2013: The return of 70s boogie?

I've noticed some of the tracks on the radio lately have a very 70s disco instrumentation. Bruno Mars' "Treasure", Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and Pharrell's "Blurred Lines" all have that treatment.

Are we going to see more of this this year? Three tracks can't be a coincidence.

I think the whole "make the old new again" thing has been going on for a while really!

When it comes to Daft Punk, hasn't the whole retro-disco thing long been part of their style? Can't really comment on the others though.

Only from Discovery onwards.

And even then, those were House track sampling Disco. "Get Lucky" is Disco in its purest form.

Umm, what the fuck are you talking about? This is '70s boogie.

Boogie is, indeed, not the most correct term, since it's ambiguous and slang-y.

"Funky dance tracks" would be a close enough term.

Or that.

edited 6th Jun '13 9:52:59 PM by PhysicalStamina

Can't we just call it what it is, disco?

Boogie is an actual genre that was prevalent in the late 70s, largely similar to disco and synth-funk. Not an ambiguous term in the slightest, particularly in this context.

No, just no. Boogie is 'a repetitive, swung note or shuffle rhythm, "groove" or pattern used in blues which was originally played on the piano in boogie-woogie music.'

That ZZ Top song I posted is boogie. What this guy plays is boogie. Disco or funk music is not boogie.

Yes, actually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_%28genre%29

http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/articles/the_building_blocks_of_boogie.html

http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Boogie/

It is a term that has seemingly been applied in retrospect, arising only really in the last decade or so but semantics about genre tagging inside, it's pretty clear what OP is referring to and yeah some of those singles definitely harken back to that sound. And no, it's not quite the same thing as disco.

It appears this thread was doomed from the start.

Can we just call it retro-style music and call it a day?

Like this?

edited 7th Jun '13 3:27:45 PM by 0dd1

Like Justin Timberlake's latest album? And Chris Brown's "Fine China"?

Yep. We're seeing a new pop trend in its initial stage.

*looks up the Chris Brown song* Wow. What a shame. If he wasn't such a reprehensible piece of human scum, I might have actually considered buying that song, since it actually sounds really good, very New Jack Swing. As it stands, though, I cannot in good conscience give that jackass any of my money.

edited 7th Jun '13 4:59:03 PM by 0dd1

...Sure, Why Not?

Pirate it.

This isn't even the first time that retro-disco has been a thing. Behold, 70s nostalgia from the ancient year 1999.

Again, the twenty year rule is in full effect. Momus explained it better than I can.

When can we be nostalgic for Beatle-based pop/rock again?

I don't think we've ever stopped liking Beatles-style pop-rock. It's just that there's a half-dozen subgenres interpreting "Beatles-style" in different ways.

Exactly. There's always been Beatles pop retro throwbacks, some bands have literally based entire careers on emulating their aesthetic and its not surprising to see bands like Tame Impala (that've based their whole sound on the Beatles' late-psychedelic era) keep topping end-of-year charts.

Well, on the pop charts I mean

The pop charts only matter as much as you let them.