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디스코 들으며 힘차게 새해 맞이 본문
새해가 밝았습니다.
복 많이 받으시고 또 맛있는 한 해를 보내시길 빕니다.
2022년이라니요.
2020년부터는 'sci-fi' 세상에 살고 있는 것 같다는 생각을 떨칠 수가 없습니다.
올해 태어난 아이는 대학 2041학번이 된다면서요?
춤추는 지구인의 모습을 보면서 또 힘차게 한 해를 열어 봅니다.
1977년에 개봉한 <토요일 밤의 열기Saturday Night Fever>입니다. 존 트라볼타 옹께 저런 시절이 다 있었다니, 볼 때마다 감탄합니다. 이 영화 덕에 음지에서 즐기던 디스코가 세상 밖으로 나와 인기를 끌게 되었다고 하죠. 이후 지나친 상업화로 비판도 받고 쇠퇴하기도 했지만 이 장르의 아이디어가 세대를 거치면서 꾸준히 차용되는 것을 봅니다. 작년 BTS 신곡에도 디스코가 있었죠.
저는 디스코가 막 흥할 때는 미취학 꼬마였으니 디스코 세대라고는 할 수 없지만 디스코 음악 중에도 좋아하는 것들이 많습니다. 춤사위도 재밌고요. 디스코의 특징과 역사적 의의로는,
• 춤은 남녀 한 쌍이 함께 추어야 한다는 오랜 고정관념에서 벗어나 혼자 추는 이가 등장했다는 점. 개인주의와 나르시시즘 강한 개인이 부각되기 시작.
• 한때 흥했으나 60년대 말까지 꺼져가던 단스 뮤직의 불씨를 되살리고 이후 단스 뮤직이 하나의 장르로 정착되는 데 공헌.
• 디제이DJ와 리믹스remix의 시대를 열었다는 점.
(제가 얼마 전에 소개해 드렸던 1200년경의 크리스마스 음악을 떠올려 보세요. 기존 음악 가져다 베이스에 깔고 새 음악 얹는 건 옛사람들이 이미 했던 작업이긴 합니다. 해 아래 새것은 없나니.)
• 그래서 메이저 음반사의 훈련 받은 음원 제작자들이 아닌, 악보도 볼 줄 모르고 악기도 다룰 줄 모르는 '어디서 굴러먹다 온 것들인지 알 수 없는 무리'들이 음악 제조에 참여하기 시작.
(대단한 사건이죠.)
• 게이, 백인 외 인종들, 여성 같은, 사회에서 소외된 자들을 위한 음악이었다는 점.
(디스코에는 걸출한 여성 뮤지션들이 많습니다.)
등을 들 수 있겠는데,
음악사가music historian들이 꼽는 이런 혁신 외에 순수하게 음악 관점에서 제가 디스코의 매력을 꼽자면, 강렬한 베이스 리프riff 위에 얹히는 깍쟁이 같은 스타카토 창법과 연주법. 저는 이게 흥미롭더라고요. "Yes, it is."라고 천천히 공손하게 대답하는 청소년들만 보다가 "Yes." 짧게 끊어 대답하는 신세대를 보는 것 같달까요. 아래에 링크 건 <쉬크Chic>의 '굿 타임즈Good Times'를 들어 보시면 제가 무슨 말 하는지 이해가 가실 겁니다.
좋아하는 디스코 곡들 중 몇 개를 걸어 봅니다.
<비지스>의 그 유명한 '스테잉 얼라이브'.
1977년 12월 13일 발매.
명곡이라고 생각합니다.
디스코에 걸맞는 긍정적인 메시지에, 보컬도, 코러스도, 악기들 소리도, 악곡 구성 요소들도, 전개 양상도, 다 마음에 듭니다.
<쉬크>의 '굿 타임즈'.
1979년 6월 4일 발매.
긴 버전으로 올려서 반복이 많긴 한데, 길이가 긴 곡들은 운동할 때 틀어 놓으면 좋지요. 코드 네 개(크게 보면 두 개)로 긴 곡을 잘도 이끌어 갑니다.
• Em7
• E7sus4
• A9/E
• A13/E
□(왕년에 한기타 치던 단단. 손이 너무 작아 코드 짚기 힘겨워 흥미를 다소 잃기는 했으나...)
☞ 악기별 해부
□(이 곡의 드럼, 기타, 베이스 연주법 상세 설명.)
▲ 영감이 그려준 'Good Times' 베이스 라인.
손꼽히는 명 리프.
