What the F is "go go" and who the hell is Chuck Brown?

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Anonymous wrote:You gotta hear it live to really appreciate it.

Loved the quote in the Post yesterday. "There are Washingtoians. And there are people who have never heard of go-go." it's not a knock. But if you grew up here, you'd understand.

I didn’t grow up here and I understand. Hoochie Man is always in my rotation. I went to an HBCU and was introduced to it there.

Except that no one on earth can name a single go-go artist except Chuck Brown.

Rare Essence and Experience Unlimited are two legendary go-go bands. You aren’t from DC so you should just shut it.

I’m glad to not be from a place that claims go-go music and mambo sauce as its cultural touchstones.

+ a million

Where are you from and what do they claim as touchstones? Mayonnaise?

Who are you? A white lefty hypocrite living in a white neighborhood who is trying to score politically correct points by pretending to like go go music and Mumbo sauce?

I'm a white lefty living in a fully integrated neighborhood in the exurbs- PWilli Co baby. My neighbors are AA, Dominican, Mexican, and white folks like me. My kid is one of the few blondes in his whole school. Maybe STFU and accept not everyone is an uptight douche like you

Yeah, because you sound great.

I contain multitudes. I love Ludacris and Purcell equally. I'm DAR from my Grandmother's side but I can hang out at any cookout, quinceanera, Haldi, iftar etc.

But ok I'm sure you are more awesome than me. Say hi to Karen from Ashburn when you see her at Coopershawk.

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Anonymous wrote:You gotta hear it live to really appreciate it.

Loved the quote in the Post yesterday. "There are Washingtoians. And there are people who have never heard of go-go." it's not a knock. But if you grew up here, you'd understand.

I didn’t grow up here and I understand. Hoochie Man is always in my rotation. I went to an HBCU and was introduced to it there.

Except that no one on earth can name a single go-go artist except Chuck Brown.

Rare Essence and Experience Unlimited are two legendary go-go bands. You aren’t from DC so you should just shut it.

I’m glad to not be from a place that claims go-go music and mambo sauce as its cultural touchstones.

+ a million

Where are you from and what do they claim as touchstones? Mayonnaise?

Who are you? A white lefty hypocrite living in a white neighborhood who is trying to score politically correct points by pretending to like go go music and Mumbo sauce?

I'm a white lefty living in a fully integrated neighborhood in the exurbs- PWilli Co baby. My neighbors are AA, Dominican, Mexican, and white folks like me. My kid is one of the few blondes in his whole school. Maybe STFU and accept not everyone is an uptight douche like you

Yeah, because you sound great. :roll:

I contain multitudes. I love Ludacris and Purcell equally. I'm DAR from my Grandmother's side but I can hang out at any cookout, quinceanera, Haldi, iftar etc.

But ok I'm sure you are more awesome than me. Say hi to Karen from Ashburn when you see her at Coopershawk.

And humble too! :roll:

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what go-go is or who Chuck Brown was either. I've read the headlines on WaPo website but haven't delved into the body of the articles to learn more.

PS And I grew up here.

go find a new place to live.

you cannot have grown up here and not have heard of chuck brown.

i get not knowing his songs in depth but there is no way in hell that someone who grew up in the area is completely ignorant to the fact of who he is.

its impossible

It's clearly not impossible. Or, I guess I myself have personally achieved the impossible. Maybe that's it. I'm just that super-awesome.

I want to know where the "here" is that you grew up. But I'm only on page 4 so maybe that's answered somewhere else.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's very possible to have grown up here and not know who Chuck Brown is. But only if you're white (or more accurately, not black) and were never around local black people growing up. And you didn't listen to any of the black music stations. And you hardly ever went into the more "urban" parts of the city (sorry, cleveland park doesn't count).

True, growing up in Bethesda or CCDC you wouldnt have met many Chuck Brown fans, or black people either.

Nah. We did plenty of Go Go at B-CC back in the day. All day. All night. Plenty of diversity, too.

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Are y'all...is this...what the...
Am I really reading a bunch of middle-aged white bishes arguing over who has more go-go savvy and street cred, or why they're glad they're NOT from DC in order to defend their lack of go-go understanding?
Am I reading that right?
"Karen"?

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Anonymous wrote:You gotta hear it live to really appreciate it.

Loved the quote in the Post yesterday. "There are Washingtoians. And there are people who have never heard of go-go." it's not a knock. But if you grew up here, you'd understand.

I didn’t grow up here and I understand. Hoochie Man is always in my rotation. I went to an HBCU and was introduced to it there.

Except that no one on earth can name a single go-go artist except Chuck Brown.

Rare Essence and Experience Unlimited are two legendary go-go bands. You aren’t from DC so you should just shut it.

I’m glad to not be from a place that claims go-go music and mambo sauce as its cultural touchstones.

Omg go back to putting raisins in potato salad Becky

Girl, this Becky who loves her some Go Go is dying. Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:You gotta hear it live to really appreciate it.

Loved the quote in the Post yesterday. "There are Washingtoians. And there are people who have never heard of go-go." it's not a knock. But if you grew up here, you'd understand.

I didn’t grow up here and I understand. Hoochie Man is always in my rotation. I went to an HBCU and was introduced to it there.

Except that no one on earth can name a single go-go artist except Chuck Brown.

