Is it important to you that you and your partner share the same taste in music?

I'm sort of on the fence on this one.

A part of me wants us to be as diverse as possible. It'll be nice, going to a gig that he's excited about and I could care less about, but going because I love him. And it'll be nice to retain some individuality; at the end of the day, you'll be able to know whose records are whose and so on.

But then I'm thinking of the days when I'm showering and I really wanna hear "Again" or "All For You" and I hear something like

"She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes on the line to dry"

and assorted country hits. We'll be driving home from work and he wants to listen to 98.6 COW FM and I'll wanna listen to Class 95 or something.

You get my drift.

Are you talking about if your partner should like similar music to you?

My boyfriend and I love completely different music but we 50/50 it and I end up actually liking some of his music and he ends up singing along to my music although I'm never allowed to tell his friends.

There is nothing wrong with variety, sometimes it's a good way to open your eyes to new music but I guess it depends how flexible you are, I can enjoy almost anything.

well, is always good when the person we like have the same taste of music as us but if that is not the case, that's okay maybe we start to like his/hers type of music more and the same for him/her

No, I think that's what makes the relationship even more interesting... You can learn more from each other and be more open-minded to different sounds/genres. I'm still going to hate Rap Music no matter what if that's his preference tho..

As long as his taste of music is not totally differen than mine, it's fine.

i guess as long as he's not into heavy metal, i can tolerate hip hop and male rap and maybe some country and trance.

I have a feeling I'd try to convert my guy to my taste, at least partially, no matter what... But I like a challenge.

I think ideally my match would like pop music, but I'd prefer he not share my fave. In my last relationship the guy I was with acquired a taste for Britney and it sort of pissed me off. It's great that he loved her, but essentially, I taught him everything he knows about her and it really got under my skin when a couple months later he acted as though she had been his lifelong favorite or that he was somehow more knowledgeable about her career than I am. The last I talked to him I'm pretty certain he didn't even own all of her albums (fail) and he was actually considering getting some sort of Britney related tattoo (even more of a fail).

omg girl i would dump his ass if he gets a tattoo of his fave and not a tattoo of me but overall i dont really talk about music with the guys i like, a little bit but not much about it

I think it's cool when it's similar tastes but not the same.
For example: If I'm more into Progressive Metal and he's more into alternative and modern rock. But it's all still under rock and metal. That way maybe we can introduce each other to more artists that we know we'll both like. Like he'll send me something from the Deftones and I'll respond with something from Opeth. And under the entire genre of rock, we'll both be more open.
I think it's even better when you're tastes are completely different because it ends up growing on you.
Maybe if I'm a symphonic metal type of girl and he's a dance pop type of guy, by listening to each others' music we can both find new music and be more open minded when it comes to that. Before you know it, he'll be listening to more Dream Theater while I'll be jamming to Rihanna or something.
Then of course, if you both like the same genre and subgenre of music, but different bands/artists, then you can pretty much satisfy each other with any group you recommend. Example, I'll show you Shinedown, you show me Hinder.
So it's kind of win/win with either for me.
All that to say, no it doesn't matter. lol.