Big Four Bands Thread Round 19: Gothic Rock

[JGuy Grungeman]

I had to take it a little seriously because nobody knew what to vote for. Plus, I'm not going to end the round after people kept saying "Let's do freak folk." If people don't want to vote on freak folk, keep in mind there are others who are still preparing their votes. Plus, RYM isn't as innacurateb as one would think. Sure, people can vote on RYM considering whether the albums fit the genre or not, but that's why I gave examples of the genre on the OP. I think the best thing to give the users a system to help them vote and do nothing after that. That way, I'm not making decisions that will complicate things or side with any users.

EDIT: There's no plain "avant-garde" on RYM. There's avant-garde jazz, avant-garde metal, avant prog and avant-folk. Might be a couple others, but I can't find plain avant-garde.

[Tristan_Geoff]

Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

I had to take it a little seriously because nobody knew what to vote for. Plus, I'm not going to end the round after people kept saying "Let's do freak folk." If people don't want to vote on freak folk, keep in mind there are others who are still preparing their votes. Plus, RYM isn't as innacurateb as one would think. Sure, people can vote on RYM considering whether the albums fit the genre or not, but that's why I gave examples of the genre on the OP. I think the best thing to give the users a system to help them vote and do nothing after that. That way, I'm not making decisions that will complicate things or side with any users.

Alright, I understand really but when I think freak folk I instantly think of 60's hippie LSD folk. So I have no idea what the difference between freak folk and psych folk is which is why I'm bein' a bitch about this.

[JGuy Grungeman]

I guess you could just think of it as a more experimental form of psychedelic folk.

[Tristan_Geoff]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

According to one source Freak Folk = avant garde music + Psychedelic Folk. So Freak Folk doesn't equal Psychedelic Folk, more like a sub-genre of it. "Avant-Garde" (again just like "Freak Folk") probably only exist on community music databases like RYM or last.fm etc. etc. They (Are "Freak Folk" & "Avant-Garde") seem to be made-up sub-genres.

I wouldn't say made-up as much as unnecessary. If anything they should just be interchangeable.

[Tristan_Geoff]

Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

I guess you could just think of it as a more experimental form of psychedelic folk.

Okay that sorta makes sense but I still think a separate term is unnecessary (though the name is pretty badass anyways).

[JGuy Grungeman]

Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

EDIT: There's no plain "avant-garde" on RYM. There's avant-garde jazz, avant-garde metal, avant prog and avant-folk. Might be a couple others, but I can't find plain avant-garde.

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[Tristan_Geoff]

Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

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I don't really get how this is relevent, sorry. I'm a little slow sometimes lol.

Also, I'm looking through RYM releases and apparently there's such a thing as progressive folk too, wtf?

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

I had to take it a little seriously because nobody knew what to vote for. Plus, I'm not going to end the round after people kept saying "Let's do freak folk." If people don't want to vote on freak folk, keep in mind there are others who are still preparing their votes. Plus, RYM isn't as innacurateb as one would think. Sure, people can vote on RYM considering whether the albums fit the genre or not, but that's why I gave examples of the genre on the OP. I think the best thing to give the users a system to help them vote and do nothing after that. That way, I'm not making decisions that will complicate things or side with any users.

EDIT: There's no plain "avant-garde" on RYM. There's avant-garde jazz, avant-garde metal, avant prog and avant-folk. Might be a couple others, but I can't find plain avant-garde.

"Avant-garde" music is a historical term, and more real than "Freak Folk" which is most likely made-up by some amateur hipster music critic, and then applied to bands like Comus, Vashti Bunyan and Exuma retroactively.

[JGuy Grungeman]

But it apparently became official enough among folk fans. That's how a genre name gets started.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

But it apparently became official enough among folk fans. That's how a genre name gets started.

You mean post American Folk-music Revival fans, cause none of those bands are real Folk in the original sense of it meaning Traditional music.