Top five ...

revive! i still really like this thread.

1. lost generation/post-rock (UK division) - C,O
2. UK garage 1997-2001 - C,O
3. hardcore/jungle/d&b 1990-1997 - C,O
4. post-punk blah blah - c,o
5. metal - o,s

I like this thread, too. Here are my highly opinionated five.

1. Early Britpop, before Coldplay broke out; in other words, back when it was still under the heavy influence of David Bowie instead of Radiohead. Not like there's anything wrong with Radiohead, but there is something wrong with Chris Martin, the wanker.

Pulp, Suede, Manic Street Preachers. (C,O)

2. Trip-hop, before people started calling it "downtempo", and it became too attached to lite-house frippery, and lost all sense of texture beyond fluffy lounge compilation fodder.

Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky. (C,0)

3. Shoegaze; I don't know quite enough about all of the bands in this genre to make categorical determinations, BUT what I've heard, I love.

Ride, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine. (C,O)

4. Synth pop, the 80s leg, not the current and dubious revival, but the dark, depthful stuff that I got teased in high school for listening to. In other words, I'm not altogether interested in whatever they're doing in Brooklyn right now.

New Order, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan. (C,O)

5. Bleak and cerebral post-punk of the late 70s/early 80s variety. White-boy music that makes you want to shake your ass and cower in an airtight fallout shelter. Simultaneously. While wearing a denim jacket with Che Guevara pins on it.

Cabaret Voltaire, Gang of Four, Shriekback. (C, 0)

Merseybeat/British Beat 63-66
Symphonic Rock (not prog in general - just symphonic rock) 70-77
New Romantics heyday 81-84
"Twee" English psychedelia 67-68
Britpop 93-97

All of my choices, btw, are O while I couldn't care less about the other criteria.

1) lox-style generic generic thug mcs and crews (1997-current) (c,o, s)
2) m and f vocals gloopy rnb/teen pop (1998-current) (c, o)
3) overproduced nu metal and especially 'rap' rock, synthy, preferably with beats (1997-current) (c,o)
4) sparkly build-y pop-house anthems (some crossover with number two if you count remixes!!) (1985-current) (o)
5) the beatnuts (1992-1999) (o, s)

haha the nuts wanted so bad to get into the first category but never broke through!!

6) mid 80s 'romo' synth pop (1979-1990) (o, s)
7) exxxtreme gabba (1996-2001) (c, o, s)
8) disco (1969-1983) (c, o)
9) mtv crossover big beat (1996-2000) (o)
10) emotionally manipulative idm (1991-2002) (s)

11) 2step/mc garage (2000-current) (c,o,s)
12) typical early 90s hiphop bullshit (1989-1994) (o,s)
13) cratedigger skewed 60s70s sunny jazz/funk/soul (1965-1980) (o,s)
14) e6 (1995-2000) (biggest and most conditional fuckin SO SUE ME ever)
15) pop-dancehall (1995-current)

that last one is (c,o) of course

1. Pop (80s onwards) (CO)
2. Punk 'n' No Wave ( mostly US - 70s)(CO)
3. Northern Soul (hah!)(S)
4.Indie po(o)p'n'rawk (80s-90s)(CO)
5.Trip Hop (90s)(CO)

haha right on nath ok mine is now just

1) pop (1300-current) (c,o,s)

I dunno, I should have just said: 1. Crap music (S)

I'm surprised I don't remember ever seeing this thread before.

Late 80's/early 90's (?) Kuwaiti pop with male vocalists singing in falseto. (S)

1. 40's and 50's Kansas City. C and O and Big Joe Turner and pretty much every Rock and Roller at the time.
2. '77 - '84 Athens Georgia. COS Any scene that could produce the first b52's record, Pylon, Oh OK and Chronic Town is Ok by me even if the concept is enh. But American influenced dance punk is a good concept.
3. Australia. O.
4.60's Stax. CO
5 Late 60's early 70's Band-Dylan-Upstate NY. CO They sound like the Catskills.