This music typing system borrows from Pokémon types and adds some extra ones to make there 24 types altogether. The 18 Pokémon types are joined by six other types of my own invention. These new types are light, oil, poly, space, ceramic and glass. Additionally, the types 'ground' and 'flying' are replaced with 'earth' and 'air' for being the names of the original elements.
It is possible that Pokémon creators may add other types that are not those six extras that I have added above, and if that is the case then I might adjust them to delete one of them and replace it with the new type. Or I may ignore their new type and not change anything. I am unpredictable and prefer to react to things for adaptability.
Anyway, here is a description of the pure type music, with some examples.
Pure fire type
Often fire type music will often generate warmth via soothing guitars, but to be pure fire it must also contain its destructive element. Pure fire type music is extremely rare and hard to find, even more so than most primary fire types. So far, this is currently the only song I know that would count as pure fire type:-
Blue Bell Knoll (Cocteau Twins).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcH2iy3HO2A
Pure dark type
The most salient quality of dark type music is a quality of sadness or badness. Its other side represents the generic idea of the "bad guy", which can add a touch of "badass" at times. Pure dark type music is again quite rare. A good example would be this track:-
Legion (VNV Nation).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGALJwdBOX4
Pure fighting type
Fighting type music is characterised by sounding violent or brawly. After all, fighting does involve violence. A pure fighting type music track however is extremely rare, just like pure fire. Again, I will have to give you an example without lyrics:-
Iron Fist (Frank Klepacki).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqK0XZQZ4Fo
Pure earth type
An easy way to tell earth type music is by its consistent regular beats. This is what primarily distinguishes it from regular rock or pop music. Then you can appreciate the ground-quality of the music. An excellent example would be this song, which many would offhandedly class as "rock" or "new romance", but if you listen carefully, it's extremely pure earth type:-
The Thin Wall (Ultravox).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2zG7D2DqXs
Pure electric type
This music is usually anything that sounds excessively electronic or robotised. So an obvious example of pure electric music is this track:-
The Robots (Kraftwerk).
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/-wop47G2qeY
Pure ceramic type
Ceramic type represents classical or ceremonious sounding music. While this is extremely rare among modern music (mainly Karl Jenkins), it was historically the most prominent type of music. Many classical tracks have secondary types, but there are plenty of pure ceramic examples, such as this:-
Symphony in F major, K. Anh. 223 (19a): II. Andante (W. A. Mozart).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBiYIGIZmTQ
Pure oil type
This type of song represents being very smooth and slick. Oil type music is often overly laid back. While there are quite a few very cool examples with oil as a primary type, pure oil is so extremely rare that I couldn't find an example without lyrics and had to settle for an example from the Sonic game series:-
Dilapidated Way (Sonic Team).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjst_c2-x8
Pure bug type
The bug type is usually characterised by weirdness and an overt parody quality in the instrumentation used. Bug type music can be an excellent formula for music tracks when combined with other types, as you will see from the combination posts, but pure bug type is another extremely difficult one to find. Pure bug type may sound alien-like or may even be intentionally about bugs. Here is my best example:-
Earwigs in my Brain (The Meteors).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0owEXccBwUY
Pure grass type
Any music with this quality combined with other types has a very cosy or beautiful quality. It can include Swing music too. If combined with the normal type, it would usually make Country music. Pure grass type is again very rare and often child-like. However this is a great example:-
Strawberry Swing (Coldplay).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3pJZSTQqIg
Pure poly type
Poly type tracks are defined by their use of variety and evasiveness to being typed. A track will probably have poly as a secondary type if it's a song with a central theme exploring different aspects of one type, or will have poly as their primary type if the variation of themes is itself more central to the track. As you can imagine, if there is a pure poly track then there is so much variation and randomness that it can't be attributed to anything (other than the poly type). You would think this is virtually impossible to find. However, there are a couple of pure poly type tracks that I have come across, so you can give one a listen:-
New Dimensions in Sound (Public Service Broadcasting).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfaTd79Ew7A
Pure rock type
Rock type tracks are everywhere, and are very abundant. The usual definition of "rock music" usually falls into this type, just because it's easy to identify and quite common. This gives us quite a number of possible tracks to choose from. One of the most solid pure rock types I know is this:-
Beginning of the End (Status Quo).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lKkUXj2C4
Pure glass type
Primary glass types are characterised by their clarity, while secondary glass is "bitty" (which includes 8-bit but is not exclusively like that). It's quite a common combination type, rather than standing alone, so pure glass is hard to find. A truly pure glass type would be like this:-
On Parade (from 'Ristar').
