What is your least favorite genre of music?
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Topic: What is your least favorite genre of music?
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Subject: What is your least favorite genre of music?
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 21:05
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What is your least favorite genre of music? |
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 21:15
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By "Mainstream pop" are we talking the most mainsteam of the mainstream, where the "artist" doesn't even write their own music and is pretty much backed by a bunch of goons with money? I would assume so. |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 21:21
The most perfect definition of mainstream pop that could be aspired to by man |
Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 21:24
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Ah, then that gets my vote then. |
Posted By: moe_blunts
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 22:01
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Rap although I do, occasionally, enjoy some old school hip-hop. I'm also known to freestyle under the influence of narcotics.
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 23:21
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Rap just beats out mainstrean pop for me.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 23:42
| Emo-Crunk kidcore, I think. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 00:08
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mainstream Pop- sometimes Rap has a good beat
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 01:18
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Post-grunge, pop-punk, and smooth jazz are the unholy trio. At least the worst mainstream dance-pop can induce a sense of despair that is sometimes desirable; for example, Just Dance by Lady GaGa. However, most of what is called "classic rock" is pretty awful. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 01:52
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Although I'm a bit of a fan of dance-pop (particularly 80s New Wave and pop with a few 90s/00s songs), I pretty much agree. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 02:30
It scares that that you've actually heard Lady Gaga. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 03:56
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I would vote, but honestly I can't tell the difference between rap and hip-hop. Other than that, I really despise smooth jazz, shopping mall muzak, lots of new age, and that meditation/relaxation CDs, especially if they contain flutes and whales. Apart from that, modern r'n'b (not blues!)/soul/dance/pop stuff is pretty atrocious. Europop/dance/techno/italo-disco/Balkan/Greek/Mediterannean pop. Watered-down Latino music from Makarena, Shakira to Ricky Martin. ------------- |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 06:18
What he said  . |
Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 06:35
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Had some doubts between hip hop and rap. Both are awful. And cheap pop (just aiming on sales which I can hear immediately) is pretty repellent too. ------------- A day without prog is a wasted day |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 07:02
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Country ... pure aural torture. ------------- What? |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 07:03
None of them. My least favourite genre of music is probably something f**king stupid and gimmicky like Deathcore or Crabcore. Or Crunkcore. Or any other dumb little core genre out there. Grindcore and Breakcore don't count 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 07:04
| Wizardcore! |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 07:24
hip hop, rap and country 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 07:25
Yep, I agree, although some of the song titles are quite funny.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 07:41
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From this list: Hip Hop. It's putting directly on my nerves. ------------- 
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Posted By: b4usleep
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 09:11
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Techno
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Posted By: Zebedee
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 16:36
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Pop-punk, mainstream pop and rap. A lot of indie has also grown on my nerves over the years sadly... ------------- 
Friendship is like wetting your pants: everyone can see it, but only you can feel its warmth. |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 16:41
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Allow me to quote the great Buddy Rich, when asked if he had any allergies: "....yeah, country music." ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 19:09
The radio in public places, and I know who it is because I look up the objects of my hatred. P-P-P-P-P-POKER FACE! ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 19:30
I have no idea what the difference is between Rap and Hip Hop. They both = garbage. -Jeff ------------- 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 19:42
Even that genre is much better than things like reggaeton or tex-mex. If you think of it rationally, pop music, that one you talk about that is a product, is specifically made to please. Musically, all its ingredients are MADE TO PLEASE YOUR BRAIN. The reasons Harry mentions are almost totally subjective and need cognitive processes to come to. The music you really dislike is that one which you don't have to think of reasons to dislike, the one that makes you feel like eating your least favorite food. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 20:11
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The most mainstream music here in Argentina make me sick: reggaeton, cumbia, lame pop music and the kind. |
Posted By: SgtPepper67
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 20:18
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When I thought cumbia villera was the worst music I would ever hear, reggaeton appeared out of nowhere. I still can't decide wich one of those I hate more. ------------- 
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Posted By: June
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 21:06
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I went with rap, but like many other people mentioned, I don't know the difference between hip-hop and rap. Mainstream pop... well, yeah, current stuff sucks, but since I like some old mainstream pop, I can't vote for that (gimme some Blossom Dearie anytime ) |
Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 21:08
| I hate reggeaton but I dislike even more REGGAE because its so overrated and samey it makes me nervous. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 21:45
Cumbia is ugly music, but "simply" that. Reggaeton on the other hand, is complete crap.
