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Boodang

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Valentine's gig with our punk band tonight, we billed it as 'my punk valentine', don't know why, just sounded good! 

Anyway, great gig, lots of energy and the audience were really into it. Afterwards, I'd been asked to put on my 'funk/groove' playlist to see out the night... after a while someone came up to me and asked if we could put on something that they could dance to, James Brown was playing. I looked quizzically at them as to be honest if you can't dance to that then you have a neurological issue. 

In the end I handed them my phone and let them search Spotify for what they wanted. They typed in hip hop... nothing they liked as they all had sampled James Brown beats... they typed in hip hop remix and got the result they wanted which is apparently hip-hop with the James Brown beats replaced with duff duff rhythms (if you could call it rhythm)... depressing! Modern generation (am I being age-ist?!) can't dance to James Brown.. very sad. 

 

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1 hour ago, Boodang said:

Valentine's gig with our punk band tonight, we billed it as 'my punk valentine', don't know why, just sounded good! 

Anyway, great gig, lots of energy and the audience were really into it. Afterwards, I'd been asked to put on my 'funk/groove' playlist to see out the night... after a while someone came up to me and asked if we could put on something that they could dance to, James Brown was playing. I looked quizzically at them as to be honest if you can't dance to that then you have a neurological issue. 

In the end I handed them my phone and let them search Spotify for what they wanted. They typed in hip hop... nothing they liked as they all had sampled James Brown beats... they typed in hip hop remix and got the result they wanted which is apparently hip-hop with the James Brown beats replaced with duff duff rhythms (if you could call it rhythm)... depressing! Modern generation (am I being age-ist?!) can't dance to James Brown.. very sad. 

 

It’s just a generation thing, nothing more 👍

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Boodang

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9 hours ago, Beedster said:

It’s just a generation thing, nothing more 👍

I just find it very sad that people listen to something like James Brown and say it doesn't have groove!! A sad day for mankind.

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Beedster Grand Master

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Apparently when I play DB I look like i'm dancing with a beautiful woman (comment from more than one audience member). However, when I actually dance with a beautiful woman I tend to look like I'm misusing a piece of agricultural machinery. Dancing is a complete mystery to me :) 

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Steve Browning Grand Master

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5 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Apparently when I play DB I look like i'm dancing with a beautiful woman (comment from more than one audience member). However, when I actually dance with a beautiful woman I tend to look like I'm misusing a piece of agricultural machinery. Dancing is a complete mystery to me :) 

I'm sure you're aware of the Roger's Profanasaurus definition of 'double bassing'.

Boodang Veteran

Boodang

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I think for me it was the realisation last night that the modern generation have been brain washed into thinking the only thing that has groove is a duff duff beat. 

I think they have a case for suing the music industry for nurelogical damage! 

Lozz196 Grand Master

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9 hours ago, tauzero said:

I can't dance to anything.

 

5 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

Likewise. I can move about when I'm playing but remove my bass and I'm immobile. 

Same here

chris_b Grand Master

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Other normal stuff people can't do. . . .

 

We've been asked to put digital clocks up during University exams. . . . because many students can't read the time from traditional clocks!!! Sounds like something is missing in their education.

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Leonard Smalls Grand Master

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I remember when I used to DJ at Leeds University back in the 80s...

I played almost exclusively, funk, rare groove, electro and funky disco.

I rarely had an empty dancefloor, folks were happy to get down to James Brown, Parliament, Fatback, Jonzunb Crew, Mean Machine, Trouble Funk...

But once a guy came up and asked if I had any dance music. I asked what he meant by that and he said "something like The Virgin Prunes" (this was Goth Central in 1984ish!).

And amazingly, I had Pagan Lovesong on 7".

So I put it on, the dancefloor emptied and Me-laddo wobbled about on his own for a bit.

tauzero Grand Master

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4 hours ago, chris_b said:

Other normal stuff people can't do. . . .

 

We've been asked to put digital clocks up during University exams. . . . because many students can't read the time from traditional clocks!!! Sounds like something is missing in their education.

 

That's one for the "things from your childhood that wouldn't work today" thread.

tauzero Grand Master

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10 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

Likewise. I can move about when I'm playing but remove my bass and I'm immobile. 

 

When I played bass for a ceilidh band for which Mrs Zero was the caller, she would occasionally (and sadistically) call on me to assist with demonstrating a dance. I could just about manage Strip the Willow ("Shut up, Willow Jenkins!") but it wasn't pretty.

 

TBH, my moving about while wearing a bass is quite suspect.

Terry M. Experienced

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Actually based on current dance trends amongst young people in Africa,in particular South Africa,I'm betting those kids would know what to do with a James Brown tune on the dancefloor. So maybe not entirely a generational thing. 

Dan Dare Grand Master

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9 hours ago, chris_b said:

Other normal stuff people can't do. . . .

 

We've been asked to put digital clocks up during University exams. . . . because many students can't read the time from traditional clocks!!! Sounds like something is missing in their education.

 

I bet they can't read a sundial either. Wasn't like this in my day, etc.

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LowB_FTW Mentor

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1 minute ago, Dan Dare said:

 

I bet they can't read a sundial either. Wasn't like this in my day, etc.

But … but … sundials in the UK are only useful for about 1 week each year, and that's if we are lucky. 😂

 

Mark

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nekomatic Mentor

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I am definitely not one of life’s natural dancers but some years ago I went along to a salsa class for something to do and discovered it is quite possible to learn. 

bass_dinger Mentor

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On 14/02/2025 at 21:28, Downunderwonder said:

"Get on up,

get on up,

like a...

...fax machine ".

 

At least, it is when I dance. (A historical anomaly, lots of whirring, and rarely plugged in nowadays).

 

I once signed up for a workplace session of 5 Salsa classes, and paid up-front.  I was so dreadful, that I shimied out during the first session, and when they offered a refund, I let them keep it (watching me, they had suffered enough).

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