Why my music taste matters too

An amalgamation of some of Eve’s favorite albums / Photoshopper: Eve Eon

I know that most people don’t love the genres I like as much. I’ve been told my idea of publishing a column with a playlist that doesn’t exactly follow popular interest would be a bad idea since the populace of our community seems to love pop and rap a lot,  and I do not. 

I enjoy metal, alternative, dream pop, rock, R&B soul, and hard rock. Such as the sounds of Rammstein, Metallica, Cigarettes After Sex, She Wants Revenge, Childish Gambino, Primus, Black Sabbath, Arctic Monkeys, The Weeknd, and The Neighbourhood; the list goes on. Sure, most of those bands are popular, but mainly with certain communities, most of which I either relate with or don’t even know if they exist. Some of my music taste falls under being a foreign language, none of which I speak. Such as Rammstein, IC3PEAK, and Molchat Doma. And some artists I first heard of from my dad, such as E.O.N., Daft Punk, Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, and Orbital, as well as Nirvana which I first heard when the CD was stuck in my mom’s car. But I also like popular bands such as Chase Atlantic and individuals such as Lady Gaga. I first heard of some artists in movies, books, or stories I read, such as Muse. And those I first heard of online, such as Lana Del Rey. Led Zeppelin falls under the family’s influence, but I still love it. Family influence led to me loving the band Love, with songs such as “Andmoreagain” and “ The Red Telephone”. Some artists and bands only have one piece in my entire music library, but they’re still loved, such as Joy Division. Or I Monster’s “Who Is She,” which I have been told is a sex song, but I’m still waiting on the proof. But if it is, I don’t care since a large percentage of music is. I also enjoy Fleetwood Mac and The Cure as an influence from my family.

Largely my musical taste has a lot to do with my surroundings, who I’m surrounded by, and what I’m introduced to if I like it… it becomes part of my musical tastes. Even if it’s seen as a “tik tok song,” whether I like it or not is up to me, and it shouldn’t be judged by where it gets most of its air time. 

I do not listen to the radio, so I don’t get introduced to music often. I get influenced by the media, my family and friends, and whether a song is enjoyable. Whether it’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, “Sonne,” “Du Hast,” “Kiss it Off Me,” or “R U Mine?”. My music taste is what you would call eclectic and a messy mix of genres. But I love it. Some people don’t like that I don’t like country, current pop (the 80s, synth, or dream pop is ok), or an extremely happy song, but music taste depends entirely on the person. 

I’ve been complimented on my music taste. Given what they’ve heard is mainly the heavy stuff. But recently I’ve dove further into the rabbit hole that is Rammstein. Such as their albums ‘Zeit’ and ‘Liebe ist für alle da’ which translates into Love is for everyone.

Eve Eon’s Starter Albums Playlist
Herzeleid – Rammstein
Ten Thousand Fists – Disturbed
Reise, Reise – Rammstein
Liebe ist für alle da – Rammstein
Sailing the Seas of Cheese – Primus
Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex
The Car – Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare – Arctic Monkeys
AM – Arctic Monkeys
Sabbath Boody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Dookie – Green Day
chapter 1 – EP – girl in red
The Simpsons Sing the Blues – The Simpsons
Shakedown Street – Grateful Dead

Here’s my shortest playlist

[a perk of being on the site, this is not in the print]