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re: Funk vs. Disco
Posted on 7/23/12 at 11:59 am to bobbyray21
Posted on 7/23/12 at 11:59 am to bobbyray21
Funk, but both are great.
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Posted on 7/23/12 at 12:07 pm to H-Town Tiger
Funk is better, but there are some great disco cuts. The production on a lot of disco was phenemonal . Horns, synths,harmonized vocals, sick bass lines. Good stuff.
The genres were also heavily influenced by each other.
The genres were also heavily influenced by each other.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 12:21 pm to Souljah
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The genres were also heavily influenced by each other.
I agree
Posted on 7/23/12 at 12:39 pm to Souljah
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The genres were also heavily influenced by each other
I liken it to punk and new wave. Funk and soul kind of beget disco. There's a lot of crap in disco just like any other genre, ut some really good stuff too.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 12:46 pm to H-Town Tiger
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There's a lot of crap in disco just like any other genre, ut some really good stuff too.
In the beginning, there was. It all went to hell though pretty quickly. A lot of todays pop music is disco influenced
Posted on 7/23/12 at 3:20 pm to bobbyray21
Funk is the heaviest .... 
Disco, white men could dance to it .....
Disco, white men could dance to it .....
Posted on 7/23/12 at 4:52 pm to bobbyray21
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Funk vs. Disco
Funk wins every day of the week
Posted on 7/23/12 at 5:28 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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In the beginning, there was. It all went to hell though pretty quickly
That's pretty typical of any genre. You start out with something great and it slowly gets "softened" up or designed to appeal to a larger audience and eventually you get crap.
Look at Heavy Metal; You start with this raw sound that at first no one wants to sign but then someone notices its really popular with certain kids. The next wave we have LA glam scene, still heavy, but appealing to to a wider audience. Next everyone does a power balland and we end with crap like Warrant.
Grunge kind of the same. We start with Nirvana, Pearl Jam etc. Next we get Candlebox and last Creed and Nickleback.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 8:01 pm to H-Town Tiger
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That's pretty typical of any genre. You start out with something great and it slowly gets "softened" up or designed to appeal to a larger audience and eventually you get crap.
The time frame for this depends on the uniqueness of the genre. No genre is completely independent; all share characteristics with other genres. But some are more distinct than others. Hip hop was a very unique genre. And it got better and better for about 20 years before it started to get a bit watered down.
Similarly, EDM is a pretty unique genre. It is more difficult to trace back it's beginning as it all sorta started underground, but I first remember hearing it in the late 90s, and I personally feel like it is still improving.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 8:13 pm to bobbyray21
It is weird comparing the two because disco is arguably a sub genre of funk
Posted on 7/23/12 at 8:39 pm to Souljah
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It is weird comparing the two because disco is arguably a sub genre of funk
Interesting. Care to elaborate?
Posted on 7/23/12 at 8:54 pm to bobbyray21
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Interesting. Care to elaborate?
From a musical standpoint the rhythms, riffs, and bass lines were very similar.
From a cultural standpoint the two scenes certainly overlapped.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 9:00 pm to bobbyray21
I would consider disco the loser against just about any genre but rap. But that's just my opinion.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 9:05 pm to OldTigahFot
The quality of disco varies greatly. The good songs are really good. The bad songs are really bad.
Posted on 7/24/12 at 4:01 am to Souljah
We pretended to hate disco but would listen to it late at night when no one else was around.
Posted on 7/24/12 at 4:59 am to RogerTheShrubber
Listen to Bootsie Collins Rubber Band and you will agree that funk is the greatest genre of music ever. Ya feel me baby?
Posted on 7/24/12 at 9:24 am to TideHater
Where exactly is the dividing line between R&B and funk? James Brown could certainly be called funk. Ike and Tina?
Posted on 7/24/12 at 9:44 am to shinerfan
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Where exactly is the dividing line between R&B and funk? James Brown could certainly be called funk
It is hard to classify late 60s/early 70s James Brown into one genre. I guess soul/funk is the easiest way to do it.
Posted on 7/24/12 at 2:07 pm to bobbyray21
Disco was the bastard child of funk, soul and Carribean music. The bastard ain't as good as it's daddy in this case.
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