How do others react to your taste in music?

I'm a very shy and girly person so when I tell people that my favorite genre of music is rock it shocks them a little.

Depends; my taste in music is literally all over the place so people generally enjoy at least some of the music I listen to.

Their reaction is generally this:
Them: Eww, Westlife, they're crap.
Me: *internally screaming.*

First they're shocked when I tell them I listen to metal (even though it's extremely melodic!) and they ask how a shy girl like me ended up liking that stuff. When I try explaining that the bands I listen to use a lot of elements from other genres like folk, classical orchestra/piano, ambience, opera, Middle-eastern, Halloween music (soundtrack), etc., as well as mixing with other metal genres, they give me a really questioning look as if what I just said wasn't possible and say, "Yeah, I listen to normal music, sorry." Then when I say some of these bands are actually so "normal" in Europe that they make it on the radio, they just give up on the conversation.

Most people don't really have any idea what pop punk or post-hardcore are lol

Well..I really love Korean-pop, & when I tell people they are like ''Wtf is she talking about??!!!!''
I had to bring in a CD filled with my favorite group music!!! I was shy...I think nobody liked it :"( It hurts my feelings when people talk bad about INFINITE!!.....Something comes to my hurt when it comes to INFINITE<3
I mean just look at these CUTE NERDS!!!

Not much reaction

Deppending on people they say my taste is "weird" or "unique" xD When they ask me what my favourite genre is, I answer that I love a lot of genres but my favourite is probably indie and it's variations... then they ask what indie is. When they ask me about my favourite singers they usually don't even know who 80% of them are D: *tradegy* hahaha. I find some common ground with almost everyone, though, cuz I love a wide range of music so it isn't that bad:)

It depends on who I talk to. Older people think I'm the coolest 21 year old ever while people my age think my choice in music is too old and I need to be more modern. Then there's the occasional person who is just shocked that I love and know so much about the Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd & the Beatles.

It depends on who I'm talking to. Some think it's weird, others think it's awesome 'coz they like the same type of music, same artist etc.

I mainly listen to Japanese music and symphonic rock/symphonic metal, so others of my age are a little freaked out by it. Otherwise, it intrigues them. x)

I get classified into several different groups (at school) depending on how well the people actually know me.

I like alternative, metal, dubstep, etc, and that shocks people who classify me as the quiet, innocent, nerdy girl. I have gotten some impressed "good choice" reactions, too.

Most people say things like "Never heard of him/her."

good i guess most of them say i like/love your taste in music

Because I have an eclectic taste in music, I find, almost every time, something in common with others .... But I still get to raise some eyebrows when I mention that I love finnish bands like H.I.M or The Rasmus. The immediate reaction is : WHO ??!! LOL ... Some people think my taste in music is good, others say is rather strange :)))

my music taste is all over the place but people mostly think I'm either a gigantic prude, or a perv

People don't really say anything bad about my music choices...they say "oh" and a few people have my taste. Love R&B! I like pop , a little rock, electronica/dance, very little country, old school music too.

I love to listen to Japanese music...all the time......to the point where people are "telling me to start listening to songs in English". I AM NOT LIMITED TO ONLY LISTENING TO SONGS IN MY NATIVE LANGUAGE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Why I say this? Because I showed my friends a VERY relaxing song and they were judging what I listened to instead of actually listening. I thought they didn't care about what I listened to!

They usually say something like "I don't know what they're saying." or "Why aren't they speaking English?"

My mom says my music is very diverse.
And it's actually very true.
I mean if you go in my youtube playlist you'd be what the fucking at how random the artists are.
It goes from, Lorde, to Evanescence, to Eminem, American Authors, Beyonce, The Script, Justin Timberlake, and Within Temptation and A few others, So yea. But my friends don't really know what I like.

how do other's react to my taste in music?
differently.either i'm 'too mainstream' for people or i'm not in the 'know' about 'real' music... i like what i like... and i don't listen to everything...