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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And now you will understand what those guys drumming on paint cans are doing. Above all, Go Go is about the beat.

Disturbing the peace.

It's a DC thing - if you don't like it, leave!

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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.

I used to live in Chevy Chase and you just didn't ask. I used to listen to go-go all the time.

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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.

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


Unless you went to B-CC...

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Anonymous wrote:OK, so have you ever heard of Fugazi?

Or Shudder to Think?

I never knew people from my culture were on this fucked up forum! Hello, friend.

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And now you will understand what those guys drumming on paint cans are doing. Above all, Go Go is about the beat.

Disturbing the peace.

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Anonymous wrote:After reading these descriptions, I would conclude that many are not musically inclined.

The difference between funk and Go Go is the beat. Go Go is a very percussive form of music. Funk is bass driven.

I am a native. I say that to establish my bona fides. I have heard of Fugazi (I think I skew older from the targeted demographic), and I definitely know Chuck Brown, EU, et al. I was never a big fan, but there were Go Go hits. The beats have influenced a number of artists to this day - mostly R & B. The Go Go beat actually has Latin roots or Afro-Latino. It's an acquired taste in some ways, just as is jazz or classical.

I happen to love all music, including opera, bluegrass, country, zydeco, etc. Go Go is to DC as zydeco is to Louisiana. Good music is good music, and as much as Go Go concerts were not my cup of tea, I found myself dancing if I heard it and the mood was right.

Chuck Brown was a very engaging and entertaining person. His music was positive and happy. There were never vulgarities or other negative images we associate with certain genres. DC is very proud of the Godfather of go go, and rightfully so. May the man rest in peace and may the music keep playing.

School's over. I have to sleep.

Can you read? Maybe you are not reading comp inclined. I named the exact instruments used rather than your overly general description. And I PLAY the instruments. The addition of legalese in your snide post doesn't make you seem any more informed on the subject. Rather, it makes you seem to be trying really hard to appear knowledgeable. Stick with being a bitch lawyer and you should be just fine.

Hahahaha, are you going to be one of those people who's like "I used to hang out with Ian MacKaye"??

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, so have you ever heard of Fugazi?

Or Shudder to Think?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After reading these descriptions, I would conclude that many are not musically inclined.

The difference between funk and Go Go is the beat. Go Go is a very percussive form of music. Funk is bass driven.

I am a native. I say that to establish my bona fides. I have heard of Fugazi (I think I skew older from the targeted demographic), and I definitely know Chuck Brown, EU, et al. I was never a big fan, but there were Go Go hits. The beats have influenced a number of artists to this day - mostly R & B. The Go Go beat actually has Latin roots or Afro-Latino. It's an acquired taste in some ways, just as is jazz or classical.

I happen to love all music, including opera, bluegrass, country, zydeco, etc. Go Go is to DC as zydeco is to Louisiana. Good music is good music, and as much as Go Go concerts were not my cup of tea, I found myself dancing if I heard it and the mood was right.

Chuck Brown was a very engaging and entertaining person. His music was positive and happy. There were never vulgarities or other negative images we associate with certain genres. DC is very proud of the Godfather of go go, and rightfully so. May the man rest in peace and may the music keep playing.

School's over. I have to sleep.

Can you read? Maybe you are not reading comp inclined. I named the exact instruments used rather than your overly general description. And I PLAY the instruments. The addition of legalese in your snide post doesn't make you seem any more informed on the subject. Rather, it makes you seem to be trying really hard to appear knowledgeable. Stick with being a bitch lawyer and you should be just fine.

Anonymous wrote:I'm clearly not in the cool crowd. Someone please explain this to me. Is this just a "DC trying to find some culture" thing? Or is this a real claim to fame?

Anonymous wrote:After reading these descriptions, I would conclude that many are not musically inclined.

The difference between funk and Go Go is the beat. Go Go is a very percussive form of music. Funk is bass driven.

I am a native. I say that to establish my bona fides. I have heard of Fugazi (I think I skew older from the targeted demographic), and I definitely know Chuck Brown, EU, et al. I was never a big fan, but there were Go Go hits. The beats have influenced a number of artists to this day - mostly R & B. The Go Go beat actually has Latin roots or Afro-Latino. It's an acquired taste in some ways, just as is jazz or classical.

I happen to love all music, including opera, bluegrass, country, zydeco, etc. Go Go is to DC as zydeco is to Louisiana. Good music is good music, and as much as Go Go concerts were not my cup of tea, I found myself dancing if I heard it and the mood was right.

Chuck Brown was a very engaging and entertaining person. His music was positive and happy. There were never vulgarities or other negative images we associate with certain genres. DC is very proud of the Godfather of go go, and rightfully so. May the man rest in peace and may the music keep playing.

School's over. I have to sleep.

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Anonymous wrote:To all the people who think it's not possible for a local to not know who Chuck Brown was, is there the same lack of belief if you grew up here but don't know who Fugazi was? I grew up here - DC native, black, went to DCPS, didn't have too many white friends, and I never heard of Fugazi until I was an adult and heard it mentioned on NPR.

I think the double standard applies here - in the 90s, go-go was on the radio ALL THE TIME. But not Fugazi - maybe one Waiting Room song made the radio on 99.1, and while lots of white people used to listen to 95.5 and 93.9, I doubt the converse was true about 99.1 (I didn't even really listen to 99.1 and I'm white). I did both though - went to go-go's (early 90s), and went to see Fugazi (circa 88-89).

Yeah, I grew up here, and I am just generally music-clueless. I had never heard of Chuck Brown NOR Fugazi. I, being white, had heard other references to Fugazi a few years ago in my 20s but still never paid it much attn. I (again, being white but generally music clueless) started hearing about Chuck Brown and go-go this past week or so. So yeah, I can attest: as a native yet musically clueless indiv., I view CB and F about the same. By virtue of my race, ,maybe I heard of F a few years earlier than CB, but neither was particularly meaningful to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Shame on you. People complain about DC but then don't know any of the cool things about it. Inform yourself. Get a clue.

What if we just don't find it cool?

I'm glad Chuck Brown brought joy to a lot of people and am sure he will be missed by people who knew him and are interested in this "GoGo" thing. It was extremely important for the popular culture of this city for several decades in the 20th century, but tastes change as cities change.