E07: Love, Love, Love

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In this week's episode, Tim and Jeremy are discussing love as the central affect of countercultural dance practice. They talk about the heteronormativity of the post-war period and the queerness of many male '60s pop singers, the religious antecedents to both the anti-war and the psychedelic movements, and the embrace of love as a universal force in both rock and jazz music of the period. They describe a continuum of dancefloor experience that runs from spiritual rapture to eroticised mating ritual, and place the collective experience of shared ecstacy through dance along that time. Finally, Tim and Jeremy recount the special place David Mancuso held for songs about love, and reflect on how Coronavirus has deprived us of that special type of dancefloor friendship.

Join us next episode as Tim and Jeremy ask - why the '70s?

Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.

Tracklist:
Big Mamma Thornton - Hound Dog
Elvis - Hound Dog
Love - Alone Again Or
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme pt1, Acknowledgement
Weldon Irvine - Love Your Brother
MFSB - Love Is The Message
Donna Summer - I Feel Love