Poll: The most overrated genre of music!

[Dango]

Metal and most classic rock, both are pretty "meh" to me.

 

[the Dept of Science]

I also nominate metal, which is very samey between most artists but is obsessively pored over and compartmentalized by its fans.

Oddly enough, I've always found metal to have a lot more diversity within it than many other genres, although perhaps that's due to the fact I'm far more familiar with it than I am any other genre.

How diverse you perceive a genre is directly proportional to how much you know about and enjoy said genre.

Short version: If you hate a certain genre and don't listen to it, you'll think it all sounds the same.

I have a theory that the diversity of a genre is inversely proportional to the number of subgenres.
The Beatles couldn't be referred to anything other than a pop/rock band because otherwise you would almost have to give each song a genre category.
Heavy metal on the other hand is more like "oh hey, this one has a keyboard, lets call it symphonic metal, this one has longer guitar solos, lets call it progressive metal, this one has lyrics about war, lets call it battle metal".

Metal is perfect for certain situations, however it doesn't really cover a massive range of moods and settings.

 

[Whitbane]

Hard to choose, every genre has it's crappy, overrated songs that I can't stand.
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