18. "you're ignoring the whole Philly Soul era." In response to In response to 14
>There are disco songs that I like but the music isn't as >technically interesting as jazz or funk of the time and didn't >have the depth of emotion like soul music.
Have you ever heard "Bad Luck" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes?
> >It didn't help disco's credibility that it seemed to be >marketed to White audiences who may or may not have been >interested in listening to Black music which was socially >conscious and more challenging.
That's a stereotype. The shitty Disco we've come to despise was mostly white acts trying to imitate the sound. That corny shit is the equivalent of Vanilla Ice being considered Hip-Hop. A shitty version of it.