This is a little wisdom that was passed onto me, and now I'm passing it onto you....
Everyone Can't Be in Your FRONT ROW.
Life is a theater so invite your audiences carefully. Not everyone is holy enough and healthy enough to have a FRONT ROW seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships, friendships, fellowships, and family!
Everyone Can't Be in Your FRONT ROW.
Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention to: Which ones lift and which one lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are just going downhill? When you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse?
Everyone Can't Be in Your FRONT ROW.
The more you seek God and the things of God, the more you seek quality, the more you seek not just the hand of God but the face of God, the more you seek things honorable, the more you seek growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the FRONT ROW and who should be moved to the BALCONY of your life.
Everyone Can't Be in Your FRONT ROW.
You cannot change the people around you...but you can change the people you are around! Ask God for wisdom and discernment and choose wisely the people who sit in the FRONT ROW of your life.
Remember that FRONT ROW seats are for special and deserving people and those who sit in Your FRONT ROW should be chosen
carefully.
Everyone Can't Be in Your FRONT ROW.
THINK ABOUT IT.........
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Go-Go is a subgenre of funk music developed in and around Washington, D.C. in the mid and late 1970s. While its musical classification, influences, and origins are debated, Chuck Brown (b. 1934) is regarded as the fundamental force behind the creation of go-go music.
Go-Go is defined by continuous, complex, heavy rhythm arrangements focused through two motifs performed on multiple congas, tumbadoras, and rototoms, interspersed with timbale and cowbell parts, driven by heavy-footed drumming and punctuated by crowd call-and-response. A swing rhythm is often implied (if not explicitly stated).
Some go-go bands have seen varying degrees of success nationally and worldwide, but Washington, D.C. remains the preeminent center for the music.
History
Chuck Brown, a fixture on the Washington music scene with Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers ("We the People", "Ashley's Roachclip"), inspired other local bands in the mid-1970s to incorporate go-go music more and more into their standard live shows. This included the funk-driven Trouble Funk and the rock-influenced E.U., who became the most popular bands on the go-go music scene by the end of the 70s. Brown's 1979 hit single "Bustin' Loose" was the culmination of go-go music's early success. Trouble Funk briefly signed with New Jersey's Sugar Hill Records, where they released the minor hit "Pump Me Up". E.U. scored a national hit when they performed their song "Da Butt" in the Spike Lee motion picture School Daze in 1988.
The next generation of go-go featured The Junk Yard Band and Rare Essence, two enduring bands that gained popularity after go-go had become established. The Junk Yard Band began as a group of children as young as nine years old, performing music on a hodge-podge of discarded items fashioned into musical instruments. They signed and toured with New York's Def Jam Records, where they released the 12-inch single "The Word". Rare Essence, who was mentored at a young age by Chuck Brown, signed briefly with Mercury Records, but both bands' prominence were primarily established in and around Washington and the Mid-Atlantic area.
Many of these bands still perform today, along with successive generations of bands. Go-Go is always performed live at nightclubs, neighborhood parties, and sometimes with famous singers. Go-Go initially spread through the distribution of free cassette tapes, and is now found locally in the Maryland, Washington D.C., and Virginia area for sale on CDs.
Go-go clubs sometimes acquired a reputation for violence, and in some areas of Washington, clubs are not permitted to play go-go or have go-go bands appear. One well-publicized venue with trouble was Club U, located inside a DC government building at the corner of 14th Street NW and U Street NW, where a murder and other incidents happened before the club was closed.
Modern Day
Recently, there has been an explosion of go-go influenced music on mainstream radio that can be attributed mostly to Rich Harrison, the Washington, D.C., born producer who has infused go-go with his personal sound.
In 2003, Harrison worked with Beyonc?nowles producing her single "Crazy in Love", which sampled the Chi-Lites "Are You My Woman?". The song was a huge international success and reinvented the go-go genre, bringing it back into the mainstream.
Beyonc?nowles's 2006 album, B'Day, also features go-go influenced music. It was released on the 4th of September and has been receiving favorable reviews despite negativity surrounding the album.
