Your favorite style/genre of music is...

[Ragged Glory]

You know, I was originally thinking about putting up 34-35 different styles of music here, yet we only got the option to put up just 25. I feel I condensed it down pretty well though considering the circumstance(s).

 

[Scotty The Rebel]

I'd put that in the Classic Rock section but Other is fine too if you so desire.

If I'd chose Classic Rock, then with the way you have it, I'd also be choosing Progressive Rock. So I went with other because I'm not going to vote for Progressive Rock when it's a genre I'm not a big fan of. I would have separated the two myself.

 

[AboutAGirl]

My fave genres/subgenres are, in order:

1. Classic Rock (1962 - 1979)
2. Modern Pop (00s & 10s)
3. Alternative/Indie/Grunge Rock (1990s)
4. Black/Groove/Thrash Metal (1990s)
5. Pop Rock (1990s)

 

[Ragged Glory]

I would have separated the two myself.

I would've but we're only allowed 25 spots. Taking 35 down to 25 made that absolutely necessary.

 

[Lynch]

Hard Rock

 

[Ragged Glory]

2. Modern Pop (00s & 10s)
5. Pop Rock (1990s)

So you prefer (most) newer Pop to that of the likes of Early Britney Spears & Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys, Bobby Brown, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Bel Biv Devoe, Toni Braxton, Jessica Simpson, Sheryl Crow, Prince, Janet Jackson, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, WHAM!, Taylor Dayne, Spice Girls, Rick Astley, Nelson, Divinyls &, of course, the "King Of Pop" Michael Jackson? Not that most of the new stuff is bad, but those guys defined true, great Pop stars when it really grew into something big. To each his own. Just think about it.

 

[Ragged Glory]

I've been listening to Chanson & Jazz alot lately. A little more new when it comes to Chanson, yet I've been enjoying Jazz for quite awhile now.

 

[Riff Raff]

Divinyls were one of those bands that really defined what Australian rock was about. Had a good variety from some of their harder edge songs but did some really nice melodic rock songs too. Most of those on your list are pop related but Divinyls are certainly not.

 

[Ragged Glory]

Divinyls were one of those bands that really defined what Australian rock was about. Had a good variety from some of their harder edge songs but did some really nice melodic rock songs too. Most of those on your list are pop related but Divinyls are certainly not.

I hear you playing the Divinyls all the time & I certainly like them too. That aside, they DEFINITELY (not somewhat) are Pop. No offense, they just are. Check out all of these posts confirming the fact that they clearly were/are Pop. Every single post always describes the Divinyls as being either Pop or Pop Rock/New Wave. Read on...



Pop Music : Divinyls Face Integrity Issue at Palladium - Los Angeles Times

The Divinyls - Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic

Divinyls Greatest Hits CD Brand NEW | eBay

Divinyls Greatest Hits CD

Divinyls - Gig Reviews - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au

Divinyls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Divinyls - Citizendia

 

[Riff Raff]

I still disagree, I will always consider them rock. Guess it depends on the way people look at it. I consider them one of the great Aussie rock bands. Besides the wikipedia says they were an Aussie rock band which is what they were and the music confirms it. lol

I usually am not one to get into a disagreement on a genre label but I am just going by what my ears hear and its rock I hear same with what every Divinyls fan I know hears. I don't care where shopping centres puts their albums or what some people seem to label them as loosely, I still strongly disagree with labelling their music as pop. Watched several documentaries on tv recently about them and none of them called the band pop, it was described as they were, an Aussie rock band.

To be fair on where shopping centres place bands, I see ZZ Top and various other classic rock acts placed in the pop section here so where those links describe the genre I don't take into account at all.

The opening sentence on the wiki page sums it up for me.

Divinyls was an Australian rock band that was formed in Sydney in 1980.

Sites may describe them as such but all documentaries I witnessed described them as a good Australian rock band. I enjoy their music regardless but I had grown up knowing them to be nothing but good rock music and that is all I will ever know them as, not pop. New wave of rock maybe yes but not pop.