Why don't people like Jazz?
483434
Hello\n\nFrom someone who dislikes most jazz they've heard let me explain my thoughts..\n\nPerhaps because the layout is different from pop music.. the structure of the songs.. people are subconciously expecting a top40 formula in 4/4 and they're getting something totally different.  It can be quite difficult to stay on top of a jazz song.. the instruments start to sound as if they're having their own fast dialog with each other.. and its in a language I dont quite understand, so how can I enjoy the dialog when I dont know what they're saying?\n\nJazz seems similar in essence to much classical music with that respect.. the music is a lot more dynamic and 'alive' (if you will) than most of the top40 stuff playing on the radio..\n\nthat and the instruments.. personally, the timbre of a saxophone literally gives me a headache.. I think its the frequency space it takes up.. a squeeling trumpet can do the same.. (actually a squeeling anything can do it hehe)\n\njust some thoughts.. hope I havent offended you. :c)
972752
It was named after a friend of theirs who actually hates jazz music....
1164899
If it has a guitar in it there's good chances I listen to it.\n\nBut I don't really like Pop and Rap/Hip Hop, don't know why, it just never appealed to me. The rest I never really listen to.
27938
Most common explanation is that it was entertainment/jazz speak for "the big city". but there are lots of interpretations. See link
574485
Some people like it. But it's not my favorite.
1018441
I heard it. I think its cool for those who can appreciate all forms of music. I've come across a lot of people who love rock, but despise rap music. So, they may not like it because its blending in to their little world. But, I think it was pretty cool. I really liked Jay-Z and Linkin Parks mash up. That was the best!
363461
personaly i love linkin park, i think they are the best thing since sliced bread! But everyone has different tastes some people like pop, others rock, others classical, etc. I dont know how people can say they hate them really they dislike their music. If they played a different type of music they would appeal to other people. But the fact is they are who they are and no one can change that.
480658
Not really some people just enjoy it
1181435
I don't really know. I dont get it. I mainly listen to R&B and Hip Hop. I don't really like rock. Although, there are a few songs I think are cool. But, I don't spend my time posting questions like "Why do people like rock, its stupid". Then you have the ignorant people will swear up and down that #1- rap isn't music, #2- that all they talk about is gangs, drugs and women. Then it ends up turning into some kind of racial topic. Its ridiculous. Not everyone is supposed to like all the same stuff. thats why there is so many different genres out there.
506318
While being held captive inside my mothers womb, she listened to jazz.  From birth till now, the music that makes me sing inside, be happy when I feel sad, makes me want to holler instead of crying...is jazz, jazz, jazz.  Jazz is quite soothing to my appetite and cooling to my soul on a hot day. Who needs air-conditioning when you have the easy breezy mellow sounds of smooth jazz! During the slavery days, music was the only means of communicating amongst the slaves. Those various sounds became cants, then, blues and so on.  Yes I enjoy my music and jazz is my preference.\n\nFor the record, I have attended Broadway plays with musical accompaniment via a string quartet, I also enjoy classical, rhythm & blues, some country western and various mixtures of opera, movie sound-tracks, classical piano music and violins. I also enjoy movies of love such as the motion picture entitled "Some Where In Time", performed by Roger Williams, composed and conducted by John Barry, starring Steve Reeves and Jane Seymour. Yes I enjoy my music and jazz is my preference.
1183471
Because most of the popular stuff now is that rap charp, it's hard for anyone to listen to.  \n\nJust try and listen to some normal music and you love it.
917677
No sir.\n\nThere are still some people out there that appreciate good music.
1054610
I like your argument, you're not biased about anything and show both sides.\n\nI agree, and rap/hiphop/r&b is my favorite (usually because it's so much more fun to dance to). I like rock or punk sometimes but I can't listen to anything that's constant screaming. To me, I don't consider it really music. But if that's what you like, then hey, I'm not stopping you.\n\nI guess what I'm trying to say is that people have very different tastes in music sometimes. The world is incredibly diverse, everyone's so different in their own personal ways. This is just one of them.\n\nWhat do they see in this music? Maybe they prefer hardcore, angry music, or maybe it gives them a rush. I don't know, and probably never will. But again, if that's what they prefer than I see nothing wrong with it.
999096
well, I LOVE THEM FOR THEM AND THEIR MUSIC!!! but other people only like them cuz they're on mtv and have only heard "i write sins not tragedies". if they heard "i write sins not tragedies" and are like "oh my god, i love them!!" and then they hear another song, let's say "build god then we'll talk" and are like "what the heck is this song?! i hate it!" then they really don't like the band at all. they only like that one song. that's true through out the music world.
150419
I consider rap very dangerous, because only your unconscious mind can really hear all the words.  This would be especially true when you are wearing earphones.  If you could hear all the words, you'd have no trouble choosing gospel instead, if you have any feel for gospel music at all.  Personally, I think jazz is better than both.
1137297
jazz, man.  this is when jazz truly developed as a genre of music separate from blues and took on a life of it's own.  we wouldn't have coltrane, monk, miles, or any of the jazz greats, groups like the yellowjackets or the new up and coming guys like roy hargrove.  jazz music also branched out into other musci genres.  it influences r&b, neosoul, and a lot os rappers.  a tribe called quest, de la soul, and the pharcye used a lot of jazz with hip hop beats in their day.  rappers like common use jazz influences in their beats - well kayne west, who produces for most of these guys samples and uses a lot of jazz influences in their songs.  without the harlem renaissance, jazz wouldn't have evolved the way it did.
372059
I believe these kinds of bands, together with other artists like Steve Vai and Eric Johnson, are not so popular in the mainstream because they are a little more virtuosic, improvisational, and experimental (instead of playing what they think will sell) with their musical expression than most rock music fans are used to. Though they have a Rock sound and look to them, their approach to writing songs and performing is more like that of Jazz musicians (real Jazz, not "Smooth Jazz") so the average rock music fan can't really understand or appreciate it. That is why most of their fans are other musicians, because they understand the level of technical difficulty that goes into executing the things these artists do.