Earl Young pioneered this pattern, which appears in songs like “Another One Bites the Dust.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this rhythmic pattern commonly used in electronic dance music. In this pattern, the bass drum is hit on every beat in 4/4 time.
ANSWER: four-on-the-floor [or four-to-the-floor]
[10e] This genre of dance music popularized the four-on-the-floor pattern in songs like the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.” This genre, which was targeted in a 1979 “Demolition Night,” was portrayed in the movie Saturday Night Fever.
ANSWER: disco music [accept Disco Demolition Night]
[10m] This genre of dance music, which evolved from disco at a namesake underground club in Chicago, uses electronic drum machines to play a four-on-the-floor pattern. This genre broke into the mainstream through Madonna’s single “Vogue.”
ANSWER: house music [accept the Warehouse]
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