Good Times
[Chorus]
Good times
These are the good times
Leave your cares behind
These are the good times
Good times
These are the good times
Our new state of mind
These are the good times
[Verse 1]
Happy days are here again
The time is right for makin' friends
Let's get together, how 'bout a quarter to ten?
Come tomorrow, let's all do it again
Boys will be boys, better let them have their toys
Girls will be girls, cute ponytails and curls
Must put an end to this stress and strife
I think I want to live the sporting life
[Chorus]
Good times
These are the good times
Leave your cares behind
These are the good times
Good times
These are the good times
Our new state of mind
These are the good times
[Verse 2]
A rumor has it that it's getting late
Time marches on, just can't wait
The clock keeps turning, why hesitate?
You silly fool; you can't change your fate
Let's cut a rug, a little jive and jitterbug
We want the best, we won't settle for less
Don't be a drag; participate
Clams on the half shell, and roller skates, roller skates
[Chorus]
Good times
These are the good times
Leave your cares behind
These are the good times
Good times
These are the good times
Our new state of mind
These are the good times
Good times
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
A rumor has it that it's getting late
Time marches on, just can't wait
The clock keeps turning, why hesitate?
You silly fool; you can't change your fate
Let's cut a rug, a little jive and jitterbug
We want the best, we won't settle for less
Don't be a drag; participate
Clams on the half shell, and roller skates, roller skates
[Chorus]
Good times
These are the good times
Leave your cares behind
These are the good times
Good times
These are the good times
Our new state of mind
These are the good times
위에서 말씀 드린 '강렬한 베이스 리프 위에 깍쟁이 같은 스타카토 창법과 주법'이 들리는지요? 디스코 곡들에서 자주 들리는 클리셰cliche이긴 한데 저는 이 장르의 개성이라고 여깁니다. '워킹walking' 베이스 라인도 기억해 두세요. 아래에 또 나옵니다.
디스코와 랩이 만났을 때.
힙합 트리오 <슈가힐 갱>의 귀가 즐거운 랩 '래퍼스 딜라이트'.
1979년 9월 16일 발매.
제가 랩을 좋아합니다. 말의 운율과 억양이 주는 유희란 게 또 있는데, 이게 대단히 음악적이거든요. 강박적으로 두운이나 각운 맞추는 것도 재밌고요. 남대문 시장에 가면 예전에는 시장 입구에서 박수 치고 발 구르며 '랩' 하면서 물건 팔던 상인이 있었습니다. "자아, 골라 골라 2천원!"으로 시작해 힘차게 호객을 하는데, 흥미로워서 한참을 서서 듣곤 했죠.
가사를 드릴 테니 음악 들으면서 한번 따라가 보세요. 세 명이 번갈아 가며 합니다. 중간에 음식 이야기도 잠깐 나옵니다. 거침없이 쏟아붓는 랩의 미덕 - 어디 가서 소비자로서 부당한 대우 받았는데 기가 달려 당시에는 제대로 따지지도 못 하고 집에 돌아와 속앓이하는 소심한 자들에게 대리만족과 후련함을 준달까요.
참, 베이스 리프는 위의 '굿 타임즈' 것을 따왔습니다. 요즘에는 반복되는 부분을 손쉽게 루프loop 걸어 해결하지만 이 시절만 해도 일일이 연주시켜 녹음했습니다. 이 곡의 베이스 주자도 반복해 리프 연주하느라 고생했다고 하죠. 타악기 주자가 타이밍 놓쳐 어이쿠 허겁지겁 따라가는 부분도 들립니다. 연주에서 덜컹덜컹 하는 손맛이 느껴져 좋습니다.
Rapper's Delight
I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie
To the hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock
It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
Now what you hear is not a test, I'm rappin' to the beat
And me, the groove and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
See I am Wonder Mike and I'd like to say hello
To the black, to the white, the red and the brown, the purple and yellow
But first I gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie
Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie
Let's rock, you don't stop
Rock the riddle that will make your body rock
Well, so far you've heard my voice, but I brought two friends along
And next on the mic is my man Hank: come on, Hank, sing that song
Check it out: I'm the C-a-s-an-the-o-v-a, and the rest is f-l-y
Y'see I go by the code of the doctor of the mix and these reasons, I'll tell ya why:
Y'see I'm six-foot-one and I'm tons of fun, and I dress to a T
Y'see I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali and I dress so viciously
I got bodyguards, I got two big cars that definitely ain't the wack
I got a Lincoln Continental and a sunroof Cadillac
So after school, I take a dip in the pool which is really on the wall
I got a color TV, so I can see the Knicks play basketball
Hear me talkin' 'bout checkbooks, credit cards, more money than a sucker could ever spend
But I wouldn't give a sucker or a bum from the rucker, not a dime till I made it again
Y'go hotel, motel, whatcha gonna do today? (Say what?)
