Tonight’s show marked the completion of the first half of Battle of Genres. So far 24 genres have been eliminated leaving only 8 remaining. There’s a bracket updated up to the genres in tonight’s show here.
Here are the tracks from this week’s show:
Round 1 Surf Rock v Instrumental Hip-Hop
Surf Rock
Diamond Head – The Ventures
Pipeline – The Chantays
Having An Average Weekend – Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
Invasion – Man or Astro-Man?
Instrumental Hip-Hop
Chrysanthemum Flowers – Metal Fingers
Smoke & Mirrors – RJD2
Ganesh – Flying Lotus
I Wanna Go Back – Onra
Round 2 Soul v Golden Age Hip-Hop
Soul
My Girl – Otis Redding
Twistin’ The Night Away – Sam Cooke
Love and Happiness – Al Green
Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin
Golden Age Hip-Hop
Me, Myself, and I – De La Soul
Sunshine – Jungle Brothers
The Choice is Yours – Black Sheep
Scenario – A Tribe Called Quest
Round 3 New Wave v Punk
New Wave
Life During Wartime – Talking Heads
When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty – XTC
We Are Glass – Gary Numan
The Village – New Order
Punk
Liar – Sex Pistols
Genetic Engineering – X-Ray Spex
Spanish Bombs – The Clash
Judy Is A Punk – Ramones
Round 4 Delta Blues v 60s Pop
Delta Blues
Mind Reader Blues – Bertha Lee
Promise True and Grand – Bukka White
Shake Your Boogie – John Lee Hooker
Mississippi Bottom Blues – Kid Bailey
60s Pop
Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy – The Kinks
I’m Happy Just to Dance With You – The Beatles
For Your Love – The Yardbirds
I Know There’s An Answer – The Beach Boys
To vote on one genre from each pairing, just leave a comment here or contact me some other way. Thanks for voting and listening. Next week I’m going to try and get love songs since it’s the day after Valentine’s Day with the remaining genres. It’s closing in on the last 4 genres and each vote counts, so let me know what you want to hear.
-DJ Matthias