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 22:00
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I heard Reggaeton once. Once was enough. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 22:05
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 22:07
Is that something like Brokencyde? If so, I agree. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 22:40
Pretty much exactly like BrokeNCYDE. In fact it inspired it, though methinks I should have called it Screamo-Emo-Crunk kidcore. As for rockin' hardcore kidcore, Black Out Band is so awesome, it won a Grammy. Not bad for 11 or so year olds. I think I was thirteen before I got my first Hammy. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 22:46
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Brokencyde is usually one of the winners when we figure out the worst band any of us have heard at school. Last time, they tied with The Locust. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 23:15
| The only thing Brokencyde should inspire is fear and hatred. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 23:18
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Indie.
Emo.
Rap/Hip-hop
Pop is also quite terrible. Though I do have a soft spot for 80s pop...so I technically cant vote for that. Though todays pop....*shivers* ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 23:52
The Locust >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
...and then some.....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Brokencyde ------------- 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 23:58
That's true. I still don't like the Locust, though. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: jplanet
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 00:10
 I popped by this thread originally just to share my disdain for rap and hip-hop, but this signature made me laugh coffee out of my nose all over my keyboard! Nice work! ------------- https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCircus/" rel="nofollow - ..::welcome to the shadow circus::.. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 00:15
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the wors music is traditional Norwegian and Swedish dance-bands or gas-stations music as we call it since it is mostly sold on gas-station and only rednecks are bying it |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 00:21
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErxQSphZWQA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErxQSphZWQA this is what im talking about |
Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 00:28
...What the hell? |
Posted By: fortyninedays
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 01:06
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I thoroughly enjoy the underground more intellectual breed of hip hop/rap. But if you are referring to mainstream ganster rap, I have a deep loathing for it as it helps spread a cultural aspect that generally produces ego-centric ignorant avariciously hedonistic sex and violence obsessed adolescents enamoured with a materialistic false - masculine image. But in terms of what sounds the worst: probably regaetton in 1st, country in 2nd, and emo/scene whatever in 3rd, most techno 4th. Pop can be pleasing for a half second in a song, occasionally. Oh to hell with it. I can't really decide which genre I would take pleasure in seeing burning in hell first. Quite an excellent thread for petty emotional catharsis of anger, I would say. Thanks. ------------- That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 02:30
Thats the stuff right there. Gets my vote for sure. ------------- 
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 02:43
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I'm surprised at all the hate for country. I don't own a country album, but don't you have any respect for Johnny Cash? The worst genre of music should have no redeeming features whatsoever. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 02:51
| Why the hell is prog not in the poll? |
Posted By: Zebedee
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 03:07
Great stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYMuEWb_KJs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYMuEWb_KJs > Dutch pop like this is another thing that I can't stand. And it's popular too, to the extent that songs/albums like this hit the number one spot  -------------
Friendship is like wetting your pants: everyone can see it, but only you can feel its warmth. |
Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 04:43
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Do you like both country music and urban pop about women with big butts? Wish there was a way to listen to both at once? Your prayers have been answered:
I present Trace Adkins' incomparable Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.
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Posted By: Purple Sky
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 07:56
() House and all that  tunz-tunz music. The real problem is that in Italy this genre is really popular!
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 09:51
Nintendocore is a personal favourite. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 10:52
You're lucky! I mean, that is if House is Daft Punk, Justice, Supermen Lovers, Stardust and the like.
