No worries about take that - that was having a bit of a laugh (al be it @ Mr Levine's expense) - if ppl get pleasure from take that & all of the works mr Levine is associated with I don't have a problem with it.
My view is Mr Levine has given much support & contribution to soul or northern soul - whatever name you wish to give it - so he's intitled to try something diffferent or make records which aren't to my taste.
Going back to the Mod issues - again I have no problem with the ppl dressing up in this retro style - I knew many of them at the time & I was listening to much of the same music they were listening to. If ppl get pleasure from this it's all good with me - & it's understanderble when ppl are in their teens etc.
My view is I don't feel I have to wear a certain uniform to be able to listen to certain types of music.
& my point about the Mod revival being a contradiction I feel is valid, as alot of these ppl held the ideal of being Modern as central. Again it's no big deal it's just rather amusing.
Sorry if I alienate anyone here again - but yes i like some rap - Gil Scott Heron, Rakim, Last Poets, Mos def etc. - Not all but some.
Alot of what james Brown does could be considered rap -& as James sights himself - Louie Jorden was also a rapper of sorts...
That's just my taste - not saying its the best taste - just mine.
Much like the human race itself, music does tend to have a Black root.
In rap there is whole chapters of Latino rap that often gets forgotten also (Real Roxxane, Big Pun etc.)
PS Crown Height Affair "Far Out" is a fav of mine.
Returning to disco with a crown Hegihts affair link - Anyone like the band Made In The USA (disco which Crown heights did the horns for )
Edited by funky4u, 23 July 2005 - 10:30 AM.
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