I've always wondered about that tune (never liked it though) - why the hell
would you want to declare/celebrate the death of funk (as that tune is
essentially doing)?
Funk is where it's at and where it came from and continues to live in the
best dance music. Wessel Van Diepen from L.A. Style went on to produce the
Vengaboys so - 'nuff said.
MEK
Jamil Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/25/2006 10:29:15 AM:
> Was 'James Brown is Dead' considered underground? I remember it being
> all over the place in europe.
>
> Jamil
>
> (btw, I never liked that lyric. Viva J.B.!!!)
>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Interesting that Berns said that he didn't like "house" music because it
> >sounded too much like disco. He came from a rock background so he got
into
> >"rave" music because of it's industrial sounds. I find that quite
common
> >and I think it's a divide between house/techno and rave (trance, happy
> >hardcore, etc.) that continues to exist.
> >
> >MEK
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/25/2006 09:20:00 AM:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I don't know if you guys would be interested in hearing a couple of
> >>stories from one of Toronto rave personalities, but I had Don Berns
> >>(Dr. Trance) in the studio for an interview. We talked about some of
> >>the early raves in toronto (around 1991) and what got us into this
> >>whole "rave" culture.
> >>
> >>while trance and rave are dirty words on the 313 list. the stories are
> >>interesting... Don was a alternative rock radio personality in the
> >>90's and before and 'discovered' electronic music. I started going to
> >>raves after getting into the acid house scene. It was pretty wild to
> >>spend some time and review some of the reasons we both got into it.
> >>
> >>http://
> >>www.lx7.ca/podcasts/Lx7.ca-020-06-10-18-HindsightIts20.20-
> >>RavesTranceAndDon.mp3
> >>
> >>I've been sharing it around with some of the locals here in Toronto
> >>and everyone has nothing but positive things to say about those early
> >>days. So I thought I'd share it out.
> >>
> >>Verg.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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> Jamil Ali
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