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[burning dog]

Beyonce - R'n'B

https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1024571

Beyonce - R&B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFUDFo6jUFo

It's correct to say that Etta James was never called R'n'B though

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

I remember seeing Chuck Berry on his very first UK tour in 1964 in Bristol, a package tour including the Animals and Carl Perkins of "Blue Seude Shoes" fame, and hence a large contingent of front row aging Teds. Chuck, aware of changing times, rejigged the chorus of his "School Days" from "Hail Hail Rock and Roll" to "Hail Hail Rhythm and Blues". Very loud and visible protests from Les Teds at this traitorous affront.

People display musical allegiance as identity and to gain social capital. Read Pierre Bourdieu's "Distinction", a classic dissection of petite bourgeoisie aspirational role playing. And learn from Chuck's experience...

BN.

[cloughie]

The thing is that when people are splitting hairs over genres like rock and rock&roll, or R&B and R'n'B, they'll happily stick the label of "classical music" on what they think is "classical music". So that's classical music dealt with (NB not talking about the highly informed forumistas here).

Interesting ff, that precisely because of the hair splitting and inconclusive genres I have only two classifications - Classical and Non-classical. Even then there crossover repertoire but so what?

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Interesting ff, that precisely because of the hair splitting and inconclusive genres I have only two classifications - Classical and Non-classical. Even then there crossover repertoire but so what?

I have only three absolute classifications...

GOOD...what I call good

EQUALLY GOOD...other people agreeing with me.

BAD....what people other than the above call good.

"Hell is other people's... purile musical tastes and their bloody awful record collections" - Jean-Paul Sartre. (Vinyl and Nothingness).

BN.

[cloughie]

I have only three absolute classifications...

GOOD...what I call good

EQUALLY GOOD...other people agreeing with me.

BAD....what people other than the above call good.

"Hell is other people's... purile musical tastes and their bloody awful record collections" - Jean-Paul Sartre. (Vinyl and Nothingness).

BN.

Not biased then BN?

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Being light hearted. Irony in the Soul, as Johnny Sartre almost said.

BN.

[MrGongGong]

Mapping the territories of music is a widely practised activity

http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/03/29/everynoise-genre-map/

[french frank]

Interesting ff, that precisely because of the hair splitting and inconclusive genres I have only two classifications - Classical and Non-classical. Even then there crossover repertoire but so what?

And I suspect many jazz listeners have two genres - jazz and not jazz. And then even jazz has its different kinds. The more you know about a subject, the more fundamental differences you recognise, which is why 'classical music' is all lumped together by most people: no opera, or chamber music, or symphonic or Renaissance polyphony and contemporary electro-acoustic.

Like you, I have classical (of widely/wildly varying kinds), crossover and non classical.

[MrGongGong]

Maybe a seperate board for each of these ?

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Mapping the territories of music is a widely practised activity




http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/03/2...ise-genre-map/

"We are a long way from Kansas, Toto!"

BN.

[burning dog]

"We are a long way from Kansas, Toto!"

BN.

Kansas?

Prog Rock ?

bit AOR?


Toto ?


soft rock?

pop rock?

also a bit AOR?

Could the general populace simplify that Map to ROCK ( +folk)?

Like with "urban" music it seems every almost ensemble invents themselves a micro genre.


I remember when a certain type of Rock fan split the Popular music world into Rock - the good stuff and Pop - the rest. That seemed to ease during the punk era and beyond

[Bryn]

Maybe a seperate board for each of these ?

Now That's What I Call Music!

[burning dog]

Thought it was the proposed "Northern Powerhouse" Metro

[Serial_Apologist]

Thought it was the proposed "Northern Powerhouse" Metro

[cloughie]

Being light hearted. Irony in the Soul, as Johnny Sartre almost said.

BN.

A lot of C21st RnB is more akin to Nausea!