This documentary started good (yet where is Kraftwerk btw?) but then stayed way too focused on the UK. In the mid 1990's it was Holland, Belgium, France and Germany that developed house music and techno into new different directions, not the UK (except garage). Also, not a single word is said about the Loveparade????
Great doc but it lacked the NYC scene after Todd Terry and the Paradise Garage. While they did mention MAW, it failed to mention all the labels, producers & DJs that forged a deep house sound in NYC in 88, 89, 91 like Nugroove, Strictly, Quark, Blaze, Tommy Musto, Junior, Morales, Roger S, The NJ Sound, Kerri Chandler etc. Not to mention the Baltimore/DC cats Doug Lazy etc.
I remember when house was just called "house". I appreciate all the dance stuff that has come about since. But for me, I can't get enough of the feeling when I hear a house track that has roots in disco and soul. That's true house. Anything else is house with a footnote piggy-backed on the coolness that was house way back when.
Mille grazie for posting this documentary on the tube. I sincerely enjoyed to listen to all these great people, their stories and their fabulous music. Though I was born in 87 and never enjoyed the beginning, in the end there is no beginning and no end to house. As said in the end this kind of music and rythms are way older than the music we had to listen to bedore house came on.
I wish this documentary would have mention arts like Colonel Abrams,Rick Ashley, C&C Music Factory and little more about the Black Box and Martha Walsh drama.
The makers think the world revolves around US/UK or what?!! The music did not stop in the UK in the 80's.. 87 to 89 the new beat was a sub culture in the mainland Europe and in the 90's Belgium was an even a bigger influence in the scene!
funny thing about the reggae invasion is that the brits who got into it where the original "skinheads" who werent racists - but working class rebels who loved to party - many of them were black (i knew of one in college ) when the movement got to america many of them got absorbed buy the neo nazi party - the total antithesis of the the skinhead movement - of course the racist skinheads are the most infamous -paradoxical yes- always leave room 4 irony -
excellent doc- it would have been a bit more complete if it mentioned the influence the house movement of the 80's had on hip hip - at one point in time many of the big name artists had a house teack on their album e.g. Queen Latifah - "come into my house" - Heavy D and the boxz - " we got our own thing" - the Jungle Brothers - "I'll house you" - ect. - also there is another documentary on the tube which which sheds light on another invasion which was that of reggae to britain in the 60's
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whether you like it or not...house music will always be an American invention which the Brits fucked up adding all the tech shit that you have now. Thanks again to the British for fucking things up once again....
Lol. You are obviously not very bright. This documentary was about how the UK imported House music from America - it isn't claiming to have created the sound. Brainless Idiot. :)
how did the british fuck it up? people are always making something different...im sure some people think you americans fucked up disco by creating house, im sure people think people fucked up RnB by creating disco...music progresses, if people didnt create new things and develop stuff then we'd still be in the stone ages man!! people have different tastes...you obv like house, thats your opinion and i respect that...i like house aswell but i also love all the music that stemmed from it!!!
i cant believe u said that. im american and i believe the british have added to the popularity of the genre and i think you should watch the first minute and a half of this segment again because a house music legend disagrees with you
OMG, yes - what would that time have been without Tyree, Fast Eddie, Doug Lazy, etc...yeah, they shoulda left the cameras in Chi Town a witttle bit longer!
Incredibly short shrift given to the NYC house scene- and NO mention of Jersey. Coming back to NY was sort of almost an afterthought, like oh yeah, house still exists back from where it came. The only club in NYC mentioned was Garage- what about the Loft? Or Sound Factory? Or NJ's Zanzibar? Or Shelter? More attention was given to D&B than to what happened with house itself over the past decade. Too bad so much was left out, considering the strong start to the series.
They left out the American side bcuz it was filmed in the U.K. Also there really is very little interest in house in the united states bcuz the major labels do not know how to make money off of house. The labels want a cute face smiling and dancing in videos to sell records. Just remember Todd "God" Terry is from nyc...M.A.W. Joey Beltram..BRING BACK NYC HOUSE !!!!
the early years were moving more slowly, easier to give attention to, after 88 things started mushrooming very quickly, too many scenes to cover in a mainstream TV doc unfortunately. This is also a very British perspective, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and France all contributed to the development of dance music in the 90s, none of this is considered here. There are different histories, different narratives, the one here is told by a handful of main players, that's just lazy.
Lazy is an unkind thing to say about such a great documentary. The story is still continuing and too big to be told in one film. Though I agree with you that people in other places around the globe contributed too.
i.e. samples of hardhouse, progressive house, trance, hardcore, happy-hardcore and schranz would have been nice...
