstable personality but he is in fact innovative, intelligent and brave in his work.

I'm also an Eminem fan.

[Solly Mack]

20. Honestly can't think of anything my friends would be surprised by. They know I run the gamut

on music.

Maybe Enya? Maybe?