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Question for post-rockers
Zingoleb:
Labels are good. But when you start arguing over whether something is "New Metal" or "Nu-Metal" you've gone too far.
gardenhead_:
--- Quote from: bbqrocks on 31 Aug 2008, 10:03 ---Decide what for themselves?
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If the band is good or not. If you're trying to describe to them what a band sounds like, it is probably to convince them to listen to the band, or because they asked if a band was worth listening to. Like the inumerable recommendation threads in here - people don't seem to want to just listen to music for themselves, which I find strange, because discovering new music unexpectedly is so exciting.
Also, in describing a band to someone, it's likely you'll be misunderstood - it's just a part of language.
Jackie Blue:
But when you're talking to people in Real Life, it's a lot easier to describe bands using genre labels than magically conjure up a boombox and a CD and pause the conversation for an hour while they check the band out, you know?
Nodaisho:
--- Quote from: Zingoleb on 31 Aug 2008, 20:46 ---Labels are good. But when you start arguing over whether something is "New Metal" or "Nu-Metal" you've gone too far.
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I would say the difference between those two is simple: One is metal made recently, the other is stuff that only gets called metal thanks to someone (MTV, right?) deciding to call it nu-metal. I think the pronunciation difference between the two could be the difficulty, I pronounce them differently, but someone else might use the exact same difference but for the opposite terms.
Course, zero, for me the problem is that they don't know the genres I am talking about to begin with. I have gotten the friend I hang around with most to know the difference between some kinds, but I find it easier to pull out my mp3 player and find a band that fits the genre, have him listen for a few minutes.
Zingoleb:
Oh, this is perfect. My Limewire has so many genres, including..."Polka," "Primus," and "Porn Groove"...
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