That's for sure. I've played metal guitar for decades, but when I tried learning to play funk, there's a lot of nuance that take time to get right. Funk is a difficult genre to get right.shred1 wrote:Punk isn't a high craft form of music. Funk, on the other hand, requires a little dexterity and musical insight to be played well.
Well said. Funk/Disco is difficult to play AND made more money than punk. It's not for everyone, though, just as punk is not for everyone.shred1 wrote:High craft and high earnings are not the same thing.
I can't recall if it was Drew Forsyth or Rudy Sarzo, but I heard an interview with one of them saying Quiet Riot compromised their music to chase a record deal. The record companies would point to a disco song that was number one, QR would write a disco song and by the time they got it to the record company, there was a new flavor of the month and the company would want something different.shred1 wrote:The Quiet Riot sample that Paul posted is a disco track with a few power chords over top.
So there certainly was an awareness of disco and it's popularity.
It would have been cool to hear Randy's impression of Nuno Bettencourt. Nuno is the funkiest shredder I can think of and I think that Randy would have appreciated his talent, whether he liked the style or not.
That's exactly what they were trying to be. Had they had a producer like Ted Templeman they might have been successful at it, too. Glam was huge in the '70's, but it produced a lot of one hit wonders and not so many bands stood the test of time. We've got the Magic sounds just like the one-hit-wonder stuff from the '70's.Sky wrote:What were they trying to be then? Glam Rock?TAB wrote:yep some people think QR was a pop rock disco band
Had Randy not gone with Ozzy, I doubt Quiet Riot would ever have been known beyond the Sunset Strip...