It may be time to give up on music genres

Global News ^ | December 3, 2023 10:00 am | Alan Cross- Corus Radio

[NorthMountain]

Is Alan Cross

a poofter?

[Olog-hai]

Not every country had the same “genres” too. Ever hear of the “New Romantic” genre?

[SamAdams76]

Since I was a teenager (1970s), I have always appreciated all genres of music and have spent the subsequent decades exploring classical, jazz, progressive rock, modern rock, celtic, blues, country, etc.

Maybe rap the only exception but I can tolerate the occasional Run DMC or Beastie Boys.

[maddog55]

When folks are at my house they listen to Blues, Classic and Southern Rock... my house my rules. Never loud, just background music. (unless it’s just me)

Overheard one couple saying “It sounds like we’re at a biker rally.”

I just said “Awesome music ain’t it.” Caught em off guard !!

[Night Hides Not]

Oh my goodness, you need to listen to George Benson’s album “Breezin’”, or “Catching The Sun” by Spyrogyra.

[Night Hides Not]

When they played their first song, I noticed the strong Allman Brothers vibe.

[dfwgator]

Or the first Pat Metheny Group album.

[TalBlack]

I was born in 1958. I’ve always listened to whatever I pleased. I liked Hard Rock but listened to the entire 20th century.

[noiseman]

This argument makes sense since today’s “music” all suffers from exactly the same level of suck.

[FreedomPoster]

You know the history there, right? That Derek is Butch Trucks’ nephew?

[grey_whiskers]

Keaggy played at McCartney’s wedding...

[Berlin_Freeper]

RELAX

[Terabitten]

Radio is dead, it just doesn’t know it yet.

Streaming services are cheap and have virtually any music you can imagine on tap.

[cyclotic]

I love Breezin, and almost anything else by George Benson.

[Night Hides Not]

Yes. BTW, tomorrow is the 67th anniversary of the Million Dollar Quartet. On 12/4/56, there was a jam session at Sun Studio in Memphis. Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis got together, while Sam Phillips rolled tape. That session was immortalized in the Broadway play with the same name.

[Fai Mao]

Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash
Elvis Pressley and B.B. King

Lots of cross genre friends in music

[cymbeline]

“sounds like the inside of a machine shop.”

Hey - I worked in a machine shop. Music (mostly soft music) to my ears. Things were produced.

[dragnet2]

☺

Btw, I did too, once upon a time.

[discostu]

Genres as a whole should go away. They’re always silly. They serve mostly to argue about who’s in what genre. It’s just music. Or books. Or movies.

[discostu]

Of course then you get the problems of the bands not agreeing. Fripp hates the idea of King Crimson being considered prog. Tony Iommi always says Sabbath was never heavy metal. Then of course there’s the long running bands that change, like Rush, prog metal, just metal, pop metal, hard rock.