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Posted By: Citizen Erased
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 12:09
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I don't want to dismiss genres. I find it a little ironic that an "open-minded" progger would just dismiss a whole genre/sub-genre of music. I can think of a number of rappers that I like for example and few of them are in the mainstream. Some are even, say it quietly, progressive/experimental. Take a listen to Sage Francis for a good example - the stuff is pure poetry. There doesn't seem to be R&B on the list noticeably (Not like Blues Brothers rhythm and blues, modern rap/pop crossover). Again, I can't really dismiss it all - I think Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé and a couple of others are very good at it. However 90% is clearly garbage. The worst sub-genre of music of all time is probably "crunk-core" - that's the only one I can think of that is inexcusable on every level. Rap and Screamo metal should never ever, ever be mixed quite clearly. ------------- And lo, the mighty riffage was played and it was good 
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Posted By: rpe9p
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 12:15
Every genre on that list has some redeeming features/artists. People can like Johnny Cash and still hate most country music |
Posted By: Lost Follower
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 13:06
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Any form of 'Metal'. Utterly worthless both artistically and intellectually. ------------- ~Jump you f**ker jump~ |
Posted By: Purple Sky
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 15:43
Actually, It's not that kind of House music... there are lots of Italian Djs who aren't really good... And, you know, if you are constricted to listen to that music all the time EVERY DAY... well, it's quite hard to resist. |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 23:24
------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 07 2010 at 16:45
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I don't normally like worst of things, but I will make an exception and vote for my abiding hatred of hip hop.
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Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: January 07 2010 at 19:47
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whats with the Rap hate? i can understand not liking main stream stuff like 50 cent or Kanye West but there are some legitimately good rap albums. and the difference between rap and hip hop is obvious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NjpsJuwxhw - Rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3IWTfcks4k&feature=channel - Hip Hop hip hop, at least to me, is R&B or something very close to it. club dance stuff rap is rap. In general calling an entire genre worthless is just stupid, but if i had to chose itd be R&B/Hip Hop. although main stream pop like Lady Ga Ga, Fergie and the Jonas Brothers is fit to make me lose my lunch and is a close second. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: January 07 2010 at 20:12
^ Isn't it scary that we have someone here who actually knows the difference between hip hop and rap   Well, I sort of guessed the difference myself and voted hip hop, though my wife has some smooth r'n'b stuff. I like some old school rap like LL Cool J and Public Enemy. Actually I don't dismiss any genre really. Except progressive metal of course |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: January 07 2010 at 20:32
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Note ppl, it is least favorite, from a subjective view not worst genre of all time as some people have portrayed it. There are good artists of every genre, but it can still be your least favorite genre I like John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline by Dylan, but generally I do not favor country I too love 80s pop, I really like some of the better stuff, but how does that mean I can't say Mainstream Pop doesn't represent a general trend in music that I do not favor? Hey, I might love every genre, I'd still have a least. |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 17:22
where is prog ?  ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Xanthous
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 17:22
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Tie between Country/ Metal With Screaming In It/ New-Rap/ Pop-Punk/ Crunk-Core/ and all the fusions of these genres. How many genres of metal do there have to be?
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Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 18:00
^Heavy metal, Power Metal, Doom Metal, Speed Metal, Glam Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal, Industrial Metal, Symphonic Metal, Drone Metal, Groove Metal, Neo Classical Metal, Post Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Nu Metal, and Metalcore. Then of course there are subgenres below those and hybrids. I'm probably missing something too. -------------
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 18:04
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^ well, at least you didn't mention Gothic Metal. ------------- What? |
Posted By: moe_blunts
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 18:54
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Rap is hip-hop's retarded cousin.
