Your way in
Canterbury scene 1968
Prog with jazz harmony and dry English humour. Looser and stranger than its symphonic neighbours.
- Heaviness
- 2
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 8
- Where from
- Canterbury, England
- Tempo
- 90-150 bpm
- Song length
- 4-15 min
- Written about
- Whimsy and English absurdity, Domestic life, Love, obliquely, Jokes that are also structurally serious
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Canterbury scene | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| Light How much weight do you want behind it? | 2 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 5 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Whimsy and English absurdity, Domestic life, Love, obliquely, Jokes that are also structurally serious | 50% | ×1 |
| Long. Let it go somewhere. How long should a song be? | up to 15 min | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 94% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, about 1, length 1 out of 9. Canterbury scene leads the next by 7 points. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King 1969
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King. The first track tells you everything.
- 2The one to put on first
Caravan, Caravan 1969
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink. Prog that doesn't take itself seriously, and lasts because of it.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Progressive rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Canterbury scene's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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New wave 85%
Post-punk's commercial face: synthesizers, hooks and jerky rhythms. Punk without the rage, but with the same ideas.
5 steps from Canterbury scene, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into New wave -
Celtic rock 85%
Traditional Irish and Scottish tunes set on drums and electric guitar. The direct ancestor of folk metal.
4 steps from Canterbury scene, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Celtic rock
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 9.
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 of 9.
- Being young and out late put 115 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 9.
- Long. Let it go somewhere. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 9.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.