Music Battle
My wife and I have vastly different preferences for casual listening music. We don't disagree on everything, but I tend to listen to early-mid 2000's emo/punk metal and hardcore when I want something on the background and she's more into American folk and acoustic.
Our kids decided they wanted us each to pick two songs and they would vote on which was better. We indulged the children and my wife graciously let me turn on two songs that would normally never be played outside of some earbuds in the house.
The first one I picked was a fantastic cover of Hey Ya by Alex Melton. The video includes a short intro on why he covered it this way vs the slower versions you normally hear.
The next one I chose was still fast and driving, but much heavier. He is Legend is an old hardcore band and their song The Seduction is good one to get pumped up to.
The music video for this song is worth watching - the story is told as a puppet show with a Mario-like story and a giant purple metal-vocals monster. Also, I'm not sure why there was a trend of metal drummers not wearing shirts in music videos, but that's a thing you'll see here.
My wife had some good stuff, too. This is a group from the early 2010's called The Oh Hellos. I'll need to listen to some more of their music sometime.
A favorite we both share is Gregory Alan Isakov. I actually got to see him perform live in Chicago this year, which was a treat.
Anyways, in the end, the kids voted my music as the funniest, which wasn't the original challenge at all, but it felt great to win.
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