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Three Genres of Music That Should Die
Music is arguably the most subjective and opinionated thing on Earth. Everybody has their favorite bands, instruments, and most importantly, genres. A majority of people enjoy more mainstream genres such as rock, pop, metal, reggae, etc., but there are a smaller percentage of people that enjoy more obscure genres than others, which I will be going over in my argument on why I personally cannot believe they haven’t died.
1. SpeedcoreThe name itself sounds fast, intense, and unpredictable, almost like an adrenaline rush by itself. Speedcore is the term applied to songs or beats that vastly exceed the speed of a common song, mostly used in clubs or raves. Speedcore songs can range from anywhere between a moderately fast 300 BPM (beats per minute), to a ridiculous 100,000 BPM, (resulting in a solid frequency tone). I can understand why people love fast club music or beats; it gets blood pumping and fills people with an “auditory sugar rush”. What I don’t understand is the drive for faster and faster beats, exceeding thousands of BPM. The faster a song gets, the closer the beats are crushed together. The end result is either the sound of an electric fan or an obliterating solid frequency. I personally would rather keep my brain cells than listen to the equivalence of someone blowing a whistle for ten minutes.
2. Overly ExperimentalExperimental is such a broad genre that it’s hard to categorize it. The genre tears apart the normal structure that most songs use, and reconstructs it into anything and everything. A good example of how diverse the genre is points to bands like Mr. Bungle, in which their California album incorporates many styles and genres such as Hawaiian, pop, folk, thrash metal, doo-wop, piano ballads, and takes inspiration from the scores of science fiction and horror movies. This style of music isn’t what I have a problem with though; I’m more annoyed with overly experimental music, music that tries to push the boundaries even farther, yet gets nowhere in the process. Many songs that fall under this unofficial genre rip apart musical structure and burn it, leaving the listener with hour-long tracks of forks rattling, wind chimes, and other instruments that “redefine music”. I genuinely cannot see any audience for these overly experimental artists that create not music, but audio of a post-apocalyptic voodoo nightmare. The fact that people would pay any currency on Earth to enlighten themselves in the terrifying ninety minute experience of someone clicking oysters and hollering just baffles me. I assume these same “artists” eat their dead skin and are scared of the moon, because we’re not in the 7th century anymore, we’ve advanced as people. Nobody I’ve ever met wants to listen to hooligan noises strictly.
3. CountryMy final and more serious argument is against modern-day country music. Country music is definitely not obscure, in fact, a majority of people I know listen to country. My argument against it, however, is how overrated and repetitive it is. Every song has the same premise, a banjo or other lanky string instrument, a generic theme of mowing lawns or kissing dogs, and a chorus that would make any sane person want to drown. This of course is all my opinion, and it’s clearly not a popular one. Many people in the farmland and country areas live by country music like it’s a religion and will hunt any naysayer down if they say any slanderous remarks about Tim McGraw. I cannot begin to imagine how many country songs I’ve heard about tractors, baby boys, blue jeans with big belt buckles, beautiful southern babes, and classic old whiskey. The way these songs all sound the same and revolve around the air waves every five months feels like a cycle around the sun. I’ve always felt the redneck stereotype was exaggerated, but after being subjected to country radio for the past 3 years, I’ve come to believe it’s a reality. After hearing one country song, I’ve heard them all. The country music genre and industry should not be as hustling and bustling if every song is the same.
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