tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836323892338214505.post7711015355973859009..comments2023-03-26T11:41:25.082-04:00Comments on Roger Riddle's Coffee Cake Extravaganza: Music Genres - Round 2 (The Sweet Sixteen)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836323892338214505.post-13750803287183314052009-06-23T19:10:23.564-04:002009-06-23T19:10:23.564-04:00Josh McCoy totally made me vote for Ska. It was a ...Josh McCoy totally made me vote for Ska. It was a toss-up, because even though I've heard the "good" disco, I'm still not all that interested, but ska has been kinda "eh" with me as well. But I'm all about gateway drugs!<br /><br />Most of the picks were easy for me. Love me some Motown, but Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Rolling Stones... Yeah, Rock N Roll. Classical over Drum & Bass (I picked Afro-Beat anyway, so fuck you Drum & Bass). Punk over R&B because I listen to way more punk than R&B. Grunge over Reggae because Pearl Jam got me when no one else did *sniff*, plus the only reggae I even halfway listened to was Bob Marley and when I do the same thing I did with rock vs. Motown it is Bob Marley vs. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, etc.<br /><br />I almost picked Lounge over Funk, mainly because a co-worker was playing me the ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY of Richard Cheese and I liked it. But then I kept hearing the bass note from funk and had to go with that. (the other voices told me to). <br /><br />I picked the blues over hip-hop mainly because I like the name Muddy Waters.<br /><br />The hardest pick, however, was Jazz vs. Indie-Rock. Jazz... how I love it. I have several vinyls that cover jazz while my indie-rock collection sits firmly in iTunes. On a rainy day, I like to throw on a little Miles or Coltrane and just listen to horns that sound like they're in the room with me. But when I walk (and I love to walk) it is indie Rock all the way. I used to have Coltrane on my iPhone, but found it did me no good because there are only a few occasions when I NEED jazz. But I always need some indie-rock (unless I'm listening to local artists or my workout mix). Sorry Jazz.This Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610432209259046642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836323892338214505.post-4646286791014767582009-06-23T09:58:16.696-04:002009-06-23T09:58:16.696-04:00This was just too good not to post this here for a...This was just too good not to post this here for all to see. My friend Josh McCoy in El Paso Texas had this to say about the Disco vs Ska match up.<br /><br />"Aside from the mainline argument I'm trying to get across here that Disco is weaksauce, ska really has been one of the more progressive genres to hit music in the past ten years. Not to be so singleminded, but anything that can get kids interested in a brass section is pretty badass. That kinda makes ska the "gateway drug" for so many other genres: Jazz, Funk, Classical... I'm just saying that if disco wins, I will have completely lost faith in humanity's taste in music."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11693213695071707520noreply@blogger.com