A meta-musical question

[womzilla]

In a discussion at last night's gaming session, one of my friends said, "Everyone likes music. There's no music that *everyone* likes, but everyone likes *some* music."

And I scoured my brains for a prominent, or even minor, counterexample and couldn't come up with one. supergee suggested President Ulysses S. Grant, who was quoted as saying "I only know two tunes; one is 'Yankee Doodle' and the other isn't." The UK version has Sir William S. Gilbert (of "and Sullivan") saying the same of "God Save the Queen".

So, how about it? Do you know anyone who simply doesn't like music? Are you such a person?

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Does "has no sense of humor" mean "never laughs"? I have known a few people who pretty much never laugh at loud, though they say that many things amuse them.

On the main topic, I can't think of anyone who has said they don't like music, but my parent's house never had music in it. They never played records or the radio, and while we had a piano, I do not remember my mother ever playing it. Music just wasn't there.

K.

[redbird]

If I understand her correctly, while she enjoys many things, "funny" is a blind spot for her.