What genres do you listen to?

If I lived in the midwest, I'd probly be tired of Country music as well, especially the corny Country-Pop stuff you most likely hear all the time. I get that.

I'd say the Bee Gees are Album Rock (more a marketing term than a genre, but whatever), Soft Rock and Disco (some of the time), and Tears For Fears are kinda a New Wave/borderline Synth Pop group. Both good though, can't argue.

There are definite compositional similarities between EDM/Electronica and Rock music, IMO. The presence of a steady bassline and the common use of straight 4/4 time are obvious ones that both share, though both are found elsewhere as well, and neither is universal in either genre. Though there are noticeable differences as well. The emphasis on the accompaniment over lyrics that ya mentioned is another (as opposed to, say, a lot of Folk Music, where the lyrics are more important than the instrumental component).

edited 11th Mar '14 10:47:12 PM by sharkcrap11

Country-Pop especially grates on me because so much of it sounds the same. Actually, that's my beef with Pop in general. It's all so samey that it just blends together in my mind. Taylor Swift is probably the only C-Pop artist I actually like, though I've heard some circles don't consider her music "true" Country, so eh.

Album Rock is kind of a misleading term IMO. It really just describes albums that are intended as a full experience and have no filler, like Dark Side of the Moon and Random Access Memories, and it's not specific to Rock as the name implies.

You hit on pretty much all the reasons I like those genres, but I think it can all be distilled into a single quality: It's gotta have a groove. 4/4 time and a steady bassline are an easy, reliable way to give your music a groove, but there are other ways. Take "Woman In Chains," for example. Very slow and droning, but it still captures my attention because the instruments and vocals are arranged in a way that meshes perfectly and makes each note feel like it flows naturally. It doesn't sound like the music is being played, it sounds like it's just happening, and it wouldn't happen any other way. It's still a groove, just a different kind of groove. Similarly, The Game of Love (yes, DP again; can you tell I'm a fan?) is slow and melancholy, quite unlike most of the band's other songs, but it still manages to keep a groove through a skillful combination of vocals and instrumentals.

I hope that doesn't sound confusing. It's not often I get a chance to dissect my own tastes in music, so I'm not terribly adept at it.

Would The Avalanches' Since I left You count as "Album Rock" (seriously what kind of name even is that?)? Every song goes into each other and it's really best heard all the way through.

Yup, that's pretty much what Album Rock is. I'm thinking the term probably originated in Rock fandom circles and then came into mainstream use because no one could think up a better one.

Grooves are good, I won't argue with that. Though not all grooves need to fit the above parameters, as you pointed out above- music can have weird-ass time signatures and whatnot and still have groove. Take "Money" by Pink Floyd, for example. Great groove, but a sizable chunk of that one's actually in [[Uncommon Time 7/4]]. Yeah...

You've pretty much hit on what Album Rock generally means. It's not a genre, it's just "any Rock meant to be listened to in album format, with no filler". Except sometimes without the Rock part even being necessary... I think they stuck with that name just 'cause "Album Music" sounds... lame.

I mostly listen to movie scores, celtic, celtic folk, and classical. My parents are both classical musicians, and we're all very in touch with our Scottish ancestry. I do listen to pop sometimes, and pop rock/ soft rock, but mostly I like instrumentals, probably because that's all I listened to (aside from movie music) until I was 15.

Movie scores can be very interesting- sorta depends on the movie. I'm interested in ambience and texture in music, and scores have a LOT of that going on. Also, Celtic Folk has a beautiful, haunting quality to it that I like...

Everything that sounds funky.

I like it.

Mostly country and New Wave, but then a whole lot of other genres on a less major scale.

I listen to lots of things, but my favourite genres of music are hardcore, hardstyle, and trance.

I ♥ Hardcore.

edited 25th Jan '15 11:03:42 PM by RobotPrincess

Hardcore Techno, right? Not Hardcore Punk? I like both, myself...

