If you had to pick a music genre what is it

[Hiya!]

3 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

That's two genres.

Welp the OP didnt mentioned i had to pick one genre : p

But if i had to pick one then its japanese pop at least they dont dance like korean.

[Drak3]

Just now, Hiya! said:

Welp the OP didnt mentioned i had to pick one genre : p

But if i had to pick one then its japanese pop at least they dont dance like korean.

A music genre means one music genre.

 

And Pop isn't really a genre, it denotes whether the music is considered popular or not. Most pop is Electronica derivative, just like EDM.

[Hiya!]

14 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

A music genre means one music genre.

 

And Pop isn't really a genre, it denotes whether the music is considered popular or not. Most pop is Electronica derivative, just like EDM.

Well in that case i cant choose -__-

[Drak3]

Just now, Hiya! said:

Well in that case i cant choose -__-

Well, Rock is a fairly extensive genre, and can borrow aspects from literally every other genre out there.

[1234vietnam]

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[Daniel Z.]

Just now, Prqnk3d said:

Dubstep

kys please. jk but seriously. why dubstep?

[1234vietnam]

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[vanished]

I find it interesting that what is often portrayed as popular on TV, radio, and found in public, etc. is almost not mentioned here at all.  I wonder if there is a strong correlation between being a PC enthusiast and not liking whatever the latest new popular song is like it seems most do, and if that correlation, if it exists, is just a coincidence, or if there's something to it.

[glimmingdjghost]

it's not one genre for the rest of your life you can have more if you wanted

[Tcrumpen]

Classic Rock or Power Metal

[Tcrumpen]

9 minutes ago, glimmingdjghost said:

it's not one genre for the rest of your life you can have more if you wanted

Hmm that's interesting i'll say based on that Bachata remixes

 

Bachata is Latin music for those unaware

[Drak3]

5 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I find it interesting that what is often portrayed as popular on TV, radio, and found in public, etc. is almost not mentioned here at all.  I wonder if there is a strong correlation between being a PC enthusiast and not liking whatever the latest new popular song is like it seems most do, and if that correlation, if it exists, is just a coincidence, or if there's something to it.

We're not a bunch of prepubescent twits.

 

There's your correlation.

[TidaLWaveZ]

10 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

So Country Rock is okay then? In that respect, you are choosing 2 genres. 

By Country Rock are you talking about

Southern Rock, Arena/Stadium Country, Rockabilly, Folk Rock, Electric Bluegrass, Cowpunk, or Heartland Rock?

[Volbet]

I guess I'll be mu usual stereotype and just say metal. 

 

On 23/1/2018 at 8:08 AM, Ryan_Vickers said:

I find it interesting that what is often portrayed as popular on TV, radio, and found in public, etc. is almost not mentioned here at all.  I wonder if there is a strong correlation between being a PC enthusiast and not liking whatever the latest new popular song is like it seems most do, and if that correlation, if it exists, is just a coincidence, or if there's something to it.

 

There are probably a few reasons for this:

 

Firstly, the popularity of music is often rather relative to your location, while other media like TV or movies aren't. 

While everyone from a kid in northern Finland to an elderly woman in Buenos Aires can enjoy the latest Hollywood movies in their local theaters, those two would probably not have the same songs playing on the radio. 

So while pop culture as a whole might present an image of what is popular, that image tends to be very centered around American pop culture, meaning that the music contained therein will be the stuff that's popular in America. 

 

So this forum (being as international as it is) will give a much wider scope on music than, say, movies. 

 

For example, let's compare the French and the American singles top 10:

 

French top 10


American top 10:

 

 

 

So while there's certainly some American influences to be found they're not as big as one might think or one might be lead to believe by TV and movies.

 

Secondly, Nielsen and Billboard has always been about 5 years behind on how they count sales and plays. 

For example, it's not untill fairly recently that Billboard began counting streams on Pandora, which actually lead to a pretty significant shakeup of the charts (especially in the lower half), simply due to the demographic that uses Pandora. 

And whenever Nielsen and Billboard has caught up with the times it tends to go really wrong. 

When they began counting streaming they actually counted streams on Vine (which was 5 seconds) the same as a full song stream on Spotify or YouTube. 

Leading to stuff like Nasty Freestyle becoming a top 10 hit.

 

Lastly, and this is a long running problem. what is being portrayed as popular might not actually be popular. 

It's not secret that most corporate radio stations (at least in America) won't play music that they aren't getting payed to play. It's not uncommon for record labels to drop around $250.000/year just to get various radio stations to play a single, hoping it'll translate into sales. 

That means a lot of artists that might be popular on YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud or even actual sales will never be popular on the radio, and in the grand scheme chart success radio play just counts for more than a Spotify stream.

 

Edit: There's of course also the whole notion that it's uncool to be like everyone else, leading to people often giving left field answers to questions like these.

It's pretty much the same as with movies. A lot of people would gladly admit that their favorite movie is 2001: A Space Odyssey, while few people would admit to Waterboy being their favorite.

 

[chiller15]

Post-Hardcore. Because of youthful angst.

[19_blackie_73]

swing:P I'm way to oldschool

[Grimfrost769]

Doom/stoner rock

[TacoSenpai]

Give me Eurobeat and either a BRZ or 86 and I'm set.

 

Other than that the only other one Id choose would be Metal.

[TheRandomness]

9 hours ago, Prqnk3d said:

really just EDM as a whole but i found a few nice "dubstep" songs recently that i enjoy

 

Link a few because there's a chance it's either brostep or riddim.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

I I had to pick one, it would be progressive rock.

[1234vietnam]

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[TheRandomness]

13 minutes ago, Prqnk3d said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAStOCBA6BU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAPgz4_dInE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7xcSRDsMo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNaE0HwPw8Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEL-HdWvLpM

 

Ok yeah definitely dubstep/electro/whatever the mix of genres is. Electro house maybe. But mostly dubstep.

[1234vietnam]

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[Aeternalis]

I wouldn't want to, but metal hands down. The largest variation in any genre that I know of.

[Bhav]

Actually my favorite genre is:

 

Works of music composed from hippopotamus flatulence.