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- Chuck Brown, Go-Go Swing Medley. View this video on YouTube. youtube.com.
- Chuck Brown and The Soul Searchers, "Bustin' Loose" View this video on YouTube. youtube.com.
- Chuck Brown, "Wind Me Up" View this video on YouTube.
- Chuck Brown and The Soul Searchers, "Day-O" View this video on YouTube. youtube.com. After you've gotten the foundation, you should check out these other classic go-go jams
Aug 11, 2023 · 1. We Got the Beat. I’m starting the list with the Go-Go’s best-selling and highest-charting single in the US. “We Got the Beat” was originally released in 1980 as a single only and is effectively their debut song. However, it was later reissued in 1981 and made it to #2 on the US Billboard charts. It also went Gold in the US and Canada.
- Chuck Brown and The Soul Searchers, “Bustin’ Loose”
- E.U., “Knock Him Out Sugar Ray”
- E.U., “E.U. Freeze”
- Trouble Funk, “Pump Me Up”
- Trouble Funk, “Drop The Bomb”
- Trouble Funk, “Let’s Get Small”
- Kurtis Blow and E.U., “Party Time”
- Slim, “It’s in The Mix”
- Trouble Funk, “Trouble Funk Express”
- Trouble Funk, “4th Gear”
This 1978 opus from the album of the same name is often cited as the first recording to contain elements of go-go. “‘Bustin’ Loose’ was a Top 40 funk record with elements of go-go, especially in the breakdown,” Big Tony later said. The record, with its irresistible percussive breakdown, found its way into the crates of many New York DJs, becoming a...
In 1980, go-go wasn’t even a household term in D.C. The go-go records that made it outside of the Virginia-Maryland-D.C. region were seen as funk records, as was the case with Experience Unlimited’s “Knock Him Out Sugar Ray.” Many of hip-hop’s early DJs like Charlie Chase of the Cold Crush Brothers and the late DJ Darryl C of the Crash Crew began t...
Almost a decade before they would find national fame with “Da Butt,” E.U. dropped this gem — the B side to “Knock Him Out Sugar Ray” — that would be name-checked in Kurtis Blow’s “Party Time.” Musically, “E.U. Freeze” is like a stripped-down version of its A side counterpart, with band members instructing listeners in different places like D.C, Atl...
“Pump Me Up” was a special record. It captured not only the magic of rap, which was still a new genre — hitting the music scene less than a year before “Pump Me Up” — but also the drum-heavy power of go-go, which was still new to its native D.C. Trouble Funk’s members, who didn’t claim to be MCs, actually did the rhyming. References to characters f...
“Drop the Bomb” was released in 1981 as part of the live double album Straight Up Funk Go-Go Style,which some (including Fat Tony) consider to be the genre’s official debut on record. The popularity of the song forced the band, which recorded on its own label, TF Records, to release the song as a single. In 1982, Sylvia Robinson’s Sugar Hill Record...
“Let’s Get Small” stands out among a run of undeniable early-Eighties singles from Trouble Funk, including “So Early in the Morning,” “The Beat,” “Hey Fellas,” and “E Flat Boogie.” In spots, the track is full of incredible guitar and horn work, thumping bass, and melodic keyboard lines. In others, it features little more than percussion — and the p...
Although Trouble Funk merged rap and go-go in 1980, it took a few years for actual rap artists to catch on. Go-go was so regional that rappers were only able to experience it when they visited or performed in D.C. Kurtis Blow, rap’s first superstar and the genre’s first artist to sign to a major record label, witnessed go-go’s power when he headlin...
“It’s in the Mix” is basically a Trouble Funk song topped by the call-and-response vocals and party-fueling antics of band associate Slim on top. The intro contains Slim’s signature “Don’t touch that stereo” a cappella, which became so popular that most people called the song by that name. “Slim was just a Trouble Funk fan who came to the shows, an...
The futuristic sounds of Germany’s Kraftwerk made their way into hop-hop early on through songs like “The Man Machine,” “Numbers,” and “Trans-Europe Express.” (The Soul Sonic Force’s game-changing “Planet Rock” was based heavily on the latter song.) Always a forward-thinking band, Trouble Funk took what was an electronic-music and hip-hop staple an...
Trouble Funk’s “4th Gear” appeared on their 1983 triple album In Times of Trouble, released on their own D.E.T.T. label. The live portion of the album was later picked up by Island and renamed Saturday Night Live.More polished than their previous live albums, many fans regard this as their best live outing. In particular, “4th Gear” has been sample...
May 12, 2021 · The Go-Go’s Top 10. 10. The Go-Go’s – Turn To You. 9. The Go-Go’s – Club Zero. 8. The Go-Go’s – Fading Fast. 7. The Go-Go’s – How Much More. 6. The Go-Go’s – Lust To Love. 5. The Go-Go’s – This Town. 4. The Go-Go’s – Head Over Heels. 3. The Go-Go’s – Vacation. 2. The Go-Go’s – We Got The Beat. 1. The Go-Go’s – Our Lips Are Sealed. via Facebook.
May 5, 2016 · Pump Me Up, Trouble Funk. The most sampled song in go-go music history — nearly 130 times to date. I'm Getting Ready, Doug E. Fresh. A classic go-go song from a big supporter and fan of the...
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Nov 3, 2021 · 14 min read. ·. Nov 3, 2021. Image: Ron Baker. The Go-Go’s are lauded, accurately, as the first group of women musicians to write their own songs and play their own instruments on a number...
