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* Asian-American rappers? The Far East Movement are likely to come up first before any others, mostly if one was to call them a OneHitWonder for "Like a [=G6=]". Saweetie may also get a mention, as her mother is Filipina Chinese, as well as a mention of Mike Shinoda of Music/LinkinPark. Fresh Kid Ice of Music/TwoLiveCrew and apl.de.ap of the Music/BlackEyedPeas (though his father was black) might get mentions from time to time, along with a extremely rare mention of MC Jin. Music/DannyBrown may get a rare mention less because he's obscure and more because the average listener isn't aware that he's part-Filipino.

* Asian-American rappers? The Far East Movement are likely to come up first before any others, mostly if one was to call them a OneHitWonder for "Like a [=G6=]". Saweetie may also get a mention, as her mother is Filipina Chinese. Fresh Kid Ice of Music/TwoLiveCrew, apl.de.ap of the Music/BlackEyedPeas (though his father was black) and Mike Shinoda of Music/LinkinPark might get mentions from time to time, along with a extremely rare mention of MC Jin. Music/DannyBrown may get a rare mention less because he's obscure and more because the average listener isn't aware that he's part-Filipino.

* There is only one reggae artist, Music/BobMarley (some may be able to name a few others who were popular for a brief period such as Shaggy or Music/{{UB40}}). And everything with a reggae beat will have been written by him. For that matter, reggae is usually portrayed as being the ''only'' genre of music in the Caribbean. Apparently, ChutneyMusic, soca, ska, mento, rocksteady, ragga, dancehall, dub, and calypso don't exist in fictional settings. Well, maybe they do, but they'll be classified as reggae music.

* There is only one reggae artist, Music/BobMarley. And everything with a reggae beat will have been written by him. For that matter, reggae is usually portrayed as being the ''only'' genre of music in the Caribbean. Apparently, ChutneyMusic, soca, ska, mento, rocksteady, ragga, dancehall, dub, and calypso don't exist in fictional settings. Well, maybe they do, but they'll be classified as reggae music.

* Asian-American rappers? The Far East Movement are likely to come up first before any others, mostly if one was to call them a OneHitWonder for "Like a [=G6=]". Saweetie may also get a mention, as her mother is Filipina Chinese. Fresh Kid Ice of Music/TwoLiveCrew, apl.de.ap of the Music/BlackEyedPeas (though his father was black) and Mike Shinoda of Music/LinkinPark might get mentions from time to time, along with a extremely rare mention of MC Jin.

* During the genre's heyday, the only {{emo}} bands mainstream audiences could name were Music/MyChemicalRomance, Music/JimmyEatWorld and Music/FallOutBoy.

* Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, a.k.a. "that tune from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs.''".

* Canada: Music/BryanAdams, Music/{{Rush}} and Music/MenWithoutHats in the '80s, "Informer", Music/AlanisMorissette, Music/CelineDion, Music/SarahMcLachlan and Music/ShaniaTwain in the '90s, Music/{{Nickelback}}, Music/{{Sum 41}}, Music/ThreeDaysGrace, Music/AvrilLavigne and Music/SimplePlan in the '00s, and Music/JustinBieber, Music/{{Drake}} and Music/TheWeeknd in the '10s (as well as Music/ArcadeFire, Music/{{Deadmau5}}, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen and "Rude" in the ''very'' early half of the '10s -- though [=Deadmau5=] is still a major figure in the [=EDM=] scene and Arcade Fire and Jepsen maintain cult followings)

** Rock bassists: [[Music/{{Primus}} Les Claypool]] and [[Music/{{Rush}} Geddy Lee]]. [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]], [[Music/LedZeppelin John Paul Jones]], [[Music/{{Metallica}} Cliff Burton, Jason Newsted, Robert Trujillo]], [[Music/PinkFloyd Roger Waters]], [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]], [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]], [[Music/TheWho John Entwistle]], [[Music/VanHalen Michael Anthony]], and [[Music/BlackSabbath Geezer Butler]] are also commonly mentioned and you ''might'' find [[Music/{{Yes}} Chris Squire]], [[Music/IronMaiden Steve Harris]], [[Music/DreamTheater John Myung]], [[Music/{{Cream}} Jack Bruce]], [[Music/{{Queen}} John Deacon]], [[Music/{{Rancid}} Matt Freeman]], [[Music/{{Korn}} Fieldy]], [[Music/{{Tool}} Justin Chancellor]], or [[Music/{{Mudvayne}} Ryan Martinie]] getting namedropped every once in a blue moon. Despite being objectively one of the most famous musicians in history, Music/PaulMcCartney will likely not be mentioned despite being a trailblazing figure in rock bass. [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Paul Gray]] may also get a mention by way of DeadArtistsAreBetter.

