SquirrelMeat said:

sexton said:

That doesn't sound very appealing. Oddly enough, in the late 80s/early 90s, British bands were making inroads into American clubs with slightly slower songs--like Jesus Jones' "Right Here Right Now", The Soup Dragons' "I'm Free", Candy Flip's "Strawberry Fields Forever", etc. This was when I started going out to clubs on a regular basis and really liked hearing that kind of variety on the dancefloor.

You would get those in indie clubs here, but not the main dance clubs. I actually preferred that type of place (London Clubs like The Garage, The Dome, Underworld). They took off from about 88 and through the grunge era particularly. The Farm, Inspiral Carpets, through to the likes of EMF.

I thnk Prince's problem was his BPM never suited the dance clubs, and his image never suited the indie clubs, so he was often left out of both.

I'd say it was the same in the U.S. except some songs like EMF's "Unbelievable" were top ten dance hits and I can't see those making the national top ten getting spun only in American indie clubs. That whole Madchester scene was great.

Club music was much more of a free-for-all in the early to mid-eighties in between the dominance of disco and house music.

just feel sorry for them ..dont know any better