katefedele wrote:
I don't care about genres, because all music is the same to me in a way. the way i see it, the same song can be played two times, with only the slightest alteration (change the gender of the singer, play it faster, switch instruments, etc) and it will come out sounding COMPLETELY different, enough to be a whole different genre. For example, Bad Religion's "Sorrow" is DEFINATLEY a punk rock song, but if you here Greg Graffin play it and sing it by himself with an ACOUSTIC guitar instead, it turns into a folk song. or, lets see.. avril lavigne covered Basket Case once, and it sounded like pop, not even pop/rock. just plain old pop. another example is, i heard a heavy metal song played on the piano, and so obviously it was a different genre. there's just so much you can do to music to make it different. that's probly part of the reason the world hasn't run out of songs yet (although it's getting there)
You're absolutely correct. In the realm of pop music, the songs are all the same. They follow the verse/chorus structure, they have a three-chord progression, and they're in 4/4 time. There are around twenty chord progressions that are always being reused. The differences between styles are pretty much in choice of instrumental timbres (compare the guitars in country with the guitars in rock) and lyrical content. People pick their favorite styles and bash others, but they don't realize the difference is only a matter of. . .
style.