** Prog drummers: [[Music/{{Yes}} Bill]] [[Music/KingCrimson Bruford]] and [[Music/{{Rush}} Neil Peart]].

** Rock and metal guitarists? Music/JimiHendrix, first and foremost (at least for the rock side of things). Others that remain legendary are Music/ChuckBerry, Music/JeffBeck, Music/EricClapton, [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Keith Richards]], [[Music/LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]], [[Music/VanHalen Eddie Van Halen]], [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]], [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine Tom]] [[Music/{{Audioslave}} Morello]], [[Music/{{ACDC}} Angus Young]], [[Music/BlackSabbath Tony Iommi]], [[Music/{{Metallica}} Kirk Hammett]], [[Music/{{Rush}} Alex Lifeson]], [[Music/{{Queen}} Brian May]], [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Joe Perry]], [[Music/{{KISS}} Ace Frehley]], [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Duane Allman]], [[Music/JourneyBand Neal Schon]], [[Music/{{Santana}} Carlos Santana]], [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers John Frusciante]], [[Music/AliceInChains Jerry Cantrell]], [[Music/DeepPurple Ritchie]] [[Music/{{Rainbow}} Blackmore]], [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Randy Rhoads]], [[Music/{{Dokken}} George Lynch]], [[Music/{{Pantera}} Dimebag Darrell]], [[Music/BlackLabelSociety Zakk Wylde]], [[Music/{{Creed}} Mark]] [[Music/AlterBridge Tremonti]], [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Marty Friedman]], Music/SteveVai, Music/JoeSatriani, Music/YngwieMalmsteen, [[Music/{{Testament}} Alex Skolnick]], [[Music/DreamTheater John Petrucci]], and [[Music/{{Korn}} Brian "Head" Welch]].

** Additionally, when it comes to modern metal bands - as in, bands that got popular in the mid-'90s onward - the ones who are most likely to be named outside the metal community are Music/{{Korn}}, Music/RobZombie, Music/{{Rammstein}}, Music/MarilynManson, Music/{{Disturbed}}, Music/SystemOfADown, Music/{{Slipknot}} (see above), Music/{{Godsmack}}, Music/KillswitchEngage, Music/LambOfGod, Music/{{Mastodon}}, Music/{{Trivium}}, Music/AvengedSevenfold, Music/BulletForMyValentine, Music/MotionlessInWhite, Music/SuicideSilence, Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch, Music/{{Whitechapel}}, Music/{{Volbeat}}, Music/ThyArtIsMurder, Music/{{Carnifex}}, and Music/BringMeTheHorizon. In fact, it's often used as a sign of being a recent initiate in metal when one of the above are the first bands you name. The fact that they're the most mainstream friendly, lending them to be played on the radio and featured mainstream media, is the primary cause of this.

** Power metal? Music/{{Sabaton}}, Music/DragonForce, Music/{{Helloween}}, and Music/BlindGuardian. Music/{{Kamelot}}, Music/{{Manowar}}, Music/SonataArctica, Music/SymphonyX, and Music/HammerFall may get a mention, as well as Music/{{Angra}} if you're talking to South Americans and Music/XJapan and Music/{{Galneryus}} if you're talking to Japanese. Music/IcedEarth will probably also get a mention, but for reasons [[OvershadowedByControversy wholly unrelated]] to their music.

** New Zealand rock? Music/CrowdedHouse (even though they were formed in Australia (Neil and Tim Finn were born in New Zealand), and a number of their members throughout their history have been Australian or American). Music/SplitEnz, which the Finn brothers were part of, may get an occasional mention.

