Responses to ‘Re: Mystery of Love’
That Hi-NRG has been consigned to the memory-hole and is rarely mentioned is most likely down to this:
s M i l e <(Address removed)> said:
Lord Borthbury <(Address removed)> said:
dub kult <(Address removed)> said:
interesting text, but the track doesn't particularly do it for me. not
in the way, say, love can't turn around doesI much prefer it to "Love Can't Turn Around" as I find the Pandy vocals just too cheesy, a bit too Hi-NRG. Interestingly, Hi-NRG is rarely mentioned in histories of dance music, and is in many ways the missing link between disco and house music.
Lord Borthbury
That Hi-NRG has been consigned to the memory-hole and is rarely mentioned is most likely down to this:
I'd also wager that it contributed to a most pronounced spike in homophobia in the weeks and months following its release.
Well this is nothing particularly like Hi-NRG or the original Chicago tracks, but it is pure Chicago house, which is my excuse for mentioning it.
Insanely brilliant track. Jacks like an absolute motherfucker. Detroit, Space, Car Factories? Yer arse - get the drum machines on and let's get rocking. Come back early 90s Relief Records!
