august 2004: what is the least hip genre/subgenre? AKA april 2005: what is the hott-trendiest genre/subgenre?

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What's normal to him amazes us. He will be our new god.

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

trip hop, for now, i dont know how it could be hip by april05 thuogh, unless rehabilitated through some kind of goblin/komeda/dorothyashby/psychefolk kind of thing, i dont know

― david acid (gareth), Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

reggaeton

― tron, Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Northern House.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

least hip: ska
most hip: nu folk

― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

oooh ska. yeah - you guys wanna start a 4th wave?

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I am expecting a trip-hop revival sooner rather than later. I am basing this solely on hearing Heartbeat by Annie.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

4th wave ska will not happen until post 2015

― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Upstairs at Larry’s: Lawrence Welk Uncorked
Various Artists (Vanguard)
Some people shouldn’t mate. The same can be said about some musical forms.
One such musical mismatch is found in Upstairs at Larry’s, a 15-track CD of super-wholesome standards by the Lawrence Welk Orchestra that have been given the dance remix treatment by various DJs.
False starts, multiple repetitions, monotonous beats and reverbs are dominant elements in arrangements that sometimes go beyond novel and right into nerve-racking. Surely, Welk loyalists — and even many non-fans — would prefer the original versions.
Among the songs victimized — some deservedly so, some as innocent bystanders — are Duke Ellington’s Caravan; Michel Legrande’s Watch What Happens; Henry Mancini’s Baby Elephant Walk; and Blue Velvet, Bobby Vinton’s pop classic.
Also on the playlist: the already annoying feel-good song You Are My Sunshine; Honey, Welk’s version of Bobby Goldsboro’s saccharine ode to his late love; and a vocal rendition of Let It Be Me by one-time Welk daughter-in-law Tanya (who here sounds a bit like Madonna).
And although the CD features Welk’s signature tunes Champagne Time and Bubbles in the Wine — the latter interspersed with uncredited dialogue about choosing and drinking sparkling wines — missing are two instrumentals that were pop-chart singles for Welk during the early 1960s: Apples and Bananas and Calcutta.
The music is occasionally punctuated by intros and dialogue spoken by Welk (“My friends and fans, you have been such a wunnerful audience”) and members of his “Musical Family.”
It’s a strange, even surreal mix of novelty and nostalgia, of old and new, that might be best appreciated as background music at a party — a loud party.
(Reviewed by Ron Berthel, AP)

― Huck, Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Smooth Jazz is and always will be the least hip.

― Talent Explosion (Talent Explosion), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Least hip in 08/04: loungetronica. (My dears, have you SEEN the size of the European Community Buddha Bar Vol.7 Mountain lately?)

Most hip in April 05: gotta be Nu-Folk really, hasn't it?

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

nu-folk is already there as most hip, but i can see a sort of cratediggy nu-folk/triphop hybrid. i hope this doesnt happen

― david acid (gareth), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Up next: electro-ska. I am 100% ready to ride this wave. The backing tracks are already recorded.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

skifflecore

― darin, Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

reggaeton

Reggaeton = party in a jewel case, dudes.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

The power ballad. It's with us already, but it dare not speak its name, and it's angst-ridden enough that it can pretend it's something else. By April 2005, all bets are off.

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Thursday, 19 August 2004 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

we may have a winner here...

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 19 August 2004 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

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