As with so many musical genres, boundaries are blurry, definitions unclear. The Dance is a group that was formed in 1979, and the album featured here was released in 1982, and is considered part of the post-punk genre and part of the electropunkfunk/No Wave scene of New York City. As described on their MySpace page, you will find influences from Hip Hop, funk, punk, reggae and so on, culminating in what is truly a great album start to finish, and is truly danceable. But how can you listen to this album without, by track 2, thinking...Soul Force
How is this so different than Blondie who is part of the "punk" genre? In my humble opinion, Blondie is the more radio-friendly of the two, and therefore more easily classified in a genre whose boundaries seem limitless, and has become more about attitude and an in-your-face aesthetic rather than a particular sound. Here is Blondie's 1976 debut, nearly as danceable as the above.Blondie
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I don't think I have seen The Dance posted anywhere. Thank you for this. Also, please let us know the results of your survey!
Thank you so much for taking the survey if you indeed completed it! I don't think I have seen The Dance posted anywhere, either, but that is why blogging exists! Thanks again.
soul force is an excellent record
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