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This year, for my birthday, I watched the VMAs. Every year, MTV becomes the relative you barely see anymore and gives you a present to remind you just how out of touch they are with your life. I never payed attention to these Jonas boys but if there is one word I want to use when describing my musical taste, it’s definitely “safety”. The night concluded with a performance live via the end of the world (apparently) from Kanye West debuting his new single.
Is there anyone more inconsistent than Kanye West? Don’t criticize because the man will literally fight you. Sure, he gives a pretty bizarre performance at the VMAs but you know what? I actually liked it. Kudos, Kanye.
You see, I really want to like Kanye West. I really do. The album he produced for Common was some of Common’s best work in my opinion. I think Kanye West is a uniter. He is the key to getting you closer to your “regular” friends; an act you can both sit down and enjoy. But man, he BLEW IT with his last album. In the war between him and 50 Cent, neither won. Both albums were horrendous.
But here we go again with a new single. It’s not another “Stronger” but you know I actually kind of liked that song when it first came out. Kanye is the king of putting out great singles that annoy the hell out of you a month after the fact. Anyhoo, now we have “Love Lockdown”. It makes you wonder where he’s going with all of this. After downloading 5 different leaks of it, I buckled and bought the single from iTunes and wouldn’t you know it, the production is still sloppy and gritty as hell. But you know what? Maybe that’s how I like my Kanye.
In the 70s, your parents may have missed the boat on some things. They probably liked The Beatles and the Rolling Stones but then fell into disco and did tons of drugs and then OOPS! Kids! Now, I wasn’t around in the 70s. I’m only in my mid-twenties. But being the curious MP3 blogger that I am, I enjoy finding out about a lot of eras of music, especially the decade that apparently inspired a bunch of potheads to turn into a bunch of cokeheads; the 70s. Kind of like the 90s into the new millennium.
I had a nightmare dream that I had a son and daughter and they asked me “What did the people who didn’t like Kayne West listen to?” That’s when I dusted off my old 4th gen iPod from a box in the basement and played them Kylie Minogue? Right. So the point is, what did people who didn’t like ABBA and The Bee Gees listen to? Hmmm…..
Christian Gaubert was a composer for a lot of French films. In 1976, he created this epic disco track for a marginally decent documentary called Sex O’Clock USA. What is better? The fact something is called “Sex O’Clock” or the fact USA is tagged at the end? Does “Sex O’Clock” reference a specific time for sex or is that sometime usually before bed? Whatever the case, at least it had a halfway decent soundtrack.
Contrary to popular belief, the are more than two music acts that came out of Canada that don’t include Rush or Bryan Adams. Erotic Drum Band sure had some great albums such as “Plug Me To Death” and “Touch Me Where It’s Hot”. Jesus. It’s disco’s Spinal Tap. This percussion heavy disco act was blazing in Canada. Americans simply didn’t know what the fuss was about.
And what would dance music be without a little Latin flavor (ie Ricky Martin)? After Fernando Arbex split with his drug-fueled blues band-mate in the early 70s, the next logical step was writing disco music. And that is just what Fernando did. Not to be confused with the bandit from the children’s tale The Bible, Barrabás, was Arbex’s next project.
And if you haven’t noticed, this stuff is a bit catchy. So throw some of this stuff in your next mix. If any of this followed whatever Ed Banger song you were playing, you’d have instant disco cred.
