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Originally Posted by JJJ567
This is a very entertaining thread. I've found myself laughing hysterically in agreement and drooping my head in disagreement within minutes of each other. I think it did it's job.
Also, I've pretty much stopped caring about genres. The term "indie" and "alternative" are extremely broad and are becoming rather annoying. I love a lot of music, regardless of the genre.
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I'm pissed off about 20,000 musical "genres." And WTF is difference between indie and alternative music? What kind of self-hating demented moron would waste their time even trying to make sense of the insane categorical geneology like the one below:
Pop/Rock Styles
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Alternative/Indie-Rock
IndustrialAlternative Pop/RockGoth RockLo-FiGrungeShoegazeBritpopPost-Rock/ExperimentalFunk MetalIndie RockPaisley UndergroundJangle PopAlternative Country-RockPunk RevivalPost-GrungeThird Wave Ska RevivalNeo-PsychedeliaRiot GrrrlSpace RockAdult Alternative Pop/RockAlternative Dance****tailDream PopPunk-PopBritish Trad RockIndustrial DanceMadchesterPsychobillySka-PunkCowpunkNew Zealand RockChamber PopTwee PopEmoSlowcoreElectro-IndustrialAmbient PopC-86Indie PopNoise PopMath RockQueercoreSadcoreShibuya-KeiSkatepunkGarage PunkAlternative FolkNeo-GlamCollege RockPop UndergroundAmerican UndergroundPost-HardcoreIndie ElectronicPunk BluesScreamoAlternative Singer/SongwriterNew Wave/Post-Punk RevivalArt-Rock/Experimental
Prog-Rock/Art RockKraut RockNoise-RockNeo-ProgExperimental RockCanterbury SceneAvant-ProgDance
Dance-PopHouseDiscoUrbanHi-NRGAcid JazzEuro-DanceClub/DanceRave Garage/HouseFreestyleAlternative DanceLatin DanceTeen PopLatin FreestyleDance-RockFolk/Country Rock
Country-RockFolk-PopSinger/SongwriterFolk-RockBritish Folk-RockHard Rock
Blues-RockChristian MetalHard RockSouthern RockThrashDeath Metal/Black MetalGlam RockGrindcoreHeavy MetalSpeed MetalHair MetalArena RockAlternative MetalBritish MetalBoogie RockIndustrial MetalRap-MetalGuitar VirtuosoProgressive MetalNeo-Classical MetalAlbum RockAussie RockPop-MetalRap-RockNew Wave of British Heavy MetalDetroit RockGlitterPunk MetalStoner MetalScandinavian MetalGoth MetalDoom MetalSymphonic Black MetalSludge MetalPower MetalPop/Rock
Christian RockEarly Pop/RockPop/RockGirl GroupBubblegumTeen IdolBrill Building PopComedy RockBaroque PopSunshine PopAM PopCelebrityPopPunk/New Wave
Synth PopPunkAlternative Pop/RockHardcore PunkNew WavePower PopSka RevivalMod RevivalPost-PunkNew Romantic No WaveProto-PunkOi!Garage Rock RevivalBritish PunkChristian PunkNew York PunkL.A. PunkAmerican PunkStraight-EdgeAnarchist PunkSophisti-PopCollege RockRock & Roll/Roots
Rock & RollBlues-RockTex-MexInstrumental RockRockabillyRoots RockSurfPub RockHot RodRockabilly RevivalSurf RevivalSwamp PopAmerican Trad RockJam BandsHeartland RockFrat RockHot Rod RevivalRetro-RockLatin RockBar BandSoft Rock
Singer/SongwriterAdult ContemporarySoft RockPop/RockPsychedelic/Garage
PsychedelicGarage RockAcid RockPsychedelic PopBritish PsychedeliaObscuroAcid FolkEuropop
Euro-PopEuro-RockSwedish Pop/RockForeign Language Rock
Rock en EspañolFrench PopForeign Language RockItalian PopAsian PopJapanese PopJapanese RockHong Kong PopFrench RockAboriginal RockBritish Invasion
British InvasionPsychedelicMerseybeatBritish BluesModBritish PsychedeliaFreakbeatEarly British Pop/Rock
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As Townes Van Zandt once said, "There are two kinds of music; the blues and that other stuff."