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The alternative genres thread
« on: April 30, 2010, 11:58:06 pm »
I thought it might be interesting to base a thread on some of the more "out-there" genres that don't usually fall into mainstream popularity. Got any interesting or unique songs to share? Post them!

I'll start us off with some of my favorites...






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Re: The alternative genres thread
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2010, 01:00:06 am »
I didn't like first one, third one and fourth one very much, but I liked the second one a lot, prbly the melody and style.

I like how some artists won't stick to the charts standards when making songs. I wish those songs would get more attention. Often, they're much better than anything in the charts. When making music I often follow some of the electronic dance music standards but I try to do something different too. I also wish there were traditional radio stations that played VGM.

Sometimes, strange things happen with popular artists too, though. Example: I don't like Madonna style, but one of her song from 1995 went unnoticed, never got popular and played on radio much over here, compared to her other stuff, then suddently, 15 years later, some radio stations started playing that song! The song in question is:


For some reasons this happens to be the only Madonna song I enjoy enough to listen to it over and over, which is weird considering I normally dislike ballads. I guess it's because of the melody chosen. I can't stand her other commercial R&B stuff. There are 3 songs I may listen once every year at most.

Then there's Celine Dion :P. I only really like a song enough to listen to it often



Notice it's not her usual style either :P The song is from 1987 btw

Another unusual song I liked:



I wonder in what genre it might fall into, though. Also notice how some of it seems like the same genre as the Celine Dion song above.

OK now on the electronic genre, my favourite. I wish that eurobeat, '90s eurodance, happy/UK hardcore and italo disco were marketted more and became more popular over here in North America. I enjoy those genres more than any electronic music made over here and if you notice, most of my own made songs have roots from those genres.











And more recent songs I like


(one of my favourite new-generation UK hardcore song)

The result of the lack of marketting of this kind of music outside their original countries is that most of the music I listen to is european or asian.

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Re: The alternative genres thread
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2010, 02:03:05 am »
It's funny that you mentioned Madonna. She seems to change her style every few years. (that is, when she gets a new director) For example:



I used to be into a lot of heavy electronic stuff, but it's kind of strange how I've transitioned into softer, more melodic genres. I'm mostly a fan of things with classical elements, ambiance, lo-fi, down-tempo, etc.














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Re: The alternative genres thread
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2010, 02:11:05 am »
yeah I noticed Madonna style changes a lot over years and fast. One of her album is mostly dance music. Older stuff is disco and middle stuff is just strange songs.

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Re: The alternative genres thread
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2010, 08:37:23 am »
the baroque thing is really weird if you know some real baroque. Other than that I really like this enigma stuff :)

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Re: The alternative genres thread
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2010, 09:03:09 am »
What's wrong, is it baroquen? I'm sorry. That joke was horrible, but I couldn't resist. XD I like some baroque, but I'm not overly familiar with it. This didn't sound very similar to most baroque music that I've heard though. I like Joe Satriani normally, but this was a bit different from most of the things that I've heard from him.

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Re: The alternative genres thread
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2010, 11:35:20 am »
I remember some classical song that was called Baroque that we listened in elementary school music classes. However, I totally forgot the artist. It was kinda nice actually. However I'm not sure if the genre was baroque. There are songs called hardcore/trance as title that aren't really hardcore/trance. I can't find the song on youtube because all they give me in search results are baroque genre songs, not the actual song "baroque".
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Re: The alternative genres thread
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2010, 11:55:19 am »
Satriani's "Baroque" is just an interpretation of classical arrangements using a guitar. When you apply instrumentation using non-classical instruments, the sound tends to become something else. There are actually genres dedicated to that sort of thing; such as "post-rock." Post-rock is basically the usage of rock instruments for non-rock purposes.


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Re: The alternative genres thread
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2010, 12:00:51 pm »
mhmm that plays at work radio sometimes, actually. However it seems kinda different from the Baroque song I am talking about. Some parts of the melody arrangement are similar, but not all it seems.