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"Music catagorisation"

Not a long topic this.

Music is catagorised into various catagories, right?

Some examples would be:

Rock
Nu-Metal
Pop
R&B
Hip Hop
Soul
Reggae
and so on.

Obviously everyone has their preferences, however, there are those that wont give a band/singer a chance if they appear to be from one catagory but aren't, if they dress a different way to the stereotypical image of the catagory, or if they sing a song from a different catagory to what they normally do.

Why not look past the catagories and just enjoy the music. Judge it by what it sounds like and how it effects you. Don't judge it purely on the basis of a label.

I leave it to you to discuss.

Not a long topic this.

Music is catagorised into various catagories, right?

Some examples would be:

Rock
Nu-Metal
Pop
R&B
Hip Hop
Soul
Reggae
and so on.

Obviously everyone has their preferences, however, there are those that wont give a band/singer a chance if they appear to be from one catagory but aren't, if they dress a different way to the stereotypical image of the catagory, or if they sing a song from a different catagory to what they normally do.

Why not look past the catagories and just enjoy the music. Judge it by what it sounds like and how it effects you. Don't judge it purely on the basis of a label.

I leave it to you to discuss.

Edgy wrote:
> I leave it to you to discuss.

No need. This is what I have been doing for years. If people are so narrow minded that they for example, don't listen to metal because they love Drum and Bass, thats their problem not mine. :)

I used to hate dance music on principal - I liked heavy metal/rock/whatever at the time and used to snort derision at people who liked Prodigy and the like.

Then one night I was at a party (which, incidentally, was in a field); I was, shall we say, inebriated and rather enjoying the music on the stereo. I asked my mate who it was and he said "It's a Prodigy album ... 'Music For The Jilted Generation'" and I just laughed my ass off - I'd realised how narrow mined I'd been.

Nowadays I like loads of stuff: metal, dance, pop, ambient, trance, rock etc. But I hate rap!

Timmargh wrote:
> I used to hate dance music on principal

Ahhh? What principle?

Oh and don't dismiss all rap based on the dire mess that the US is continually FLOODING these shores with under the guise of being 'wonderful, cool, the thing YOU should listen to' ... theres alot of good stuff out there that doesn't get recognition.

Its a shame that the generic stuff is all that you hear about.

Widge wrote:
> Its a shame that the generic stuff is all that you hear about.

I despise Gangsta style rubbish, but Outkast are pushing hip hops boundaries.

Yeah, Outkast are pretty nice, providing some interesting sounds that differ from the norm. I just despair at how much 'girl you are so fine' generic rubbish can get shunted over to us. Nelly's stuff is criminally bad.

My mind changes a lot, just depends if I like it or not.

I hated Incubus but I like their new song
I never used to like Rage Against the Machine or Jameriqui or however you spell it

I used to like Greenday and now I don't really

But through numerous artists and songs I hate R&B

Exactly - music should be about what you enjoy as opposed to what catagory it is in.

There was a stage where I wasn't sure what I liked.

Then I was introduced to bands such as The Offspring, Linkin Park, Everclear and at present, they're what I enjoy.

But I don't choose to listen to them because of the catagories they fall into, as I know a lot of people do, but I listen to them because I enjoy the music.

I only judge it on whether it is talentless crap or displays obvious talent and contributes to the worlds arts.

the genre is unimportant - I am regularly surprised by good songs in genres I generally don't like.