This pretty common now. Streaming and internet in general have made music so accessible (and private) that music-as-lifestyle subcultures are dying off due to genre intermixing.

I didn't realize until embarrassingly late in life that some people didn't want to talk about music.

My answer has usually been to just talk about whatever I'd picked up recently. "I just picked up Slothrust's covers album. They're like a rock band with some grunge. They covered black Sabbath and Brittany Spears. I love a fun cover."

I just say im eclectic, i listen to a lot of random shit at random times and leave it at that

"Whatever's on the radio"

Your best bet is to just say you aren't into any of it, you just listen to whatever is playing.

Mind you, that comes with its own series of discussion points that will get annoying, but that's just human interaction.

I'm the 4th guy (love screamo and post hardcore though) but people think "all over" means I don't pay attention when it's the opposite.

I get appreciation and love the music of Jack White as much as Mariah Carey. My playlists drive my friends and family wild.

I usually answer the question with questions to describe music I like that's in the same ballpark as them. My FIL loves CCR and Jimmy Buffett, but about as close as I can get to that is John Mellencamp. We then talk about Johny Cougar and have some good conversations. Sometimes they'll open up a step after that and we can talk about other stuff.

Say you only listen to Wing as the greatest magnificent singer of all time. You are particularly in love with her interpretation of Beat It where she clearly outperforms the miserable attempt of Michael Jackson.

I guess with such an argument the discussion about your musical taste will not take long to switch to another subject.

And also, I really, love Wing because she sing without any other goal than to make other people feel good. No attempt to be a genius or taking herself too seriously.

You have to unlock that fighter

He merged with year round shorts guy when the price of cargo shorts went up

In Germany: Birkenstock is just a regular house shoe

In the US: Birkenstock is a whole diagnosis ($5000 pls for diagnosing you with rich hippie syndrome)

I was a year round shorts guy, genuinely didn't feel the cold. Last year I suddenly became a year round thermal stockings, skivee, thermal gloves, jumper and woollen pants guy.

I can't get warm. It's like I'm catching up on 30+ years of never feeling the cold by feeling the cold all the time.

Did you check and make sure he's not dead?

That's just the Australian guy

Honestly, the guys who wear hoodies in summer trip me out. Like, I understand light, loose long sleeves for extreme heat, but not an insulator at 105F. That's just nuts.

There’s a biological reason for this. We have a kind of fat called “brown fat” that keeps us warm. It increases during the winter and decreases during the summer. But, we have the greatest capacity when we’re young and reduces as we get older.

I don’t really like screamo because they kinda sound stupid.

I wish there was an easy way to across to people that "music with unclean vocals" ≠ "screamo".

Shitbass

Fellow shorts and music guy (but long sleeves in summer to avoid sunburn so I actually have more clothing coverage on in summer than winter)... But country can be great and agreeable background noise in a way that not much else can... Sure punk rock and edm and more "fun" stuff (and yes, to an extent, screamo) are great if you're driving or gyming or cycling or whatever but that's not all the time