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Old 05-16-2012, 01:58 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bam You Have AIDS View Post
Okay.

Ultimately, it's still useful to give or receive a general idea of what something sounds like, which you stated as its only valid application, so that leaves me going "So what?"
Whilst I find the seemingly ever-increasing need to invent genre names nothing short of ridiculous, I have to agree with this. A band and/or artist being tagged under a certain genre is the only way to describe their style to someone who previously hadn't heard them.
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