Musical Genres I Enjoy

Submitted by Wezzo on Mon, 04/10/2006 - 03:30
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  • Rock
  • -Rock
  • -Alternative rock
  • -Post-punk
  • -College rock
  • -Classic rock
  • -Piano rock
  • -Math rock
  • -Nerd/geek rock
  • -Indie rock
  • -Heartland rock
  • -Rockabilly
  • -Folk rock
  • -Soft rock
  • -Arena rock
  • -Glam rock
  • -Parody rock
  • Pop
  • -Jangle pop
  • -Bubblegum pop
  • -Vocal pop
  • -Vocal surf pop
  • -70s pop
  • -Britpop
  • -Europop
  • -Post-Britpop
  • -Ballad pop
  • -Twee pop/"Cuddlecore"
  • Country
  • -Traditional country
  • -Modern country
  • -Cowboy country
  • -Truckin' country
  • -Bluegrass
  • -Americana
  • -Folk country
  • Easy listening
  • -Easy listening
  • -Easy country
  • -Easy pop
  • -Lounge
  • Other
  • -Piano blues
  • -Late disco
  • -New wave
  • -Symphonic trance
  • -Classical
  • -Ragtime
  • -Celtic folk
  • -Feelgood
  • -Upbeat Christian/feelgood pop-gospel ("popspel")
Author Comments: 

darktremor's list was very helpful in creating this list.

Comments welcomed.

rudolf5508/26/2006

I just can't understand how people can tell which song is which genre.

How do you do it? How do you know it's a normal rock song or an alternative rock song? Or jangle pop? How?

Wezzo08/27/2006

Honestly, I can't always. Often, I look it up on Wikipedia, and assign any songs I hear in the future that are similar to the same genre. And sometimes I still can't decide between, say, rock and alternative rock.

But, I suppose, for the most part it's just one of those things that you figure out over time. Reading a lot about each genre, what instruments are prominent, etc., plays a part too. And indeed, sometimes it's clear whether something is more "aletrnative" or mainstream, hence the difference between rock and alternative rock.

rudolf5509/08/2006

Well, I guess I should try reading something about genres. It'd help

But I'm awful at recognising musical styles and similarities between songs

Martin198309/20/2006

You've got New Wave on that list, but where's Next Phase, Dance Craze and Anyways?

Wezzo09/22/2006

It's all under 'rock and roll' for me. ;-)

Martin198309/20/2006

Seriously though, I think that was a very good effort in listing all those genres and sub-genres, when really, I just use a vague description. It's usually just "pop," "rock," and occasionally "classical" for me.

Wezzo09/22/2006

Yeah, well pretty much every song on my computer is tagged as one of these. It was a big effort to try and differentiate a lot of them, I must admit..