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Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 21:33
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Pop. Even though it seems like most rap and hip hop falls under the label of pop as well. I really dislike rap and country, but I see it as somewhat of a difference in tastes, somewhat a lack of skill. Whereas pop music isn't a difference in taste, it just has absolutely nothing to offer that hasn't been done thousands of times. That being said, if Christmas Music was an option....I'd be on that
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: January 09 2010 at 01:49
First part of your sentence is reasonable. Anything after the period was just going too far |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: January 09 2010 at 02:27
I'm not saying any names, but we do have someone here who makes hip hop, and from what I've heard is quite a good rapper Too bad I didn't record the one time he spontaneously rapped over my and my other friend's drums & keys improv, that was some impressive stuff.I thought rap wasn't a genre but the vocal style used dominantly in hip hop. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: January 09 2010 at 02:38
AFAIK rap isn't even really a genre, you're right Pekka, I do believe it's the actual vocal style. I've always referred to the genre as hip hop, not rap
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 09 2010 at 02:43
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Uh, well tons of people refer to rap as if it were a genre, so in reality I guess that makes it so. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: January 09 2010 at 05:36
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That makes sense, considering there have been rock bands with rap (which usually ends up being terrible anyway with the exception of Pain of Salvation, as far as I'm concerned). Rap and hip hop seem to be interchangeable in the mainstream, however. |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: January 09 2010 at 17:53
Also, in addition to Gothic metal,
Funk metal (FFF, Mucky Pup, Extreme, Living Colour, Infectious Grooves)
Blackened Death Metal (Vesania, ABSU...)
Avant-garde metal
Post-metal
White metal (or Christian metal)
NWOBHM
Crust
Grindcore
Dark metal (not to be confused with Black metal)
Mathcore
Neo-classical metal
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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: April 13 2010 at 22:49
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Anybody who voted rap is only judging it only by modern mainstream stuff. Check out Eric B. and Rakim or Wu-Tang Clan or hell, Run-DMC.
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: April 13 2010 at 22:56
I voted other, because I loathe modern RnB. I just cannot understand how anybody can enjoy that music, and yet I have to hear it every day on the subway even though it is AGAINST THE LAW to have music playing without headphones on it.
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: April 13 2010 at 23:06
I bought an album by Harry and the Potters as a joke gift once. It was the worst record I've ever heard. -------------
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 08:41
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Anything that encourages violence towards others, ill-advised procreation, and bad grammar. 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 08:50
------------- What? |
Posted By: (De)progressive
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 09:02
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you forgot to write atmospheric blackened gothic industrial progressive post-experimental alternative drone death/doom metal. ------------- ''Hope is the first step on the road to dissapointment.'' (Friedrich Nietzsche) 
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 12:56
 That's some funny-assed shi+, (De)! |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 13:03
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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. ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 13:13
If anyone votes for electronic, then beware the wrath of the Sockian Dictator.  Out of these options... it's tough to say. I like something from pretty much every genre in some way or form, but Country, Mainstream Pop, and Rap/Hip-Hop have some pretty bad stuff that outweighs the good. I'd say Mainstream Pop is probably the worst overall. ------------- 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 13:17
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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. -------------   
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 13:24
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Rap without doubt, I heard all the bands and "artists" mentioned as outstanding and never found something remotely decent. I believe it's some form of art related to poetry (In very few cases, most of what I heard is hatred and violent language), but not music. Hip Hop a close second. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 13:55
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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) ------------- 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 13:57
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 15 2010 at 19:22
 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.)
I do like some metal (mainly older metal) but growly/screamy modern metal (especially if the lyrics are corn-pone cliches about demons, blood, death, etc,) drives me up the wall very fast. Still, I can often relate to some of the riffs -- the biggest problem for me is usually the grating vocals and "good vs evil" (
) lyrics.Notice that when someone villifies a given genre, someone else in the know will always say "ah, but that's only the commercial stuff you hear on the radio. You should check out...."
I could say the same about the much-maligned country (perhaps the "uncoolest" music to admit to liking around here). I know lots of good "country" artists who do interesting, original things, and/or who are obvious virtuosos on their instruments, but you'll never hear them on mainstream radio.
