What is your least favorite genre of music?

Gotta go with rap, only very few songs i like there, and most of them in my native language, so i think of them more as funny/interesting words than good music.

Country gets my trophy...horrid. Tied for 2nd rap/hip-hop (don't know the difference) and Cookie Monster death growl teeny-bopper 7th grade screamo stuff.

I know it's hard to believe but not all country is irredeemably wretched e.g. George Jones, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash are all pretty good. (and George married Tammy Wynette so show a little compassion here please)

Most of the rap and hip-hop I've heard does suck grievously but Ice-T, Public Enemy and De La Soul have produced work I like. (and both Lou Reed's Walk on the Wildside and Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues are kinda proto rap I guess)

Ambient is the soundtrack for a flotation tank and tantamount to any old sh*t through a big reverb

Trance is aptly named

Have to say though that my pet hate (subject to change in about 10 seconds) is ANYTHING that assimilates GOTHIC affectations i.e. irrespective of genre, those pale/sepulchral/ sensitive/ dark little luvvies who think vitamin B deficiency, facial immobility, black nail varnish and lipstick are a passport to the demi monde.

Glad I got that off my chest.

Question: is there speed Doom Metal ? (I'm not taking the p*ss)

 Rap, I guess, especially mysogynist "gangsta"  "I'm so tough" (c)rap I cannot relate to it in any way, shape or form. (I don't know the difference between rap & hip hop.)

ExittheLemming wrote: I know it's hard to believe but not all country is irredeemably wretched e.g. George Jones, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash are all pretty good. (and George married Tammy Wynette so show a little compassion here please)

 George Jones, eh? Ever hear "George Jone Talkin' Cell Phone Blues" by Drive By Truckers (a cool "alt-country band)?

 

Edited by Peter - April 15 2010 at 19:55

Peter reckons country music is the most uncool genre to admit to having a liking for on here, but the poll seems to point that particular finger at rap

Now, I'm not one to point the finger at any genre in particular (no matter whether it evidently sucks something called a 'dong' or not), but this poll isn't to lambast genres, rather to state which is your least favorite...

Of all those above, I'd probably say punk - always came/comes across to me like wannabe heavy metal bands who don't have the talent/inclination to do it properly - Rap & hip-hop come a close second, although there are certain groups I do like (Boo-Yah Tribe & Cyprus Hill for example... eerrr - Yo!); BYT's 'pickin up metal' is an excellent anti-firearm song from a genre you wouldn't expect such from.

But, hey - that's just me and my humble opinions spouting off; whether or not they suck dong (or any other onomatopoeic bell references ) I'll leave to the masses

Catcher10 wrote:   Early classic rap by the originators is good.....Grand Master Flash, Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, Parliament/Funkadelic...even the Beastie Boys......Anything in the 2000's is aweful, 100% distasteful.

Sorry, Rap is repulsive for my taste:

The two outfits I named in my post above, BooYah Tribe & Cyprus Hill use 'proper' instruments, but I can certainly see they'd not be to everyone's taste... but how boring life would be if everyone liked the same music, eh?

everthing that's very shallow, not made with passion/ambition, just written by some very rich person who doesn't give a sh1t about antything else than the money...etc etc you get the drill

i'm not much of a genre listener, i tend to divide music into 3 classes: popular (not pop), prog and experimental. from the poll opinions i can find bands i like from every genre except for country and punk. and 99 % of rap is also complete pillock.


btw, why is prog not an poll alternative?

Hip Hop... I would say Rap but some classic acts like Public Enemy are pretty good...