Members Crüsty Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 ....you see a lot of ads on the D.C. Craigslist looking for "Congo players".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SeniorBlues Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 ....you see a lot of ads on the D.C. Craigslist looking for "Congo players".... You also see a lot of "craigslistings" where guys take them to task (you maybe? ). The response is that that has become common usage now within the genre that was invented here and it ain't - excuse me - isn't going to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newmaxnew Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 What the Hell is Go-Go as a music genre? I am old enough to remember Go-Go dancers and the ever popular Go-Go boots but this new genre I have never heard of. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SeniorBlues Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 What the Hell is Go-Go as a music genre? I am old enough to remember Go-Go dancers and the ever popular Go-Go boots but this new genre I have never heard of.Max here's an explanation[YOUTUBE]XHHNXesVW88[/YOUTUBE] the song[YOUTUBE]wevVoB9IdFg&NR=1[/YOUTUBE] Also found some stuff on wikipedia, especially about the importance of "congos" Learned somethin' . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flanc Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 E.U. was big in the early GoGo scene with hit's like: Da Butt[YOUTUBE]37VoiwOVkoE[/YOUTUBE] and Buck Wild[YOUTUBE]sQw5nb7IPZg[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kramerguy Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 so.. some 70's and maybe 80's era general funk got sub-categorized as "go-go"?? People need to go outside more often. We now have almost 75 different sub-types of metal, it's pretty obvious ppl are grasping at straws to label themselves as different, rather than just being different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnowVox Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 E.U. actually came about a good bit later than Chuck Brown. Lived in DC for almost a decade and the go-go scene is huge. (On a side note, go-go bands are a great way to get paid if you live in the DMV.) They don't call Chuck the Godfather of Go-Go for nothing. If you've heard it live, go-go does have elements in common with funk but it is definitely its own well defined sub-genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kramerguy Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 lol I guess I'm just getting old. I honestly liked "metal" when judas priest, whitesnake, poison, slayer, and quiet riot were all the same. Really didn't need to be sub-defined. In fact, I'd argue that it allowed us to be far more accepting of a wider variety simply because so much more fit inside the box. Great.. I turned into my dad. time to go get a hooker and snort some coke off her ass to prove I'm nothing like him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members js1 Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 Well, that music sounds like a party. Sounds like the gigs can come with violence, unfortunately. I, too, probably would have lumped it in with funk - but now I get the difference. js Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chadd Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 The difference is irrelevant, just as it is with the 75 different metal variations. The new variations are contributing to the fracturing of the industry and preventing anyone from really rising very far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SeniorBlues Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 I think it's useful to have names for genres and their various subdivisions. Look at genres that bands list when they're describing their music for various reasons. Sometimes it's uselessly vague and even misleading, in part because there isn't a clear way to name what they're actually doing. Blues, funk, rock, R&B, jazz . . . they're all much too broad to be of much use to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted February 18, 2010 Members Share Posted February 18, 2010 Blues, funk, rock, R&B, jazz . . . they're all much too broad to be of much use to anyone. Good point. So we've established that:Broad genre's are of little to no use.Specific genre's are of little to no use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr3lions Posted February 21, 2010 Members Share Posted February 21, 2010 at the risk of hijacking the thread I think having genres (within reason) are important. I can't say I like them but I realize their importance. Now getting back on track I LOVE "Bustin' Loose"! How can you not want to move when you hear that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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