In 2005, Harrison wrote and produced for Korean-American R&B singer Amerie and her go-go influenced hit single "1 Thing." Amerie is also from the Washington, DC / Baltimore area and the single reached the top ten on the US Billboard Charts (peaked at 8) and the top ten within the UK. Amerie?s sophomore album, Touch, has several go-go influenced songs.
Other popular artists like Ludacris and Nelly are said to have go-go influenced songs, such as Nelly's "Hot in Herre," which incorporated the hook from Chuck Brown's 1979 #1 R&B hit "Bustin' Loose."
Go-go has taken on a decidedly more percussion oriented sound in its current day form. Rarely does one hear any horns, extensive keyboard work or bass guitars. The emphasis now, popularized by the Backyard Band, is on drums, particularly the snare drum, the tom-tom, cymbals, rollatons, timbales, congas and the like. There is however a retro movement going back to go-go's original days as marathon sessions of the popular R&B songs of the day. The bands playing that style include Suttle Thoughts, Familiar Faces and others that cater to a 30 and over audience. The fanbase for this retro go-go genre is increasing.
Some go-go artists have been able to branch out into other forms of entertainment. Most notably, Anwan "Big G" Glover, a founding member of Backyard Band, has taken the role as Slim Charles on HBO's hit show "The Wire."2
Popular Go-Go bands and songs
*Backyard Band ("91 Dope Jam", "Unibomber", "Skillet")
*Chuck Brown ("Bustin Loose," "That'll Work," "Money")
*E.U. (Experience Unlimited) ("Da Butt," "EU Freeze," "Future Funk")
*Junk Yard Band ("Sardines," "Rough it Off," "Go Hard")
*Little Benny and the Masters ("Cat in the Hat")
*Northeast Groovers ("Van Damme," "Off the Muscle," "The Water")
*Rare Essence ("Lock It," "Work the Walls," "Body Moves")
*Trouble Funk ("Pump Me Up," "Drop the Bomb," "Don't touch that Stereo")
*Uncalled 4 Band ("Get Get Mission", "V.S.O.P.", "Sexy Lady")
*Critical Condition Band("Roll Call", "Spanish Fly", "Jiggle It")
Up and Coming Go-Go Bands
The following list, while not complete, is of newer Go-go bands. Many are also known by their three letter acronyms.
*3hird Dimension Band (3DB)
*All About Money (ABM)
*Bad Intentions Band (BIB)
*Black Passion Band
*Cold Hearted Band
*Critical Condition Band (CCB)
*Da Reaction Band (DORA)
*Drastic Measures Band (DMB)
*Fatal Attraction Band
*Fatback Band (FBB)
*(The) Firm Project
*Guaranteed Satisfaction Band (GSB)
*Good Intentions Band (GIB)
*Having Only One Dream/Having Our Own Dream (HOOD)
*Mental Attraction Band (MAB)
*Mad Collision Band (MCB)
*Maximum Damage Band (MDB)
*Money Over Ladies (MOB)
*Nexx Level
*New World Order (NWO)
*Parental Advisory Band (PAB)
*Psycho Misses Band (PMS)
*Raw Image
*Take Over Band (TOB)
*Too Much Attention Band (TMA)
*Top Priority Band (TPB)
*Total Control Band (TCB)
*Total Destruction Band (TDB)
*Trinidad Bombsquad (or Trinidad Bomb Squad) (TBS)
*Perfection Band
*Undisputed Band
*Unseen Band
*Young Black Image (YBI)
*Young Gangsta Band (YGB)
Go-Go bands who play some R&B
*Familiar Faces
*LiSSEN Band
*Suttle Thoughts
*Go-Go Last.fm GroupLast.fm Group Page
*GoGoRadio GoGo radio station
*Take Me Out to the Go-Go
*The History of Go-Go
*Go-go Music from the All Music Guide
*Washingtonpost.com MP3 -list of gogo bands with free downloads.
*My GoGo Music Portal - My GoGo Music Portal
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