...when people get a band's genre mixed up. Does this bother anyone else besides me? Screamo is totally different than Death Metal!
2007-06-08 13:57:19 · 15 answers · asked by GuitarGoddess 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
i don't think music should be boxed up too much. but i do hate it when people think pop bands are an alternative to the mainstream when they ARE the mainstream. and yes, there are stylistic differences between death metal and "screamo"
2007-06-08 16:21:04 · answer #1 · answered by jimmy j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genres are, for mine, a guideline at best. It seems that every day people try to pigeon hole music into ever smaller boxes. Fundamentally there are only two genres that matter to me. The music I like to listen to, and the music that I don't really care for (even though I can oft-times see the intrinsic value of it in terms of its ability to communicate, or musically).
Genres seem to me to be more of a marketing driven concept, designed to create an image that the listeners can identify with and then produce goods and services targetted at that genre. It's all part of developing the tribal mentality in an increasingly homogenised world. For many, creating a recognisable difference bewteen the "we" and the "not we" is a very important part of establishing their identity. Markers of tribal "boundaries" such as clothing, the music they listen to, the way they use language, behavioural affectations and many other differentiators are designed to be exclusory, keeping out the people you do not wish to associate with.
As each group gets larger, they have to divide so that each person can retain their individuality. So "emo" forms as a sub-group of goth, then itself splits into geek emo, post-rock emo, goth emo nerd emo etc.
To the unitiated the differences between screamo, death metal, gloom metal, speed/thrash metal, industrial metal and goth metal are well nigh indistinguishable. The differences are more based on what makes the adherents feel identified as individuals than musical.
2007-06-08 21:12:56 · answer #2 · answered by Nodality 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I mean sometimes it is hard to categorize a band because it could be more than one genre, but yeah, when it's something like screamo and death metal, it's pretty obvious that they're different.
2007-06-08 21:01:05 · answer #3 · answered by *Stargirl* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For Sarah C - But Tull won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Performance!
Shows what the voters know.
2007-06-09 01:24:01 · answer #4 · answered by Huevo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha, yes it is annoying. I don't even know where to begin when people confuse death metal and screamo =S How is that possible??
2007-06-08 21:02:00 · answer #5 · answered by Lie to me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree
2007-06-08 21:54:05 · answer #6 · answered by yvetta2203 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find "genres" to be not very helpful in describing music. Everybody's got their own definition of pop, rock, metal, etc.
2007-06-08 22:07:24 · answer #7 · answered by laughingnovemberrain 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, in fact i do find it annoying haha when i first became a panic! at the disco fan, i thought they were pop/punk/rock yknow like fall out boy, but now that i know more about them, i realize that they are an alternative band =) there are some pretty ignorant people genre wise out there . we better edjakute them lolz
2007-06-08 21:15:27 · answer #8 · answered by ♥will♥skate♥4♥life♥ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, not really.
A bands genre isnt a huge deal to me.
2007-06-08 22:49:31 · answer #9 · answered by freakxxout 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ahh i totally know! and how they think the red hot chili peppers is "pop". pop is like brittney spears! not this amazing rock. and since you are "guitar goddes" i'm sure you know your rock. i also LOVE LOVE LOVE guitar. and have been playing for five years. so i know my genres.
2007-06-08 21:50:54 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