Music Genres (Your Favorite)

[stromboli]

I'm deaf. My favorite "musical genre" is the ringing in my ears.

[Solitary]

Mine too, it is ringing the witch is dead. He! He!

[Special B]

Jazz and blues are my favorites. I also like funk, classic rock, underground hip-hop, and some metal. For the record, most hip-hop, rock, and metal made today is total garbage, so I usually don't even mention them.

I like classic jazz, but my favorite jazz tune at the moment is from just last year:

[youtube:3pd3jmho]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNI-2i6t7Zs[/youtube:3pd3jmho]

[stromboli]

Is humming off-key a genre?

[PickelledEggs]

Is humming off-key a genre?

Yes. That is a sub-genre of jazz.

[Farroc]

I also like Frank Sinatra Jr.

[ParaGoomba Slayer]

I like 30's and 40's french music with female lead singers despite not understanding French. Like Edith Piaf, Damia, Frehel, Lucienne Boyer, Berthe Sylva, and Rina Ketty.

[youtube:3l2cc3k9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcXn9gHIkqM[/youtube:3l2cc3k9]

[youtube:3l2cc3k9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZwgQ6ZG5Y0[/youtube:3l2cc3k9]

I also like Psychedelic pop/rock. Any thing (mid to late) Beatles sounding is good too, like The Zombies or pre-disco Bee Gees. One of my favorite albums is Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies.

[youtube:3l2cc3k9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNEILHFq44g[/youtube:3l2cc3k9]

[youtube:3l2cc3k9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnu8H0x4l60[/youtube:3l2cc3k9]

I like anything with good vocals. Bands like the Ink Spots, Mills Brothers, The Mamas and the Papas, Queen, The Seekers, Judy Collins, etc.

[youtube:3l2cc3k9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-yss1gkApk[/youtube:3l2cc3k9]

[youtube:3l2cc3k9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7fi9G0BiTE[/youtube:3l2cc3k9]

[youtube:3l2cc3k9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1HQdjt85wU[/youtube:3l2cc3k9]

I like some (Italian) opera(-ish) music too, so add Enrico Caruso, Luciano Pavarotti, Carlo Buti, and Il Volo to the list. Il Volo is one of the few modern bands I actually like. Probably because of the band's emphasis on - I don't know - actually sounding good.

[youtube:3l2cc3k9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1QJwHWvgP8[/youtube:3l2cc3k9]

[youtube:3l2cc3k9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3c5d3aBSE[/youtube:3l2cc3k9]

Classical is good too. Beethoven's 6th is quite clearly his best.

[Youssuf Ramadan]

Is humming off-key a genre?

Yes. That is a sub-genre of jazz.

A mate of mine described the main rule of jazz being that the note you are playing should have as tenuous a relationship to the previous note as possible.  Bloody Philistine!...  

[hillbillyatheist]

my favorite is either the first or second video. can you guess which?

[youtube:1ajt8o1m]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf3MVrmbttg[/youtube:1ajt8o1m]

[youtube:1ajt8o1m]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGBFkfhkxx8[/youtube:1ajt8o1m]

[wolf39us]

the 2nd one...

[hillbillyatheist]

the 2nd one...

how'd ya know!? clearly you have proven mind reading is real.  James Randi better pay up! :P

[wolf39us]

oh idk, it had nothing to do with the several times you've mentioned banjo songs // playing banjo

[hillbillyatheist]

oh idk, it had nothing to do with the several times you've mentioned banjo songs // playing banjo

of course not!

[Shiranu]

I am disappointing in myself for actually liking that first one.

I have been thinking about it, and as goofy as those type of vocals sound... try to imagine that music with normal vocals. It just sounds moronic.

[Jutter]

1) Rock (for how easily it merges with Folk, Country, and last but not least Da Blues)
2) Jazz (For how easily it merges with Funk, RNB, Reggae and just about anything that decides to get playfull)
3) Metal (cuz it's fockin badass with it's roots in classical arrangements, and how it blends with weirdass shit like industrial)
4) Rap (once it fucking get's over itself, and stops trying to mix with everything. We have Jazz for that.)