History Main / MusicGenreDissonance

-->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk_QKoWWh2E The Problem with "GOTH" Characters (GOTH vs GOTHIC vs DARK)]]

* When the Grammy Awards first set up an award for Heavy Metal, they awarded the prize to Jethro Tull, to widespread derision, as they were seen as a psychedelic rock band. The lead singer of Metallica referred to it when they finally won, sarcastically thanking Jethro Tull for not releasing an album that year, a reference to Paul Simon winning Best Album and sincerely (if playfully) thanking Stevie Wonder for not putting out an album that year.[[/folder]]

->And last but not least is Debbie from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', where her and her friends dance to Music/JoyDivision's "Love Will Tear Us Apart", which was honestly quite surprising, but refreshing, because they actually used an actual beloved song within the goth scene instead of playing a generic metal song, which you usually see happen, as some people wrongly believe that metal music is goth music.

** Love Handel are referred to as a GlamMetal band but their signature song "You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart" is a pop ballad. {{Averted}} by the rest of the songs we hear from them in the show. With songs like "The Ballad of Klimpaloon" and "Robot Riot" being a lot closer to the songs you'd expect a {{Hard Rock}}ing glam band to make.

* The [[YouTubePoop YTP]][[StupidStatementDanceMix MV]] "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O36f1p8QSaw Big Beat Mario]]" received a lot of clout when it was released for being an elaborate, entirely original [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_beat Big Beat]] song comprised entirely of samples from ''VideoGame/HotelMario''. Naturally it spawned a lot of [[FollowTheLeader video responses]] using other sources with "[[TheJoyOfX Big Beat (Source Name)]]" in the title. However, the vast majority of the responses only took the "elaborate, original composition made entirely of source samples" part to heart, and most of them were not of the big beat genre despite having "Big Beat" in the title.

** Love Handel plays pop music despite being referred to as GlamMetal.

* The [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop YTP]][[StupidStatementDanceMix MV]] "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O36f1p8QSaw Big Beat Mario]]" received a lot of clout when it was released for being an elaborate, entirely original [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_beat Big Beat]] song comprised entirely of samples from ''VideoGame/HotelMario''. Naturally it spawned a lot of [[FollowTheLeader video responses]] using other sources with "[[TheJoyOfX Big Beat (Source Name)]]" in the title. However, the vast majority of the responses only took the "elaborate, original composition made entirely of source samples" part to heart, and most of them were not of the big beat genre despite having "Big Beat" in the title.

* Ember from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has a punk-looking band but her VillainSong, "Remember", is a pop song. Sam even refers to it as such. Even her other song "Girls' Night Out", which is definitely a lot more rocking than "Remember", is still very poppy and doesn't sound remotely punk.

** The Misfits met a similar mislabel: They look like tough glam punkers, and have been classified as punk rock in some instances, despite of playing NewWave[[note]]New Wave as a genre ''does'' have its roots in punk, but the kind of new wave that the Misfits play is clearly more akin to the poppy styles of Music/DuranDuran and Music/TheGoGos than the say, Music/{{Devo}}.[[/note]]

* Ember from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has a punk-looking band but her VillainSong, "Remember", is a pop song. Sam even refers to it as such.

* The Christmas Carol "Jingle Bell Rock" does not sound like rock at all.

** The Misfits met a similar mislabel: They look like tough glam punkers, and have been classified as punk rock in some instances, despite of playing NewWave[[note]]New Wave as a genre ''does'' have its roots in punk, but the style of new wave that the Misfits play is clearly more akin to the poppy styles of Music/DuranDuran and Music/TheGoGos than the say Music/{{Devo}}.[[/note]]

** The Misfits met a similar mislabel: They look like tough glam punkers, and have been classified as punk rock in some instances, despite of playing NewWave.

* ''Anime/VisualPrison'' is about VisualKei bands, but most of the music is closer to pop than visual kei.

* The 1987 special ''The Day My Kid Went Punk'' has the titular man supposedly being a punk rocker; however, he comes off as more into NewWave or post-punk fashion.

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* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': Done in-universe with Kabbage Boy. They call themselves a heavy metal band, but they actually play pop, much to the disgust of the metal-loving [[PlayerCharacter Eddie]].