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what does it mean for music to be stylish, and what qualities should it possess to be so?

what music, for you, is stylish?

is stylishness important for you?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Roxy Music to thread.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

That's exactly what I was going to say Alex. Well said.

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Thursday, 10 June 2004 04:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The occasional Faith No More single or B side also fits the bill, at least for rock.

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Thursday, 10 June 2004 04:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Being stylish and having a certain panache definitely pushes things into the upper register of quality. To me, it's all about charm, grace, and guile.

Sorry for all the posts. Could have been more condensed.

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Thursday, 10 June 2004 04:53 (twenty-two years ago)

bryan ferry is far too fond of kitsch to be truly "stylish."

assuming it is possible to aspire for style and not wind up embarrassing yourself.

― you will be shot (you will be shot), Thursday, 10 June 2004 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I think kitsch can service style. Having a sense of humor and self-irnoy is important to style.

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Thursday, 10 June 2004 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I think kitsch can service style. Having a sense of humor and a degree of self-irnoy is important in stylish music I think.

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Thursday, 10 June 2004 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Stylish is tricky. Tasteful music is music that contains no offensive or unbalanced elements. Tasteful music is usually crap.

Stylish isn't a word I'd tend to use to describe music, but I suppose stylish music would be music that commits strongly to a polished or sophisticated aesthetic. As in Lil Jon commits strongly to an aesthetic, but a deliberately crude one, so he isn't stylish.

Jay Z on the other hand, is pretty stylish.

Stylish doesn't just mean fashionable, either, but it definitely has to have a strong and defined aesthetic.

I reckon examples of stylish music would be:

Phoenix
Aztec Camera
Tok Tok
Daft Punk
Juan Atkins
New Pornographers
Some Kompakt, particularly Kompakt 100
Joachim Witt

― Jacob (Jacob), Thursday, 10 June 2004 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

stylish like rockish, popish, jazzish, metalish?

― myke boomnoise (myke boomnoise), Thursday, 10 June 2004 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

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