** New Zealand rock? Music/CrowdedHouse (even though they were formed in Australia (the Finn siblings were born in New Zealand), and a number of their members throughout their history have been Australian or American).

* Canada: Music/BryanAdams and Music/{{Rush}} in the '80s, "Informer", Music/AlanisMorissette, Music/CelineDion, Music/SarahMcLachlan and Music/ShaniaTwain in the '90s, Music/{{Nickelback}}, Music/{{Sum 41}}, Music/ThreeDaysGrace, Music/AvrilLavigne and Music/SimplePlan in the '00s, and Music/JustinBieber, Music/{{Drake}} and Music/TheWeeknd in the '10s (as well as Music/ArcadeFire, Music/{{Deadmau5}}, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen and "Rude" in the ''very'' early half of the '10s -- though [=Deadmau5=] is still a major figure in the [=EDM=] scene and Arcade Fire and Jepsen maintain cult followings)

** New Zealand rock? Music/CrowdedHouse (even though they were formed in Australia, and a number of their members throughout their history have been Australian or American).

** Australian rock? Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/{{Inxs}}, Music/MenAtWork, Music/MidnightOil, Music/LittleRiverBand, Music/ParkwayDrive, and Music/TameImpala.

* Austria: Waltz music. Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart and the "Rock Me Amadeus" guy (Falco)

** Rock and metal guitarists? Music/JimiHendrix, first and foremost (at least for the rock side of things). Others that remain legendary are Music/ChuckBerry, Music/JeffBeck, Music/EricClapton, [[Music/TheRollingStones Keith Richards]], [[Music/LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]], [[Music/VanHalen Eddie Van Halen]], [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]], [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine Tom]] [[Music/{{Audioslave}} Morello]], [[Music/{{ACDC}} Angus Young]], [[Music/BlackSabbath Tony Iommi]], [[Music/{{Metallica}} Kirk Hammett]], [[Music/{{Rush}} Alex Lifeson]], [[Music/{{Queen}} Brian May]], [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Joe Perry]], [[Music/{{KISS}} Ace Frehley]], [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Duane Allman]], [[Music/JourneyBand Neal Schon]], [[Music/{{Santana}} Carlos Santana]], [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers John Frusciante]], [[Music/AliceInChains Jerry Cantrell]], [[Music/DeepPurple Ritchie]] [[Music/{{Rainbow}} Blackmore]], [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Randy Rhoads]], [[Music/{{Dokken}} George Lynch]], [[Music/{{Pantera}} Dimebag Darrell]], [[Music/BlackLabelSociety Zakk Wylde]], [[Music/{{Creed}} Mark]] [[Music/AlterBridge Tremonti]], [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Marty Friedman]], Music/SteveVai, Music/JoeSatriani, Music/YngwieMalmsteen, [[Music/{{Testament}} Alex Skolnick]], [[Music/DreamTheater John Petrucci]], and [[Music/{{Korn}} Brian "Head" Welch]].

** "Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe"/"Jesus bleibet meine Freude", the sixth and tenth movements, respectively, of the cantata ''Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'' The melody of the two movements is better known as ''Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring''. The tempo is slower than what Bach intended, and the original German lyrics never appear, if any lyrics are used at all. The melody played is always an arrangement of the original melody.

** All Christian music produced or sold is by Amy Grant. She is the only Christian musician in the world. Also, whenever Amy comes up she is usually the punchline to a joke, as if the entirety of artists in the genre (or the religion itself) can be represented in her. Add to this the only reason the mainstream audience even knows of Amy's existence is because she "crossed over" and released a few non-religious albums, which got play on Top 40 radio. To top it off, only Amy gets this kind of persecution for her origins -- few people know Sixpence None The Richer or Music/SimonAndGarfunkel started out as Christian bands.[[note]]Unless perhaps they are familiar with Simon and Garfunkel's début album ''Wednesday Morning, 3AM'', which is mostly gospel songs. "Blessèd" from ''Sounds of Silence'' is also an indication.[[/note]]
** Unless it's a male vocalist. Then it's always either Michael W. Smith or Steven Curtis Chapman.
** Creed is another matter. After they broke out, every new band in Christian music became a Creed clone.

