Categories: Music
April 24, 2008
We're going to town today on Trouble Funk, the 100 percent greatest ever go-go band. Go-go combines funk and hip-hop, and maybe some magical stuff that's not easily transcribed in Roman letters.
Thanks to music professor Kip Lornell of George Washington University for the assisted listen.
Doesn't Go-Go go-go back further to the 60s, not the mid-70s? It's the same concept, take jazz (and related genres), speed them up and add in pop sensibilities.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pgqTS3XcAuI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pC9rHn-oPo8
I went to college in Washington DC (Howard University to be specific) and Go-Go was everywhere. I really didn't understand or appreciate it at the time. It's funny because people say in New York every song has a Techno or Reggatone re-mix, but in DC... it's the Go-Go remix. The sound takes me back to those carefree college days. Thanks for the story.
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