worst musical genre... EVER!

[laptop]

Christian Punk.

* Put fingers in ears *

La, la, la, I can't hear you. You're just winding me up.

You made that site impressively quickly, though...

 

[pinkmonkey]

80's music including New Order, Prefab Sprout, Human League, etc

I hate to say it but it's a colour thing. Anyone who wasn't white wouldn't touch that crap with a bargepole. They were too busy listening to late ska, early rap, motown etc. whilst that 80's crap was being whined out. I'm not being racist btw.

and that's where you're wrong - read interviews with many of the (black) pioneers of house music and they'll reel off a massive list of their influences, much of which is early eighties synth based pop.

Derrick May

 

[Flavour]

80's music including New Order, Prefab Sprout, Human League, etc

I hate to say it but it's a colour thing. Anyone who wasn't white wouldn't touch that crap with a bargepole. They were too busy listening to late ska, early rap, motown etc. whilst that 80's crap was being whined out. I'm not being racist btw.

Racist generalization, post reported.

Worst genre of music: Trance

 

[gentlegreen]

Racist generalization, post reported.

Worst genre of music: Trance

"trance" is a bit vague though ...
I have a soft spot for Oakenfold's "Voyage Into Trance" comp - it wouldn't do much for me on the dancefloor these days, but I used to cycle to that (10 years on I'm 3 stone heavier and it's more likely to be german lounge )

(Yes I know - annoying Superstar DJ too)

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[Blagsta]

80's music including New Order, Prefab Sprout, Human League, etc

I hate to say it but it's a colour thing. Anyone who wasn't white wouldn't touch that crap with a bargepole. They were too busy listening to late ska, early rap, motown etc. whilst that 80's crap was being whined out. I'm not being racist btw.

You may not be racist, but you're certainly an idiot. Human League, New Order, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan etc were all massively influential on the original Detroit techno bods like Juan Atkins, Derrick May etc...all black people.

 

[Blagsta]

and that's where you're wrong - read interviews with many of the (black) pioneers of house music and they'll reel off a massive list of their influences, much of which is early eighties synth based pop.

Derrick May

Damn, beaten to it!

 

[Blagsta]

Worst genres - euphoric trance, hardhouse or any of the harddance sub-genres.

 

[Biscuit Tin]

Gabba. Pointless noise.

 

[gentlegreen]

Gawd, how could I ever forget happy hardcore

 

[chemn]

To anyone who slates trance- I dare you to listen to Gatecrasher Wet Disc 2 (I think).. I too have a healthy hate for commercial, dutch, euro, cheesy or boring trance, but clearly there are some gems in that genre! Nothing wrong with a wee bit of euphoria in the right place I could say a similar thing about hard dance subgenres .... but... I don't want to be flamed

Oh and the worst genre is syrupy commercial arr n bee ... or maybe christian punk, a terrifying prospect

 

[easy g]

Thrash metal. If that be the correct term.

<shakes fist>

 

[Blagsta]

To anyone who slates trance- I dare you to listen to Gatecrasher Wet Disc 2

I'd rather not.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Gabba. Pointless noise.

you've summed it up nicely, maybe that's why people listen to it, it's kinda the end of music the primal bastard car siren riddim, well, i dunno, it still seems to be a massive influence on todays post-hardcore scene.

 

[chemn]

Ok, so you're not going to listen to that disc... I didn't really expect u to be open minded enough and I guess gabba is fairly indefensible... but I still love some of it... Listen to Romper Stomper DJ Mix by Liza N Eliaz, I challenge you to not like at least a fifth of it!

 

[furry nose]

80's music including New Order, Prefab Sprout, Human League, etc

I hate to say it but it's a colour thing. Anyone who wasn't white wouldn't touch that crap with a bargepole. They were too busy listening to late ska, early rap, motown etc. whilst that 80's crap was being whined out. I'm not being racist btw.

this is a troll shit post mate.......

 

[Blagsta]

Ok, so you're not going to listen to that disc... I didn't really expect u to be open minded enough and I guess gabba is fairly indefensible... but I still love some of it... Listen to Romper Stomper DJ Mix by Liza N Eliaz, I challenge you to not like at least a fifth of it!

I've heard enough trance to last me a lifetime thanks.

 

[badseed]

Jovi, Adams & Loaf all make my heckles rise.
So what's that, soft cock rock?

 

[phildwyer]

Powerpop.

 

[fishfingerer]

* Put fingers in ears *

La, la, la, I can't hear you. You're just winding me up.

You made that site impressively quickly, though...

One day, christians (or maybe even muslims) will discover gabba.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

(inspired by the jamiroquai thread)

obviously blind prejudice and meaningless generalisations shall rule this thread... if there's a consensus over a dozen genres maybe we can have a thread.

to get the ball rolling...

acid jazz

I was going to nominate that, damn you!

It is the worst genre ever!

In my first year at Uni (mid 90s) everyone just used to go on about annoying bands like Corduroy and the James Taylor Quartet. Fucking tossy wanky shite for people too unimaginative to listen to anything that doesn't tell them exactly how to think.

"Hey aren't we so groovy! And funky! We're listening to Acid Jazz!"

 

[DaveCinzano]

In my first year at Uni (mid 90s) everyone just used to go on about annoying bands like Corduroy...

their cover of 'motorhead' is great though

 

[JTG]

Soft rock/mor, psy-trance, rnb. All shite

I'm upset by the nomination of Thrash Metal, I quite like Slayer, Megadeth, early Metallica etc

Likewise 'all dance music'. The decription given of it doesn't match dnb for a start

And gentlegreen, happy hardcore is good *plays extended Hixxy mix at gentlegreen*

 

[gentlegreen]

And gentlegreen, happy hardcore is good *plays extended Hixxy mix at gentlegreen*

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[JTG]

*cues up Dougal mix and turns up volume*

 

[gentlegreen]

I tried to get into it because of the friendliness of the scene but never could - much in the same way I tried almost every salsa class in Bristol.
I think it's an introvert / extrovert thing ...
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[Balbi]

Bloody screamo it's not big and/or clever to stand and scream like Daryl Palumbo kids

 

[Orang Utan]

80's music including New Order, Prefab Sprout, Human League, etc

I hate to say it but it's a colour thing. Anyone who wasn't white wouldn't touch that crap with a bargepole. They were too busy listening to late ska, early rap, motown etc. whilst that 80's crap was being whined out. I'm not being racist btw.

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about - the likes of New Order, Human League and Kraftwerk were heavily influential on many black producers of the 80s and 90s

 

[nick1181]

Herbie Hancock played on Hunter and The Hunted by Simple Minds innit.

Top song IMHO. The Herbie bit is particularly good.

 

[SubZeroCat]

R'n'b

I know it's not a genre but Maroon 5 make me feel like my head is going to explode from awfulness, they really grate on the ears.

 

[Pigeon]

80's music including New Order, , Human League, etc

I hate to say it but it's a colour thing. Anyone who wasn't white wouldn't touch that crap with a bargepole. They were too busy listening to late ska, early rap, motown etc. whilst that 80's crap was being whined out. I'm not being racist btw.

Erm didn't most of the early (black) Detroit techno crew explicitly acknowledge their debts to the likes of the Human League and New Order.

(Oh everyone else has already said dat! )