 I discover many on Internet radio station FolkAlley.com. They play a lot of classic folk, folk rock (Fairport, Steeleye, etc) , Celtic, plus country/bluegrass crossover artists, plus some "folkier" rock and even prog. Yes, prog! Recently I heard the Beatles on there ("Mother Nature's Son"), Genesis ("For Absent Friends"), Yes ("The Clap") and a killer, banjo-led rendition of "Long Distance Runaround."  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: April 15 2010 at 19:33
| Blues is amazing, so it's a shame that country sucks so much dong. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 15 2010 at 19:34
 George Jones, eh? Ever hear "George Jone Talkin' Cell Phone Blues" by Drive By Truckers (a cool "alt-country band)?
Check out these funny lyrics. Cool song, too:
You were talkin' on that cell phone, driving your Mercedes way too fast
All of the sudden there was this dial tone, you hit the pylons on the overpass And your whole life passed before you, from the old days and the honky-tonks... ...to that last shot of vodka; and all them miles in between. George Jones, better leave that cell phone alone Don't be talkin' as you try to get back home If you don't change your ways my friend You'll be singing duets with Tammy again. Foot down heavy on the pedal, talking to your daughter in the car Next sound you heard was twisted metal, another dead genius country star Better get your sh*t together, everything's been torn in two Good thing your liver is made of leather, cause we'd all be mournin' the likes of you (chorus) And I heard it on the news, he almost stopped loving her today Better stay on that riding lawn mower, if you're going to keep carrying on that way.
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 15 2010 at 19:38
  Geez -- I (originally) typed the above words in full, and they went through -- don't we still have an auto-censor here?
(Anyway, please read my first post, above.)
Or not -- I don't care. But LOTS of country does not fit the typical commercial-radio-driven preconceptions and predjudices of many here.
 (Believe it or not.)
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 02:11
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 ------------- 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 08:06
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^ Okay then folks -- it seems that slang terms for oral-genital congress are fair game, especially if they are little-known in Britain.
T'would seem 'tis of little profit to "kick against the pricks." (Bible, & Wm Shakespeare)
I think disco devours the pork sword, death metal masticates the meat musket, hip hop slurps the steel sausage, commercial country cleans the cunny, rap rides the roto rooter, and trance jumps the johnson. Ty Cobb
Admiral Byrd
Lake Titicaca
Blue-footed boobies
Meat & two veg
Alcock & Brown
Napoleon Bonaparte
Dick Turpin
Spotted dick
Woody Guthrie
Masters & Johnson
Magic Johnson
Bruce Cockburn
Joe Cocker
Cocker spaniel
Finger Eleven
Love Gun
Muscle of Love
Sex Pistols
Swollen Members
Hand jive
Back Door man
Reed Lover
etc....
Classy forum you've got here, wot wot -- pip pip, toodle-oo!  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 10:08
Grand MasterFlash is a sampler and sampling is not creativity IMO, turntables are not musical instruments, just artifacts to play what real artists create, the same goes for Run DMC who sampled Hard Rock albums
I find Kurtis Blow as the most boring and repetitive rapper.I ever heard, speaking fast is not singing, not even Eddie Martinez with his support guitar could save this.
The Beastie Boys are a product for me, they played anything that was fashion, only during their hardcore Punk stage sounded decent
Parliament Funkadelic is anything but Rap, yesthey added someHip Hop toiuches, buuit they are a rich expression of Funk, Psyche, Pop, Blues etc they were sampled by rappers but they are an orchestra not rappers
Sorry again, but Rap IMO kills music.
Iván
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 10:12
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I really like Wyclef Jean, who sings and raps in two different languages, and plays the guitar in way that really compliments the music- a real talent. And I quite like OutKast as well. Good stuff from them, and quite melodic throughout. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 10:24
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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? -------------
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 13:07
Oy!! Using slang terms for male genitalia is one thing; taking the Evil One's name in vain, well... |
Posted By: idiotPrayer
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 15:15
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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? |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 18:54
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Hip Hop wins, although I don't know how to distinguish that from Rap very well, since I loathe both so much I never put in any effort to understand the difference...
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 20:47
| Hip Hop... I would say Rap but some classic acts like Public Enemy are pretty good... |