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I voted for the last option..... What ever Genre this is:
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Blacksails wrote:I went with Punk...have no clue what proto-punk is. I prefer ska-punk ultimately, bands like Leftover Crack and Big D And The Kids Table.
Proto-Punk is a term used to describe bands that had a sort-of punk sound to them but they themselves predated the punk movement and often had a different attitude towards society than punks.
Examples below:
And Yes I know Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple are mainly known for there Heavy Metal, Hard Rock and Blues Rock.
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Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Progressive with modern Punk and Classic a close second.
I personally feel that punk (the music not the subculture I don't consider myself apart of the subculture so I wouldn't know) was at it's best in the 70's and 80's.
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I see it as apples and oranges. If I listen to my fair share of classic punk too, but the likes of The Offspring (the newer stuff that nobody else likes), The Distillers and Bad Religion are never a bad call regardless of what my tastes are for the day. While the spirit of the era is really captured, some days it just sounds like a bunch of guys who didn't really know how to play throwing stuff together... which it largely was. Again, some days it still hits the spot.
I knew you were a fan of progressive rock, but I still thought you would have picked pop as your favourite sub-genre (considering how big of a Gaga Fan you seem to be ).
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Blacksails wrote:I went with Punk...have no clue what proto-punk is. I prefer ska-punk ultimately, bands like Leftover Crack and Big D And The Kids Table.
You sir have excellent taste
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Cheesecat wrote:I knew you were a fan of progressive rock, but I still thought you would have picked pop as your favourite sub-genre (considering how big of a Gaga Fan you seem to be ).
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You'd be surprised how actually diverse I am Granted that doesn't capture my ipod plays unfortunately.
Skarwael wrote:What, no option for pirate metal? Arrrr!
YES! The first other person I have seen who knows and likes this! WOOT!
Hard Rock and heavy metal for me here.
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LoneLictor wrote: I like to imagine the Emperor kills so many Orks that he ends up half buried beneath a pile of corpses, with only his head sticking out. A lone grot stumbles across him, and starts choking him.
Then Horus comes across the lone grot, somehow managing to kill the Emperor, and punts it into space.
Cheesecat, I would steer clear of using terms like 'proto' to describe bands that some consider to be progenitors to successive musical genres, if I were you. We musicologists frown upon that sort of thing.
I prefer not to have my musical tastes pigeon-holed for the future exploitation of targeted advertising.
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I think there are too many genres me, as if everyone in the world is a pretentious hipster that reads the NME and gak.
I mean, almost all of those "genres" are just made up. Stoner rock? Comedy rock?!
I like "some" rock.
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Albatross wrote:Cheesecat, I would steer clear of using terms like 'proto' to describe bands that some consider to be progenitors to successive musical genres, if I were you. We musicologists frown upon that sort of thing.
Frown!
Yeah but I didn't make the term up, in fact some music critics even use it (like Allmusic for example).
I don't simply like gernres as a whole per se, but I like certain things (sounds/play styles/use of guitar effects) that certain bands/guitarists do musically with guitars.; either as a general approach or in specific songs.
For example I like Dick Dale/surf music guitar, stuff like the kill bill theme, the james bond theme, etc.
I like the drone/tone of Kevin Shields (also see Chapter House, Ride, et. al)
I love pretty much everything Robin Guthrie did with Cocteau Twins
Anything by Chameleons UK
I like Robert Smith's melodic style
I love Davil Gilmour's tone and solos
I love Johnyy Cash's Guitarist
I love slide guitar in general
I Love the rough slopiness of J Masic
I love the feedback and tone of the Tool huitar sound
I love listening to old time blues guys on a rickety acoustic (love that lo fi sound and rawness)
I love Peter Hook's melodic bass runs and hooks
I love the controlled chaos of Sonic Youth's guitars
I love the riffage of Jack White, Jimmy Page, AC/DC, etc.
I'm all over the map when it comes to guitar sounds, and tecnical skill take a back seat to what sounds ""right/interesting in a given song,imho etc.
