stop me if you think that you've heard this one before

[xiane]

So after watching people battle it out over music all week, I've decided to enact a New and Official Labeling System for all music. You may henceforth stop using tired labels such as
"goth"
"hipster"
"post-punk"
"klezmer"
and implement my simple system for sorting all bands and tunes.

The labels?

Music That I Think Sucks
and
Music That I Think Rocks.

See how simple that is? Stops all arguing, gives all responsibility to me for determining what you should and should not be listening to at any given time.



I see a problem, I solve a problem. You may all thank me by purchasing large amounts of Music That I Think Rocks.

*curtsey*

edit - forgot to mention that you can thank 155metrocard for getting ol' Morrissey stuck in my head all day. ;)

Comments

[eure-maum.livejournal.com]

what the hell is hipster?? and klemzer??

and i'm with you. besides, i'm horrible at labeling music right. :P so i jsut say "if i like it, i like it, who the hell cares what genre or label it carries?" :)

[xiane.livejournal.com]

Klezmer is very different! Here's a good overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klezmer

Hipster's one way of labeling "indy-rock" or what "alternative college" music grew into.

I like your attitude about music. :)

[crossbonesdj.livejournal.com]

Me like.

Thank you.

[xiane.livejournal.com]

I thought you might enjoy this. Hey, this takes all the pressure off music - NOW what are we all going to argue about?


Crap. ;)

[ladylucretia.livejournal.com]

Does this mean that Gary Numan is no longer a genre (coldwave)?

[xiane.livejournal.com]

Gary Numan is definitely Music That I Think Rocks. He can have his own tier in that heading:

Music That I Think Rocks
- Gary Numan
- [everything else]

[ex-carnaval-619.livejournal.com]

I love that icon - that's just great!

[jukebox-heroine.livejournal.com]

KLEZMER.
klezmer is my jam. put the h8erade away.
♥

[wanderyng1.livejournal.com]

DJ Mazel Tov in the house!

[xiane.livejournal.com]

Anything that regularly rocks an accordion is a-okay by me!

Too bad that more people don't know about the crazy, fascinating music choices out there. I should have known you would, you rock like that.

[ihvpave.livejournal.com]

I pretty much have "music."

That's my categorisation system. "Music" and "spoken" and "nature stuff that's neither but purports to be whales."

like that.

[xiane.livejournal.com]

Whales rock! They make some crazy jams.

People are going to be surprised when they find that the Music That I Think Sucks category is mighty small.

[briskpepper.livejournal.com]

I think we all know where Klezmer fits. ;-P

[xiane.livejournal.com]

In your butt? Those trombones are gonna hurt.

[xiane.livejournal.com]

*looooove*

This post has made me so much happier. I hate to see all my friends made unhappy because they feel that they have to defend the music they love. I'd rather make 'em laugh at me. ;)

[shocktrama.livejournal.com]

I think I like this idea.

A lot.

[xiane.livejournal.com]

Down with labels!

Up with Xianeisms!

Do the Macarena! Whoops, how did that get there?

[jdavyd.livejournal.com]

hell i've been using that system for years. i never thought it would catch on.

[xiane.livejournal.com]

You're like an early adopter! Paving the way for sensibility and shit!

[nakedyouth.livejournal.com]

but people will still fight over it!

oh mah gawd how can you think that rocks omgz!

zomg!

[xiane.livejournal.com]

Obviously anyone who fights over it hasn't gotten the memo that my opinion overrules all.

I'll straighten them all out eventually.

ps - kudos for the excellent posts in gothmusicshare. You've been really stretching peoples' outlook in music, or at least giving them the opportunity to do so.

[parkas-4-kids.livejournal.com]

The standard music labelling system is stupid. I worked for Sam Goody for a few hott months, and it was by far one of the dumbest systems I've ever seen. Also, I hate how the media labels things like "goth" and "hipster" and whatnot.

Like, how does VH1 get away calling Jack White a "goth rocker" simply because he's freakishly pale? BECAUSE THEY ARE STOOOOOPIIIIIIIID!!!

[xiane.livejournal.com]

Without the standard music labelling system, millions of music nerds will be left with nothing to argue in a self-aggrandizing way about. Movies like High Fidelity lose their comedic punch! Economies collapse! World War III!


...wait. :D

Jack White a goth rocker? Heh!

I kinda like White Stripes, tho.

[seeliespright.livejournal.com]

That's great. I like that system.

Speaking of labels, my mom, dad and I were checked out by Nate at WholeFoods today and afterward, she was saying how nice he was and how the "goth" label steriotype by outsiders is so inaccurate. And I was like, "Uh, duh," but in a nice way.

In the course of the conversation, she also surmised that goths are like hippies and I agreed that goths are the hippies of the 20th cent. ;oP

[ex-severina843.livejournal.com]

I love klezmer. XD

That's a good system :D

[xiane.livejournal.com]

I never knew I had so many klezmer lovers on my FL! This is awesome! :D

[dances-withcats.livejournal.com]

But do post-punk klezmer hip-hop bands suck or rock?

[xiane.livejournal.com]

Old school hip-hop or new?

I suspect that if someone was bold enough to combine those sounds, it would *have* to rock. [Ian Curtis style vox with accordion and scratching and beatbox!]

[medraxellion.livejournal.com]

What the bloody hell is "klezmer"? Oh well.

Whee for labels. I was going through my old emails from like 2003 and there was actually an lj post link from back when this girl told me I'm not goth and gave me a link to a website about "real goths". ...I was like oooookay.