"The titles 'Suicide Solution' is another play on words.'Solution' refers both to the resolution of a problem and to a liquid in which other substances are dissolved. The song starts out with the lyrics 'Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker/ Suicide is slow with liquor.' The song is a denunciation of alchoholism, arguing that it is a slow form of suicide. Alchohol is a 'suicide solution' in both senses of the word solution. Alchohol should be rejected because it is a way of killing oneself. Indeed, at the time Ozzy was thinking both of his own constant battles with the bottle and of the recent deaths of heavy metal boozers, especially Bon Scott of AC/DC. Alchoholics, himself included, he argues, are killing themselve: 'The reaper is you and the reaper is me.' " (page 250) .
This is just one example of the many accustations critics have for alternative rock music. Al Gore even interviewed soft rock legend John Denver on the subject. .
II. Subgenres.
A. Basics.
Dance music comes in many different forms, from disco to hip-hop. In the late '70s, dance clubs played disco, but by the end of the decade, disco was evolving into a number of different genres. All of the genres were collected under the catch-all term "dance," though there were distinct differences between dance-pop, hip-hop, house, and techno, among other subgenres. In its purest form, Rock & Roll has three chords, a strong, insistent back beat, and a catchy melody. Early rock & roll drew from a variety of sources, primarily blues, R&B, and country, but also gospel, traditional pop, jazz, and folk. Soft rock emerged in the early '70s, partially as a reaction to the extreme sounds of the late '60s. Soft rock was commercial and inoffensive, taking the sound of singer/songwriter and pop/rock but smoothing out all the edges. .
The British Invasion occurred in the mid-'60s, when a wave of English rock & roll bands crossed over into the American market after the breakthrough success of The Beatles .
