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Celtic rock 1970
Traditional Irish and Scottish tunes set on drums and electric guitar. The direct ancestor of folk metal.
- Heaviness
- 3
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- Ireland / Scotland
- Tempo
- 100-140 bpm
- Song length
- 3-6 min
- Written about
- Emigration, Irish and Scottish history, Land and sea, Romance
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Celtic rock | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| No words at all When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 80% | ×3 |
| Light How much weight do you want behind it? | 3 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1970 | 100% | ×1 |
| Somewhere else entirely What should the words be about? | Emigration, Irish and Scottish history, Land and sea, Romance | 50% | ×1 |
| Normal How long should a song be? | up to 6 min | 88% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 82% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 8. Celtic rock leads the next by 1 point. 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
Fairport Convention, Fairport Convention 1968
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief. The birth certificate of British folk rock.
- 2The one to put on first
Thin Lizzy, Thin Lizzy 1971
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar. A centuries-old ballad played on twin guitars.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Folk rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Celtic rock'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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Surf rock 81%
Instrumental, drenched in tank reverb, with fast tremolo picking. The sound of the Californian coast, later recycled by punk and by Tarantino.
4 steps from Celtic rock, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Surf rock -
Math rock 81%
Odd meters and interlocking riffs assembled like a puzzle, usually without vocals. Post-rock's cerebral cousin.
4 steps from Celtic rock, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Math 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
- No words at all put 33 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Grindcore. Worth 3 of 8.
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 of 8.
- The seventies and eighties put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Kawaii metal, New nu metal, Progressive metalcore. Worth 1 of 8.
- Somewhere else entirely put 106 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 8.
- Normal put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Progressive rock, Krautrock, Acid rock. Worth 1 of 8.
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.