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It's astounding that this exact scenario happened at least four times (media.piefed.social)
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[–] terraborra@lemmy.nz 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)
  • Jazz
  • Blues
  • Rock n Roll
  • Hip-hop
  • Rap
  • Techno
  • House

Way more than 4.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 26 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well, I said at least 4.

I was thinking Jazz, Rock, Disco, and Rap specifically.

I'm afraid I'm not musically competent enough to make the distinction between Hip-Hop and Rap, or the history of Techno and House (or the difference between those two, for that matter - a philistine, I know 😬), and I wasn't certain if there was a major panic or teen craze around Blues music.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago

The blues made it all possible. It's basically the foundation of modern Western music. If you're ever up for a deep dive or three, Polyphonic on YT and Nebula has done quite a bit of work digging into the cultural and technical history. Well worth the watch time.

[–] terraborra@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

There was was a panic around disco? Huh, TIL.

I also don’t know the difference between hip-hop and rap. Separated them out to be on the safe side.

I do know the difference between house and techno and get mildly annoyed when people use either of them as umbrella terms for dance music. It’d be fair for fans of hip-hop and rap to feel the same.

In case you’re interested (and very simplified): Techno started in Detroit and was influenced by early German and French synthesiser music, plus the car factories.

House started in Chicago and was influenced by soul, gospel and disco.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

One might even say there was panic at the disco.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

The hate this genre attracted was otherworldy. Perfect storm of heteronormatism, anti-LGBT, racism and rockism.

With respect to Hiphop and Rap, I was a HipHop fan for years and I still don't get the difference. Best explanation I could offer is that Hiphop isn't just Rap, but also dancing, graffiti and DJing (especially the turntablism variety), plus Hiphop music without rapping.

[–] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Holy shit I had no idea about this, fascinating.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago

There was was a panic around disco? Huh, TIL.

Oh, yeah, it was a big thing that we in the modern day often don't think about. Disco's meteoric rise and fall was in part due to overexposure, but also due to a backlash from its strong associations with the Black, LGBT, and immigrant communities.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 4 points 1 week ago

"disco sucks"

It got pretty bad.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

I will hear it in my head all day now...

Pump up the jam, pump it up...

[–] Manticore@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
  • Ragtime
[–] drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Jesus christ I knew about jazz, rock, and rap but wow. That's like, all of the good music