Reply With QuoteHow did the crowd react? Throwing eggs? Or did it just pass them by?
Chart Hit [Level 6]
While out the other Saturday in my local town, I was pleasently shocked at a DJ's playlist, infact so shocked i nearly dropped my Fosters Top!
It was early granted, but he played;
Cashmere 'Do it any way you wanna'
Sunfire 'Step in the light'
Arthur Adams 'You got the floor'
Thelma Houston ' You used to hold me so tight'
Brandi Wells 'Watch out'
Gwen McCrae 'Keep the fires Burning'. :D
A real blast from the past. Unfortunately he was only covering somebody else and the other moron is back next week! :cry:
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How did the crowd react? Throwing eggs? Or did it just pass them by?
Gold Record [Level 7]
of your list the CASHMERE track is the most impressive... what's the name of this club?
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Efunk, it's a little local club in my home town in the south of England.
Gold Record [Level 7]
that's fascinating in that... a similar place close to where I live wouldn't dare play the song I mentioned above other than radio. Plus to keep it (non ghetto) they'll throw in a couple of rock standards and ELECTRIC BOOGIE :roll:Originally Written by Davicillo
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EFunk: Hasn't the US nearly always been into categorisation and playlists ever since Alan Freed realised that a certain type of music would get nearly every teenager listening to his radio show? On one hand a staion pumping out Disco or Black music could sound like heaven on earth, but it doesn't take a monkey to suss out that it would be incredibly restrictive too (and has been found to be on many occasions).
Alas, I fear the UK is going along with the 'ghettoisation' of music, just like the US, except gawd bless the BBC for having radio staions that play a huge range of music. Radio 2 and 6 Music have incredibly diverse shows and even radio 3 can have programmes featuring Jazz one minute, some wacko 20th century concrete music the next and Mozart after that. Now, that's what I call broadcasting.
The UK was most definitely different in the Disco years and has been ever since. I guess we just don't have the baggage that you do, regarding race, politics and music.
BTW: Best tack on that little list has to be Arthur Adams - You Got The Floor. Pure 150% class, funky, jazzy and a great dancer.
Gold Record [Level 7]
Davicillo forgive me for hijacking the thread for a second to answer Quinny's question.
To sum it up briefly...
My complaint was that San Diego in general doesn't have the balls to play anything to black oriented to entertain us/me former DJ's.
Even though i'm reaching the big 50 soon, it sucks that you can't even go to a club to re live the past by playing some of the songs that made me happy to want to get on the dance floor.
Really it wasn't the fault of the disc jockey... in the past this particular club could have and has the potential to be really good because it draws in people that enjoyed the non commercial songs that gave us the biggest charge in the first place.
For instance... Cashmere was a huge hit I played when I was young and would go out clubbing more often just to enjoy those songs with others in my age group.
They have to mix it up in order to not draw in the crowds that like to start fights. Of course things haven't changed and there were many fights started when I was behind the turntables whether it was on the dance floor or outside the club. Things didn't turn deadly just adolencent bull that happens even today.
As for you.... the UK didn't have this problem as it would for my particular club.
I guess in order to impress me (the judge) you gotta pick out songs other than
Super Freak or I Will Survive to get me to continue to go to the club on a regular basis.... but because the disc jockey does want to play cool songs... he is forced to limit his playlist so that the thugs don't show up. The thugs comment didn't mean to segregate the troublemaker blacks or hispanics in this community.
As for radio... we have a station here 92.5 (San Diego) that plays good stuff... and rarely do you get to here Cashmere on their list. I can't speak for the rest of the U.S. it's just that San Diego hasn't changed much & has always stuck to mainstream hits and never had the balls to venture out.
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EFunk: I share your dismay, but I guess we have to realise that we've both 'had our day'. I'm determined to do a few old school discos in the future, wherever that is and try and play a lot of the lesser known, but absolutely blinding tracks that I used to get off to BITD, but I know deep down in my soul that I will have to play the Gloria Gaynors and Rick James tracks too, in order to play the few 'decent' ones. It's a price I'd be willing to pay to hear those tracks once again on a loud system and get some of the vibe I used to feel. I don't think there's any way (except a radio show on a station with absolutely no music policy) that I'd get away with underground Disco and Funk all night on a regular basis, but who knows?
I draw inspiration and strength from the Jazz world. Many of the musicians involved in the modern Jazz scene in the UK only do so on a part-time basis, being music teachers, pit orchestra players, session musicians, function band players and the like for 90% of the time. However, for that 10% of the time when they're booked as a modern Jazz musician they're as happy as Larry and they live for that 10%. Oh, and by the way, many of them are in their '60s and '70s, but they still know how to kick ass and put on a stellar performance. That's the secret. To really go for it, if and when you get the chance.
"Ten percent of something is better than 10% of nothing at all." Now, where have I heard that before?
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Don't give up, don't give in, don't sell out! The vibes will come back. Music Biz is at a dead end!!! That's why a site like this is so important.
Show the world that there still is a large audience for Disco, Funk and Soul! Tell the people from the Music Bizz! Come out of the closet :lol:
Gold Record [Level 7]
If I ever take a vacation in the UK... gotta meet Quinny & Discodisk... :cry:
speaking of Discodisk... where is that bitch :D
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Whoa!!! You'd want to meet a bitch and a SOB. :lol: :lol: :lol: Great, except I won't be here in the UK for much longer. You're welcome to a meet in Fuerteventura (or wherever I end up, in the sun).
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Whoa!!! You'd want to meet a bitch and a SOB. :lol: :lol: :lol: Great, except I won't be here in the UK for much longer. You're welcome to a meet in Fuerteventura (or wherever I end up, in the sun).
yea! to me you are both bitches :D :lol:
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Ah the memories....who am I kidding. I wasn't even born in that era nor do I recognize those tunes. I wish there was samples.
In regards to the nature of disco it still lives on in a way through house music. Ever heard of top dj's such as Dimitri from Paris, Bob Sinclar, Ian Pooley, or Laurent Garnier? They were really good in the 90's especially Bob and Ian, but the quality of their productions have gone down. Though I digress. Do any of you like the new sound? Be aware that there are different types of house. What I'm talking about is french house.
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