BeNNzuFG 3 months ago
This documentary started good (yet where is Kraftwerk btw?) but then stayed way too focused on the UK. In the mid 1990's it was Holland, Belgium, France and Germany that developed house music and techno into new different directions, not the UK (except garage). Also, not a single word is said about the Loveparade????
BeNNzuFG 3 months ago
Great doc but it lacked the NYC scene after Todd Terry and the Paradise Garage. While they did mention MAW, it failed to mention all the labels, producers & DJs that forged a deep house sound in NYC in 88, 89, 91 like Nugroove, Strictly, Quark, Blaze, Tommy Musto, Junior, Morales, Roger S, The NJ Sound, Kerri Chandler etc. Not to mention the Baltimore/DC cats Doug Lazy etc.
drrtynewyork 3 months ago
Loved the documentary. Thank you so much!!!
Domzdream 4 months ago
Or dubstep. Eurgh!
Domzdream 4 months ago
Uegh. I don't like garrage.
Domzdream 4 months ago
Juan Atkins
supravista 7 months ago
One of the best documentaries I've ever seen! Great to understand the history of how this genre of music has evolved! Thanks for the upload.
hayd1981 7 months ago
they should've mentioned green velvet as well, very insightful documentary though
TrentH190 7 months ago
Some french house would of been nice
Pomaori 10 months ago
@Pomaori Right? I mean that was the House of the late 90s!
mantax55 3 months ago in playlist More videos from HistoryOfHouse
I agree with a lot of you. They should have included Hip-House. Still a good doc tho. Especially the early years.
Murphyd0g 11 months ago
WHATS THE TUNE AT 1.30???
kingeric77 1 year ago
@kingeric77
Its Double 99...Rip Groove
STANGPEDE805REMIXER 1 year ago
Hip-House IS missing...Tyree, Master Mixi and Skinny Scotty, KyZe, Kraze, Jungle Bros. to name a few..Hip House was IT!!
marcoshc1966 1 year ago
@marcoshc1966
Well said!......Mr Lee and Twin Hype's "For those who like to groove" to add to that list!
STANGPEDE805REMIXER 1 year ago
I remember when house was just called "house". I appreciate all the dance stuff that has come about since. But for me, I can't get enough of the feeling when I hear a house track that has roots in disco and soul. That's true house. Anything else is house with a footnote piggy-backed on the coolness that was house way back when.
Noallegiance18 1 year ago 4
Mille grazie for posting this documentary on the tube. I sincerely enjoyed to listen to all these great people, their stories and their fabulous music. Though I was born in 87 and never enjoyed the beginning, in the end there is no beginning and no end to house. As said in the end this kind of music and rythms are way older than the music we had to listen to bedore house came on.
House music all night long!
florijnisfijn 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this so awesome to see so many great old tunes...loved it!
dancefloordemon 1 year ago
BEST. DOCUMENTARY. EVER!!!!!
JMJRTV 1 year ago
I wish this documentary would have mention arts like Colonel Abrams,Rick Ashley, C&C Music Factory and little more about the Black Box and Martha Walsh drama.
Heru3737 1 year ago
@Heru3737 rick assley is not house by any means all the other artist you mentioned are
morisblack2 11 months ago
'The quest for the perfect beat continues, talktal'...
moonrunner303 1 year ago
it does all become drivel after acid house.
talktal 1 year ago
Great documentary.
scottvska 1 year ago
The makers think the world revolves around US/UK or what?!! The music did not stop in the UK in the 80's.. 87 to 89 the new beat was a sub culture in the mainland Europe and in the 90's Belgium was an even a bigger influence in the scene!
AsGardSGO 2 years ago
wats the name of the song at 1:50 ??
durtybeats36 2 years ago
funny thing about the reggae invasion is that the brits who got into it where the original "skinheads" who werent racists - but working class rebels who loved to party - many of them were black (i knew of one in college ) when the movement got to america many of them got absorbed buy the neo nazi party - the total antithesis of the the skinhead movement - of course the racist skinheads are the most infamous -paradoxical yes- always leave room 4 irony -
diodoro73 2 years ago
excellent doc- it would have been a bit more complete if it mentioned the influence the house movement of the 80's had on hip hip - at one point in time many of the big name artists had a house teack on their album e.g. Queen Latifah - "come into my house" - Heavy D and the boxz - " we got our own thing" - the Jungle Brothers - "I'll house you" - ect. - also there is another documentary on the tube which which sheds light on another invasion which was that of reggae to britain in the 60's
diodoro73 2 years ago
whats the song playing in the beginning?
thecalmmusicalspirit 2 years ago
It is "Clap your Hands" by Dj Pierre and Marshall Jefferson, from 2000... grrrrreat tune!!!
enrico06 2 years ago
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bgaslx18 2 years ago
Pierre has such an awesome mentality towards music. Cool dude.
slytown 2 years ago
LOL - UK Garage existed back in the day before drum 'n' bass - 20 years ago. The people interviewed making these tunes prolly weren't even born then.