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eGcIRLdLEY
Pure ice type
Ice types often sound cold or snowy. When combined with certain other types (for example grass, fairy, rock or normal), they might make good Christmas themes. A pure ice type would just have to be an icy song about ice, like this:-
Lady of Ice (Fancy).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCkazYs5CIU
Pure steel type
The steel type contains anything from the "metal" genre in mainstream music. Very often, this is combined with the rock type in some way, though. A pure steel type would be more like a metal song that seems to be about metal. Example:-
Iron Man (Black Sabbath).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s7_WbiR79E
Pure air type
A type that produces feelings of elation or sky quality. This is most often combined with other types and again very difficult to find on its own outside of computer games. However, Pink Floyd managed to make an obvious one:-
Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVhNCTH8pDs
Pure space type
Space type music literally contains a lot of space (in the form of silence). Specific examples are hard to find, although some "pop" music comes close when it seems to feel very empty. Pure space music is similar to poly in that it usually borrows some stuff randomly from other types, but makes a type in itself. An example would be some generic space music:-
Generic Space Music.
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVGb7JU4TSU
Pure water type
The water type creates a flowing sensation in music and is often used as a combination type for this purpose, thus making pure water types very rare. This doesn't stop computer games from making some though. Apart from computer games, the Stranglers managed to scrape into the pure water type with this example:-
¡Viva Vlad! (The Stranglers).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3qTu-1ukxk
Pure dragon type
Dragon types are sometimes confused with ceramic types in the same way that rock and steel can be. The main quality of the dragon type is pure epicness, although pure dragon type is often used by military bands. A good example would be this:-
Farewell of Slavianka (Red Army Choir).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqFISER9fVE
Pure ghost type
Ghost types often add a spooky or scary quality when combined with other types. An awesome example of pure ghost type is here:-
Vladimir and Olga (The Stranglers).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGoSNOW6fM
Pure poison type
Poison type tracks have an obvious bad side - the are the songs that tell you that this is a dystopian society or trick you into thinking destructive and self-destructive behaviour (like drugs) is good, thus poisoning your mind. Most often rap falls into this type. They are songs that may be literally toxic to listen to. An example of the pure poison type that ticks all the boxes is this:-
In Da Club (50 Cents).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qm8PH4xAss
Pure normal type
These are usually the normal "pop music" types. Artists often try to be original by combining this with other types. Usually these are relatively mild songs about life, suitable for children, unlike the poison type which can be very toxic. An example of the pure normal type would be this:-
Always On my Mind (Brenda Lee).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKNk2He7vc
Pure fairy type
The combination of overly happy (primary fairy) with a mystical or magical quality (secondary fairy) would be characteristic of pure fairy types. Fairy types often shine the brightest, but burn themselves out very quickly (unlike light types). Some types of "bubblegum music" are primary fairy types, but it can take some still to combine it with a secondary fairy type. Here is a great example, partly because it sounds like it says "Tinkerbell":-
Take a Bow (Leona Lewis).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ztc7UW_B8
Pure psychic type
The psychic type often sounds like a type of trance or hypnotic music. An example of pure psychic type music would be this:
Growing On Me (Snayk).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_b3WiAH2Nk
Pure light type
The light type generates shining joy. Often confused with the fairy type, although it's more of a bliss rather than ecstasy. It is also based on realism and truth (rather than idealism and fantasy), and doesn't burn out quickly. The light type shines like the stars - for a long time. Of course, it can be combined with any other type (including fairy, dark or poison) for interesting musical effects. Pure light types are also quite difficult to find, but one sure example is this:-
Yasashisa Ni Tsutsumarata Nara (Studio Ghibli).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iVQmdWBbwo
Type combinations
Overall there are 576 possible combinations of music (24x24), some of which are very interesting. They also depend on which one is their primary type and secondary type, so for example the interesting combination of "dark light" is different to the combination of "light dark". Examples of combinations will be in the other posts on this blog.
