Yeah Linkin Park! Yeah!

Gene Simmons is an *******, and KISS's "music" is horse crap.

I agree with other members suggestion of in utero. It's challenging to listen to, but there's not a song on it I would even come close to describing as terrible.

Nevermind is supposed to be polished yeah, but I'm not quite sure I follow with In utero being polished, certainly not in the same way Nevermind is at least.

KISS rules.

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King Buzzo agrees.

And I appreciate this! I realized that small comment about not caring a couple posts back about the club you mentioned was not well articulated which is why I edited it but you responded before I edited it.

I sincerely did not mean it as "I didn't care about your suggestion" and I can see how one would take that personally but that is definitely not what I intended it to mean.


But just because I say Disco is not respected as a musical genre does not mean I am not doing all of what you mentioned in this post.



Neo Soul gets credit on certain outlets and in certain niche clubs but is it respected by the overall industry?

No

Is it a commercial genre?

No


What is wrong with acknowledging that the overall industry does not respect it and it deserves more respect?


Of course..... but this is a MUSIC discussion board and in MY opinion Disco music does not get the respect it deserves and I am not thinking about the world population when I make that statement.Why should I? It is MY opinion.

I did not gloss over it. I even agreed with what you said. I just simply said that it still did not change that Disco is underrated overall


That is not what I said. What I said was the music scenes in SOME of those locations that you mentioned have a very similar commercial music scene as America.

If I did not specifically say that then I am clarifying now.

I said that to show you that Disco is still not a very popular genre in some of those locations you mentioned outside America because you said that America does not reflect the world those are your words.

I also said that the popular music channels and outlets such as MTV and VH1 have their own spin offs in some locations outside America. For example, in Europe they have a Europe MTV. As a matter of fact, the EMTV have their own separate award show from the American one. In Japan, they have a Japan MTV but they still play the same American music and American music videos with their own added native artists.

In other words, I appreciate all the examples that you have given. Yes Disco might be niche and might still have a dedicated audience in certain locations outside America but it is not a widely respected genre or a genre that is taken "seriously" even outside America.


Donna Summer was actually very successful in the 80's as well as Earth Wind&Fire long after the "Disco era" died. They were competing on the charts with MJ, Prince, Madonna, U2, Whitney etc and were still very successful. I agree with what you are saying but this was not the case for ALL the Disco acts.




No I just believe strongly Disco deserves more respect and you are just tired of hearing it because you don't care about Disco and that is fine but that is not going to stop me from expressing my opinion.



Yes I will keep listening to the music I love. I will never stop standing up for the music that I love because I am passionate about things that give me joy in my life. Lastly, I will never stop expressing how certain artists/genres deserves more respect because I express my opinions for my heart and not to please people. There is no respect lost over here Urban, thanks for the suggestions I will definitely look into them.

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But the Rock Hall of Fame is clearly not specifically a Rock hall because they have inducted numerous of other non Rock acts into the Hall. Why is Disco the most snubbed genre? There are even more Rap acts than Disco in the Hall.

No worries its a nice little white narrative to say that Nirvana killed hair metal, but in truth it was already being surplanted by rap. All grunge did was stall the slow decline of rock.

That being said I do hate musical genres, I find they end up separating people into cultural enclaves instead of bringing people together. Ie, rap, black, heavy metal, white, such bull****!!!

The non-rock acts are people who have influenced rock music, that's why you see blues and R&B artists there, for example, as opposed to, say, modern classical.

Disco isn't the most snubbed genre. I don't see any salsa groups on the list. I don't see any classical musicians. Hell, Miles Davis is the only jazz artist on there. And since you brought up rap, there have only been four rap acts inducted as opposed to the seven (or eight if you count Isaac Hayes) disco acts I mentioned.

Bingo!

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Seriously this is the most stupidest argument. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rates ROCK ARTISTS. Duh! Not Disco. How is this so hard to understand?

And Urban, you made a fantastic post making your point that disco is popular and does get recognition! America does not decide what is most popular worldwide, only in America.

Oh and people, if you're going to have an opinion, at least be able to back it up with real facts like others have.

Making Disco music is very different from an actual Disco artist.

Objectively, the only two acts that are Disco artists out of the list you mentioned are The Bee Gee's and Donna Summer.

While these acts might have experimented with Disco in their music,

Michael Jackson is not a disco artist

Earth Wind and Fire are not a disco band and neither are the rest of the acts you mentioned.

Overall, there are more rap acts than disco acts in the hall.

The Bee Gee's and Donna Summer are the only Disco acts in the Hall.

Also, how has Madonna influenced rock music??? She is a cultural pop figure but I don't see how her music has incorporated rock or influenced the progression of the genre.

There are a ton of acts in the Hall that has not influenced rock music. Therefore, other acts should be eligible to be inducted.

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Also, just because RRHOF is inclusive of other genres doesn't change the fact that it's the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, so it's not so that "all other acts should be eligible to be inducted." That's ridiculous.