Yes, Hardcore Techno. I've listened to and like a lot of genres, so I'm a fan of Hardcore Punk and almost every music genre from Punk to Industrial to Heavy Metal to Techno to everything.

But Hardcore Punk is more aggressive and angry, while Hardcore Techno is more happy and euphoric. So I'm a bigger fan of it. I love happy, kind, euphoric music. I don't like music about angry emotions as much.

I'm an extrovert and I love parties and EDM and P.L.U.R. Compassion is one of my three favourite things in life and I'm a Candy Kid! And I'm also an arcade kid! I go to Arcades with Bemani games every chance I get!

edited 26th Jan '15 11:21:34 PM by RobotPrincess

Sweet. Variety is important, can't argue there...

Not all Hardcore Techno is happy- Gabber sure as hell isn't, usually. Happy Hardcore definitely is, though. Incidentally, "More & More" by Hixxy is my favorite tune of that particular genre...

P.L.U.R.? Not sure what that is... Hard to imagine any arcade NOT having any Bemani games, but there must be some that are deprived in that manner... I'm guessing you're quite good at Beatmania and DDR and such?

There are arcades without Bemani games.

And P.L.U.R. means Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect. It means a lot to me. ♥

edited 27th Jan '15 12:54:59 AM by RobotPrincess

I quite like anything without american-english vocals. Mostly calm weird dated electronic stuff, like Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Brian Eno, and a bunch of pretty pretentious stuff that nobody has ever heard of :P

I listen to a lot of stuff mostly Classic Rock, Hard Rock, and Metal.

I don't listen to Rap, hip-hop, death metal, or black metal.

Also when I listen to anything not in my native language I prefer to hear songs with female vocals.

Progressive rock, art rock, jazz fusion, experimental electronica, classical, classic rock and heavy metal.

Me pretentious!

Industrial Techno (Grendel, and I think some of Celldweller and Blue Stahli qualifies as this), Electronic Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Metalcore, Rap rock, and Rap core are all subgenres that I can get to liking. I also like Gothic Rock and a few other brands of techno (I am not sure what Pendulum qualifies under)

Metalcore and rapcore are very hit and miss for me though as there is a lot of stuff in those sub-genres that sounds way to similar to eachother which is sad as I have found a few groups of artists that have developed rather unique styles in those two sub-genres (Motionless In White, Hollywood Undead, dangerkids, and a few others) that are usually overshadowed by them (or in Motionless In White's case they have a Hatedom consisting of assholes that claim to be metalheads but really are not metalheads).

edited 12th Aug '15 1:39:33 AM by Bleddyn

Shoegaze and dream pop are the two big ones for me. I also really love Britpop, 80s and 90s indie rock, old school hip hop, vaporwave (yes, I'm serious), post-punk, classic punk rock, and the occasional electronic.

I like Heavy Metal, Hip Hop, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Punk Rock, Post Hardcore and occasionally Experimental Stuff. I try to be diverse in what I listen to.

I also occasionally listen to Progressive Rock like The Mars Volta, Pink Floyd, and some Jethro Tull.

Regardless of genre, I tend to prefer either very calm or very abrasive music. There is little in-between. Despite this, I don't really like metal all that much.

My music taste is so wide that it's really, really hard to pin down the exact genres I like. I catch myself listening to Power Metal and various species of electronica/dubstep a lot, though. (Also, electroswing. Hell yeah, electroswing.)

Really it's easier for me to point out the genres I don't like- pop and several of its subgenres, with occasional exceptions like Drop Pop Candy, any metal harder than power metal (mostly since metal screams are pretty much Sensory Abuse to me unless done in moderation), and rap of most genres, especially gangsta rap.

Edit: vv Lazer reminded me that I also hate country.

edited 2nd Nov '16 10:38:28 AM by SilvieSkydancer

Rock (preferably hard rock), metal (but not the overly extreme kind), hip-hop, EDM, soundtracks, and some pop music. I'll listen to a lot of things, though country usually isn't one of them.