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Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 14 Sep 2023, 12:28
by Pista
Witch house, grime, folktronica, lowercase, math rock, splittercore, filthstep, screamo……etc.
Seriously, what the fork are all these genres & do we really need them?
Most of them sound made up. Take “time lord rock” for example (yes it’s real). FFS!
Grime is literally rap. But a little bit faster & comes from England. Isn’t German reggae just, well, reggae?
Do people invent these stupid names in an effort so sound a bit cooler or something?
Someone’s even made a forking
map & it has almost 1400 different genres on it. Isn’t that a bit ridiculous?
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 14 Sep 2023, 12:41
by alanm
I believe the kids would say "Ok Boomer"
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 14 Sep 2023, 12:43
by Planet Dave
Some band or other on at the Duck & Drake in Leeds advertise themselves as 'playing BOTH types of music, rock AND roll'
assuming that they're wrong, there are in fact three 'types' of music - rock n roll (definitely counts as one), disco/dance and classical. Everything and anything else suggested as a genre is the work of fashion victims. Next they'll be trying to convince us there's more than seven colours. Sigh.
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 14 Sep 2023, 13:16
by paint it black
I’ve been in D&D with two bands on at the same time in the two rooms. That was a challenging experience for the ears
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 14 Sep 2023, 13:56
by Planet Dave
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 14 Sep 2023, 18:42
by abridged
Pista wrote: ↑14 Sep 2023, 12:28
Witch house, grime, folktronica, lowercase, math rock, splittercore, filthstep, screamo……etc.
Seriously, what the fork are all these genres & do we really need them?
Most of them sound made up. Take “time lord rock” for example (yes it’s real). FFS!
Grime is literally rap. But a little bit faster & comes from England. Isn’t German reggae just, well, reggae?
Do people invent these stupid names in an effort so sound a bit cooler or something?
Someone’s even made a forking
map & it has almost 1400 different genres on it. Isn’t that a bit ridiculous?
There's only two. Good and Bad.
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 14 Sep 2023, 19:45
by Pista
abridged wrote: ↑14 Sep 2023, 18:42
There's only two. Good and Bad.
I'm kind of on the same lines but would amend those slightly to What I Like & What I Don't Like
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 14 Sep 2023, 20:47
by emilystrange
yes.
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 16 Sep 2023, 01:31
by Esoterica
Hey Pista.
Well, if there are over 500 TV channels, I guess it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are so many musical genres, either?
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 17 Sep 2023, 06:26
by eastmidswhizzkid
Q: What's the difference between goth and emo?
A: Rod Hull didn't have a goth.
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 17 Sep 2023, 22:50
by ribbons69
There are more genres of Heavy Metal than the number of names the Eskimo's (not those Eskimos) have for snow.
Re: Are there too many music genres?
Posted: 18 Sep 2023, 08:18
by Planet Dave
eastmidswhizzkid wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 06:26
Q: What's the difference between goth and emo?
A: Rod Hull didn't have a goth.
Charlie was extremely impressed by the fact / realisation as we walked in last Saturday that the front door / entrance doubles up as a main stage