Basically, it ain't nothing new as nothing is now. It's all been done before. The garage played here just sounds like pure cheese.
NexDog2012 2 years ago
I think you're another getting US Garage and UKG mixed up...
mickeymusicstar 2 years ago
there is one about the NYC scene maestro
evertjan27 2 years ago
We need an American documentary of house music not a British one.
alvanson 2 years ago
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mickeymusicstar 2 years ago
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whether you like it or not...house music will always be an American invention which the Brits fucked up adding all the tech shit that you have now. Thanks again to the British for fucking things up once again....
alvanson 2 years ago
Lol. You are obviously not very bright. This documentary was about how the UK imported House music from America - it isn't claiming to have created the sound. Brainless Idiot. :)
mickeymusicstar 2 years ago 2
how did the british fuck it up? people are always making something different...im sure some people think you americans fucked up disco by creating house, im sure people think people fucked up RnB by creating disco...music progresses, if people didnt create new things and develop stuff then we'd still be in the stone ages man!! people have different tastes...you obv like house, thats your opinion and i respect that...i like house aswell but i also love all the music that stemmed from it!!!
matarac2003 2 years ago 17
You are right, I respect your opinion unlike your mate's mickey above at least you have something intelligent to say.....
alvanson 2 years ago
i cant believe u said that. im american and i believe the british have added to the popularity of the genre and i think you should watch the first minute and a half of this segment again because a house music legend disagrees with you
thecalmmusicalspirit 2 years ago
@alvanson The TB-303 was manufactured by a Japanese company, maybe they had a hand in your invention lol
Smartz1066 1 year ago
@alvanson well if an american would do such a film we would have one
morisblack2 11 months ago
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sinferia50 2 years ago
they should hav left the cameras in chicago..
they forgot hip-house N ghetto-house.
FLshadyrock 3 years ago 10
I agree- how can you do a documentary on house and not even mention DJ International records? Where's Kool Rock Steady? Where's Fast Eddie?
t1201971 3 years ago
At least one true house head understands what i feel.
It starts to get boring around part 11..
lol
Why Euro?
Why not the CAPITAL OF HOUSE!!
FLshadyrock 3 years ago 3
OMG, yes - what would that time have been without Tyree, Fast Eddie, Doug Lazy, etc...yeah, they shoulda left the cameras in Chi Town a witttle bit longer!
LibraClassic 2 years ago
@FLshadyrock "I like electro, I like retro, I like ghetto, house and techno..." Though you may or may not understand the reference there...
theempathogen 11 months ago
@FLshadyrock thet really did forget hip-house and ghetto-house
morisblack2 11 months ago
great series...thanks!
TheGoat455 4 years ago 3
Incredibly short shrift given to the NYC house scene- and NO mention of Jersey. Coming back to NY was sort of almost an afterthought, like oh yeah, house still exists back from where it came. The only club in NYC mentioned was Garage- what about the Loft? Or Sound Factory? Or NJ's Zanzibar? Or Shelter? More attention was given to D&B than to what happened with house itself over the past decade. Too bad so much was left out, considering the strong start to the series.
KTinNYC 4 years ago 4
They left out the American side bcuz it was filmed in the U.K. Also there really is very little interest in house in the united states bcuz the major labels do not know how to make money off of house. The labels want a cute face smiling and dancing in videos to sell records. Just remember Todd "God" Terry is from nyc...M.A.W. Joey Beltram..BRING BACK NYC HOUSE !!!!
imd14u2b 4 years ago 4
the early years were moving more slowly, easier to give attention to, after 88 things started mushrooming very quickly, too many scenes to cover in a mainstream TV doc unfortunately. This is also a very British perspective, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and France all contributed to the development of dance music in the 90s, none of this is considered here. There are different histories, different narratives, the one here is told by a handful of main players, that's just lazy.
digimaton 1 year ago
@digimaton
Lazy is an unkind thing to say about such a great documentary. The story is still continuing and too big to be told in one film. Though I agree with you that people in other places around the globe contributed too.
florijnisfijn 1 year ago
hellya! shareware, i love his perspective on that
electronictrip 4 years ago