The Beatles - What genre?

Feek · 14-04-2009, 19:12

I'm sorting out my music and I have The Beatles flagged with two different genres.

British Invasion
60's Psychedelic Pop-Rock

Which would you go with, or suggest another?

Belmit · 14-04-2009, 19:16

I'd say more the former than the latter. Not all Beatles stuff was psychadelic... and not quite all 60s either! Frankly I'd put it just under Rock/Pop.

Pheebs · 15-04-2009, 08:06

What Belmit said! Before opening the thread I said out aloud "Surely Pop Rock?"

Feek · 15-04-2009, 10:07

Rock/Pop is too generic, I hate that tag. If I used it, it'd account for 90% of my music library.

Psymonkee · 15-04-2009, 11:20

Classic Rock/Pop

OK not helpful

Belmit · 15-04-2009, 11:25

This is why I don't bother genre-ising any of my music. They're either too general, too specific, or overlap too much.

Psymonkee · 15-04-2009, 11:29

Artist\(year) Album\Track Number - Artist - Title ftw

LeperousDust · 15-04-2009, 13:32

Genre is nice to have but i gave up long ago when i realised i could just use searches linked with last.fm over my music collection works better than any genre you could give yourself

Feek · 15-04-2009, 18:04

I did experiment with a script for iTunes which queried every track against last.fm and configured the genre depending on what was returned but I found that didn't work very well. I'm now using Tune Upp which is is doing a really good job of sorting out the library including genre tagging. It's only occasionally that it makes mistakes.

14-04-2009, 19:12	#1
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	The Beatles - What genre? I'm sorting out my music and I have The Beatles flagged with two different genres. British Invasion 60's Psychedelic Pop-Rock Which would you go with, or suggest another? __________________

14-04-2009, 19:16	#2
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	I'd say more the former than the latter. Not all Beatles stuff was psychadelic... and not quite all 60s either! Frankly I'd put it just under Rock/Pop. __________________

15-04-2009, 08:06	#3
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	What Belmit said! Before opening the thread I said out aloud "Surely Pop Rock?" __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk

15-04-2009, 10:07	#4
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Rock/Pop is too generic, I hate that tag. If I used it, it'd account for 90% of my music library. __________________

15-04-2009, 11:20	#5
Psymonkee A cat wearing a wet suit Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: St.Andrews Posts: 2,023	Classic Rock/Pop OK not helpful __________________ Sonisphere FMC Code: 1k949178

15-04-2009, 11:25	#6
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	This is why I don't bother genre-ising any of my music. They're either too general, too specific, or overlap too much. __________________

15-04-2009, 11:29	#7
Psymonkee A cat wearing a wet suit Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: St.Andrews Posts: 2,023	Artist\(year) Album\Track Number - Artist - Title ftw __________________ Sonisphere FMC Code: 1k949178

15-04-2009, 13:32	#8
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Genre is nice to have but i gave up long ago when i realised i could just use searches linked with last.fm over my music collection works better than any genre you could give yourself __________________

15-04-2009, 18:04	#9
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	I did experiment with a script for iTunes which queried every track against last.fm and configured the genre depending on what was returned but I found that didn't work very well. I'm now using Tune Upp which is is doing a really good job of sorting out the library including genre tagging. It's only occasionally that it makes mistakes. __________________

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