* General Notes: Choral Music
** There exist three compositions for full choir: the Hallelujah Chorus, the Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s 9th symphony, and “O Fortuna” from Orff’s ''Carmina Burana''.

** ''Rigoletto'' (Verdi) contains only the song ''"La donna è Mobile"''.
** ''Pagliacci'' (the opera with the "crying clown", by Leoncavallo) contains only the aria ''"Vesti la giubba"''.

** The last movement of ''The Ninth Symphony'', commonly known as the "Music/OdeToJoy".

** Bach's Suite No. 1 in G Major (only cello piece, and only the prelude)
** ''[[Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor Toccata in D Minor]]'' (always played on an OminousPipeOrgan) for vampires and other "creepy" things. Usually only the first few bars are played, and the not-so-creepy fugue is almost never played, though its association with the toccata means that sometimes, the fugue is used for "creepy" things. (Ironically, when a score was first put to the Creator/BelaLugosi ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' movie, they used Tchaikovsky's ''Swan Lake'' instead.)

** The wedding march from ''Lohengrin'': instrumental or organ-only. Can be credited as "‘Here Comes the Bride’ (traditional)", and can be used in works whose dramatic date is earlier than ''Lohengrin''.
* Music/EdwardElgar wrote only one march, “Land of Hope and Glory”, and it only exists in two contexts: First, graduation ceremonies. Second, [[Wrestling/RandySavage The Macho Man]]! OOOOH YEAHHH!!! If you are in the US, the name of this march is “Pomp and Circumstance” (formally the name of a complete set of marches, ''one of which'' is “Land of Hope and Glory”).

* Antonín Dvořák only ever wrote the "New World Symphony" and only the Allegro part, or so it seems.
** In the UK, substitute the Largo part, which is extremely well-known thanks to [[RevivalByCommercialization a popular bread advertisement]].

* ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'' (ballet)
** Which consists entirely of Uncle Drosselmeyer's theme, the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Waltz of the Flowers, and the Russian Dance (the Chinese Dance too, if you're lucky).

* The only piano piece ever written is Music/FranzLiszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2"; what happened to No. 1 is as much a mystery as the first four versions of Chanel perfume.
** Basically the classical equivalent of ''TheEntertainer'' (AKA ''Film/TheSting'')
* Debussy intended Clair de Lune as an ode to sparkly vampires, right?
** Nah, he obviously intended it as contemplative music for casino thieves. (See the end of 2001's ''Ocean's Eleven'' and the middle of ''Ocean's Thirteen''.)

* Music/MauriceRavel only ever wrote the ''Bolero''.
** And incidentally, nobody else ever wrote a bolero. The only other one people ''might'' have heard of is Bizet's, which used to be the only bolero anyone knew, until first the film ''Film/Ten1979'' and then Torvill and Dean popularized Ravel's.

* Asked to name a composer, most wouldn't name Gioacchino Rossini or Giuseppe Verdi but it's a toss-up between the two who wrote the most tunes everybody recognises and can hum but can't identify. Rossini gave us the fast bit from ''William Tell'' aka the ''Series/TheLoneRanger'' music, the overtures from ''The Barber of Seville'' and ''The Thieving Magpie''; Verdi the chorus of Hebrew slaves from ''Nabucco'', ''La donna è mobile'' from ''Rigoletto'', the brindisi from ''La Traviata'', the triumphal march from ''Aida'', and the ''Dies Irae'' from the ''Requiem''.

