Q: Should R&B be called R&B?

Gilly · 14 Dec 2006 at 15:06

Isn't it Rhythm and Bass? Nothing to do with the old outmoded R&B styles.

There is a lot of talent in the genre along with lots of crap. Excellent for dancing to

FireMoon · 14 Dec 2006 at 15:14

Isn't it Rhythm and Bass? Nothing to do with the old outmoded R&B styles.

And heres me thinking is stood for rhyming and bs..

Just seems crazy to nick another genres handle to describe something completely different... Me i play in an Agricultural Ambient Grindcore Post Rock Goth Psychedelic band..

Gilly · 14 Dec 2006 at 15:18

FireMoon said:
Just seems crazy to nick another genres handle to describe something completely different...

Meh, if it improves it I don't reckon it is such a big deal, especially if the one it is replacing isn't a current genre.

FireMoon · 14 Dec 2006 at 15:20

^^

I think the several thousand R n B bands playing allover the world tonight might just disagree with you on that one...

Chronos-X · 14 Dec 2006 at 16:04

daz said:
Agreed, I just like music.

Indeed, there's no bad bands or genres. Just bad songs.

SexyGreyFox · 14 Dec 2006 at 16:27

Codmate said:
We used to call it 'soul music'.

No we didn't.
I was going soul discos in the late 60's early 70's and modern R&B was nothing like that.

This new R&B shouldn't be called R&B because virtually every rock/blues cover band in the country is called an R&B band meaning they are Rock and Blues.
However to dismiss modern R&B as crap is immature because every now and then a really good record pops out.