Originally Posted by Dylstew

I think I know what you mean. Movies in the same genres can have different themes and tones and such, that's where most if it's meaning lies. With music, most of the meaning lies in the lyrics. This it's a different situation with music and hard to compare.

However, I do think the comparison still makes some sense in a different way. The ''meaning'' in music itself, would be the genral feelings it's trying to get across by itself (through stuff like timbre, timing, tempo, melody style, harmony, etc). If you go to Rateyourmusic, the genre would be the genre, but the ''meaning'' I talked about that can be so different in the same genre, would be closer to the ''Descriptors'', which describe what feeling the music gives across and the appeal instead of what way used to accomplish those things.

Minor Threat's genre on there is Hardcore Punk. It's descriptors by people however are:

'''Angry, energetic, aggressive, rebellious, political, raw, conscious''

There''s plenty of genres that can achieve these things in their own ways.


I like thinking and discussing about a subject like this, makes me figure stuff out on my own as opposed to taking someone elses word for it. And ofcourse I get to see which thoughts make sense and which don't from sharing said thoughts.