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2641894, yeah, i've always felt that that was the difference bw soul and rock
Posted by AFKAP_of_Darkness, Wed Dec-21-11 11:48 AM
Rock was all about freaking out and letting it all hang loose.
Soul was about being passionate, but under control.
(I could link that to the Civil Rights movement, and how protesters had to remain calm and controlled when defying segregation laws, but I have neither the time nor the inclination right now)
It's also the difference between funk (as played by James Brown) and the Funk genre of the 1970s, which was largely about Black guys wanting to have their own answer to Rock.
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