This page on AudioGalaxy is the best list of musical styles (I don't like the term "genres" in regards to music) that I have ever seen. It is missing a couple, but it the closest I have ever seen to a complete list. Hmmmm... no "mallcore" listed... *grin*
I like almost everything, except the majority of electronica and rap, the heaviest of metal, the most vacuous of pop, and anything else which gets so bogged down in its stylings that it forgets such things as melody, chords, and general musical-ness. I'm not going to try to sort things into order, but I will list about ten styles which I like best.
- Progressive and alternative rock
- General rock
- 60s and 70s British rock and pop (especially The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones)
- Thrash and industrial metal
- Modern stage musicals (70s onwards)
- 80s pop and rock, especially compilation CDs
- Hard rock and "new metal"
- Folk, Celtic, folk-influenced rock and pop, folk- and Celt- influenced new age music
- World music, and world-influenced rock and pop
- "Classical" as it is generically known, but mainly Baroque, Romantic, and 20th century orchestral
- "Pub music", as in pub-band styled rock and pop
Not a complete list, by any means, but those groups make up most of the music I listen to.
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