** Rock and metal guitarists? Music/JimiHendrix, first and foremost (at least for the rock side of things). Others that remain legendary are Music/ChuckBerry, Music/JeffBeck, Music/EricClapton, [[Music/TheRollingStones Keith Richards]], [[Music/LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]], [[Music/VanHalen Eddie Van Halen]], [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]], [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine Tom]] [[Music/{{Audioslave}} Morello]], [[Music/{{ACDC}} Angus Young]], [[Music/BlackSabbath Tony Iommi]], [[Music/{{Metallica}} Kirk Hammett]], [[Music/{{Rush}} Alex Lifeson]], [[Music/{{Queen}} Brian May]], [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Joe Perry]], [[Music/{{KISS}} Ace Frehley]], [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Duane Allman]], [[Music/{{Journey}} Neal Schon]], [[Music/{{Santana}} Carlos Santana]], [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers John Frusciante]], [[Music/AliceInChains Jerry Cantrell]], [[Music/DeepPurple Ritchie]] [[Music/{{Rainbow}} Blackmore]], [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Randy Rhoads]], [[Music/{{Dokken}} George Lynch]], [[Music/{{Pantera}} Dimebag Darrell]], [[Music/BlackLabelSociety Zakk Wylde]], [[Music/{{Creed}} Mark]] [[Music/AlterBridge Tremonti]], [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Marty Friedman]], Music/SteveVai, Music/JoeSatriani, Music/YngwieMalmsteen, [[Music/{{Testament}} Alex Skolnick]], [[Music/DreamTheater John Petrucci]], and [[Music/{{Korn}} Brian "Head" Welch]].

** German metal: Music/{{Rammstein}}, Music/{{Scorpions}}, Music/{{Accept}}, Music/{{Helloween}}, Music/BlindGuardian, and Music/{{Kreator}}. Destruction, Music/{{Sodom}}, Music/{{Necrophagist}}, and Music/{{Obscura}} may get occasional mentions.

* There have only ever been three German bands making popular music: Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, Music/{{Scorpions}} and Music/{{Rammstein}}.

* According to AC and classic hits radio stations, Nazareth only ever made rock ballads. The same applies with Music/{{Aerosmith}}, Music/{{Scorpions}}, Music/{{Foreigner}} and Music/{{Journey}}.

** Australian rock? Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/{{Inxs}}, Music/MenAtWork, Music/MidnightOil, Music/ParkwayDrive, and Music/TameImpala. The Little River Band may get a mention, but they did not really break through until they moved to the US and most of the band's lineups throughout the years have no members from Australia.

** Australian rock? Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/{{Inxs}}, Music/MenAtWork, Music/MidnightOil, Music/ParkwayDrive, and Music/TameImpala.

* Music/{{Survivor}}, much like MC Hammer, is known for "Eye of the Tiger", "Burning Heart", and nothing else. In their heyday, they were one of the biggest arena rock bands on the planet, and were never thought of as a two-hit wonder.

* Female rock artists and female-fronted rock bands? Music/{{Heart}}, Music/FleetwoodMac, Music/JanisJoplin, Music/PatBenatar, Music/TheGoGos, Music/AlanisMorissette, Music/JeffersonAirplane, Music/TheRunaways (and definitely Joan Jett and Lita Ford either way), Music/NoDoubt, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/{{Blondie}}, Music/{{Pretenders}}, [[Music/CourtneyLove Hole]], Music/{{Evanescence}}, Music/{{Garbage}}, Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees, Music/BonnieRaitt and Music/{{Paramore}}. Music/ThePlasmatics, Music/{{Fanny}}, Music/PattiSmith, Music/SleaterKinney, Music/BikiniKill, Music/TheSlits, Music/CocteauTwins, Babes in Toyland, Alabama Shakes, Music/{{L7}}, Music/SkunkAnansie, Jinjer, Music/{{Otep}}, Walls of Jericho, Music/{{Halestorm}}, Music/ThePrettyReckless, Music/WithinTemptation, New Year's Day, Music/{{Nightwish|Band}}, Music/{{Epica}}, Kittie, Butcher Babies, Music/LacunaCoil, Spiritbox, and Music/InThisMoment might get a mention. Metal fans are also likely to mention Doro (and probably also Warlock), Arch Enemy, The Agonist, Holy Moses, Delain, The Gathering, Anathema, Unleash the Archers, Theatre of Tragedy, and Battle Beast, and and there may also be rare mentions of Music/{{Girlschool}}, Abnormality, Cerebral Bore (though Simone Pluijmers has not been a member for some time), Fuck the Facts, Nervosa, Avatarium, Oceans of Slumber, Leaves' Eyes, Arkona, Venom Prison, and Entheos; Code Orange may also get a mention despite Reba Meyers not serving as a figurehead (though she is an integral member). Finally, Rickie Lee Jones may get an ''extremely'' rare mention.

