Something that’s quite common amongst people my age is a strict, almost fanatical adherence to their certain set of music tastes.
Nearly everyone when asked the question “what do you like?” will say “oh, everything really.” When you spend enough time with them you’ll see that’s not really the case.
I’ve been thinking about this a bit since hanging out with friends and a store and an Artic Monkeys song came on. I really like the Arctic Monkeys and think that they’re a bunch of geniuses, especially the teenage lead singer and song-writer. The reaction of my friends was something different. One even showed a slightly hysterical or fearful reaction.
My response was “name one RnB song that has changed the world.”
As we know, none exist. I thought this was a good argument and happily settled back into my comfortable position.
I’ve always prided myself on open-mindedness but still have quite a strong reaction to ghetto-type music. Rejecting any style of music carte blanche is without doubt a closed-minded position although heavy metal would take a lot of convincing for me to hear the tune behind it.
So this is the official announcement on MatNewton.com. I will be open-minded to the any other ghetto-music type. I’m not open to advocates of violence and extreme sexism though. Should be interesting to see after these two categories are eliminated if there’s any artists left! Hehe 
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