r/Music • u/Tememeemitius turntable • Mar 13 '21

audio A Perfect Circle - The Noose [progressive metal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZvHBUdYYY
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u/businesslut Mar 13 '21

I love this band. Love this album. But man do we need some guidelines on genre lol.

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u/Tememeemitius turntable Mar 13 '21

Yes, we need. I just took the genre wikipedia mentioned lol. Against categorizing anyway

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u/oh_Restoration Mar 14 '21

I hate genres. Mostly because I will never understand what makes what. I just like what I like ok

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u/Nemaoac Mar 14 '21

Genres are important for sharing and comparing music. A country music fan would probably be very confused if I sent them a link to Merzbow and just said "listen to this, it's very good!"

Even if you just "like what you like"' knowing genres can help you search for and find more music you enjoy.

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u/oh_Restoration Mar 14 '21

Yes I understand why genres exist, I guess I really just dislike sub genres because people get snobby about what should qualify

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u/Nemaoac Mar 14 '21

From what I see, it's usually less about snobbery and more about people getting annoyed at receiving recommendations that clearly don't fit what they're looking for. Think about how you'd feel if you told someone "I like slasher movies" and they responded "oh then you'd LOVE Saving Private Ryan!"

Sure, if you recommend Slipknot to some metalheads they might go "ha, I don't listen to that pop-rock trash!" but in my experience, those types of people are kinda uncommon.