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which artists don't have a genre?
as in you couldn't really associate them with a particular genre of music
I can only think of Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Bjork, TV On The Radio, Yeasayer |
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I was going to mention Björk. She really is genreless.
I'm looking through my music list and the only ones I can see are the ones you've already mentioned (Björk, Radiohead, Yesayer - they all have their own styles, but not within specific genres). |
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I can't think of a genre for Take That.
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Rufus Wainwright?
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I can't think of a genre for Take That.
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Roisin Murphy maybe - usually has an electronic style but her first album Ruby Blue was more jazzy than electronic.
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I was going to mention Björk. She really is genreless.
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possibly Goldfrapp? although i dont know too much about them people always say that they're unpigeonholeable
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I'd say Bjork would easily fit in pop/electronica.
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For me anyway I would say Harry Nilsson. A singer/songwriter who, in my humble opinion, had a unique and original talent.
For anyone remotely interested there is a very good documentary about Nilsson finally being released on DVD later this month in the US. I have already ordered my copy! You can catch a little snippet of it here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0-K7...eature=related |
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Some of Chase & Status' songs are hard to label with a genre. I was listening to their song Let You Go last night (which I bloody love) and funnily enough I was thinking how it doesn't really fit any genre. It's a bit dubsteppy in parts but the 'drop' sounds almost metal-like
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PJ Harvey's albums are all different,ranging from rock to punk to pop to piano accompanied albums A strange puppy that is hard to pigeonhole, inspirational if you have the time to listen.
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I'd say Tom Waits is a pretty hard one to classify... Oh, and you wouldn't be able to pin just one genre onto Janelle Monáe. R'nb, hip-hop, funk, soul, dream-pop, blues and psychedelic space-rock... the girl's a master of it all!
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I'd say Tom Waits is a pretty hard one to classify... Oh, and you wouldn't be able to pin just one genre onto Janelle Monáe. R'nb, hip-hop, funk, soul, dream-pop, blues and psychedelic space-rock... the girl's a master of it all!
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I'd say Tom Waitsis a pretty hard one to classify... Oh, and you wouldn't be able to pin just one genre onto Janelle Monáe. R'nb, hip-hop, funk, soul, dream-pop, blues and psychedelic space-rock... the girl's a master of it all!
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beck and to a certain extent Nirvana, grunge was more a scene than a musical style.
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Kate Bush
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possibly Goldfrapp? although i dont know too much about them people always say that they're unpigeonholeable
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there is a very good documentary about Nilsson finally being released on DVD later this month in the US. I have already ordered my copy! You can catch a little snippet of it here: