I'm not sure I'd lump Shoegazer and Dream Pop together as if there's no difference, either. I think almost all Shoegazer bands can be called Dream Pop, but most Dream Pop acts aren't Shoegazer. Never in a million years would I refer to Julee Cruise, Lisa Germano or Stina Nordenstam as Shoegazers.
Bah, all this genre fetishism can be kind of helpful, but I can't help but imagine it would have come across kind of bemusing 45 years ago, when it seemed that the only two types of pop music were Rock and/or Roll.
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