Hmm. I'm into many things, things people may think clash. I would have to say the only thing I don't listen to is country. I listen to rap/hip-hop (I don't know the difference), but only The Beastie Boys (they're the best, I think atleast), and some L.L. Cool J, DJ Kool Herc, and Afrika Bambataa.
I think 60's psychedelic and Acid Rock are some of the best forms of rock ever created. Anything that focuses on erotic sounds of nature or obscure cosmic jam is great to me. This would include although many of these artists don't belong to the same time period and some would say (what the heck even I would) not even to the same catagory... Syd Barrett, Early Pink Floyd Sound, Yes, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, The Soft Machine, and many many more.
I think the Beatles are alright, but I refuse to acknowledge them as great or godlike. They're good in they're own right but whenever I think of them I think of they're transformation from a pop boy band into these psychedelic lords of the underground movement. I absolutely refuse to look at them in that sort of light even though they did inspire my favorite band. I think the only one that deserves credit for any of these accusations would be George Harrison. And please don't go on telling me how you love the Beatles and they did do all these great things and how everybody loves them because obviously not everybody does.
I generally hate mainstream music, like the music they play on the Early show or on ipod commercials. I can't really express why. I do not think a lot artists today have real traditional talent in music, I don't think we will ever see the amount of good and successful bands that the 60's, 70's, and 80's produced ever again.
To wrap things up... I basically like a lot of stuff. And I think music is a vital source of inspiration in all forms of art today and always will.