** Its the classical version of ''TheEntertainer'' (AKA ''Film/TheSting'')

* The only Disney pop artists discussed outside of tween/teen media are Music/MileyCyrus (and [[ContractualPurity especially in works made at the time of any minor scandal she got caught up in]]) and Music/TheJonasBrothers. And [[Music/DemiLovato the one who]] came back from having an eating disorder and self-harming and then came out as non-binary later on. Maybe Music/SelenaGomez too, at least for dating Music/JustinBieber. Music/MirandaCosgrove is likely [[AllAnimationIsDisney still thought of]] as a Disney star, in spite of the fact she works for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}.

* The only Twisted Sister song people remember is "We're Not Gonna Take It", mostly because it was the theme for Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's successful campaign for governor of [[FunetikAksent "Colliefohnia"]] in 2003. "I Wanna Rock" will ''sometimes'' get mentioned by fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''. The only people who remember "Burn in Hell" are either those who saw ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'' (and that was [[LighterAndSofter a considerably toned-down version]]) or have heard the Dimmu Borgir (a Norwegian extreme metal band) cover.

** Oddly enough, this is even worse in the bands native country, the UK, where most people know them only for "Living In The Past" and for the origin of their name being a common trivia question.

* Christmas music can be prone to this. Unless they're over 60 years old, can anyone name a song by Brenda Lee besides "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", by the Ronettes besides "Sleigh Ride" or "Be My Baby", by Bobby Helms besides "Jingle Bell Rock", by Gene Autry besides "Here Comes Santa Claus" or "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", by Burl Ives besides "A Holly Jolly Christmas", by Perry Como besides "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", by Vaughn Monroe besides "Let It Snow", by Jose Feliciano besides "Feliz Navidad", or by Andy Williams besides "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", even though none of those artists was a OneHitWonder in their heyday?

** ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}'' (Bizet) contains the only mezzo-soprano aria, the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDFgtFXfnv0 Habanera]]". Elsewhere ''Carmen'' is known from "Tora-adora, don't spit on the floor-a" or maybe "Neither a borrower, nor a lender be" (which is actually from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', by way of ''Series/GilligansIsland'').

** ''[[Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor Toccata in D Minor]]'' (always played on a pipe organ) for vampires and other "creepy" things. Usually only the first few bars are played, and the not-so-creepy fugue is almost never played, though its association with the toccata means that sometimes, the fugue is used for "creepy" things. (Ironically, when a score was first put to the Creator/BelaLugosi ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' movie, they used Tchaikovsky's ''Swan Lake'' instead.)

** The wedding march from ''Lohengrin'': instrumental or organ-only. Can be credited as "‘Here Comes the Bride’(traditional)", and can be used in works whose dramatic date is earlier than ''Lohengrin''.

* Music/AaronCopland only did ''Fanfare for the Common Man'' and ''Rode''o (and then only the Hoe-Down part; y'know, "Beef: It's What's for Dinner". Dun dun dun.)

* Asked to name a composer, most wouldn't name Gioacchino Rossini or Giuseppe Verdi but it's a toss-up between the two who wrote the most tunes everybody recognises and can hum but can't identify. Rossini gave us the fast bit from ''William Tell'' aka the ''Series/TheLoneRanger'' music, the overtures from ''The Barber of Seville'' and ''The Thieving Magpie, La donna è mobile'' and others; Verdi the chorus of Hebrew slaves from ''Nabucco'', the brindisi from ''La Traviata'', the triumphal march from ''Aida'', and the ''Dies Irae'' from the ''Requiem''.

* Music Hall and Vaudeville are quickly fading away out of the public consciousness. The only legendary names still remembered are Creator/JosephineBaker and Creator/MauriceChevalier.
** Just look at any list of radio, first- or second-generation film, or first-generation TV stars. Chances are most of them got their start there.

