To those of you who think disco is the worst genre ever:

[Deja Q]

Read the following lyrics from two songs, then vote - truthfully - which genre is worse:

I couldn't resist him
His eyes were like yours
His hair was exactly the shade of brown
He's just not as tall, but I couldn't tell
It was dark and I was lying down

You are everything - he means nothing to me
I can't even remember his name
Why're you so upset?
Baby, you weren't there and I was
thinking of you when I came

What do you expect?
You left me here alone; I drank so
much and needed to touch
Don't overreact - I pretended he was you
You wouldn't want me to be lonely

How can I put it so you understand?
I didn't let him hold my hand
But he looked like you; I guess he looked like you
No he wasn't you
But you can still trust me, this ain't infidelity
It's not cheating; you were on my mind

Yes he looked like you
But I heard love is blind...

They tried to make me go to rehab
I said no, no, no.
Yes I been black, but when I come back
You wont know, know, know.

I ain’t got the time
And if my daddy thinks im fine
He’s tried to make me go to rehab
I wont go, go, go.

I’d rather be at home with ray
I ain’t got 70 days
Cos there’s nothing, nothing you can teach me
That I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway

Didn’t get a lot in class
But I know it don’t come in a shot glass

They’re tryin to make me go to rehab
I said no, no, no
Yes I been black, but when I come back
You wont know, know, know.

I aint got the time,
And if my Daddy thinks im fine,
He’s tried to make me go to rehab,
I wont go, go, go.

The man said, why you think you here?
I said, I got no idea
Im gonna, im gonna loose my baby
So I always keep a bottle near

Said, I just think you’re depressed
Kiss me, yeah baby
And go rest

I’m tryin to make me go to rehab
I said no, no, no
Yes I been black, but when I come back
You wont know, know, know

I don’t ever wanna drink again
I just, ooo, I just need a friend
Im not gonna spend 10 weeks
Have everyone think im on the mend

It’s not just my pride
It’s just til these tears have dried

They’re tryin to make me go to rehab
I said no, no, no
Yes I been black, but when I come back,
You wont know, know, know

I aint got the time,
And if my daddy thinks im fine
He’s trying to make me go to rehab
I wont go, go, go.

[southpaw]

1. Amy WInehouse is EMO?

[MrCoffee]

2. I was a teensy-bit confused about that, too.

Of course, emo by definition is crap, so you could make the argument that she is, in fact, very emo.

[southpaw]

3. I like My Chemical Romance

Haven't heard anything by Amy Winehouse that I can stomach...

[Deja Q]

5. EMO defined:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071008152413AAjRQGs

Her lyrics just about qualify, I think...

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Not quite...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo

[ghostsofgiants]

7. She started out as rhythm guitar for Sunny Day Real Estate dude.

:P

[flvegan]

4. Where's the "Both are equally horrible" option?

[Deja Q]

6. Because disco doesn't deserve any more insults.

:rofl:

[nomorenomore08]

9. Unless Gang of Four or PIL counts as "disco," then the genre is pretty much irredeemable.

:thumbsdown:

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Nope, they be post-punk.

[nomorenomore08]

14. I know, I was just trying to be clever/creative...

:P

But seriously, in GoF's case, "Call Me Up" and "Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time" could almost be considered "punk-disco," if such a thing exists.

[ghostsofgiants]

15. Yeah, lots of new wave and post-punk artists toyed with disco-ish elements.

But didn't delve into the suck that was disco.

[ghostsofgiants]

11. I don't care what the lyrics are, the musical aesthetic of disco alone makes it awful.

[Sheets of Easter]

12. I vote #3: Pollster knows little/none about musical subgenres.

[southpaw]

13. EMO: Defined

Any song/band that a typical 15 year old on MySpace doesn't like.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. i like winehouse and she isn't emo.

[Deja Q]

24. Well, she's pretty and has a good singing voice, but those lyrics are vile

and it seems her life often imitates her 'art'.

Maybe it's not emo, but it sure as hell is depressing.



On edit: Typo

[La Lioness Priyanka]

27. i dont think the lyrics are vile so much as just stupid.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. i like winehouse and she isn't emo.

