When I name a genre of music, who do you think of?

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Classical Music- Beethoven
Jazz- Miles Davis
Rock- The Who
Punk Rock- Ramones
Heavy Metal- Led Zeppelin
Pop- The Beatles
Country Music- Johnny Cash
R&B- The Temptations
Rap/Hip-hop- Run-DMC

22

Classical Music-Brahms
Jazz-Herb Alpert
Rock-Led Zepplin
Punk Rock- Devo
Heavy Metal- Metallica
Pop- Madonna
Country Music- Dolly Parton
R&B- Aretha Franklin
Rap/Hip-hop-Cypress Hill

23

I heard the same voice. I was thinking “Well, it’s gotta be Mozart because Beethoven is transitional into the Romantic and I guess I could say Haydn or ooh, there’s Clementi but will anyone have heard of Clementi…”

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Classical Music: J.S. Bach
Jazz: Dave Brubeck
Rock: Led Zeppelin
Punk Rock: The Clash
Heavy Metal: AC/DC
Pop: Brazil '66 (?!)
Country Music: George Strait
R&B: The Fugees
Rap/Hip-hop: NWA

25

I went with the popular rather than specific definition – because we are not in an artist-only environment and I wanted to mention my favorite composer (JS Bach) that the common definition of “Classical Music” would support.

26

I hope I didn’t sound like I was being critical. It’s just a stupid reflex I’ve got.

27

Classical Music- Beethoven
Jazz- Miles Davis
Rock- Chuck Berry
Punk Rock- The Ramones
Heavy Metal- Metallica
Pop- Michael Jackson
Country Music- Johnny CAsh
R&B- Marvin Gaye
Rap/Hip-hop- Dr. Dre

28

I understand. However, doesn’t “classical” music encompass the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary eras? I grew up learning classical music, and no teacher ever chastised me for using classical as a catch-all for these four eras.

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Classical Music- Beethoven, Mozart - not my favourite composers but first that spring to mind.
Jazz- Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong AND of course the wonderful amazing musicians at my school :stuck_out_tongue:
Rock- Pink Floyd, Nirvana
Punk Rock- Green Day
Heavy Metal- Metallica
Pop- Blegh. Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Jesse McCartney
Country Music- Dolly Parton
R&B- Alicia Keys
Rap/Hip-hop- Eminem

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Classical Music- Mozart
Jazz- Dave Brubeck
Rock- Chuck Berry
Punk Rock- N/A
Heavy Metal-N/A
Pop- Johnny Mathis
Country Music- Hank Williams
R&B- B.B. King
Rap/Hip-hop- N/A

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Here are the genres (you can add to the list if you feel like it):

Classical Music- Mozart

Jazz- George Gershwin
Swing - Benny Goodman
Blues- John Lee Hooker or BB King
Surf Music: Beach Boys
Rock & Roll: Jerry Lee Lewis or Chuck Berry
Rock- Led Zeppelin or Beatles
New Age: Tangerine Dream or Shadowfax
Doo Wop: Dion & the Belmonts
Progressive - Yes
Psychedelic Rock - Psychedelic Rock
Punk Rock- Sex Pistols
Heavy Metal- Black Sabbath

Folk Rock: Bob Dylan or Mammas and the Poppas
Folk - Pete Seeger or Woodie Guthrie
Country Music- Johnny Cash
Reggae - Bob Marley
Pop- Frank Sinatra
Disco - Red hot loathing but I think of the Bee Gees

R&B- Marvin Gaye
Rap/Hip-hop- Run DMC

Jim

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Classical Music- Beethoven
Jazz- Dave Brubeck
Rock- The Who
Punk Rock- Sex Pistols (though I try to avoid thinking of punk at all)
Heavy Metal- Black Sabbath
Pop- The Beatles
Country Music- Roger Miller
R&B- Marvin Gaye
Rap/Hip-hop- The Sugar Hill Gang

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Here is what we know:

  1. She likes theatrical plays and lives near New York.
  2. She liked Momma Mia because it had music from Abba.
  3. Her favorite movie is the English Patient.
  4. She likes good love stories.

What can you come up with?

34

Ignore that. It was supposed to be a New Topic. :smack:

35

This made me giggle a bit :slight_smile: I gather you haven’t heard much White Stripes… let’s just say that once you do, you’ll appreciate the humor of that as well.

Classical Music- Mozart
Jazz- Miles Davis
Rock- Nirvana
Punk Rock- Ramones
Heavy Metal- Metallica… then I remember it’s 2006 and think Slayer or Anthrax
Pop- U2 (after looking at other lists, surprised they didn’t come up more here - post-Beautiful-Day U2 is the essence of what Pop is)
Country Music- Garth Brooks (I obviously don’t listen to country. Ever.)
R&B- not something I really identify as its own category
Rap/Hip-hop- Eminem for rap, “Yuck” for hip-hop, then I guess Outkast

36

Classical: Mozart
Traditional Jazz: Louis Armstrong
Blues:John Lee Hooker
Soul:Otis Redding
Modern Jazz: John Coltrane
Classic Rock: Led Zepplin
Alt Rock: Frank Black
Metal: Metallica
Punk: The Clash
Pop:The Beatles
Country: Johnny Cash
Alt Country: Wilco

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[ul]
[li]Swing - Brian Setzer[/li][li]Blues- BB King[/li][li]Surf Music- Jan and Dean (Beach Boys was too obvious)[/li][li]Rock & Roll- Bill Haley and the Comets[/li][li]New Age- Vangelis[/li][li]Doo Wop- ???[/li][li]Progressive- Genesis[/li][li]Psychedelic Rock- Jefferson Airplane[/li][li]Folk Rock- Janis Joplin (does she count for this genre?)[/li][li]Folk - John Denver[/li][li]Reggae- ???[/li][li]Disco- Isley Brothers[/li][li]Alt Country- The hell???[/li][li]Country- Waylon Jennings (I originally submitted Alan Jackson, but I decided he’s too contemporary).[/li][/ul]

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Classical-Beethoven
Jazz-Miles Davis
Rock-Elvis
Punk Rock-Sex Pistols
Heavy Metal-Black Sabbath
Pop-Michael Jackson
Country-Johnny Cash
R&B-Whitney Houston
Rap/Hip-Hot-Snoop Dogg

39

Classical Music- Beethoven, Vaughan Williams
Jazz- Dizzy Gillespie
Rock- Rolling Stones
Punk Rock- Sex Pistols
Heavy Metal- UFO
Pop- Slade (Hey, I’m old!)
R&B- The Blues Brothers
Symphonic Rock- Queen
Kick Your Ass Rock- Led Zeppelin
Celtic Pop-Rock- The Corrs
Celtic Metal- Horslips
Real Celtic stuff- Chieftains, Davy Spillaine, Dick Gaughan