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Merkaba · 01-11-2006, 02:47 PM

I personally think it's wrong to modify a bands genre to fit the times.

It's playing around with history. A band may fit the term 'rock' more so then 'metal' these days, but don't take anything away from what it was at the time.

Pretend in 20years time todays emo became known as pure pop. And your kids are running around getting into all this "early" pop which was once emo. You wouldn't have a bar of it would you? You'd stand upright and argue that it is some of the original early emo. And then you'd proceed to ram Britney down their throats telling them that thats true early pop.

Point being, if when the music first came out it was one genre, it doesn't mean it changes over time into another genre. At least say it was the earliest form of such and such genre, giving it some honesty to what it once was.

01-11-2006, 02:47 PM	#83 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	I personally think it's wrong to modify a bands genre to fit the times. It's playing around with history. A band may fit the term 'rock' more so then 'metal' these days, but don't take anything away from what it was at the time. Pretend in 20years time todays emo became known as pure pop. And your kids are running around getting into all this "early" pop which was once emo. You wouldn't have a bar of it would you? You'd stand upright and argue that it is some of the original early emo. And then you'd proceed to ram Britney down their throats telling them that thats true early pop. Point being, if when the music first came out it was one genre, it doesn't mean it changes over time into another genre. At least say it was the earliest form of such and such genre, giving it some honesty to what it once was. __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker