What does your music taste say about you?

I find this question to be quite relevant to me, as my music taste is one that people instantly look down upon and dismiss as "emo".
 
My favourite band is My Chemical Romance. Now I can bet you that before I even finished that sentence, you conjured up images in your mind of someone who dresses in black, slits their wrists and wishes they could just die right here right now.

Remember this Daily Mail article and the furore that followed? That's exactly what I mean.

I can reassure you that I am no "emo". I don't self-harm, my favourite colour isn't black and I don't harbour a secret death wish. The question is, however: why do we judge people according to music taste?

When we think about it, it seems ludicrous. We wouldn't judge people on their favourite colour, or favourite flavour sweet, or favourite variety of pizza. So judging on musical preference is just silly. It's quite immature really, and yet you'd be surprised just how many people do it. I won't lie, I've done it before. Most teenagers do. However it seems to have followed us into adulthood, and it disappoints me just how many people haven't grown up yet.

In answer to the blog title: your music taste shouldn't say anything about you other than "this is what music I like". Music can connect people, but it shouldn't divide us.

It's a shame more people haven't realised this.