wanted to find out what SO community's own diverse tastes in musical styles and genres are: you can be more specific by stating the era/decade as well as the genre.

for me, my favourite types of music are:

classic pop from the 80s- madonna, prince, jacko, hall and oates, boy meets girl, fleetwood mac, human league, cyndi lauper, laura branigan, kylie minogue to name

80s, 90s r'n'b- up until it became commercialised today, it was known as new jack swing, swingbeat- cameo

80s, 90s rap- same with r'n'b

soft rock- bon jovi for example

70s disco

80s, 90s dance- some euro dance music

you can use the wikipedia link below as a guide to help you make your selections:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_styles_of_music:_A-F

Primarily Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, but I also listen to

Soft Rock

70's Disco & 80's Retro

Classic Rock

Even some classical

I also love alot of "music" type shows - Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, Phantom of the Opera, Spam-a-lot

I consider myself rather diverse. I've seen anywhere from Aerosmith, Metallica, Rush, Def Leppard, Megadeth(and others) in concert, but I've also seen Barry Manilow, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Tony Bennett, etc.;)

Too many to mention but here goes (and I'll stick with genres)

garage rock and some garage revival
authentic punk rock (Clash, Ramones, X, Black Flag etc.)
Old and real R&B (from the 50's up to the mid 70's)
old country
old blues
old jazz
50's rockers
doo wop
British Invasion
girl groups
surf/hot rod/instro
folk rock
some psychedelia
classical
some metal
lounge/exotica
some easy listening (Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett etc.)
traditonal gospel
some funk