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Is there a more misused genre name or tag than "Folk?"
>singer-songwriter
Folk
>its got an acoustic guitar in it
Folk
>rural theme?
Folk
>vaguely mellow and relaxing?
Folk
>can't think what else to call it?
fucking Folk

if I had my way, I'd literally kill people who do this
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the clancy brothers is folk
bob dylan is folk
emerson lake and palmer is folk
meat puppets is folk
boards of canada is folk
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"Folk" has been used to describe all of these things since long before people were trans enough to insist that everything fits into some microcategory and microcategorising everything is at all important, and long before people were autistic enough to go to pieces over having a little ambiguity in their life.
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>>131091623
is that a youtuber? plz name?!?
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>>131091623
Math Rock
Emo/Midwest Emo
Pop-Punk
These 3 have somehow become interchangeable terms in the modern era
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>>131092633
you’re both unbelievably stupid and entirely 100% ignorant of anything to do with music.
"folk" is the exact opposite of what you said, its not some fussily defined microcategory, its a vast, encompassing genre that just means the traditional music of any people or region. its the biggest, oldest and, crucially, the most easily, simply and clearly defined type of music in existence.
thats you in OPs pic isnt it? its obvious to everyone now, so you might as well admit it.
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>>131093084
I admit Im fuzzy on the difference between the first two, but theyre like my least favourite shit ever so I don't listen to that stuff to know about it. Im sure I could differentiate either from Pop Punk, even tho I don't like that much more.
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>>131091623
Why is the area around his wiener discolored?



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