Re: 2 DAYS AND COUNTING!!

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:59:13 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.horror
Size: 2,287 bytes

"bod" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
news:bdftk1$sh4f6$email-address-deleted...
>
> "Hawkeye" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
> news:QBKKa.27123$Ab2.51379@sccrnsc01...
>
> > alt horror radio 2 - electric boogaloo
> >
>
> ive allways wonderd...what the fuck is a boogaloo???
> does any one know or was it a word made up to sell a crap film??
>
Publisher's Weekly
In 1965, the boogaloo, a dance akin to the jitterbug as well as the
title of a record by a Chicago soul group, leapt out of the communities
of black America and swept across America. Since then, insiders in the
music industry have used the word boogaloo to describe rhythm and blues,
or soul music. Musicologist Kempton traces the genealogy of boogaloo in
this grand and sweeping survey of the history of soul music in America.
He masterfully narrates the careers of several musicians who played key
roles in establishing the legacy of boogaloo. Sam Cooke, for example,
molded his sweet and seductive style in his early days with the
traveling gospel group, the Soul Stirrers. When Cooke discovered that he
could make soul music by simply changing the words of many of the gospel
tunes he was crooning, his career took a new and lucrative turn. Kempton
also focuses on the ways that boogaloo captured the hearts not only of
black Americans but also of white teenagers, driving men like Berry
Gordy and the founders of Stax Records to find singers who could
capitalize on this crossover appeal. In addition to profiles of Cooke
and Gordy, Kempton offers detailed portraits of two other men-gospel
great Thomas Dorsey and Parliament Funkadelic's leader, George
Clinton-instrumental in making boogaloo the soul of American music. In a
brilliant sketch of the history of rap music, Kempton anoints Tupac
Shakur, Dr. Dre and other rappers as heirs to these R&B musicians,
arguing elegantly that hip-hop is modern boogaloo. (June) Forecast:
While Kempton's survey of rap music is alone worth the price of the
book, his brilliant survey of boogaloo as the heart of American music
and his fast-paced and engaging storytelling make this one of the best
books of music journalism so far this year. Kempton gives a real treat
here with a survey rarely done so well. Copyright 2003 Reed Business
Information.