the following albums are "Rock":
- Gwen Stefani "The Sweet Escape"
- Aerosmith "Nine Lives"
- Alanis Morissette "Jagged Little Pill"
- The Beatles "Anthology"
- Beck "Sea Change"
- Dave Matthews Band "Crash"
- Fall Out Boy "Infinity on High"
- Jet "Shine On"
These are "pop":
- Alanis Morrisette "So-Called Chaos"
- Ashlee Simpson "Autobiography"
- The Beatles "Anthology" (a diff. disc)
- Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
- Jack Johnson "In Between Dreams"
- KC and the Sunshine Band "Best of..."
- Madeleine Peyroux "Careless Love"
- Paul Simon "There goes Rhymin' Simon"
- Van Morrison "Best of..."
These are "Alternative":
- Beck "Guero"
- Hellogoodbye "Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!"
- The Killers "Sams Town"
- OK GO "Oh No"
- Snow Patrol "Eyes Open"
- White Stripes "Get Behind Me Satan"
- All-American Rejects "Move Along"
- Jem "Finally Woken"
Even Jazz seems confusing...look at these songs that are considered "jazz":
- "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse
- "Autumn in New York" by Billie Holiday (which I agree...this is what I think of as jazz)
- "Julia Ann Johnson" by H. Ledbetter
- "freefall" by Spyro Gyra
Since when is Van Morrison in the same category as Ashlee Simpson?
It's time people came to creatin' more words, because I think you'd agree that the artists on these lists don't sound anything like eachother.
I feel like in the last five years, the only new words we've come up with to describe a new genre of music is "emo"...well what about MIA? That should be like...hipster hip-hop...like urban outfitters hip hop. Let's come up with some new words, people!
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Meh, I dunno. I like the boring genre titles. I think it makes it easier to compare and contrast shitty vs. great music.
For example, yeah The Beatles and Ashlee Simpson are pop musicians...but The Beatles represent POP music at its best while Miss Simpson represents banality at its utter worst.
Works for me!
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