Song you like from Genres you DONT like

[Ciarang]

This:

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[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

I don't like all-girl pop performers alla Spice Girls or Pussycat Dolls but I do like some songs by the Sugababes and Destiny's Child.

 

[Yazacoo]

Yes- basically.

If you dislike the genre how can you like one of their songs?

Unless you dislike the image that goes with the Genre.
A genre is a style of Music.

Wow, really? You don't get it? The question is really simple and straightforward. In a genre you don't normally enjoy, and sometimes despise, what is one song you find yourself surprised to actually enjoy.

Take mine for example. I usually hate pop-music, but I actually really like JoJo's singing voice, and for pop music some of her songs have a good R&B feel to them. Not the best music, but I still find it enjoyable, which surprises me because I usually hate the genre of music her music would be lumped into.

Hip hop is a genre that is based heavily on beat formations with basse influences and quick melodies that are generally preformed by a vocalist.
I like hip hop as a genre, but I dislike most of the contributing artsists songs because of the message they are preaching.

What I'm trying to get at is if you like a song that holds thees MUSICAL charachteristic, then
you like the genre- you just don't like the majority of what people preech

I love all the great songs- regardless of genre.

So you would say that a genre isn't made up of the people who contribute to it, rather the basic characteristics of that genre. So really, even though you understand what the OP is asking, you have a problem with the way the question was worded?

(Just thought, is it possible that someone could like a song because it is catchy, not due to the musical characteristics, but rather because of the catchy lyrics?)

Edit: realize I should probably answer the OP. I don't care for most rap artists, however every time I hear "Changes" I fall in love with 2pac...'s music.

Yes, basically. It is more to do with the wording of the OP.
I get where its coming from it just struck a chord with me the way it was catagorizing genres...
I don't think there is any genre that is bad- I just think that some genres have less quality material than others- but thats my own musical opinion.

And if someone is caught by catchy lyrics, they like how the artsist has created them phonetically and rythimatically to fit into a set of chords which in turn fits into the artists own musical style.

 

[jboking]

Yes, basically. It is more to do with the wording of the OP.
I get where its coming from it just struck a chord with me the way it was catagorizing genres...
I don't think there is any genre that is bad- I just think that some genres have less quality material than others- but thats my own musical opinion.

And if someone is caught by catchy lyrics, they like how the artsist has created them phonetically and rythimatically to fit into a set of chords which in turn fits into the artists own musical style.

"Quality material" is a biased phrase. Say you find that the majority of the material in one genre is of poor quality, you could easily say that you don't like the majority of that Genre. Which can allow you to use the quick phrase "I don't like (genre)" to allow yourself to avoid music you don't like. However, you may find one song from that genre that you love, that doesn't mean you love the genre as a whole, because it needs to be viewed as a sum of it's parts - good and bad - there just happens to be more bad. You still dislike the genre, but you have found one song you enjoy.

When people use that phrase(I don't like [genre]), I am sure they well understand that the genre isn't automatically bad, it just isn't their cup of tea. Also, I'm sure they know they haven't heard everything from that genre.

I suppose I just find it silly to get caught up in the semantics instead of addressing the topic from the get go.

 

[Nemorov]

devil went down to georgia. fiddle version. totally epic

Totally agree.

There isn't much a don't listen to, but I kind of neglect Country and such. Not really my taste mostly, but there are a few that really catch my ear. Like 'Ghost Riders' by The Outlaws. They're a fairly epic band.