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Yawn. Is this a carry-over argument from that number five city thread? Lame.
To argue the relative merits of Aerosmith and ZZ Top is cringe-worthy, and I can't but help to notice only a handful of musical genres are being discussed here. There's a lot more to music than just rock and rap. Classical and country get brief mentions, but what about punk, blues, bluegrass, jazz, tejano, dance music and so many, many, many more. You mean to tell me Houston is just hip-hop, ZZ Top and Beyonce? How influential is Boston's Tejano scene? How about their Zydeco scene? Aside from the Dropkick Murphys, how big is their punk scene (ok, that's probably bigger than Houston's scene)? But, when it comes to hip-hop, jazz, soul, tejano, blues, bluegrass, gospel, country and non-album oriented rock, Houston's schooling Boston's music scene. The whole so-called alternative thing and pop are pretty much a toss-up between the two, so what can Boston claim dominance in, punk and arena rock? BFD.
Everybody knows Houston is the primer scene for the Austin scene and that you've got to play Austin to get a record deal these days. No one gets a record deal without doing at least one SXSW. These two scenes aren't even comparable. Any votes for Boston here are pure New England boosterism or anti-Houston biases. These two scenes aren't even in the same league.
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How influential is Boston's Tejano scene? How about their Zydeco scene? Aside from the Dropkick Murphys, how big is their punk scene (ok, that's probably bigger than Houston's scene)? But, when it comes to hip-hop, jazz, soul, tejano, blues, bluegrass, gospel, country and non-album oriented rock, Houston's schooling Boston's music scene.
Yawn. Is this a carry-over argument from that number five city thread? Lame.
To argue the relative merits of Aerosmith and ZZ Top is cringe-worthy, and I can't but help to notice only a handful of musical genres are being discussed here. There's a lot more to music than just rock and rap. Classical and country get brief mentions, but what about punk, blues, bluegrass, jazz, tejano, dance music and so many, many, many more. You mean to tell me Houston is just hip-hop, ZZ Top and Beyonce? How influential is Boston's Tejano scene? How about their Zydeco scene? Aside from the Dropkick Murphys, how big is their punk scene (ok, that's probably bigger than Houston's scene)? But, when it comes to hip-hop, jazz, soul, tejano, blues, bluegrass, gospel, country and non-album oriented rock, Houston's schooling Boston's music scene. The whole so-called alternative thing and pop are pretty much a toss-up between the two, so what can Boston claim dominance in, punk and arena rock? BFD.
Everybody knows Houston is the primer scene for the Austin scene and that you've got to play Austin to get a record deal these days. No one gets a record deal without doing at least one SXSW. These two scenes aren't even comparable. Any votes for Boston here are pure New England boosterism or anti-Houston biases. These two scenes aren't even in the same league.
Don't sound so hostile.
Truth is, I'm willing to bet most people don't even know what Zydeco is. I have surely never heard of it. How important can it be? Tejano I have heard of, but I have not a clue what it sounds like.
You make it sound like Houston easily takes the cake and I don't think thats true, especially considering music that is popular among the masses, and not music snobs who have a superior attitude. Rock and rap are being discussed because most people are familiar with those genres and the artists who play them.
How influential is Boston's Tejano scene? How about their Zydeco scene? Aside from the Dropkick Murphys, how big is their punk scene (ok, that's probably bigger than Houston's scene)? But, when it comes to hip-hop, jazz, soul, tejano, blues, bluegrass, gospel, country and non-album oriented rock, Houston's schooling Boston's music scene.
Truth is, I'm willing to bet most people don't even know what Zydeco is. I have surely never heard of it. How important can it be? Tejano I have heard of, but I have not a clue what it sounds like.
You make it sound like Houston easily takes the cake and I don't think thats true, especially considering music that is popular among the masses, and not music snobs who have a superior attitude. Rock and rap are being discussed because most people are familiar with those genres and the artists who play them.
Truth is, I'm willing to bet most people don't even know what Zydeco is. I have surely never heard of it. How important can it be? Tejano I have heard of, but I have not a clue what it sounds like.
You make it sound like Houston easily takes the cake and I don't think thats true, especially considering music that is popular among the masses, and not music snobs who have a superior attitude. Rock and rap are being discussed because most people are familiar with those genres and the artists who play them.
it's the one of the foundations of american music. i'd post a youtube, but i don't have the ability to do it at work. unfortunately, most people know more britney spears songs than bob dylan songs...
Truth is, I'm willing to bet most people don't even know what Zydeco is. I have surely never heard of it. How important can it be? Tejano I have heard of, but I have not a clue what it sounds like.
You make it sound like Houston easily takes the cake and I don't think thats true, especially considering music that is popular among the masses, and not music snobs who have a superior attitude. Rock and rap are being discussed because most people are familiar with those genres and the artists who play them.
By masses, do you mean you? I can assure you, some of these genres only popular among "music snobs" according to you, are pretty popular among a substantial percentage of the population that you may just not intermingle with.
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