Which genre or category of music could you tell would be terrible just by its name?

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OK. I'll start.

Smooth Jazz

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

skiffle

― bg (creamolafoam), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)

IDM is way better than "IDM", and i dont even love IDM.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:45 (twenty years ago)

Shoegazer

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

Postrock

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

Indie-pop

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

bubblegum

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

grime

― zeus, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

prog

― bg (creamolafoam), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

Nu-Metal!

― biz, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

folktronica

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

electric ass bongos

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

Grime

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

OTM "Grime" it just sounds horrible. See also Folk.

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

TRANCE

― Mickey (modestmickey), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:35 (twenty years ago)

Hi-NRG

― The Landlord's Daughter (The Landlord's Daughter), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

also, newgrass

― The Landlord's Daughter (The Landlord's Daughter), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:47 (twenty years ago)

Uh...Noise?

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:48 (twenty years ago)

Electro(prog)house.

― BARMS, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

Christian Death Metal
nu-ass

― Masked Gazza, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

folkrapica

― Masked Gazza, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

Chill-out.

― alext (alext), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

Left-field.
(see also): Alternative.

― alext (alext), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

Pure pop - oxymoronic.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

noise

― Hilaire Belloc, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

alternative country

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)

'Shoegaze' doesn't SOUND very thrilling as a term...

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

Scouse House

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

CHRISTIAN _____.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

2STEP

― Mickey (modestmickey), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

indie

― sunny successor (standing in the light of my own musical power) (katharine), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

happy hardcore

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

happy hardcore OTM

― Mickey (modestmickey), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

EURODANCE

― Mickey (modestmickey), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

rock n roll
punk

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)

west-indie

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

i thought 'grime' was a cool sounding genre until i realized it was just a bunch of arryhthmic hacks rapping badly over fruity loops beats.

― ugly and mean, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

Nu-[??]

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

acid jazz
dream pop

― ugly and mean, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:05 (twenty years ago)

beardcore

― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

I think acid jazz is actually the opposite of this, the name sounds a lot cooler that it actually is.

― Jena (JenaP), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

what a fucking shit thread, talk about weeding out the kneejerk conservatives, who's going to say "rock, jazz, pop", absolute rubbish.

and Barima next time you moan about ILM negativity have a look at the last 50 or so posts of pointless whining from yourself, including the bizarro "no thanks" over on ILE today.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

just saw fezaffe's post, the man is a saint

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

New Age
Romo

― mike a, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

MATH ROCK

― mike a, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

FOR RONAN

http://2.thefool.co.uk/uploader/uploaded/littlebookofcalmdowndear.jpg

― o, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

nintendo-core

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

Ronan OTM.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

crust.

― shh! (wide-eyed), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

beardcore
-- whenuweremine (aretz...), June 21st, 2005

BEARDCORE?! really??
man, i *heart* beards.

― shh! (wide-eyed), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

judgin by name alone - not that anyone has been - "music" sounds a non-starter to me

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

"Positive Goth"

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 03:35 (twenty years ago)

emo

― a banana (alanbanana), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 03:40 (twenty years ago)

Anything that has the word "garage" in its name.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 06:34 (twenty years ago)

So -- basically every category of music ever, then? (Referring to the whole thread, obvs.)

― brittle-lemon, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 06:38 (twenty years ago)

"Ferocious boomy music" (copyright: Momus)

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 06:41 (twenty years ago)

beardcore! how come no one told me??? is that true??????? i'm wish you shh.
mine was happy hardcore.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 07:32 (twenty years ago)

happy hardcore > jungle > drum 'n bass

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 07:33 (twenty years ago)

is that better than?

drum n' bass leave me dry too. (except for now i have visions of beardcore dancing in my head.)

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 07:37 (twenty years ago)

When Colin Dexter ends up writing about "listening to Drums and Bass on his Walkman" in an Inspector Morse novel you know you've backed a loser.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 07:38 (twenty years ago)

'happy hardcore' is a pretty great name...wouldn't want to listen to it for more than a few tracks (as part of a mix) at a time though.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:08 (twenty years ago)

people seem to be just listing 'genres' because of what they know and dislike about the music rather than what the actual word would suggest to them if they'd never heard any of it before.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:09 (twenty years ago)

how do you know that? *people seem*

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:13 (twenty years ago)

oh, have i upset you?

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:41 (twenty years ago)

you might like to answer my question instead of acting like a prick.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:41 (twenty years ago)

you seem upset.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:43 (twenty years ago)

the answer to the question, which seemed self-evident, is that i don't know that, it was merely my suspicion. ILM is a very suspicious place.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:44 (twenty years ago)

translation: they named genres you like.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:46 (twenty years ago)

happy hardcore > jungle > drum 'n bass

-- Marcello Carlin (marcellocarli...), June 22nd, 2005.

so yer just talking about the words marcello?

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:51 (twenty years ago)

i think you're right

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:52 (twenty years ago)

absolutely. you can tell the dreaded progressive gentrification tendency just from looking at the words.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:53 (twenty years ago)

haha i don't know what yr talking about i just think something hardcorely happy sounds like it might be better than something which has nothing but drums n bass (like, what, the strokes soundcheck?)

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:55 (twenty years ago)

ah that must be it. i suppose it's too much to ask for reasons why some names turn people off. 'beardcore' i could understand, except it doesn't exist. 'folktronica' sounds a bit wanky to me and presumably others too, even before you hear whatever is supposed to fit that label (but The Notwist are good!). i don't really mind the 'a' attached to 'tronic' because i'm fine with pretension generally as long as it's not trite.

xpost x4

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:56 (twenty years ago)

(xpost)

happy hardcore had 78 rpm samples at 3000 bpm. drum n' bass ended up with wind sound effects, electric pianos and flutes.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 08:57 (twenty years ago)

and jungle had lion noises?

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 09:01 (twenty years ago)

no, jungle was hyperactive and manic if slightly slower. tremendous soundtrack to accompany the sound of breaking car window glass in pimlico.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 09:02 (twenty years ago)

i think the correct answer is probably emo.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 09:03 (twenty years ago)

ya, this is like every genre ever.

nu-anything and emo take the cake. emo might actually come out on top because it's just so incredibly snotty.

― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 11:36 (twenty years ago)

Thanks o!

Ronan, seriously, grow a thicker skin, or try to have an actual conversation with me instead of your non-answers and petty sniping. Or alternatively, go procreate in isolation.

― BARMS, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

(This is also hilarious considering I'm listening to Kiki's extended mix of Sinema)

Also, be a real poster, not a boorish troll, and maybe get me some example of my (presumably "baseless") "bitching".

― BARMS, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

Though really, I figure you're crying into your Technics because I've lost most interest in anything you champion. Eat some Get Over Yourself cookies, plzkthxlater4u.

― BARMS, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 11:52 (twenty years ago)

gangsta rap

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 11:52 (twenty years ago)

Ronan is no more a boorish troll than I am the inventor of illbient.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)

I thought you were the inventor of Pitman, MC.

― BARMS, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 11:58 (twenty years ago)

Well I passed my Pitman back in '79. Don't know about having invented it though.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 12:00 (twenty years ago)

I have Vestax.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

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