I have never really understood why people are so interested
in what genre a certain type of music is. Of course putting music into
different genres has its purposes, but sometimes putting it into a genre
becomes the purpose itself.
I have a good example of this. In university I studied
linguistics among other subjects. However, when you come to think of it, this
particular field of science is based upon how people talk in real life. All
they have done is to write down how the rules of the language works at the
present time and put it into writing. Then, when the language is subject to
change, they pull out the linguistics rules and hold them up as the law, which
then has become outdated because it originally was based upon the contemporary
language at the time when the rules were made. The person then claims someone’s
writing or speech to be incorrect.
This very same principle can be applied to music and genres
as well. All the time I see two or more people discuss what genre a particular
band belongs to. If they both enjoy the music and know what the music sounds
like what does it matter…?
Hope you guys can give me some feedback on this...Do you agree or not?