Rare Essence and Experience Unlimited are two legendary go-go bands. You aren’t from DC so you should just shut it.

I’m glad to not be from a place that claims go-go music and mambo sauce as its cultural touchstones.

+ a million

Where are you from and what do they claim as touchstones? Mayonnaise?

Who are you? A white lefty hypocrite living in a white neighborhood who is trying to score politically correct points by pretending to like go go music and Mumbo sauce?

I'm a white lefty living in a fully integrated neighborhood in the exurbs- PWilli Co baby. My neighbors are AA, Dominican, Mexican, and white folks like me. My kid is one of the few blondes in his whole school. Maybe STFU and accept not everyone is an uptight douche like you

Yeah, because you sound great.

I contain multitudes. I love Ludacris and Purcell equally. I'm DAR from my Grandmother's side but I can hang out at any cookout, quinceanera, Haldi, iftar etc.

But ok I'm sure you are more awesome than me. Say hi to Karen from Ashburn when you see her at Coopershawk.

I am thinking you contain a fair amount of alcohol right now, and a little too much delusion.

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Anonymous wrote:Are y'all...is this...what the...
Am I really reading a bunch of middle-aged white bishes arguing over who has more go-go savvy and street cred, or why they're glad they're NOT from DC in order to defend their lack of go-go understanding?
Am I reading that right?
"Karen"?

Excellent summary.

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Anonymous wrote:You gotta hear it live to really appreciate it.

Loved the quote in the Post yesterday. "There are Washingtoians. And there are people who have never heard of go-go." it's not a knock. But if you grew up here, you'd understand.

I didn’t grow up here and I understand. Hoochie Man is always in my rotation. I went to an HBCU and was introduced to it there.

Except that no one on earth can name a single go-go artist except Chuck Brown.

Rare Essence and Experience Unlimited are two legendary go-go bands. You aren’t from DC so you should just shut it.

I’m glad to not be from a place that claims go-go music and mambo sauce as its cultural touchstones.

+ a million

Where are you from and what do they claim as touchstones? Mayonnaise?

Who are you? A white lefty hypocrite living in a white neighborhood who is trying to score politically correct points by pretending to like go go music and Mumbo sauce?

I'm a white lefty living in a fully integrated neighborhood in the exurbs- PWilli Co baby. My neighbors are AA, Dominican, Mexican, and white folks like me. My kid is one of the few blondes in his whole school. Maybe STFU and accept not everyone is an uptight douche like you

Yeah, because you sound great. :roll:

I contain multitudes. I love Ludacris and Purcell equally. I'm DAR from my Grandmother's side but I can hang out at any cookout, quinceanera, Haldi, iftar etc.

But ok I'm sure you are more awesome than me. Say hi to Karen from Ashburn when you see her at Coopershawk.

And humble too! :roll:

I must have struck a nerve. Just get out of your bubble more and open your mind. It isnt too late.

[Anonymous]

Go go sounds like a wedding band, which is probably why it never made it big time. Not nearly as culturally significant to DC as punk (Bad Brains, Fugazi, etc)

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Anonymous wrote:Go go sounds like a wedding band, which is probably why it never made it big time. Not nearly as culturally significant to DC as punk (Bad Brains, Fugazi, etc)

Funny, I’m familiar with go go, but not with any of these bands.

Whose to say what’s culturally significant and what’s not?

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, so I can Google. And it isn't too kind to the genre. But the local news is all over it so maybe I'm missing something, so I thought I'd ask here. Wiki says that Go Go is a genre that wasn't popular enough to expand beyond the DMV, and only remains popular in the area essentially because it's the only musical genre to start here so therefore it is revered here. So I am back to my original question. What is the draw to Go Go beyond the fact that it originated here? The Op Ed that someone linked to earlier basically made reference that Go Go is a lasting remnant of the Chocolate City - which doesn't seem like something to revere if we're looking for a post-racial kind of harmony. So again...my question stands.

Ohh because white folks don’t know what it is , it must be nothing.

WTF IS POST-RACIAL?

Yep that's the tone of many here, they don't know it so, must not be worth knowing. But, that's DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:You never heard the song "I Feel Like Bustin' Loose" on the radio?

Give yourself a treat and play it.

Right??? This song is EVERYWHERE in DC. Radio, major league sports games, etc... Like, that and EU's "Da Butt" basically ARE the sounds of summer in DC

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, so I can Google. And it isn't too kind to the genre. But the local news is all over it so maybe I'm missing something, so I thought I'd ask here. Wiki says that Go Go is a genre that wasn't popular enough to expand beyond the DMV, and only remains popular in the area essentially because it's the only musical genre to start here so therefore it is revered here. So I am back to my original question. What is the draw to Go Go beyond the fact that it originated here? The Op Ed that someone linked to earlier basically made reference that Go Go is a lasting remnant of the Chocolate City - which doesn't seem like something to revere if we're looking for a post-racial kind of harmony. So again...my question stands.

Ohh because white folks don’t know what it is , it must be nothing.

WTF IS POST-RACIAL?

Yep that's the tone of many here, they don't know it so, must not be worth knowing. But, that's DCUM.

Once I saw the "post-racial harmony" remark, I figured OP was hopeless.

[Anonymous]

Put your gucci watch on, synchronize the time and let's rock