Recently I watched the quintessential movie on the history of house music, āPump up the Volumeā. A couple of things that stood out to me:
It should have been obvious to me, but I did not realize how house was derived from disco.
The movieās definition of ājackingā and what we consider jacking now are very different.
One of the intervieweeād tries to imply that disco was āblack musicā. This struck me as kinda strange, because disco killed funk, and funk was undeniably black music. Ergo, wouldnāt one assume that disco was white music? Or maybe Saturday Night Fever has got me all mixed up.
This song is obviously disco-friendly,Ā and itās also a popular whacking song today. For me, itās one of those songs that I mistakenly put on while Iām doing the dishes but end up dancing to instead.
Patrice Rushen - Havenāt you heard?
