jaklumen
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response 24 of 26:
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Jun 2 08:40 UTC 2002 |
resp:19 and resp:22 As discussed before, funk smoothed out in the
late 70s to merge somewhat with disco. Soul, on the other hand,
picked up the tempo a bit to mainstream into contemporary "lite rock,"
although I suspect that it was merely mingling with its "white sound"
contemporaries (think AM dial for "white sound," I guess). Heatwave,
Kool and the Gang, Earth, Wind, and Fire, and Lakeside are all
reference points; as is Lionel Richie during and after his work with
the Commodores.
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jaklumen
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response 25 of 26:
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Aug 13 14:08 UTC 2002 |
just on a disco tangent--
Kylie Minogue seems to be the latest to follow the retro-disco trend,
and she seems to be doing quite successfully. After the remake
of "Locomotion," she's recently hit stardom with "Fever" (aptly named,
I'd say). She's drawing comparisons to Madonna, supposedly because
Madonna once sounded like a disco dolly.
The sound is very much in keeping with early 80's disco trends.. it's
tied to very soft funk.
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jaklumen
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response 26 of 26:
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Dec 13 09:34 UTC 2002 |
another comment on the funk-to-rap:
Rapper Coolio brought attention to a late 70's and early 80's funk and
R&B band called Lakeside in 1995 by remaking two of their big hits with
them: "It's All The Way Live" and "Fantastic Voyage."
"It's All The Way Live" was a Top 5 R&B hit in 1979, cut from their
debut album, _Shot of Love_.
"Fantastic Voyage" was their biggest pop hit and another R&B chartopper
in 1980, cut from their third album of the same name, which also went
gold.
Again, I don't think the Coolio remakes took samples: I think Lakeside
actually performed in the songs.
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