JakeDTH

What genre of music do you wish was more popular, on TV the most, sell the most, have the most downloads, etc. Otherwise be "the mainstream" music genre.

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jtwilliams

I think for the purposes of this question, the genres should stand completely alone.

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boo boo

I don't believe there should be a dominant genre.

But I would wish people would stop sucking on the c*ck of punk rock and accept that it's been a parody of itself for like 20 years and that maybe it's time to move on.

I get tired of indie and metal being shoved in my face all the time too.

I think at this point just about anything you can do with rock music has been done and so the real future of music is in electronics. That being said I think prog and psychedelia has been slowly making a comeback since people started investing interest in them again. That's the interesting thing about music evolution, genres don't really die, they just take breaks.

Too many genres refuse to take a break.

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JakeDTH

I largely agree, but at the same time Rap and R&B are kind of taking over the music scene, and those two are like the only ones I don't like :/

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jtwilliams

I don't even think it should be called R&B anymore. It doesn't fit the tag.

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boo boo

I have to agree that Rap has become way too overpopulated, so many of the things that once made hip hop edgy and original have now become cliches and this is the problem with most genres.

There are original rap, punk, metal, indie, and so and so artists today but a lot of it is just indistinguishable because too many artists and bands choose to define themselves purely by their genre, following all the cliches of that genre and not really branching beyond them.

Prog has been this way for a long time, the 80s was full of derivative Genesis wannabes. But of all the rock genres prog has always been the most diverse and the least strict, unfortunately there's a lot of elitist fans who write off prog bands because god forbid they're influenced by music that came out in the last 30 years. Newer prog bands are now incorporating influences from genres and scenes that have emerged since prog's decline, even punk music. And thus prog bands are actually sounding progressive again. It's still a pretty niche genre and while it's great to see it getting popular again I hope it stays modest. Prog haters have their place I think, keeping the genre from getting too big for it's britches like it did last time.

I think the major problem with music is that so many people cling to one style of music and have this retarded "either/or" mentality that certain things should never be merged together, it's why there's too many punk bands now that sound exactly like the punk bands from over 30 years ago with nothing new to offer whatsoever and it's why god knows how many death metal, post hardcore, screamo and such bands sound exactly the same.

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It's only knock n' knowall, but I like it

http://www.last.fm/user/kingboobs

jtwilliams

I like all the points you make here. We do need some bands to branch out, and there are a few. But it would be nice if those bands were more prominent to the entire populace.

I saw somewhere on here where someone was talking about Prog/Folk. I have yet to hear it but it sounds interesting.

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boo boo

I'm working on a classic prog compilation that I will upload on here for anyone to check out eventually.

There are still very experimental bands around, some falling under prog or indie or both or they can't be shoehorned at all. I admit that experimental music now is more hit and miss for me when compared to a lot of the stuff from the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Experimentation is great but everything is leaning on noise now, I like some noise rock but it's starting to become one of the newer cliches and at this point it's one of the laziest, anyone can make unlistenable noise. It was edgy when Lou Reed did it but when god knows how many people are doing it it's just pissing me off, lets try to keep things musical mkay?

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It's only knock n' knowall, but I like it

http://www.last.fm/user/kingboobs

jtwilliams

I'd like to check it out. I have always like prog, I just have no idea where to start lol.

I have gone through some Yes stuff which was awesome. I also like Rush if that counts but other than that I don't remember what I have heard.

A friend of mine said Camel & Gentle Giant are good. But I haven't found anything from them just yet.

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jtwilliams

I think the best example of a band really experimenting with new sounds and putting together more influences to create something fresh would have to be The Mars Volta. I may be wrong here but I haven't heard any older bands that really pull all of what they do together.

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