Posts tagged Kiss
Blues, Rock, Rap #OPS Throwdown 4/16/2016
Blues, Rock, Rap #OPS Throwdown 4/16/2016

This is a reproduction of the music from my Saturday #OPSThrowdown on Google+

Today's theme was Blues, Rock, Rap. It was a musical companion piece to my articles about NWA and Gene Simmons arguing about if Hip-Hop music counts as Rock.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeNWA, Ice Cube, Gene Simmons, Kiss, KISS, Google+, #OPSThrowdown, #OPS, YouTube, Rock n' Roll, Rock Hall, Rock and Roll Music, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Spotify, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, This Is Radio Clash, Run-DMC, Run DMC, King Of Rock, Beastie Boys, No Sleep Til' Brooklyn, Public Enemy, Bring The Noise, Scott Ian, Anthrax, Aerosmith, Walk This Way, George Clinton, Atomic Dog, Smell The Glove, Spinal Tap, Cypress Hill, Linkin Park, Rock Superstar, The Bad Plus, Radio Cure, WilcoComment
I Hate Lady Gaga as Bowie - Am I "Rockist" or Right?
I Hate Lady Gaga as Bowie - Am I "Rockist" or Right?

I hate LLady Gaga's David Bowie Tribute from the 2016 Grammy Awards Show.

Probably bad form for me to criticize a tribute, and I actually like Lady Gaga a great deal, so I feel conflicted about this one. 

Am I "Rockist" or Right?

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"Rockist" or Right?Joshua B. HoeLady Gaga, Grammy, The Grammy Awards, Peter Murphy, Maroon 5, The Life of Pablo, Kanye West, Nile Rogers, The Dude, Glen Frey, The Eagles, Elvis Presley, Elvis, Live Aid, Freddy Mercury, Queen, Radio Ga Ga, Rob Fusari, Kiss, Paparazzi, VMA's, MTV Comments
The Race of Rock? (Simmons v N.W.A. part 3)
The Race of Rock? (Simmons v N.W.A. part 3)

This is my third post concerning the dispute between Gene Simmons of the band Kiss and Ice Cube of the hip-hop group N.W.A.

I am writing this because I was concerned with several of the responses I received yesterday and wanted to make my arguments even more directly to these arguments. 

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeGene Siimmons, Hank Aaron, Ken Burns, Jackie Robinson, PBS, Harrison Ford, Blues, Delta Blues, Otis Blackwell, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones, Keith Richard, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, Squeeze Box, Cherry Pie, Rap, Hip-Hop, Funk, Disco, Jazz, Country, Run DMC, Run-DMC, Walk This Way, King Of Rock, Yes, Iron Maiden, The Eagles, Fats Domino, Bad Brains, Fugazi, Joy Division, Living Color, Ice Cube, Kiss, Chicago Comments