Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco/Dance Music
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (854 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00ADQGYN8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 237 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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But this amalgam of African-American rhythm and blues, soul, and funk soon caught fire, bringing together black and white, gay and straight, young and old in a way no other popular music has before or sincea phenomenon that is still reverberating through the culture.As it takes you from the juke joints of the South to the world’s most impossible-to-get-into clubs; from the reigning queens of the disco years (Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones, and Donna Summer among them) to the dance-pop divas of today; from the ‘neo-disco’ revival of the late nineties to the new era of electronic dance music (EDM) and Lady Gaga Hot Stuff will make you want to dust off those platform shoes, dig out your mirrored ball, and shake your booty all night long. But one thing's for sure: rumors of its death are premature. You either love it or hate it. This fast-paced yet in-depth look at one of the most outrageous eras in musicaland cultura
not hot stuff W. Dekker The song Hot stuff came out in 79 not 78 and that's essential!!!(it was the year disco died, or, if you will: changed direction, and you could hear it on the album)Written without enthusiasm for the music.(I give 2 stars because apparently he wrote a good book about aids)deleting it from kindle. Slight But EngagingSocial History of Disco While disco remains one of the most maligned of all musical genres (according to Andriote, as much for its roots in African-American, Latino and gay dance clubs as for its hedonistic packaging), it is a music that refuses to die (instead it is renamed or deeply influences HiNRG, techno, rave, hip-hop, jungle or just plain dance). While it lives on (either in full albums like Cher's "Believe" or Madonna's "Ray of Light" or sampled in songs by the Notorious B.I.G. and R
One reason is that I have always loved music, including dance music.. From the Author I am often asked why a "serious" health/medical journalist write about something as "light" as disco/dance music