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And I say this as someone that likes all kinds of music...except country.
i don't like country music as a whole, but I love country guitar style, especially older Nashville style guitar tone/technique
In fact I tend to be a fan of specific guitar sounds/players in various genres more then being a fan of all the various music I listed. that is different then saying "I like all music'.
Polonius wrote:I wonder where the visceral rejection of those genres comes from?
Yeah, I don't get it either you would think they would want to know what genre of music they listen to so they can have less trouble finding similar sounding artists.
Polonius wrote:I wonder where the visceral rejection of those genres comes from?
Yeah, I don't get it either you would think they would want to know what genre of music they listen to so they can have less trouble finding similar sounding artists.
All the 'genres' are subjective. I would put Muse in the 'Pop rock' bracket. Someone else would out Muse in the 'Alternative rock' bracket.
There is no point - at all - in trying to create definitive genres for music; it'll just be hi-jacked by hipsters.
Instead just put anything you do like in the 'Good' genre, and anything you don't like in the 'Bad' genre
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Gwar! wrote:Debate it all you want, I just report what the rules actually say. It's up to others to tie their panties in a Knot. I stopped caring long ago.
Albatross wrote:Cheesecat, I would steer clear of using terms like 'proto' to describe bands that some consider to be progenitors to successive musical genres, if I were you. We musicologists frown upon that sort of thing.
Frown!
Yeah but I didn't make the term up, in fact some music critics even use it (like Allmusic for example).
Oh, of course! They most definitely do use it - it's just that from an academic standpoint, 'proto' is an unhelpful term when discussing genre, as it almost implies intentionality. A teleological perspective on the development of genres leads to slightly skewed view of their place in the historical context, and emphasises the importance of certain genres over others. I mean, The Stooges weren't sitting around trying to start punk - they weren't actively working towards it, y'know? It's an ideologically loaded word, is all. Just a bugbear of mine.
Automatically Appended Next Post: @J.Black - I wouldn't say that all genres are purely subjective - I think it's more accurate to say that they are 'inter-subjective'.
Agreed upon. Like, hip-hop is hip-hop not because I think it is, but because of consensus.
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Albatross wrote:Cheesecat, I would steer clear of using terms like 'proto' to describe bands that some consider to be progenitors to successive musical genres, if I were you. We musicologists frown upon that sort of thing.
Frown!
Yeah but I didn't make the term up, in fact some music critics even use it (like Allmusic for example).
Oh, of course! They most definitely do use it - it's just that from an academic standpoint, 'proto' is an unhelpful term when discussing genre, as it almost implies intentionality. A teleological perspective on the development of genres leads to slightly skewed view of their place in the historical context, and emphasises the importance of certain genres over others. I mean, The Stooges weren't sitting around trying to start punk - they weren't actively working towards it, y'know? It's an ideologically loaded word, is all. Just a bugbear of mine.
Automatically Appended Next Post: @J.Black - I wouldn't say that all genres are purely subjective - I think it's more accurate to say that they are 'inter-subjective'.
Agreed upon. Like, hip-hop is hip-hop not because I think it is, but because of consensus.
Yeah, I totally agree bands and songs like The Stooges, Led Zeppelin's Communication Breakdown, Death (the 70's band Proto-Punk Band not 80's/90's Progressive Death Metal band), etc weren't trying to
create punk it's more just coincidental that they had a sort of punk sound to one or several of there songs. Plus the prefix "Proto-" means first, when in reality a more accurate term would be "Pre-Punk" as
the prefix "Pre-" is used to describe something that takes before (in time, place, order, degree, or importance). Even Wikipedia states that Proto-Punk wasn't the cause of the actual punk genre.
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Yeah, but my point is that it's not a helpful term to use when discussing genre in the wider sense (for the reasons I stated), though I can see why people would use the term when looking at the time-line of Punk as a genre. It's a very journalistic word.
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Granted that doesn't capture my ipod plays unfortunately.
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