Last night was the first night in my Battle of Genres shows. There were 32 different genres as listed out below paired into groups. If you want to hear a genre next week, vote for it. You can vote once per pairing and the winning genres will go onto the next week with 2 songs from that genre. The further along a genre goes, the more songs I’ll be playing from it. The songs are in the order that I played them with the genre it fits into after it in parentheses.
Round 1- Movie Score Versus Surf Rock
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Ennio Marriconne (Movie Score)
Misirlou – Dick Dale (Surf Rock)
Round 2- French Versus Electronic
La Moisson – Marie Laforet (French)
Electric To Me Turn – Bruce Haack (Electronic
Round 3- Comedy Versus Shoegaze
Elegant Balloons – Paul F. Tompkins (Comedy)
The Hardest Walk – The Jesus and Mary Chain (Shoegaze)
Round 4 – Instrumental Hip-Hop Versus Turntablism
Building Steam With A Grain of Salt – DJ Shadown (Instrumental Hip-Hop)
Fender Bender – Kid Koala (Turntablism)
Round 5 – R & B Versus Soul
Do Your Thing – Isaac Hayes (R&B)
Mr. Pitiful – Otis Redding (Soul)
Round 6 – Disco Versus Funk
A Fifth of Beethoven – Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band (Disco)
Superfly – Curtis Mayfield (Funk)
Round 7 – P Funk Versus Old School Hip-Hop
Flash Light – Parliament (P Funk)
It’s Nasty – Grandmaster Flash (Old School Hip-Hop)
Round 8 – Golden Age Hip-Hop Versus Alternative Hip-Hop
Excursions – A Tribe Called Quest (Golden Age Hip-Hop)
Blazing Arrow – Blackalicious (Alternative Hip-Hop)
Round 9 – 80s Pop Versus New Wave
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson (80s Pop)
Age of Consent – New Order (New Wave)
Round 10 – Glam Rock Versus Indie Pop
Metal Guru – T. Rex (Glam Rock)
Young Folks – Peter, Bjorn and John (Indie Pop)
Round 11 -Hard Rock Versus Punk Rock
Paranoid – Black Sabbath (Hard Rock)
California Uber Alles – Dead Kennedys (Punk Rock)
Round 12 -Definitive Jux Versus Stones Throw
No Regrets – Aesop Rock (Definitive Jux)
All Caps – Madvillain (Stones Throw)
Round 13 -Chicago Blues Versus Delta Blues
Killing Floor – Howlin’ Wolf (Chicago Blues)
They’re Red Hot – Robert Johnson (Delta Blues)
Round 14 -First Wave Ska Versus 2 Tone
007 – Desmond Dekker (First Wave Ska)
Rudi, A Message To You – The Specials (2 Tone)
Round 15 – Honky Tonk Versus Rockabilly
Hey, Good Lookin’ – Hank Williams (Honky Tonk)
That’s Alright – Elvis Presley (Rockabilly)
Round 16 – 50s Rock Versus 60s Pop
Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry (50s Rock)
I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles (60s Pop)
A bracket with the genres is in one of my previous posts but here is another link to the jpeg of it.
Thanks for listening. You can vote up until this Saturday, Jan 30, 2010 and I’ll reveal the winners of this week during next week’s show.
DJ Matthias