Most-tolerated Genre?

[Uncle E]

Very helpful to have the arbiter of funk on hand. Are RHCP funk? How about Sun Ra? I guess Sly and the Family Stone are certainly funk, although they sure got soulful! "Don't put no Sly in my Soul."

[VOODOO U]

RHCP is influenced by funk but I consider them rock. Some will say funk-rock. Clinton produced their second album Freaky Styley so that's by far their funkiest ouptut.
Sun Ra is nowhere near funk. He's jazz. Weird jazz. Too much weed jazz.
The usual suspects are funk, James Brown, Clinton (when he's not experimenting because he just listened to Floyd), lots of Prince, Marvin Gaye's Got to Give It Up is good funk.
Lots of 70s instrumental bands are good funk. IE the Crusaders.
Herbie hancock's head hunters is a classic

[Uncle E]

Calling you The Arbiter of Funk was a pejorative! You are supposed to be highly offended!

I've seen Parliament and Sun Ra live (separately). Sun Ra was funkier. But these were relatively modern incarnations of both acts and the only funk in Diaper Man was in his diaper.

[CrystalWizard]

Calling you The Arbiter of Funk was a pejorative! You are supposed to be highly offended!

I've seen Parliament and Sun Ra live (separately). Sun Ra was funkier. But these were relatively modern incarnations of both acts and the only funk in Diaper Man was in his diaper.

I can listen to a bit of almost anything, except ,really commercial top 40 rock, country, and hip hop will make me want to leave a space, or vomit. I prefer not to just tolerate any sound/music, only listening to what i like.
(yeah, i live rurally, and if that changes i will need to invest in sound absorbing materials and maye even NC headphones.)
Agree with Jancivil on genres- just categories (boxes).

Elevator music was a great answer.

I've also seen Sun Ra Arkestra (love it) and many times Parliament Funkadelic (love it). How anything could be considered funkier than most of those PFunk shows is out of my range of experience. (also some of the most psychedelic rock i've ever heard).

[PatchAdamz]

Calling you The Arbiter of Funk was a pejorative! You are supposed to be highly offended!

I've seen Parliament and Sun Ra live (separately). Sun Ra was funkier. But these were relatively modern incarnations of both acts and the only funk in Diaper Man was in his diaper.

I can listen to a bit of almost anything, except ,really commercial top 40 rock, country, and hip hop will make me want to leave a space, or vomit. I prefer not to just tolerate any sound/music, only listening to what i like.
(yeah, i live rurally, and if that changes i will need to invest in sound absorbing materials and maye even NC headphones.)
Agree with Jancivil on genres- just categories (boxes).

Elevator music was a great answer.

I've also seen Sun Ra Arkestra (love it) and many times Parliament Funkadelic (love it). How anything could be considered funkier than most of those PFunk shows is out of my range of experience. (also some of the most psychedelic rock i've ever heard).

I had the awesome privilege of working with the original musicians from both of those great groups.
Super talented players for sure.
The stories about Sun Ra were mind blowing......"Space is the place".......

[BONES]

AFAIC "genre" in music is just an excuse to stay narrow-minded.

OTOH, I have found it to be a great way to discover new music I like without having to wade through a sea of dross. Genres aren't the problem, narrowmindedness is the problem. (It's always people, never things.)

I want to see/hear people who've learned their craft on real instruments.

That shit leaves me cold. I couldn't care less about anybody's ability to play an instrument. It does absolutely nothing for me, in and of itself. It goes 100% against the Punk ethos that got me into doing music in the first place.

i don't "tolerate" anything.
i enjoy the things i like, i don't listen to things i don't like.

Easy for you if you never leave the house.

[BONES]

What would you say is your "most tolerated" music genre? ...What style of music are you least likely to skip just because your mood is off at the moment?

I am always, 100% of the time, in the mood for Post Punk. It's a broad church, I know, but that's part of its appeal. It covers the full gamut, from total indifference to blinding rage. I cannot imagine a mood that I couldn't match to a Post Punk album or three.

OTOH, I can't imagine a mood where I might find Techno anything other than "repetitive and downright tedious to listen to". And don't get me started on Tarnce.

