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It's astounding that this exact scenario happened at least four times 20th Century History (media.piefed.social)
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It's astounding that this exact scenario happened at least four times
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[–] [S] 25 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Well, I said at least 4.

I was thinking Jazz, Rock, Disco, and Rap specifically.

I'm afraid I'm not musically competent enough to make the distinction between Hip-Hop and Rap, or the history of Techno and House (or the difference between those two, for that matter - a philistine, I know 😬), and I wasn't certain if there was a major panic or teen craze around Blues music.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    The blues made it all possible. It's basically the foundation of modern Western music. If you're ever up for a deep dive or three, Polyphonic on YT and Nebula has done quite a bit of work digging into the cultural and technical history. Well worth the watch time.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    There was was a panic around disco? Huh, TIL.

    I also don’t know the difference between hip-hop and rap. Separated them out to be on the safe side.

    I do know the difference between house and techno and get mildly annoyed when people use either of them as umbrella terms for dance music. It’d be fair for fans of hip-hop and rap to feel the same.

    In case you’re interested (and very simplified): Techno started in Detroit and was influenced by early German and French synthesiser music, plus the car factories.

    House started in Chicago and was influenced by soul, gospel and disco.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 1 year ago

    There was was a panic around disco? Huh, TIL.

    Oh, yeah, it was a big thing that we in the modern day often don't think about. Disco's meteoric rise and fall was in part due to overexposure, but also due to a backlash from its strong associations with the Black, LGBT, and immigrant communities.

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