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Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 23 May 2010, 16:55
by Gertkane
I've had this idea for a while and had lots of feedback from friends etc. yet would like to see the feedback/input from Spring people aswell.
Commenting etc. is all good and more than welcome. In case you want to post a song, post only one song per person and put the genre aswell that you think the song defines for you.
For example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiOcVWQY2bc
Defines Hip-Hop for me. Even though i do not listen to the song as much as i used to, every few months when i find myself listening to this i have no doubts that this is the song that defines the aforementioned genre for me.
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 23 May 2010, 21:54
by KaiserJ
nice post gert!
haven't listened to that one for ages, and it was nice to hear it again.
hiphop went to shit about halfway though the 1990s. i CBA to listen to people going on about how rich they are.
think i'll have a try to define "shock rap".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r43OpV ... re=related
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 23 May 2010, 22:03
by tombom
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 24 May 2010, 01:23
by 1v0ry_k1ng
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 24 May 2010, 01:40
by Beherith
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 24 May 2010, 11:49
by hoijui
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 24 May 2010, 12:02
by Raghna
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 25 May 2010, 01:04
by pintle
Shoegaze/Postrock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKyrULAfvq8
American Punk Rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCz8PNvABO0 -->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM6KF_Pz ... re=related (20 odd minutes of it :D)
Imo genrefication inherently diminishes art, cool music links are always good tho :)
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 25 May 2010, 08:03
by Petah
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 25 May 2010, 11:15
by Das Bruce
Blindspott? Ugh ,couldn't you have picked a decent band, like old Feelers or old Shihad? Even Elemeno P would have been an improvement over them.
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 25 May 2010, 15:03
by Petah
Das Bruce wrote:
Blindspott? Ugh ,couldn't you have picked a decent band, like old Feelers or old Shihad? Even Elemeno P would have been an improvement over them.
You clearly have different tastes to mine

I dislike The Feelers and Shihad
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 25 May 2010, 15:21
by Zydox
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 25 May 2010, 15:45
by Das Bruce
Petah wrote:You clearly have different tastes to mine

I dislike The Feelers and Shihad
The thing is you're not picking your favourite, you're picking the definitive, I don't particularly like Scribe but he is
definitive of NZ hip hop.
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 25 May 2010, 19:10
by KaiserJ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcWZOwE6gs west end toronto underground rap!
proud to post this one, its my buddy from highschool. nice beat for sure, sad song
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 25 May 2010, 23:33
by knorke
Black Sabbath - Into the Void
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6CNRPXaiYA
wadadumdumbamwadadumdumbamwadadumdumbamwadadumdumbam
I think this song defines "doom metal" for me.
Not brutal as in "zomg epic breakdown after the singer is done screaming and starts doing oing oing and all the pink shirted guys start windmilling their arms."
More heavy like a bulldozer rumbling through a tar pit.
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 26 May 2010, 11:41
by SwiftSpear
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 27 May 2010, 03:15
by Panda
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 27 May 2010, 10:03
by clumsy_culhane
Thanks for the link, I'm into almost anything with a guitar (from acoustic to death metal) , and I had never listened to much post-rock, and now I have a new artist to get into :)
A few genre defining songs from me :
Acoustic Indie/Folk (is that even a genre? who cares) :
Jos├® Gonz├ílez - Stay in the shade (or anything of his really)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grFSktOx6qo
Progressive Metal (going to cause much argument I know)
Between the Buried and Me - Selkies : The Endless Obsession
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19UZd_DKs2Q
Post-Metal
Isis - 20 Minutes/40 Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3NkhjsBf0
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 27 May 2010, 12:30
by FaerieWithBoots
Oooh that riff is godly!
Black Sabbath single handedly invented most of all metal genres in decennia to come, death-, trash-, doom metal. XD
More doom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akt3awj_ ... re=related
For me this is the only band worth mentioning in its genre, and this song kicks ass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R_TFu4Nmd4
Black metal at its best. In general i dislike black metal, but those opening riff are just.... evil, or something (in a good way).
Re: Song that defines a genre.
Posted: 27 May 2010, 14:05
by Das Bruce
decennia
I don't know what this is.