I don't know about most of you guys, but I like just plain (vintage)
disco - it's funny because I was young when disco was in its hayday and
the odds were against me ever liking it. My exposure was mostly to the
backlash against it in the early 80s. Furthermore I was raised in a house
that probably looked at black urban culture disdainfully in those days.
So while we all have our musical evoltion, learning about different
styles, genres, and fads of music, mine had me go through the normal 90s
rave->house/techno->idm-> to disco/funk.
The point being that when you listen to real disco (and funk), you realize
how ahead of its time it was. The grooves that the bands establish, the
innovative twists that people did -live- with synthesizers, and the
(sometimes) top notch production. And hell, catchy lyrics never hurt
either.
If you listen to the current crop of dutchish retro (legowelt, et al) or
the Disco IDM (I think it's just house with IDM production values) it's
great... But then turn on a Brothers Johnson, Telex, or Fat Larry record,
realize it's pushing 25 years of age and how current it sounds. You'll
have to dig through a lot of whiny R&B and cheaply made fad-disco to hear
the gems, but it's definitely worth the effort.
-Gil
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