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John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

Maybe I'm being silly but having casually studied music to some extent for three decades, I think 'dance music', as enjoyed by joe public listening to recorded music, started around 1900-1910, like Edwardian times, but there are centuries of dance music before that, and after the Edwardian times we had parlour dance music and then fox-trot dance bands, and then jazz and then rock'n'roll' and then pop/disco but......

apparently it all actually started in 1988, according to the BBC.........

The Guardian isn't impressed....... quite right!!!!!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/07/radio.bbc

Wink

Seriously though, yes seriously, modern dance music in the UK needs to define itself a bit better; dance music in the geographical area now known as UK, has been around for about 80,000 years.

I'm welcome to correction on my chronology.... and my grammar/spelling, as i'm rather pissed at this momen......

RobbieM · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:12 am Post subject:

I agree with you, John. It's much like the common definition for what is called "R&B" music - as exemplified by that horrible warbling and repetitive shouting that can be heard coming out of people's cars as they drive by on a cold day with windows open.

I was talking to some young guys and gals about this recently. They mentioned that they liked "R&B", so I said "Oh, you mean stuff like B.B.King, Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Macio Merryweather, John Lee Hooker or even John Mayall, etc?" and they just looked at me blankly.
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iwarburton · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland

Quite right. My mother was a qualified Scottish Dancing teacher--indeed, at the time of her death in 2003 she was thought to be one of the longest-qualified teachers in the UK. The work that she carried out in the field indicated that its roots went back several centuries.

I quite like watching Scottish Country Dancing and find its music pleasant enough to listen to. But, when it comes to participation, I'm afraid I've got two left feet!

Ian.