Y'say I'm gonna get a fly girl gonna get some spankin', drive off in a def OJ
Everybody go hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
Say if your girl starts actin' up, then you take her friend
Master Gee, am I mellow?
It's on you, so what you gonna do?
Well, it's on n on n on on n on
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
I said m-a-s, t-e-r, a g with a double e
I said I go by the unforgettable name of the man they call the Master Gee
Well, my name is known all over the world
By all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls
I'm goin down in history
As the baddest rapper there ever could be
Now I'm feelin' the highs and ya feelin' the lows
The beat starts gettin' into your toes
Ya start poppin' ya fingers and stompin' your feet
And movin' your body while you're sittin' in your seat
And then, damn, ya start doin' the Freak
I said damn, right outta your seat
Then ya throw your hands high in the air
Ya rockin' to the rhythm, shake your derriere
Ya rockin' to the beat without a care
With the sure shot MCs for the affair
Now, I'm not as tall as the rest of the gang
But I rap to the beat just the same
I got a little face and a pair of brown eyes
All I'm here to do, ladies, is hypnotize
Singin' on n n on n on n on
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
Singin' on n n on n on on n on
Like a hot buttered a pop da pop da pop dibbie dibbie
Pop da pop pop, ya don't dare stop
Come alive, y'all, gimme what ya got
I guess by now, you can take a hunch
And find that I am the baby of the bunch
But that's okay I still keep in stride
'Cause all I'm here to do is just wiggle your behind
Singin' on n n on n on n on
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
Singin' on n n on n on on n on
Rock rock, y'all, throw it on the floor
I'm gonna freak ya here, I'm gonna feak ya there
I'm gonna move you outta this atmosphere
'Cause I'm one of a kind and I'll shock your mind
I'll put t-t-tickets in your behind
I said 1-2-3-4, come on girls, get on the floor
A-come alive, y'all, a-gimme what ya got
'Cause I'm guaranteed to make you rock
I said 1-2-3-4, tell me Wonder Mike, what are you waitin' for?
I said-a hip hop, the hippie to the hippie
The hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock
It to the bang bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
Skiddlee beebop-a we rock a scoobie doo
And guess what, America, we love you
'Cause ya rock and ya roll with so much soul
You could rock till you're a hundred and one years old
I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast
But we like hot butter on our breakfast toast
Rock it up, baby bubbah
Baby bubbah to the boogie, da bang bang da boogie
To the beat beat, it's so unique
Come on, everybody and dance to the beat
I said-a hip hop, the hippie the hippie
To the hip hip hop-a you don't stop
Rock it out, baby bubbah, to the boogie da bang bang
The boogie to the boogie da beat
I said I can't wait till the end of the week
When I'm rappin' to the rhythm of a groovy beat
And attempt to raise your body heat
Just blow your mind so that you can't speak
And do a thing but a rock and shuffle your feet
And let it change up to a dance called The Freak
And when ya finally do come in to your rhythmic beat
Rest a little while so ya don't get weak
I know a man named Hank
He has more rhymes than a serious bank
So come on, Hank, sing that song
To the rhythm of the boogie da bang bang da bong
Well, I'm imp the dimp, the ladies pimp
The women fight for my delight
But I'm the grandmaster with the three MCs
That shock the house for the young ladies
And when you come inside into the front
You do the freak, spank, and do the bump
And when the sucker MCs try to prove a point
We're treacherous trio, we're the serious joint
A-from sun-to-sun and from day-to-day
I sit down and write a brand new rhyme
Because they say that miracles never cease
I've created a devastating masterpiece
I'm gonna rock the mic till you can't resist
Everybody, I say, it goes like this:
Well, I was comin' home late one dark afternoon
A reporter stopped me for a interview
She said she's heard stories and she's heard fables
That I'm vicious on the mic and the turntables
This young reporter, I did adore
So I rocked a vicious rhyme like I never did before
She said, "Damn, fly guy, I'm in love with you!
The Cassanova legend must have been true!"
I said, "By the way, baby, what's your name?"
Said, "I go by the name of Lois Lane
And you could be my boyfriend, you surely can
Just let me quit my boyfriend called Superman"
I said, "He's a fairy, I do suppose
Flyin' through the air in pantyhose
He may be very sexy or even cute
But he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit"
I said, "You need a man who's got finesse
And his whole name across his chest
He may be able to fly all through the night
But can he rock a party till the early light?
He can't satisfy you with his little worm
But I can bust you out with my super sperm!"
