I usually have a band or artist that defines a genre of music for me. Whenever someone talks about punk rock music the band that I always think of first is the Sex Pistols. Who do you think of?
Here are the genres (you can add to the list if you feel like it):
Classical Music- Mozart
Jazz- B.B. King (I don’t even think he’s a jazz artist, but that is who I think of)
Rock- Beatles
Punk Rock- Sex Pistols
Heavy Metal- Slayer
Pop- Britney Spears
Country Music- Johnny Cash
R&B- Destiny’s Child
Rap/Hip-hop- The Notorious B.I.G.
Nobody in particular, but a whole soundworld and approach to music is evoked by the very word.
I’ve no idea whether I even have a response to ‘rock’ because it’s such a wide term. But the Beatles certainly would not be the answer.
Agreed
Probably Metallica
Madonna and Michael Jackson. It’s about the maximum commercialisation of the music.
Yep.
Pure pop, IMO. No idea, because it’s such a vague genre, which also embodies a lot which makes me turn the radio off.
If we’re talking contemporary music, probably Kanye West. If we’re talking historically, then NWA.
Note that I’ve omitted classical music, because that’s when I start getting awkward
Classical Music- Beethoven
Jazz-
Rock- Rolling Stones
Punk Rock- Sex Pistols
Heavy Metal- Judas Priest
Pop- Christina Aguilera (or however the hell her name is spelled)
Country Music - Hank Williams
R&B- Marvin Gaye
Rap/Hip-hop- Outkast
Classical Music- Handel
Jazz- Wynton Marsalis
Rock- The Who
Punk Rock- The Clash
Heavy Metal- Anthrax
Pop- too large to pick one!
Country Music- Tim McGraw
R&B- Luther Vandross
Rap/Hip-hop- Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew
Classical- probably Mozart, but my SO, who went to Oxford for music is anti Mozart
so I might have to revise that.
Jazz- Miles Davis
Rock- more the Rolling Stones than the Beatles
Punk Rock- could be the Sex Pistols but I think I’ll go with the Ramones.
Heavy metal- Led Zepplin. That’s where it came from (unless you want to count the Kinks.)
Pop- I don’t know, I just know I never want to think of Britney Spears.
Country Music- yeah I can go with Johnny Cash.
R&B- James Brown
Rap- not at all sure.
Classical - Bach
Jazz - Duke Ellington
Punk - Dead kennedy’s
Heavy Metal - Slayer/Metallica
Pop - MJ
Country - I’ll go with Johnny too
R&B- Curtis Mayfield
Rap/Hip-hop - Public Enemy for old, Outkast for new
Rock - The Who
Classical Music- Beethovan or Bach
Jazz- I don’t know anything about jazz.
Rock- Rolling Stones or Van Halen
Punk Rock- DEVO
Heavy Metal- White Stripes?
Pop- Britney Spears or Tiffany
Country Music- Johnny Cash or Hank Williams
R&B- don’t know
Rap/Hip-hop- Eminem
These are just the first examples that came to mind with each genre.
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[li]Classical Music- Beethoven[/li][li]Jazz- Miles Davis[/li][li]Rock- Led Zeppelin[/li][li]Punk Rock- Dead Kennedys[/li][li]Heavy Metal- Judas Priest[/li][li]Pop- Britney Michael Jackson[/li][li]Country Music- Alan Jackson[/li][li]R&B- Stevie Wonder[/li][li]Rap/Hip-hop- Eminem[/li][/ul]
Classical Music- JS Bach
Jazz- Thelonius Monk
Rock- The Who
Punk Rock- The Dead Kennedys
Heavy Metal- Thin Lizzy
Pop- ABBA
Country Music- Johnny Cash
R&B- Smokey Robinson
Rap/Hip-hop- Beastie Boys
Not iconic/best/most influential/most important/whaddever, right, just who I think of?
Classical - Bach
Jazz - Billie Holiday
Rock - Caterwaul
Punk - The Ramones
Heavy Metal - Black Sabbath
Pop - The Sundays
Country Music - kd lang
R&B - Macy Gray
Rap - Queen Latifah
Outlaw Country - The Knitters
Blues - Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Ecto - Kate Bush
Hip Hop - Outkast
Classical Music- Beethoven, Mozart, Verdi (who also gets the spot for Opera), Bach
Jazz- my first thought is “Big Band”, really; “In the Mood” was one of the few songs my tone-deaf Dad could recognize without prompting
Rock- Loquillo, Miguel Ríos
Punk Rock- Siniestro Total
Heavy Metal- Obús, Leño, Barón Rojo (most were in business in my teens)
Pop- Nacha Pop (hey, why do you think they put it in the name), Mecano
R&B- not a category used in Spain. Most people considered R&B in the US are filed under Pop hereabouts.
Symphonic Rock- Queen
Kick Your Ass Rock- Queen
Celtic Pop-Rock- Celtas Cortos
Celtic Metal- Mago de Oz (metal with violins, acordeons and the occasional bagpipe; no, they don’t take themselves seriously, why do you ask?)
Real Celtic stuff- Gwendal (sp?), Chieftains
Country Blues: Junior Brown
Country Swing: George Straight, Lyle Lovett
Alt.Country: The Mavericks, Steve Earle
Cowpunk: Dwight Yoakam, Rubber Rodeo
Country Folk: Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Prine
Countrypolitan: Glenn Campbell
Ur-Country: Hank Williams
Appalachian Roots Country: Carter Family, the Skillet Lickers, Flatt & Scruggs
Singing Cowboys: Roy Rogers, Gene Autry
Memphis Mafia: Gretchen Wilson, Big & Rich, Cowboy Troy
They’ve Gone Country: Kenny Rogers, Shania Twain, Michael Martin Murphy
Country’s Gone to Them: Jimmy Buffett
Rockabilly: Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Collins Kids
I can’t help but hear my grade school music teachers shout in my head, “Bach is not classical. It is baroque!”
I’ve listened to Bach more than Mozart and Beethoven combined. (I’ve listened to Chopin more than Bach, but no one thinks “Chopin=Classical” in a free association word game.)
My guess is that if I ask the people I know what comes to mind, they will answer “Mozart”, even though they probably listen to Beethoven more frequently. (Remember when most cell phone ring tones were to set to Fur Elise?)
I swear to GOD I hadn’t even read your post when I submitted mine. Chopin comes to mind not only because he’s my favorite composer but also because of that memorable scene from the movie “Tombstone”.
Classical - Chopin (How do you like that, twopiecesofeight?)
Jazz - Thelonius Monk
Rock - Rolling Stones
Punk - ???
Heavy Metal -???
Pop - Britney (blech!)
Country - Another vote for Johnny Cash
R&B- Curtis works for me
Rap/Hip-hop - Sir Mixalot
