Comments on: Five Musical Genres You May Have Forgotten To Miss

By: Desidirius

Desidirius — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:36:14 +0000

@SuperUnison: Download NPR's podcast of Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew at DC's 930 Club. Not only do they cover Pavement and Dinosaur Jr. back-to-back, they even regularly buddy around with J. Mascis (sp?).

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:17:27 +0000

@DavidWatts: Yeah, it's cool to take advice from people who use the word "retarded."

By: brownham

brownham — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:05:45 +0000

wait isn’t the hold steady shitty 80s bar rock? I thought it was alive and well thanks to those shlubs….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:28:59 +0000

I agree with the Taylor Hicks/Robert Palmer statement. I also think Michael Johns could tear up some Robert Palmer and step it up another notch.

By: natepatrin

natepatrin — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:16:24 +0000

Can't that song DIE, and leave a man in peace with his drink?

Maybe. Does the Maytals' version get an exemption?

By: AcidReign

AcidReign — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:13:12 +0000

I'd welcome the return of 4 for 1, cheap Long Island Teas, the smoke machine, and space-rock like:

Note the young Rick Derringer playing guitar... Mopey drunken excess like:

And of course, with the smoke theme:

One of my main gripes about bars in the 1970s was walking in, and at least half would crank up "a-Louie-Louie! Oh, yeah. We gotta go now.." Indeed. And unfortunately, it is STILL happening in 2008. Can't that song DIE, and leave a man in peace with his drink?

By: Reidicus

Reidicus — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:50:33 +0000

Bring back acid house. As soon as I scared up about $10,000 for a vintage 808 and TB-303, I could score some club hits. And my musical “skills,” frankly, suck ass.

By: CarsmileSteve

CarsmileSteve — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:28:00 +0000

MOAR GREBO! although viewers in the west midlands can still buy tickets to see Carter, EMF and half of PWEI playing the birmingham academy later in the year (not that carter were grebo, obv, but y'know shorts and hair and stuff).

also speed garage is totes back, have you lot not heard any bassline yet?

By: Halfwit

Halfwit — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:07:40 +0000

@whoneedslight: Though even Huey Lewis has bastardized this. I heard a live track on Pandora, and now he sings "Too hip to be a square", which just friggin' KILLS me inside.

By: SuperUnison

SuperUnison — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:25:20 +0000

@whoneedslight: Their earlier work was a bit "new wave" for my taste...

@Dick Laurent is dead.: Please direct me. I need to hear bands that own Dinosaur Jr. records.

By: worldsfair

worldsfair — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:19:21 +0000

dude there is so much more to Cornershop than Brimful of Asha, and it was and still is on a whole other level than Animal Collective kin… that i quite frankly prefer:)

By: dippinkind

dippinkind — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:59:26 +0000

OH, and i totally overlooked the #1 under-utilized genre: Dickie Goodman-style cut-in records (e.g., Mr. Jaws, Energy Crisis ’74, etc.)

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:45:20 +0000

@Bob Loblaw: You beat me to this.

By: Handsome Pete

Handsome Pete — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:04:31 +0000

I’m ready to let Speed Garage and Happy Hardcore back in the clubs.

By: iantenna

iantenna — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:59:53 +0000

@Thierry: sounds like i need to add toronto to my ever growing list of places to travel to for record shopping.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:54:52 +0000

I really miss late 70's, early 80's pop.

BTW, I do like Taylor Hicks music, even though the music on his self titled CD released after he won Idol is for the most part NOT his type of music. He was told by the powers that be with AI what to record.

His own songs on 2 previously recorded CD's are more soul like, not 'pop' like his newest release.

I do wish some of the songs on his new CD would 'fit' into some type of genre on radio, some of the songs are really good like
1. The Runaround
2. Dream myself awake
3. Heaven Knows
4. Give me Tonight

By: DavidWatts

DavidWatts — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:44:52 +0000

@jmb112485: that's like, totally what i was referencing, for realz.

By: natepatrin

natepatrin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:28:28 +0000

I know it's all been used before, that you'd be referencing earlier rap hits rather than actual funky drummers.

Unless you're Ghostface and you've got some fairly recent El Michels Affair records. (See also: Kanye looping Sharon Jones' "Pick It Up, Lay It in the Cut" for Rhymefest's "Brand New".)

I'd almost nominate Big Beat as a genre that needs a comeback, but I think Justice sort of halfway beat me to it.

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:27:14 +0000

Oh and can I mention, I just downloaded The Definitive Newcleus and I completely forgot how much I LOVED electro-hip-hop back in the day. How about digging up Egyptian Lover for a record Kanye?

By: Bob Loblaw

Bob Loblaw — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:23:53 +0000

Horrorcore, pls?