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Space rock 1969
A repetitive riff under a thick layer of synthesizers and cosmic whoosh. Lemmy went straight from here into Motörhead.
- Heaviness
- 4
- Speed
- 4
- Melody
- 6
- Where from
- United Kingdom
- Tempo
- 90-130 bpm
- Song length
- 6-20 min
- Written about
- Space and science fiction, Drugs, Transcendence, Repetition as a subject
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Space rock | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| Heavy. I want to feel it. How much weight do you want behind it? | 4 out of 10 | 60% | ×2 |
| The beginnings Does it matter when it was made? | 1969 | 100% | ×1 |
| Somewhere else entirely What should the words be about? | Space and science fiction, Drugs, Transcendence, Repetition as a subject | 100% | ×1 |
| Long. Let it go somewhere. How long should a song be? | up to 20 min | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 90% | ||
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. Space rock leads the next by 2 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
Pink Floyd, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive. Ten minutes that explain half this tree.
The pick names a track. This is the record the encyclopedia holds by them.
- 2The one to put on first
Hawkwind, Hawkwind 1970
Hawkwind - Silver Machine. That's Lemmy singing, two years before Motörhead.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Psychedelic rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Space 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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Epic doom 88%
Doom with operatic vocals and solemn lyrics. Candlemass set the template on their first album.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Space rock.
The way into Epic doom -
Hard rock 88%
Louder volume, thicker riffs, vocals pushed to the edge. Heavy metal splits off from it, but hard rock stays closer to the blues and to the chorus.
4 steps from Space rock, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Hard 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 8.
- The beginnings put 67 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Metalcore, Nu metal. 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.
- 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 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.