Edit: Totally redone since people seem to think I’m completely stupid or something.
How do you tell the difference between closely related genres? For example, I saw an artist listed as “pop, bubblegum pop, indie pop, pop punk, electropop” and I don’t understand how those are all different genres. Or you have rock, punk rock, grunge rock, and alternative rock. Like what themes or instruments or whatever defines these genres and makes them not the same as all the others?
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You legitimately can’t tell the difference between hip hop, trance, and jazz?
Ok so you edited it. For that I’d say it doesn’t matter unless you listen to it a lot. You’ll then be able to tell the difference and it’s mostly important if you’re talking about it with people who are into it.
Timing also matters. In the 90s Grunge was grunge. Nirvana for example. A lot of bands coming out of Seattle. It would have been played on an alternative radio station along with bands like Garbage and The Smashing Pumpkins. It was alternative to what our parents were listening to. Today when I listen to an alternative radio station it might have Taylor Swift on it. It’s not really the same thing anymore.
Punk has a sound and depending on who you’re talking to also a track length. If you hear a super fast song that’s over in like 60 seconds it’s probably punk. You really should be able to tell the difference though between punk and rock. They’re drastically different. Don’t do it by artist. Do it by track or album since artists change. Green Day for example.
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