Can I join in the folk-five even though, as the warning is so kindly informing me, I am over 120 days late to the party? I feel that folk music is sufficiently awesome that the folk-five would still be continuing despite the time. A short high-five-and-you're-done is simply not up to scratch when we're talking about this level of amazeballs (dear god, did I use that term).
Generally, most music is okay until you get to the last 5 years or so.. R&B and (ohlordhelpus) Dubstep are not so much up my street. Things with a tune are good: Tom Lehrer, Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Oasis, Abba, Queen etc. (I blame my parents entirely). Musicals are often(read:nearlyalways) good. There is also an embarrassingly large amount of 80s/90s/00s pop which I enjoy.
Lyrics have a wonderful ability to stick in my brain and stay there, which probably helps quite a lot