Songs of Joy
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sadmanbarty
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i can't wait to take craner to the funfair. get his face painted. candyfloss. he'll have too much sugar and have a tantrum on the bus back from blackheath.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
ya OK you've got me there, more or less, maybe not Gibbons necessarily but correct sentiment
Gibbons specifically did have some highly joyous remixes but not all of them. his tracks are usually extended 12 minute workouts full of peaks + valleys, clattering layers of percussion, piano, long minimal grooves, soaring cut up diva snippets, drop outs, instruments + voices cutting in + out, random noises. he truly was the Lee Perry mad scientist of disco to Levan's (I guess) King Tubby. some of his tracks are sultry (Hit + Run), melancholic (Set It Off), some are full on avant weirdo disco (Moon Maiden, his remixes of Arthur Russell). he was a deep cat.
this is the most straightforward I think - completely drops the vocals + condenses the original down into 5 minutes of pure unadulterated proto-house bliss
this is probably the most uplifting of those long workouts, too sprawling + disjointed to be really joyous I think but still great
also tbf he did find+ break Stand On the Word, the ne plus ultra of gospel uplift repurposed into dancefloor uplift, even if he didn't produce it
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padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
fwiw I'm also completely down with psychedelic joy, I'd just associate it more with euphoria, introspection, etc depending on the drug
like I was saying hardcore is mostly euphoric, which I'd distinguish from joy, others may not.
was trying to think of joyous jungle tracks, most of sweet soul jungle is more kinda blissed out than joy, not the the uplift. finally thought of this:
idk, the non-specificity of "everybody can be" - everybody can be what? whatever you want to be, a v kinda general uplift. PLUR joy I guess.
like I was saying hardcore is mostly euphoric, which I'd distinguish from joy, others may not.
was trying to think of joyous jungle tracks, most of sweet soul jungle is more kinda blissed out than joy, not the the uplift. finally thought of this:
idk, the non-specificity of "everybody can be" - everybody can be what? whatever you want to be, a v kinda general uplift. PLUR joy I guess.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
I don't disagree with this btw
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
also always enjoy Ain't Nobody v. I Feel For You callbacks
jenks
thread death
In was going to put I'm Set Free on here as well as What Goes On - VU are oddly more joyful than many may think.
craner
Beast of Burden
I actually live up the road from a permanent fairground.
droid
Well-known member
Replete with its own tormentors as well. The grinning hellspawn who sees you clinging onto the waltzer and clambers over to give you an extra twirl, or the dead eyed big wheel operator that leaves you hanging at the top for 15 minutes in -3 degree windchill.
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luka
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droid
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Actually, I will give a pass to LunEUR on the edge of Rome, a mile or so from Mussolini's square colosseum. They had some cool petrol powered boat bumpers, plus was next to a park populated by nocturnal transexual prostitutes.
Tibadabo in Barcelona too, overpriced but a fantastic location and a brilliant horror house, hotel Kruger.
But if youre ever in Gardaland, avoid this mushroom tree at all costs.
Tibadabo in Barcelona too, overpriced but a fantastic location and a brilliant horror house, hotel Kruger.
But if youre ever in Gardaland, avoid this mushroom tree at all costs.
craner
Beast of Burden
You're always welcome. Everbody should come, it could be a Dissensus Conference down the Island. It'll be just like Yalta!
droid
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lol. Including the bugged bedrooms?
