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Okay, first off...
A) This isn't an invitation for a flame war
B) I'm asking because I'm confused by historical perspective
C) This isn't an invitation for a flame war
The recent Rap threads consistently have members describing their lack of interest in Rap (and occasionally R&B or Country... and I suspect though not mentioned also Blues) not by personal preference, but by it being 'simple' or lacking several traits they feel are present in other music genres. Triangulating, these complexities revealed elsewhere evidently assist in raising the quality to a level of like or at least interest.
The members making these comments are overwhelmingly Rock (and its sub-genres) fans ... as are the vast majority of threads on Head-Fi.
So sticking to genres as a whole (as many of the comments have been made against Rap, not specific Rap artists - there's obviously diversity in each group), solely on that 'simple' front, if you grant what's commonly now called "Classical" (and its multiple forms and performance sizes) as the most complex of the main genres (I've never heard it called "simplistic") at one end, then place Rap (and all its sub-genres) at the other, where does Rock (and its immediate offspring) fall?
Again keep the specific bands, albums, etc. out of it for this thread. I know that will be difficult, but I'm trying to understand the criticism by members who listen to Rock primarily/partially against Rap as a whole on this simple/missing elements front, not the diversity within each group. Many of the comments are about Rap. Tell me about Rock.
And please keep it from getting ugly. Please. Just vote for a number if that's all you can say without getting out of hand.
A) This isn't an invitation for a flame war
B) I'm asking because I'm confused by historical perspective
C) This isn't an invitation for a flame war
The recent Rap threads consistently have members describing their lack of interest in Rap (and occasionally R&B or Country... and I suspect though not mentioned also Blues) not by personal preference, but by it being 'simple' or lacking several traits they feel are present in other music genres. Triangulating, these complexities revealed elsewhere evidently assist in raising the quality to a level of like or at least interest.
The members making these comments are overwhelmingly Rock (and its sub-genres) fans ... as are the vast majority of threads on Head-Fi.
So sticking to genres as a whole (as many of the comments have been made against Rap, not specific Rap artists - there's obviously diversity in each group), solely on that 'simple' front, if you grant what's commonly now called "Classical" (and its multiple forms and performance sizes) as the most complex of the main genres (I've never heard it called "simplistic") at one end, then place Rap (and all its sub-genres) at the other, where does Rock (and its immediate offspring) fall?
Again keep the specific bands, albums, etc. out of it for this thread. I know that will be difficult, but I'm trying to understand the criticism by members who listen to Rock primarily/partially against Rap as a whole on this simple/missing elements front, not the diversity within each group. Many of the comments are about Rap. Tell me about Rock.
And please keep it from getting ugly. Please. Just vote for a number if that's all you can say without getting out of hand.