Favorite Genre of music

[Newo95]

Hello people of CD, I am doing an experiment and would like to know what the most popular genre of music is. Please take some time and vote, or post your answer if it does not appear on the list.

Thank you,
Newo95

[davidthefat]

Classical
Hip Hop
Country

In that order

[Lil' Lavery]

Heavy Metal.

How does alternative [rock] get its own section, but the genre it is derived from (punk rock) not get its own section?

[Chris is me]

I'm pretty big into Indie Pop. Saying I like Indie Rock is a bit too broad of a term, as I'm not really into most of the more post-rock stuff as much as other indie music.

Favorite bands might make a more descriptive thread.

[drumfreak]

Big band

[Scott L.]

J-pop

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Classic Rock
Blues
Although a discussion could last forever on the subject of one birthing the other.

[demosthenes2k8]

"Classic" Rock (Queen is the best band of all time. OF ALL TIME.) like Queen, Styx, Kansas, Boston, Rush, etc
More recently, I've started enjoying some relatively obscure music - ALL CAPS's stuff, some Wrock, lots of chiptune, etc.

[Lil' Lavery]

Classic Rock = radio format
Classic Rock != genre
Indie = type of label
Indie != genre

[demosthenes2k8]

I consider "classic rock" a different genre than "modern rock", because they sound and feel different to me. And I was using indie to mean more like "obscure", since that's how many people I know use it.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by demosthenes2k8

I consider "classic rock" a different genre than "modern rock", because they sound and feel different to me. And I was using indie to mean more like "obscure", since that's how many people I know use it.

Except "classic rock" comprises of multiple genres of rock that sound and feel different from one another. AC/DC and the Beatles don't sound much alike. Pink Floyd isn't the same style of music as the Sex Pistols. "Classic rock" is a homogenization of several distinct musical genres that all survive to this day, albeit sometimes in evolved forms.

And there are still plenty of bands who play in "classic rock" styles. There are the rather obvious ones, like Wolfmother, Jet, The Black Keys, and Airbourne. And then there are many lesser known choices, usually on indie labels. Stuff like Witchcraft, Monster Magnet, Gov't Mule, Backwoods Payback, Year Long Disaster, Earthless, etc.

"Indie" is another term that has been taken to hell and back. The usage has been so stretched that it really doesn't have any meaning anymore in terms of describing music (and even when it did, it still described multiple genres, as indie-pop isn't the same as indie-folk isn't the same as indie-rock, etc) It's still valid to mean that a band is on an independent label, but that's about it. I'd rather just describe a band with a genre that actually fits them (lo-fi pop often being a valid substitute for much of the music described as indie-pop, for example).

[J.Warsoff]

I like a lot of stuff, but i have an obsession with jazz. i also like classic blues and rock n' roll.

[Wayne Doenges]

Classic Rock Rules: AC/DC, KISS, Aeorsmith, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles

To spell crap you need rap

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

"Indie" is another term that has been taken to hell and back. The usage has been so stretched that it really doesn't have any meaning anymore in terms of describing music (and even when it did, it still described multiple genres, as indie-pop isn't the same as indie-folk isn't the same as indie-rock, etc) It's still valid to mean that a band is on an independent label, but that's about it. I'd rather just describe a band with a genre that actually fits them (lo-fi pop often being a valid substitute for much of the music described as indie-pop, for example).

For me, Indie Synthpop means "I like synthpop but if you say I should listen to Owl City I will get very angry at you."

I don't think indie is a particularly good genre, but saying one likes indie music in my mind means that one listens to the music popular in the indie subculture. Could be anything from postrock to garage rock to indietronica...

[Brianna]

80's hair bands