Originally Posted by The Batlord

The only thing nu metal killed was nu metal.

Originally Posted by Norg

Nu metal Curbed stomped Grunge :P

Originally Posted by The Batlord

So is "happy hardcore" the technical term for nondescript, Euro-trash techno? It wasn't at all offensive, so much as just... there. I wouldn't care if it was on in the background, but more than the one song sounds like it would start to grate. What's with the vocalist anyway? All he did was shout random nonsense that didn't seem to add anything to the music.

Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

He isn't a vocalist, the vocals tend to be speeded up samples, which is a trait that pretty much gives the genre it's name. He's just there to shout random phrases like 'move your ass' or 'raise your hands' during various parts of the song.
Welcome to Happy Hardcore

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

If that was true then Whitney would be inducted the same year along with Donna Summer. There is no rhyme or reason to who they induct. Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens died the same day but were inducted 15 years apart.

I don't get the Disco argument. Disco was a fad or a trend (depending how you feel about it) that happen during the late 70s. There weren't many artists or bands that were strictly Disco for the sake of Disco. And some of the biggest names in Disco were cross overs from R&B and bands that were either from Rock or Funk camps that release Disco songs. Donna Summer even though she was dubbed Queen of Disco, really was artist that had many styles R&B, Pop, Gospel, etc. Gloria Gaynor felt that Disco ruined her career, because she was initially an R&B singer and she was pinned as a Disco artist and was passed over cause of that. Barry Gibbs vehemently denies that the Bee Gees were a Disco band. And a lot of musicians were critical of it because they took the rhythms found in Soul and Funk and made it straight 4/4 dance beat.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

How exactly is that so different from most techno?

Originally Posted by Soulflower

I don't really care about the RHOF either but I do think the way they induct certain artists over others and their political nature is interesting and is worth bringing up to make points in music discussions.

I think Donna Summer deserves to get in because she actually is the main artist that really made disco into an "art form" and she is one of the greatest pop singers of all time in my opinion. I can not imagine any one else singing Macarthur's Park which is basically a song that uses descriptions of a cake withering away. She sung the hell out of that song and made me sad that the cake rained out in the rain lol


My issue with Donna Summer and the RHOF is, she was nominated to be inducted 5/6 times (while she was alive) and they snubbed her. So this lets me know that they wanted her to be inducted because they nominated her multiple times but they did not actually pick her for whatever political reason. They waited till she died to induct her which is sad because she should have already been inducted. Her family even commented on that when they represented her in the induction ceremony. She is not an act that should have gotten in because of her death. She is an act that made a significant impact on music (at a certain period in time) and deserves to get in.

Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

Mental note:
Batlord listens to shitty techno

Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

Mental note:
Batlord listens to shitty techno

Originally Posted by Ki

No surprise there. He likes Cannibal Corpse.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.