What's that genre that you can't like for any reason? (slrpnk.net)

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Maybe someone in the comments can help us change our minds...for me i'ts ~~Raggaeton~~ Reggaeton, I tried, I searched thru the early years but nothing, dumb genre in my opinion.

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[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I don't think there are any inherently bad genres of music. There is only bad execution of a genre.

Take modern country, for example. A lot of it is absolutely terrible, but even within the genre there are great artists and great songs. Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton are obvious examples. Every genre has its own defining sound, and every genre has performers who demonstrate just how good that sound can be when it's done properly.

That being said... there are definitely genres and styles of music that I have very little patience for.

Anything labeled "easy listening." Elevator music. Modern commercial pop. And, especially, mumble rap.

A lot of it sounds like lazy, formulaic music that has been meticulously overproduced to be as commercially marketable as possible. It feels less like someone had something they wanted to say and more like a committee designed a product that would generate streams.

And that's ultimately my problem. I don't dislike a genre simply because it isn't my taste. I dislike music that feels like it was made with absolutely no artistic ambition behind it.

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's some great old 'easy listening', but it doesn't come up often. E.g. ‘The Lost Philips Tapes EP1 Passport To USA’ or Walter Wanderley and Portinho's ‘Órgão, Sax E Sexy’.

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thank you! I am legitimately excited to listen to these!

Let me give you some great recommendations as well from my extremely eclectic tastes!

Rodrigo y. Gabriada specifically their album area 51.

Anything at all a bluegrass band called Crooked Still

And right now I'm listening to Timecop1983 amazing artist! Lots of albums just really really good.

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks! I'm somewhat familiar with Timecop1983, and heard of Rodrigo y Gabriela, but am yet to listen to them properly.

Aside from easy-listening proper, you might also dig some bands influenced by it and the lounge genre: Messer für Frau Muller, Combustible Edison, Ursula 1000, De-Phazz, Jazzanova. There was a bit of a lounge resurgence in the nineties, combined with hiphopy beats and whatnot.