I gon' do it, I gon' do it
I gon' do it, do it, do it
And I'm here, and I'm there
I'm Big Bank Hank, I'm everywhere
Just throw your hands up in the air
And party hardy like you just don't care
Let's do it, don't stop y'all
A-tick a-tock, y'all, you don't stop!
Go hotel, motel, what you gonna do today? (Say what?)
I'm gonna get a fly girl, gonna get some spank, drive off in a def OJ
Everybody go hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
You say, if your girl starts actin' up then you take her friend
I say skip, dive, what can I say?
I can't fit em all inside my OJ
So I just take half and bust them out
I give the rest to Master Gee so he could shock the house
It was twelve o'clock one Friday night
I was rockin' to the beat and feelin' all right
Everybody was dancin' on the floor
Doin' all the things they never did before
And then this fly, fly girl with a sexy lean
She came into the bar, she came into the scene
As she traveled deeper inside the room
All the fellas checked out her white sasoons
She came up to the table, looked into my eyes
Then she turned around and shook her behind
So I said to myself, "It's time for me to release
My vicious rhyme I call my masterpiece"
And now, people in the house, this is just for you
A little rap to make you boogaloo
Now the group ya hear is called phase two
And let me tell ya somethin', we're a helluva crew
Once a week we're on the street
Just a-cuttin' the jams and making it free
For you to party, ya got to have the moves
So we'll get right down and give you a groove
For you to dance, you gotta get hype
So we'll get right down and make you rock
Now the system's on and the girls are there
Ya definitely have a rockin affair
But let me tell ya somethin', there's still one fact:
That to have a party, ya got to have a rap
So when the party's over, you're makin' it home
And tryin' to sleep before the break of dawn
And while ya sleepin', ya start to dream
And thinkin' how ya danced on the disco scene
My name appears in your mind
Yeah, a name you know that was right on time
It was phase two, just a-doin' a do
Rockin' ya down 'cause ya know we could
To the rhythm of the beat that makes ya freak
Come alive, girls, get on your feet
To the rhythm of the beat to the beat the beat
To the double beat beat that it makes ya freak
To the rhythm of the beat that says ya go on
On n on into the break of dawn
Now I got a man comin' on right now
He's guaranteed to throw down
He goes by the name of Wonder Mike
Come on, Wonder Mike, do what ya like
Like a can of beer that's sweeter than honey
Like a millionaire that has no money
Like a rainy day that is not wet
Like a gamblin' fiend that does not bet
Like Dracula without his fangs
Like the boogie to the boogie without the boogie bang
Like collard greens that don't taste good
Like a tree that's not made out of wood
Like goin' up and not comin' down
Is just like the beat without the sound, no sound
To the beat beat, ya do The Freak
Everybody just rock and dance to the beat
Have you ever went over a friends house to eat
And the food just ain't no good?
I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed
And the chicken tastes like wood
So you try to play it off like you think you can
By sayin that you're full
And then your friend says, "Momma, he's just being polite
He ain't finished, uh uh, that's bull!"
So your heart starts pumpin', and you think of a lie
And you say that you already ate
And your friend says, "Man, there's plenty of food!"
So you pile some more on your plate
While the stinky foods steamin' your mind starts to dreamin'
Of the moment that it's time to leave
And then you look at your plate and your chickens slowly rottin'
Into something that looks like cheese
Oh so, you say, "That's it, I got to leave this place
I don't care what these people think
I'm just sittin' here makin' myself nauseous
With this ugly food that stinks!"
So you bust out the door while it's still closed
Still sick from the food you ate
And then you run to the store for quick relief
From a bottle of Kaopectate
And then you call your friend two weeks later
To see how he has been
And he says, "I understand about the food, baby bubbah
But we're still friends"
With a hip hop, the hippie to the hippie
The hip hip-a hop-a you don't stop the rockin'
To the bang bang boogie say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie the beat
I say, Hank, can ya rock?
Can ya rock to the rhythm that just don't stop?
Can ya hip me to the shoobie doo?
I said, come on make the, make the people move
I go to the halls and then ring the bell
Because I am the man with the clientele
And if ya ask me why I rock so well
A big bang, I got clientele
And from the time I was only six years old
I never forgot what I was told
It was the best advice that I ever had
It came from my wise dear old dad
He said, "Sit down, punk, I wanna talk to you
And don't say a word until I'm through
Now, there's a time to laugh, a time to cry
A time to live and a time to die
A time to break and a time to chill
To act civilized or act real ill
But whatever ya do in your lifetime
Y'never let a MC steal your rhyme!"
