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Have we done this before?

― Black Cat Ninetynine, Saturday, 21 May 2005 01:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Some artists straddle genres, tho'.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 May 2005 01:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Especially Killing Joke.

Maybe we have to make some kind of subgenres or something.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 21 May 2005 01:49 (twenty-one years ago)

And some artists elude classification entirely....for example, how would you categorize Bowie? Simply "rock"?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 May 2005 01:53 (twenty-one years ago)

For what it's worth, Aja, I'd call Killing Joke post-punk and leave it at that.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 May 2005 01:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't some people call him "Glam Rock" or something like that?

For what it's worth, Aja, I'd call Killing Joke post-punk and leave it at that.
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...)

I told someone Gang of Four was post-punk. I think maybe it fits more towards them than KJ, but I don't know.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 21 May 2005 01:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I have favourite genres more than I have favourite bands/artists. So this would be tough for me.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 21 May 2005 01:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I told someone Gang of Four was post-punk. I think maybe it fits more towards them than KJ, but I don't know.

Gang of Four is Post-Punk (if not definitively so). So are Killing Joke (though they're been called everything from punk to goth to industrial etc.)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 May 2005 02:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't really like the calling them goth and industrial just doesn't really fit anything, except maybe the stuff on Extremeties and maybe Pandemonium.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 21 May 2005 02:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Let's do stop talking about Kililng Joke here.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 May 2005 02:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow. OK I'll be brave and start. I'm gonna skip stuff like grindcore, opera, european improv, funk, drone, disco and bluegrass, because I really don't have 'favorites' in those genres.

and this list is off the top of my head.

Black Metal: Gorgoroth
Classic Metal: Black Sabbath (duh)
Modern Metal: Lamb of God
Jazz: Albert Ayler and Rashied Ali (tie)
Country: Louvin Brothers
Reggae / Dub: Keith Hudson and The Congos (tie)
Folk: Incredible String Band
Prog: Gong and Emtidi (tie)
Hip Hop: DJ Screw
Soul: Al Green
"Classic" "Rock": Fleetwood Mac and Grateful Dead (tie)
Psych: impossible question
Indie Rock: Destroyer or Silkworm
80s / new wave / pop: Split Enz
Techno: Thomas Brinkman and Theo Parrish (tie)
Hardcore: Angel Hair
Punk: Bad Brains
Overall: Neil Young, Royal Trux, Dead Moon

damn, this is HARD, kid!

― The 'Roj, Saturday, 21 May 2005 02:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Some of these genres I don't like much, but still trying:

Prog: Genesis
Pop (in the traditional sense): XTC
Rock: Depends on how wide the definition is but I guess David Bowie qualifies in a way
Synthpop: Depeche Mode
Indie: Blur
Punk: The Clash
Postpunk: The Cure
New Wave: Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Country: Gram Parsons (in all of his various guises)
Reggae: Bob Marley & The Wailers
Classic soul: The Supremes
Soul: Stevie Wonder
Hip-Hop: Tupac Shakur
Jazz: Weather Report
Metal (in general): Van Halen
Disco: Donna Summer
AOR: Steely Dan (OK, not quite AOR...)
MOR: ABBA
Easy Listening: Burt Bacharach
Manufactured mainstream pop: Bananarama

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 21 May 2005 02:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Before this becomes unwieldy, could someone (thread starter or otherwise) just come up with a list of, say, 10-15 semi-agreed upon major genres before we veer into insular psychosis? I mean, I'm as curious as anyone else to see what your speed garage or dancehall or power metal choices are...which is to say, not at all.

― John Justen (johnjusten), Saturday, 21 May 2005 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh shit I can't believe I forgot:

Blues: Washington Phillips
Garage Rock: anything Billy Childish-related and Jackknife (tie)

― rog again, Saturday, 21 May 2005 05:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Geir likes Pac?!

― Jordan (Jordan), Saturday, 21 May 2005 06:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I do indeed like those two albums he released before his death, yes. I am quite fond of the mid 90s G Funk sound, which reminds me of some great early 80s stuff, and I think he did it better than anybody else.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 21 May 2005 09:51 (twenty-one years ago)

What about the seventeen albums since his death?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 May 2005 09:52 (twenty-one years ago)

My favorites are Having Fun With Tupac On Stage and Tupac Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas. The other 15 are expendable.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 21 May 2005 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanksgiving With Tupac was pretty good.

― latebloomer: B Minus Time Traveler (latebloomer), Saturday, 21 May 2005 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

"Let's do stop talking about Kililng Joke here."

-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), May 21st, 2005 4:04 AM. (later)

[faints]

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Saturday, 21 May 2005 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

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