Most-tolerated Genre?

[Bombadil]

Nihilism: it never goes out of style!

[Introspective]

Nihilism: it never goes out of style!

We believe in nothing, Bombadil. Nothing. And tomorrow we come back and we cut off your chonson.

[Bombadil]

I wasn't referring to you specifically, but if the nothingness fits......

[Introspective]

I wasn't referring to you specifically, but if the nothingness fits......

I do suffer from nihilism*, in fact, but not proudly. ...though that was a movie quote, if it wasn't clear.


*My last solo album was titled "Nothing We Do Will Persist," for cryin' out loud! Heh. He. hrrrrrrmn. https://kahvicollective.bandcamp.com/al ... ll-persist

[Bombadil]

Ah well. The future belongs to A.I.
I for one welcome our new Binary Overlords.

[PatchAdamz]

Polkas can be tolerated.....I don't, but they can be.

[Bombadil]

Everbody loves a Polka!

[ghettosynth]

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

Yep, insufficient stank.

[ghettosynth]

I think that you have to define tolerate a bit better. If I'm in Starbucks, I can tolerate whatever bullshit they're playing for the time it takes to get my overpriced latte and leave. Times that I've left or stayed because of music almost always center around extreme forms of almost any genre. I can tolerate noise/experimental, until the pedal guys with big amplifiers show up. I can tolerate everything on the radio as long as it's not too loud. I can tolerate almost all live music, until it's some form of the 2^24 different genres of shit-metal, which are all shit, and all too loud, then I'm out. I can tolerate almost any form of electronic music until it's the dumb and loud mainstream shit, e.g., x-step for all x.

My most tolerated genre is a meta genre, it's minimal, but that as applied to any genre, not some specific kind of music. Satie is minimal, Hawtin is minimal, Buddy Guy is minimal. If I'm not there for it specifically, then loudness and minimal work hand in hand. The more minimal the music is, the louder I can tolerate it.

[Introspective]

I think that you have to define tolerate a bit better.

Yup. I did an absolute shit job of phrasing the question. Communication is hard!

I meant to ask which genre you are "never not in the mood for." ...which is a double negative, but best captures what i mean. Not your "favourite," but the one you are always comfortable with.

But, meh, it got people talking so I wasn't going to sweat it.

[RunBeerRun]

Thanks for the polka recommendation.

[Bombadil]

[PatchAdamz]

To bad the Schmenge Brothers retired, polka music died that day.

[Bombadil]

[BONES]

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

I'm not sure there are any American Post Punk bands, are there? I mean, from back in the day. Like most worthwhile music, it's an English/European thing. Maybe Wall of Voodoo would qualify? Perhaps Minimal Man, too? Definitely not Fugazi and LCD Soundsystem only in the worst way (I find their stuff universally awful).

That said, Wikipedia seems to think there are a few.

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

My facade is just a fake
Shock, horror, no escape
Sensationalism for the feed
Caricatures are what you breed, breed, breed, breed, breed

I am a poseur and I don't care
I like to make people stare

Written by Poly Styrene in 1977. Prescient or f**king what?

Nihilism: it never goes out of style!

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