[southpaw]

18. Disco was sanitized funk

Cleaned up so it wouldn't scare white people.

[NashVegas]

22. So What? Some People Liked It

Some people even built a subculture around it.

"Sanitized funk" is a bullshit argument. I was around in the era and all the kids in the "Disco SUCKS" t-shirts didn't have anything from the Ohio Players in their collections - it was Rush, Boston & Skynyrd all the way.

The backlash against disco was purely marketing-driven and, culturally speaking, it was one of the worst things to happen in the history of modern music.

Disco would have eventually petered out on its own (that was already happening). Instead, where previously there had been musical divisions between generation groups, now they were created among peer groups and one group in particular was heavily encouraged to aggressively dismiss anything that fell outside the boundary of blues-based rock. As a result of the revolt against disco, many great post-punk bands didn't get the marketing pushes they deserved, for fear of market push back.

[southpaw]

25. I didn't hate disco

nor did I buy into the 'Disco Sucks' movement. Actually, there were quite a few disco songs that I really liked... practically all of the Bee Gees hits from their disco period. I hated to see their career tainted by the anti-disco sentiment that followed the demise of the genre.

My assertion that disco is basically 'sanitized funk' is not so much a condemnation of the music as an observation of how it came to be. The funk of the early 70's was quite raw. Disco was a variant of funk that was more polished and less 'ethnic.'

[NashVegas]

26. Maybe It Was Different For You In the South Back Then

But all the radio stations I got in the first half of the 70s were all over black music. (upstate NY)

Now I'm in Nashville and when I go to weddings or charity events, that stuff is the only stuff that gets everyone on the dance floor regardless of age/gender/ethnicity.

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Your last point about the post-punk bands is spot on.

[loveable liberal]

19. Country music is far worse than disco.

It is essentially 3 songs total. It makes me cringe.

[KamaAina]

20. Coming soon to Please Don't Call It U.S. Cellular Field: Emo Demolition Night

one hopes, anyway. :P

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

Disco Demolition Night was a promotional event that took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. It was held during a scheduled twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. During the event, rowdy fans surged onto the field, and a near riot ensued. It would ultimately prove to be one of the most notable promotional ideas and one of the most infamous since "Ten Cent Beer Night" in Cleveland in 1974....

White Sox TV announcers Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall commented freely on the "strange people" wandering aimlessly in the stands. Mike Veeck recalled that the pregame air was heavy with the scent of marijuana. When the crate on the field was filled with records, staff stopped collecting them from spectators who soon realized that long-playing (LP) records were shaped like Frisbees. They began to throw their records from the stands during the game, and the records often struck other fans. The fans also threw beer and even firecrackers from the stands.

After the first game, Dahl, dressed in army fatigues and helmet, along with a female sidekick named Lorelei and bodyguards, went out to center field. The large box containing the collected records was rigged with a bomb. When it exploded, the bomb tore a hole in the outfield grass surface and thousands of fans immediately rushed the field. Some lit fires and started small-scale riots. The batting cage was pulled down and wrecked, and the bases literally stolen, along with chunks of the field itself. The crowd, once on the field, mostly wandered around aimlessly, though a number of participants burned banners, sat on the grass or ran from security and police. People sitting in the upper deck could feel it sway back and forth from the rioters.

Veeck and Caray used the public address system to implore the fans to leave the field immediately, but to no avail. Eventually, the field was cleared by the Chicago Police in riot gear. Six people reported minor injuries and thirty-nine were arrested for disorderly conduct. Tigers' manager Sparky Anderson refused to field his team citing safety concerns, which resulted in the forfeiture by the White Sox to the Tigers. The remaining games in the series were played, but for the rest of the season fielders and managers complained about the poor condition of the field.

[NashVegas]

23. I'm Sorry But Those People Were Assholes

Anyone who's pissed at record labels and radio for promoting sucky bands should look back at that moment as where it all began. That was the start of both getting told to stick to what's safe, tried and true.

[bigwillq]

21. Disco is not the worst ever

neither is this 00's EMO.

I think Country is worse than both of them.