Recently I watched the quintessential movie on the history of house music, “Pump up the Volume”. 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 movie’s definition of “jacking” and what we consider jacking now are very different.
One of the interviewee’d tries to imply that disco was “black music”. This struck me as kinda strange, because disco killed funk, and funk was undeniably black music. Ergo, wouldn’t one assume that disco was white music? Or maybe Saturday Night Fever has got me all mixed up.
This song is obviously disco-friendly, and it’s also a popular whacking song today. For me, it’s one of those songs that I mistakenly put on while I’m doing the dishes but end up dancing to instead.
Patrice Rushen - Haven’t you heard?