Indigo Girls song genres (part 3)
Song
Genre
Author
Remarks
Clampdown
Folk-punk
-
A folky treatment of an originally punk song.
I Don't Wanna Talk About It
Folk rock
-
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Folk
-
Let Me Go Easy
Country
AR
Winthrop
S.S.S.
ES
Free of Hope
Southern rock
-
With some blues-rock and punk influences.
Never Stop
Pop
ES
It sounds so much like a Joni Mitchell song that it could be classified as folk-pop.
Uncle John's Band
Folk rock
-
One of those great American songs with a timeless feel. The Girls give it a notably inspired reading.
I'll Give You My Skin
Folk
AR+ES
A moderate shuffling rhythm reminiscent of some sort of Depression-era music.
Point Hope
Folk
AR
Ramblin' Round
Folk
-
Woody Guthrie (along with Leadbelly) is the first and last word in American folksong.
Cold as Ice
Folk rock
AR
Walk Your Valley
Folk
-
It Won't Take Long
Folk rock
-
Very political, in the best of the modern folk-rock tradition.
Finlandia
Classical
-
A melody of classical origin, but long since transmuted into folkiness.
Pendulum Swinger
Rock
ES
Has a shiny pop gloss, but under the hood it's all rock.
Little Perennials
Rock
AR
Ditto.
I Believe in Love
Pop
ES
Three County Highway
Southern rock
AR
Run
Rock
ES
Rock and Roll Heaven's Gate
Punk
AR
Lay My Head Down
Rock
ES
Extremely melodic, but still definitely rock.
Money Made You Mean
Folk rock
AR
Fly Away
S.S.S.
ES
Dirt and Dead Ends
Folk rock
AR
All the Way
Rock
ES
They Won't Have Me
Southern rock
AR
Very gritty and verging on punk.
Last Tears
Country rock
ES
A ballad that's a good example of the I.G.'s characteristic blend of country, folk, and pop.
Digging for Your Dream
Folk rock
ES
Sugar Tongue
Folk rock
AR
Spanish tinge.
Love of Our Lives
Rock
ES
Driver Education
Rock
AR
I'll Change
Folk rock
ES
Second Time Around
Country
AR
Roots country, verging on bluegrass.
What Are You Like?
Rock
ES
Ghost of the Gang
Folk rock
AR
Fleet of Hope
Folk
ES
True Romantic
Rock
AR
What they call a "power ballad." But with a haunting darkness and passion that only Amy can conjure up.
The Wonder Song
Bluegrass
AR
Also counts as Christian music, lyrically. Musically, it's the purest traditional bluegrass sound I've heard from them.
Genre
Author
Remarks
Clampdown
Folk-punk
-
A folky treatment of an originally punk song.
I Don't Wanna Talk About It
Folk rock
-
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Folk
-
Let Me Go Easy
Country
AR
Winthrop
S.S.S.
ES
Free of Hope
Southern rock
-
With some blues-rock and punk influences.
Never Stop
Pop
ES
It sounds so much like a Joni Mitchell song that it could be classified as folk-pop.
Uncle John's Band
Folk rock
-
One of those great American songs with a timeless feel. The Girls give it a notably inspired reading.
I'll Give You My Skin
Folk
AR+ES
A moderate shuffling rhythm reminiscent of some sort of Depression-era music.
Point Hope
Folk
AR
Ramblin' Round
Folk
-
Woody Guthrie (along with Leadbelly) is the first and last word in American folksong.
Cold as Ice
Folk rock
AR
Walk Your Valley
Folk
-
It Won't Take Long
Folk rock
-
Very political, in the best of the modern folk-rock tradition.
Finlandia
Classical
-
A melody of classical origin, but long since transmuted into folkiness.
Pendulum Swinger
Rock
ES
Has a shiny pop gloss, but under the hood it's all rock.
Little Perennials
Rock
AR
Ditto.
I Believe in Love
Pop
ES
Three County Highway
Southern rock
AR
Run
Rock
ES
Rock and Roll Heaven's Gate
Punk
AR
Lay My Head Down
Rock
ES
Extremely melodic, but still definitely rock.
Money Made You Mean
Folk rock
AR
Fly Away
S.S.S.
ES
Dirt and Dead Ends
Folk rock
AR
All the Way
Rock
ES
They Won't Have Me
Southern rock
AR
Very gritty and verging on punk.
Last Tears
Country rock
ES
A ballad that's a good example of the I.G.'s characteristic blend of country, folk, and pop.
Digging for Your Dream
Folk rock
ES
Sugar Tongue
Folk rock
AR
Spanish tinge.
Love of Our Lives
Rock
ES
Driver Education
Rock
AR
I'll Change
Folk rock
ES
Second Time Around
Country
AR
Roots country, verging on bluegrass.
What Are You Like?
Rock
ES
Ghost of the Gang
Folk rock
AR
Fleet of Hope
Folk
ES
True Romantic
Rock
AR
What they call a "power ballad." But with a haunting darkness and passion that only Amy can conjure up.
The Wonder Song
Bluegrass
AR
Also counts as Christian music, lyrically. Musically, it's the purest traditional bluegrass sound I've heard from them.