RE: Music
08-21-2013, 02:09 AM
Man no I don't think those two tracks are comparable at all! I may not know a whole lot about disco but I can at least appreciate the variety of it. What I'm trying to say is that metal and disco are both genres that people may be initially turned off by because of a negative social stigma and/or their frequently over-the-top nature. Great "serious" music can be found in both, as well as fun campy stuff, but most people aren't willing to get past their negative first reactions to give either a chance.
I think disco's status as a punchline in the US is dumb, for what it's worth. I get on my dad for that a lot because plenty of the music he listens to is very close to disco and it seems like he's drawing an arbitrary line between Socially Acceptable Black Music and Not.
Related: have you read Greil Marcus's essay on "rocksim"
I think disco's status as a punchline in the US is dumb, for what it's worth. I get on my dad for that a lot because plenty of the music he listens to is very close to disco and it seems like he's drawing an arbitrary line between Socially Acceptable Black Music and Not.
Related: have you read Greil Marcus's essay on "rocksim"