So from sixty-six to this very day
I'll always remember what he had to say
So when the sucker MCs try to chump my style
I let them know that I'm versatile
I got style, finesse and a little black book
That's filled with rhymes and I know you wanna look
But there's a thing that separates you from me
And that is called originality
Because my rhymes are on from what you heard
I didn't even bite and not a Goddamn word
And I say a little more later on tonight
So the sucker MCs can bite all night
A-tick a-tock y'all, a-beat beat y'all
A-let's rock y'all, ya don't stop
Ya go hotel, motel, whatcha gonna do today? (Say what?)
Ya say I'm gonna get a fly girl, gonna get some spankin'
Drive off in a def OJ
Everybody go hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
Ya say if your girl starts actin' up, then you take her friends
A-like that y'all, to the beat y'all
Beat beat ya'll, ya don't stop
A-Master Gee, am I mellow?
It's on you, so whatcha gonna do?
Well, like Johnny Carson on The Late Show
A-like Frankie Crocker in stereo
Well, like The Bar-Kay's singin' Holy Ghost
The sounds to throw down, they're played the most
It's like my man, Captain Sky
Whose name he earned with his super sperm
We rock and we don't stop
Get off, y'all, I'm here to give you whatcha got
To the beat that it makes you freak
And come alive, girl, get on your feet
A-like a Perry Mason without a case
Like Farrah Fawcett without her face
Like The Bar-Kays on the mic
Like gettin' right down for you tonight
Like movin' your body so ya don't know how
Right to the rhythm and throw down
Like comin' alive to the Master Gee
The brother who rocks so viciously
I said, the age of one, my life begun
At the age of two, I was doin the' do
At the age of three, it was you and me
Rockin' to the sounds of the Master Gee
At the age of four, I was on the floor
Givin' all the freaks what they bargained for
At the age of five, I didn't take no jive
With the Master Gee, it's all the way live
At the age of six, I was a-pickin' up sticks
Rappin' to the beat, my stick was fixed
At the age of seven, I was rockin' in heaven
Dontcha know I went off?
I got right on down to the beat, you see
Gettin' right on down, makin' all the girls
Just take of their clothes to the beat the beat
To the double beat beat that makes you freak
At the age of eight, I was really great
'Cause every night, you see I had a date
At the age of nine, I was right on time
'Cause every night, I had a party rhyme
Goin' on n n on n on on n on
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
A-sayin' on n n on n on on n on...
Like a hot buttered de pop de pop de pop
A-saying on n n on n on on n on
I say you don't stop, gimme what ya got
'Cause I'm a helluva man when I'm on the mic
I am the definite feast delight
'Cause I'm a helluva man when i'm on the miC
I am the definite feast delight
Come to the Master Gee, you see
The brother who rocks so viciously
이번에는 디스코와 록이 만났을 때.
그룹 <퀸>의 '어나더 원 바이츠 더 더스트'.
1980년 8월 22일 발매.
1980년에 나온 곡이 이렇게 세련됐어요. 이 베이스 리프의 앞부분은 <쉬크>의 '굿 타임즈' 것과 같습니다. (대체 얼마나 많은 곡에 영향을 준 건지.) 프레디 머큐리의 독보적인 보컬로 베이시스트인 존 디콘의 아이디어가 몇 배로 빛을 발하게 된, 짧지만 깔끔한 수작입니다. 이 곡이 간명하면서 세련되게 들리는 이유는, 중음역대 악기 소리를 절제하고 있기 때문입니다. 강렬한 베이스와 드럼에 보컬만 얹어 시작하죠. 기타는 브라스horn section처럼 노래가 쉬는 타이밍에 맞춰 효과적으로 치고 나왔다 빠지고요. 간주 부분의 효과음들은 모두 기타 자체에서 생성시킨 사운드입니다.
<영국심장재단BHF>이 공익광고를 하면서 음악을 고르는데, 이 곡의 템포가 심폐소생술에는 더 적합하나 가사가 하필 사람 죽는 이야기라서 <비지스>의 '스테잉 얼라이브'로 정했다는 풍문이 있습니다. 보통 분당 120회[초당 2회] 정도로 힘차게 압박해야 하는데 <비지스> 곡은 이보다 템포가 많이 처지거든요. 그래도 가사가 워낙 좋아 채택된 것 같습니다. 가까운 이들을 위해 심폐소생술을 익혀 두어야 합니다. 자녀들한테도 교육시켜야 하고요. 저는 이제 자는 영감도 다시 봅니다. 심폐소생술에 관해서는 예전에 썼던 글을 걸어 둡니다. ■
☞ 심폐소생술
☞ 인류와 춤
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