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Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

RoundTheBend — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 01:23:28 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/19/2017 05:23

All of them.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

Infinity183 — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 00:36:58 GMT

Author: Infinity183

Posted: 07/19/2017 04:36

"Bro-country" makes me snicker in its ridiculousness. I suppose it's accurate, but it certainly confines the subgenera's definition to such a specific stereotype, as opposed to simply highlighting the movement's more liberal scope of sonic influences compared to traditional country music.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

Luigii — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:21:04 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/19/2017 02:21

Ah post grunge. The genre that clogged the radio in the 2000's and made me not give a fathom of shit. As well as ruining my perception of rock music. Thank you post grunge.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

carpents — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 21:46:37 GMT

Author: carpents

Posted: 07/19/2017 01:46

Daydreamer wrote:

Lol post-grunge is literally the worst, almost like a codename for "shit music"

Now c'mon, there are 5,000 genres which qualify as that.

I looked up 'Post-Grunge' and there are some decidedly not 'post' grunge bands on there, IIRC Nirvana was wholly grunge.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

Tha1ChiefRocka — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 21:12:26 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 07/19/2017 01:12

notapawn88 wrote:

Witch house, vapor wave, and math rock are the ones that irritate me the most. But nothing will ever get to me as much as the term "World Music".

Don't even get me started on the "World Music" Pandora channel. Never plays what I want it to.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

notapawn88 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:41:04 GMT

Author: notapawn88

Posted: 07/19/2017 00:41

Witch house, vapor wave, and math rock are the ones that irritate me the most. But nothing will ever get to me as much as the term "World Music".

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

Daydreamer — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:37:59 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 07/18/2017 22:37

Space-Dementia wrote:

craola wrote:

i'm in the minority, i suppose, but personally, i like the subdivisions.

granted, on the surface, it might all sound the same, but the ones in your list that i'm familiar with are pretty distinct, and there are enough artists exploited the terms that i think they're valid and helpful.

Agreed. Yeah, some of the names are stupid, but I think for all the people who complain about too many subgenres, just ignore them. Nobody's forcing you to label American Football as "emo-math-post-rock" in your iTunes library. But for me, while I don't go around saying I listen to IDM (probably the most pretentious of subgenre names), it just helps me categorize bands and artists. If I see some album just labeled as "alternative" on Wikipedia, that doesn't really help me in figuring out what it sounds like. But if I see "post-grunge, nu metal" then I know I probably won't want to check it out.

Lol post-grunge is literally the worst, almost like a codename for "shit music"

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

bobbyb5 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:39:32 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 07/18/2017 18:39

Facetious wrote:

Anything with "nu" in the name.

Vaporwave, ethereal wave and liquid funk are good names though.

But liquid Funk already had several good names. And all the artists that people say are liquid funk now are the exact same artists making the same exact music that they used to make when they were called something else.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

Facetious — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:30:41 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 07/18/2017 18:30

Anything with "nu" in the name.

Vaporwave, ethereal wave and liquid funk are good names though.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

craola — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:08:24 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 07/18/2017 17:08

bobbyb5 wrote:

craola wrote:

Problem is, they're just not distinct enough. if you ask 10 different people who use these terms which subgenre a certain record belongs to, you'll get 10 different answers. Which defeats the purpose of having genres in the first place. They're supposed help you identify a certain kind of music, but instead it causes confusion. And much silliness. Ha ha

i think the root of your problem is that artists generally aren't that binary. some artists play nothing outside their roots, but a lot of people meander in and out of genres.

to pick on one of the more obvious examples OP listed:

Balam Acab and Oneohtrix Point Never have released music that could be classified as Vaporwave, but nobody would call them Vaporwave artists.

heck, Balam Acab has done Witch House, Post-Dub, Vaporwave and Seapunk.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

bobbyb5 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:46:32 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 07/18/2017 11:46

Komorebi-D wrote:

Doesn't count...

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Lmao. Hilarious

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

Komorebi-D — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:43:50 GMT

Author: Komorebi-D

Posted: 07/18/2017 11:43

Pornogrind/Pornogore, I guess.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

Komorebi-D — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:40:53 GMT

Author: Komorebi-D

Posted: 07/18/2017 11:40

Liedzeit wrote:

Shoegaze

Doesn't count...

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Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

Liedzeit — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 05:21:57 GMT

Author: Liedzeit

Posted: 07/18/2017 09:21

Shoegaze

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

bobbyb5 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 05:00:04 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 07/18/2017 09:00

craola wrote:

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

Space-Dementia — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:08:18 GMT

Author: Space-Dementia

Posted: 07/17/2017 23:08

craola wrote:

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

carpents — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:02:03 GMT

Author: carpents

Posted: 07/17/2017 23:02

craola wrote:

I like the subdivisions too, they're useful. Lumping everything into 'alternative' is way worse.

But some of the names, sheesh.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

craola — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 17:43:29 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 07/17/2017 21:43

i'm in the minority, i suppose, but personally, i like the subdivisions.

granted, on the surface, it might all sound the same, but the ones in your list that i'm familiar with are pretty distinct, and there are enough artists exploited the terms that i think they're valid and helpful.

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

BowieGhostsBub — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:51:48 GMT

Author: BowieGhostsBub

Posted: 07/17/2017 18:51

Wow. That's as good as I hoped it would be. [/quote]

Re: What are the dumbest names of sub-genres?

Tha1ChiefRocka — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:46:02 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 07/17/2017 18:46

BowieGhostsBub wrote:

:lol: 🤣 😮 What?? Haha please explain Crabcore to me someone

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/crabcore