{"id":20138,"date":"2013-10-07T10:49:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=20138"},"modified":"2013-10-07T10:49:38","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T14:49:38","slug":"one-hit-genre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/one-hit-genre\/","title":{"rendered":"1-Hit Genre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BlackFlagSixPack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20204\" alt=\"BlackFlagSixPack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BlackFlagSixPack.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BlackFlagSixPack.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BlackFlagSixPack-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BlackFlagSixPack-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BlackFlagSixPack-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BlackFlagSixPack-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BlackFlagSixPack-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BlackFlagSixPack-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We know a 1-hit wonder when we see one, but are there instances where, <em>for you<\/em>, a single song adequately represents an entire genre?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Six-Pack.mp3\">Six Pack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As ill-informed and narrow-minded as this notion can be, that&#8217;s how I feel about <strong>Black Flag<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Six Pack&#8221; adequately representing the entire genre of hardcore punk. The song begins with mildly threatening intro before exploding into a furious rush of tongue-in-cheek, self-deprecating, faux-angry humor. It&#8217;s the perfect response to a state of being for many American, middle-class, intelligent, slightly off-center dudes in their late teens and early 20s. To my hardcore punk\u2013limited sensibilities, &#8220;Six Pack&#8221; says it all for the genre. There are easily a half dozen other hardcore songs I could see myself compiling on my iPod, but, for me, &#8220;Six Pack&#8221; is a 1-hit genre.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a genre you don&#8217;t normally appreciate that is is positively encapsulated in just 1 song?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know a 1-hit wonder when we see one, but are there instances where, for you, a single song adequately represents an entire genre? Six Pack As ill-informed and narrow-minded as this notion can be, that&#8217;s how I feel about Black Flag&#8216;s &#8220;Six Pack&#8221; adequately representing the entire genre of hardcore punk. The song begins <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/one-hit-genre\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[693],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}