** Danish pop? Music/{{MO}}. [=Alphabeat=] and Junior Senior may get rare mentions.

** Gothic metal? Music/{{Nightwish}} (even though their most recent albums are symphonic / progressive), Music/TypeONegative, Music/{{Evanescence}} and Music/LacunaCoil.

* Female rock artists and female-fronted rock bands? Music/{{Heart}}, Music/FleetwoodMac, Music/JanisJoplin, Music/PatBenatar, Music/TheGoGos, Music/AlanisMorissette, Music/JeffersonAirplane, Music/TheRunaways (and definitely Joan Jett and Lita Ford either way), Music/NoDoubt, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/{{Blondie}}, Music/{{Pretenders}}, [[Music/CourtneyLove Hole]], Music/{{Evanescence}}, Music/{{Garbage}}, Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees, Music/BonnieRaitt and Music/{{Paramore}}. Music/ThePlasmatics, Music/{{Fanny}}, Music/PattiSmith, Music/SleaterKinney, Music/BikiniKill, Music/TheSlits, Music/CocteauTwins, Babes in Toyland, Alabama Shakes, Music/{{L7}}, Music/SkunkAnansie, Jinjer, Music/{{Otep}}, Walls of Jericho, Music/{{Halestorm}}, Music/ThePrettyReckless, Music/WithinTemptation, New Year's Day, Music/{{Nightwish}}, Music/{{Epica}}, Kittie, Butcher Babies, Music/LacunaCoil, Spiritbox, and Music/InThisMoment might get a mention. Metal fans are also likely to mention Doro (and probably also Warlock), Arch Enemy, The Agonist, Holy Moses, Delain, The Gathering, Anathema, Unleash the Archers, Theatre of Tragedy, and Battle Beast, and and there may also be rare mentions of Music/{{Girlschool}}, Abnormality, Cerebral Bore (though Simone Pluijmers has not been a member for some time), Fuck the Facts, Nervosa, Avatarium, Oceans of Slumber, Leaves' Eyes, Arkona, Venom Prison, and Entheos; Code Orange may also get a mention despite Reba Meyers not serving as a figurehead (though she is an integral member). Finally, Rickie Lee Jones may get an ''extremely'' rare mention.

** Finnish metal? Music/ChildrenOfBodom, Music/{{Nightwish}}, Music/{{Stratovarius}}, Music/{{Lordi}} and Music/{{HIM}}. Music/{{Amorphis}}, Music/{{Korpiklaani}}, Music/{{Finntroll}} and Music/{{Ensiferum}} may get occasional mentions, as well as the ''very'' occasional mention of Music/{{Insomnium}}.

* The only progressive rock bands are Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Yes}}, Music/{{Genesis}}, Music/PinkFloyd, and maybe Music/JethroTull. And sometimes not even all of them - lots of people only know Genesis for their more pop-oriented 80s material and have no idea they ever did prog rock or had Peter Gabriel as a member. To a lesser extent, Yes and Tull sometimes gets the same treatment from people who only know the songs that show up on the radio. And King Crimson suffer a ''severe'' case of MainstreamObscurity - lots of people have heard the name and are vaguely aware that they're an influential band, few could name even one of their songs or albums.

* Music/PhilCollins, as far as many people are concerned, only ever made soft rock and '80s pop (with or without Music/{{Genesis}}). It's often forgotten that Genesis actually took a few albums to become a pop band after Collins took the lead singer helm from Music/PeterGabriel, or that the first album he ever performed on (''Ark 2'' by Flaming Youth, which was an AcclaimedFlop) was more straightforward rock, or that he was a member of Brand X, who were moderately successful among the jazz fusion crowd, and remain one of the biggest names in the genre even after disbanding (many people often discuss how successful Collins was in Genesis and in his solo career, but they often leave out Brand X). In addition, while most of his songs are about romantic relationships (in both [[SillyLoveSongs positive]] and [[BreakupSong negative]] contexts), not a lot of people remember that he's written, or helped in writing, a good number of songs that have nothing to do with the subject; not only has he written introspective songs, such as "Take Me Home", but he's also written some instrumentals (not just for Genesis and Brand X, but for his solo career as well).