Music Genre Survey

[dave_mc]

Classical: moonlight sonata, beethoven's 6th symphony if I'm allowed a whole symphony (a LOT of stiff competition there, not least from beethoven himself, and it's all I can do not to list the about 50 ones just about not making the cut)

Opera: nessun dorma is as good as any, good call bucketshred (i'm not a major fan of opera, but nessun dorma kicks ass). if i have to pick one myself, can I cheat and say the marriage of figaro (the very famous main theme bit which has no singing)? technically it's from an opera...

Heavy Metal: megadeth hangar 18

Pop:Current: Anything by Lady Gaga. Quintessentially: Anything by ABBA. Another good call by bucketshred. If it has to be one from me... Duran Duran Rio. :lol:

Reggae: not a clue
Hip-Hop: ditto
Jazz: I love jazz, but if you ask me to name one... :oops:
Latin: not a clue

[AndyR]

Classical: Elgar's Cello Concerto, 1st Movement
Opera: Er, The Ring Cycle (:lol:)
Heavy Metal: Delivering the Goods, Judas Priest
Pop: Hit me with your rhythm stick, Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Reggae: Something with Sly and Robbie on it (I think that's their names)
Hip-Hop: er...
Jazz: Something with Louis Armstrong on
Latin: Ex Spinas Uvas

[Elliot]

Classical: Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Opera: Cant stand it at all - Gilbert and Sullivan?
Heavy Metal: Into the Void by Black Sabbath
Pop: Do Queen count as a pop band?  If so Bohemian Rhapsody, if not Message in a Bottle by The Police
Reggae: If by Reggae is meant music of Carribean origin - Isrealite by Desmond Dekker, or 
Hip-Hop:  Jedi Mind Tricks - Heavenly Divine
Jazz: Blue Train - John Coltrance
Latin: Chan Chan - Compay Segundo

[Frank]

Classical: The Bruck violin concerto - the version played by Yehudi Menuhin, not that Nigel Kennedy idiot
Opera: No idea, can't stand listening to all that hooting and screeching
Heavy Metal: See above. NO I'M JOKING, it'd be the live version of Black Night by Deep Purple
Pop: Birdhouse in your soul by They Might Be Giants
Reggae: Any reggae song, they all sound the same to me. SORRY!
Hip-Hop: I'd switch a drum machine on and talk over it
Jazz: Too wide a category to condense into just one track but it'd probably be something by Django Rheinhardt
Latin: Tico Tico by Herb Alpert. Is that Latin? I don't care, it rocks my world.

[PhilKing]

Classical: Peer Gynt suite by Greig
Opera: anything from La Boheme
Heavy Metal: Paschendale - Iron Maiden  
Pop: Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music
Reggae: Mr Loverman - Shabba Ranks
Hip-Hop: Uptown Top Ranking - Althea & Donna
Jazz: Take Five - Dave Brubeck
Latin: Samba Pa Ti - Santana - OK I know it's not really latin as such - other than this though I'm not too up on latin - unless you put She Wolf by Shakira!

[Philly Q]

Surely Althea & Donna were reggae, not hip-hop, Phil?  :P

I remember that song very well!

[PhilKing]

Surely Althea & Donna were reggae, not hip-hop, Phil?  :P

I remember that song very well!

I know - but I wanted Shabba Ranks for the Reggae! If you have to have a real hip-hop track, then Stan by Eminem will have to do - but I hate to lose Uptown Top Ranking!

[Philly Q]

Surely Althea & Donna were reggae, not hip-hop, Phil?  :P

I remember that song very well!

I know - but I wanted Shabba Ranks for the Reggae! If you have to have a real hip-hop track, then Stan by Eminem will have to do - but I hate to lose Uptown Top Ranking!

I'd lose Shabba Wanks - can't stand that tosser or his bloody song.  :lol:

[MDV]

I'll try, but my choices are probably inept in several departments

Since youre using this as a CD of 'genre entry points' (that sounds a little weird..) I'll go with things that I recall I identified with any given genre as early as possible and try and avoid anything thats the result of longer exposure or knowing more now/being more anal about what category stuff falls in.

Classical - Beethoven, Fur Elise.
Opera - More or less anything from Carmen
Heavy Metal - Metallica, One
Pop - Micheal Jackson, Bad
Reggae - I shot the sheriff, Bob marley
Hip-Hop - Pass. I quite like Saul Williams, Penny for a thought, but I'm given to believe thats a little off the beaten path in hip hop land and that I have no idea what I'm talking about, and 'like' isnt the question anyway.
Jazz - So What, miles davis
Latin - I'm dimly aware it exists, no more.

[Madsakre]

Classical: Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond the sun
Opera: Cannibal corpse - $%&#ed with a knife
Heavy Metal: Iron Maiden - Fear of the dark
Pop: Raunchy - Watch out
Reggae: Bad brains
Hip-Hop: Dont
Jazz: Necrophagist - Diminished to B
Latin: Sepultura - Beneath the remains

What would you choose and (if you feel like it) why?

(* Yeah, I know most of these is too broad for just one track, but that's part of the challenge)

[With Full Distortion]

OK, imagine you have to make a mix-tape (CD, playlist, whatever) to play to someone who's never listened to music before.
It needs to contain one track* that best illustrates each of the following genres :

Classical:Bach - toccata and fugue
Opera:carmen - bisset
Heavy Metal: Opeth - master´s apprentice
Pop: a-há - scoundrel days
Reggae:bob marley - i shot the sheriff
Hip-Hop: eminem - eminem
Jazz: miles davis - kind of blue
Latin: shakira - ojos assim

What would you choose and (if you feel like it) why?

(* Yeah, I know most of these is too broad for just one track, but that's part of the challenge)