Genres

[odiferousglue]

Is it just me or are music genres getting way too complicated? I was talking to someone, and they kept going off on hardcore, emocore, indie, and all these different things...What the hell? I thought indie was being a independant band, I didn't know it was a music type...

[SoulGirl]

hear hear!! i love music, but ask me to categorise and i'm completely lost! all i know is a i like what i like, and i'm not a music critic so that's enough for me!

[Batman]

I only categorize music when I want to explain a band to someone.

[Lucky]

I try not to generalize any genre. If it's good, Ilike it no matter which genre it may be. I don't care what they want to call it.

[The_Coz]

I only categorize music when I want to explain a band to someone.

That is exactly what I do. If someone asks me describe a bands sound, I categorize it and then say what bands could go together to make the sound. Its the easiest way to explain it. But the genre labeling is getting out of control man. Every new band seems to be getting its own unique label. If record stores followed it, there'd be more sections for bands, than bands.

[SoulGirl]

If record stores followed it, there'd be more sections for bands, than bands.

or exactly as many sections for bands as bands

[edna]

I thought indie was being a independant band, I didn't know it was a music type...

Me too... and I have been a rock critic for twenty years...

[_Laurie_]

I just like to say the name "genre" ::

[Carl]

I think radio stations are finally starting to realize that most people like more than one genre of music. With 2000+ songs on my Ipod, I usually listen in shuffle and have no problem with a Folk song followed by Hip Hop and then Classic Rock. The quality of the song is what's important, not the genre.

It took Internet and Satelite radio to push it along, but we're seeing unclassifiable formats with names like "The Jack" and "Channel 957." This is a good thing.

[bluesboy]

Here , explore by genre.

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