When it comes to music, are you a Carnivore or a Herbivore?

Discussion in 'Other Music' started by freddurst, Jul 6, 2014.

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Carnivore or Herbivore?

  1. Carnivore (Punk, Metal, and/or hard rock)

    10.3%
  2. Herbivore (Alternative, Indie, and/or pop)

    2.6%
  3. Omnivore (Both heavy and soft music)

    87.2%
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    freddurst

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    I'd consider myself an omnivore but leaning more towards carnivore. I mostly listen to heavy metal (Pantera, Machine Head) and nu metal (Limp Bizkit, Korn) however, I do like some soft bands like Dave Matthews Band.
     
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    Gibs

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    I tend to lean more towards heavy music, but most of the music that means the most to me is the soft stuff. Omnivore it is (My music collection is 50/50 Heavy and Soft).
     
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    RyRy

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    I feel like 99% of people are going to choose Omnivore. People listen to both, in one way or another, even if it's not hugely contrasting things like "death metal" vs. "synth pop".
     
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    Omnivore. I have LP, A7X, and some Metallica. Then I turn around and have rap, orchestral, and folkish hippie stuff. I feel most people are omnivores and those that aren't are the kind of people that trash the opposite side. Like "Fans of old Linkin Park" and "ATS Fanboys".
     
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    TheRadiance

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    I lean more towards Alternative/Indie music but I do love some heavier bands.
     
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    Erica

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    I'm an omnivore, though it's hard not to just call myself carnivorous (do I really have these terms?). The music I enjoy most sounds like Satan fucking screaming in your fucking face and guitars that sound like a wood chipper and there's no drummer, just some guy in the back shooting a 50 can machine gun. That stuff really makes me happy but at the same time I can't live off just that. I need softer stuff, I need angsty stuff, I need my hippy stuff. I just need side dishes. My entrée of choice is some really fucking brutal shit.

    I'm going to try and not tell anyone who's wrongly categorized themselves as an omnivore or carnivore that their music is "pushy shit." Because it is all pushy shit to me at this point.
     
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    minuteforce

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    Albums by LP and Deftones (and maybe NIN as well) are pretty much the only "hard rock" stuff that I listen to. The rest of my music library consists mostly of electronic music of all kinds. Mostly.

    I don't think that "carnivorous" in this context should refer to how heavy or rock the music is but, rather, how daring it is.
     
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    Zak

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    Everyone's an omnivore. Who'd have guessed? :kappa:
     
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    Michele

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    well , i would call myself more a "Carnivore" because the most of the music i listen too is more or less heavy (like LP).

    There are maybe 2-3 Indie Bands i would listen too, but the most of i hear is some Punk/Rock/Metal Stuff. Even if this stuff isnt the "heaviest shit on earth", i am totally on the "hard side" of music.
     
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    Filip

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    I can't.

    How the fuck can you relate these terms to a listener? Like softer, poppy music can't be demanding or risky. Take Midnight for example. I'll definitely say that's as risky or even riskier than anything on, say, The Hunting Party. As Tony said, not only heavy music is daring.
     
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    hawk

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    music is mood, man.

    easily omnivore.
     
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    Gibs

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    In this case, I'm pretty sure he means the actual heaviness, or softness of the music, not the "riskiness" of the music, like Mike related Japanese kids being "Herbivorous."
     
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    lime treacle

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    Why did you put "alternative" under "herbivore"? Alternative can be heavy, e.g. alternative metal.

    Anyway, I voted for "omnivore" (even though what you put under "herbivore" describes my taste the best) because I listen to stuff like System of a Down, Rammstein and Eluveitie.
     
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    Im more of a guy that listens to heavy stuff but i like maby soft artists too like Elliott Smith
     
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    Filip

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    Then why not a thread ''Which type of music do you prefer?''? These terms are ok in the context Mike used them. This is just plain stupid. You're not a carnivore for listening to Korn. You're not a herbivore for Coldplay. You're not an omnivore if you like both.
     
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    You are, in this thread. [​IMG]
     
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    Robert :rofl:
     
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    hybridsoldier1989

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    Both. I enjoy bands that can do both.
     
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    Well I'm defiantly an omnivore no question. Interesting topic which has made me want to classify my favourite bands & artist thusly.... :bradwink:

    carnivores

    Metallica
    deftones
    sevendust
    Nine Inch Nails
    Tool
    Queens of The Stone Age
    Rage against the machine
    slipknot

    Omnivores

    Linkin Park (as much as they'd hate to admit it! :lol: )
    Muse
    Foo Fighters
    Shinedown
    the Beatles
    Finger Eleven
    A Perfect Circle
    Biffy Clyro
    Kasabian
    Bloc Party
    Radiohead
    Led Zeppelin
    Pink Floyd
    Three days Grace
    Evanescence
    And so I watch You From Afar
    The Offspring
    Joe Satriani


    Herbivores

    Elbow
    jimmy Eat World
    Pat metheny Group
    Massive Attack
    Nick Drake
    Pharrell Willaims
    Will smith
    Jake Bugg
    U2

    thing is, do non Rock bands count?
     

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