[Uncle E]

I am always, 100% of the time, in the mood for Post Punk. It's a broad church, I know, but that's part of its appeal.

Fugazi? LCD Soundsystem? I’m curious where the genre starts and ends.

[Bombadil]

AFAIC "genre" in music is just an excuse to stay narrow-minded.

OTOH, I have found it to be a great way to discover new music I like without having to wade through a sea of dross. Genres aren't the problem, narrowmindedness is the problem. (It's always people, never things.)

I want to see/hear people who've learned their craft on real instruments.

That shit leaves me cold. I couldn't care less about anybody's ability to play an instrument. It does absolutely nothing for me, in and of itself. It goes 100% against the Punk ethos that got me into doing music in the first place.

i don't "tolerate" anything.
i enjoy the things i like, i don't listen to things i don't like.

Easy for you if you never leave the house.

That's because you're a poseur non-musician!

[Bombadil]

And though I know vurt is perfectly capable of defending himself, taking cheap shots at disabled people is really ugly. Somehow, that fits you.

[VOODOO U]

Calling you The Arbiter of Funk was a pejorative! You are supposed to be highly offended!

Oh beleive me I'm extremely pissed off.

I've seen Parliament and Sun Ra live (separately). Sun Ra was funkier.

I haven't witnessed the funky side of ra. Ive seen his movie I guess it's called space is the place and heard some records here and there and none of it sounded like it could be the theme for Shaft

the only funk in Diaper Man was in his diaper.

Yeah well.funk is music charged by sex energy more so than most other genres. A 70 ish year old trying to "funk" is like a 70 ish year old trying to "f**k".
It aint quite turbo charged.

[audiojunkie]

I have a new techno album out today! <background sound of toy horn>

I was trying to show it off to a friend of mine, but his comment was "I've really got to be in the mood for techno."

...and I was like: THAT IS FAIR. It's true. It's repetitive and downright tedious to listen to techno if you're not in the mood. ...but then it occurred to me that I am very rarely not in the mood for techno. It's one of my "comfort foods" as far as genres go.

Which got me thinking...

What would you say is your "most tolerated" music genre? ...What style of music are you least likely to skip just because your mood is off at the moment?

Personally my tastes are quite varied. However, if I were to choose a genre that is most tolerated, it would have to be top 40's pop--the very stuff I disdain. It is catchy and easy for anyone to get into. This is the perfect music for those who just want something to listen to, and never think about. For this reason, it is the most tolerated genre for the masses. For musicians though, it is so basic that you tire of it really really easy. I like a lot of music that you have to grow into--that you have to think about--that you may not like immediately. The chord progressions of Brian Wilson's later work (think Pet Sounds era) are an example of music that is deeper than just pop. Another example: Sergio Mendes' Never Gonna Let You Go--I'm not a huge fan of the particular song, but I could study the chord progression of that song for years and still never get it all figured out, let alone play it. It sounds simple, especially if you've never given it any thought. But if you seriously try to repeat it on your guitar? Good luck! I like a lot of shoegaze and noise rock because of the fractal-like organic nature of it. It's like finding a pattern in the static of an old analog off-line television, or hearing harmony in the rain drops of a storm. I could go on and on, but my point is that pop is the most tolerated genre because of the simplicity of it. That's why it dominates the Top 40 market. At least, that's my take.

[audiojunkie]

The genre you MUST tolerate:

Elevator Music

because the alternative is walk all those stairs...

[audiojunkie]

Calling you The Arbiter of Funk was a pejorative! You are supposed to be highly offended!

I've seen Parliament and Sun Ra live (separately). Sun Ra was funkier. But these were relatively modern incarnations of both acts and the only funk in Diaper Man was in his diaper.

[Introspective]

What would you say is your "most tolerated" music genre? ...What style of music are you least likely to skip just because your mood is off at the moment?

I am always, 100% of the time, in the mood for Post Punk. It's a broad church, I know, but that's part of its appeal. It covers the full gamut, from total indifference to blinding rage. I cannot imagine a mood that I couldn't match to a Post Punk album or three.

OTOH, I can't imagine a mood where I might find Techno anything other than "repetitive and downright tedious to listen to". And don't get me started on Tarnce.

A good answer!

...even if it's wrong about techno.