Old music: Trouble Funk – Still Smokin'/Drop the Bomb (live)

Go-go didn't fly on record for a simple reason: it was made to be heard in a packed, sweaty club. Preferably in Washington DCLast week's news that Trouble Funk were to sue the Beastie Boys over unlicensed samples might have had a fair few Beasties fans thinking: who? Which would be a reasonable enough response, for a couple of years in the mid-80s apart – when Washington DC's go-go scene briefly became a media sensation – Trouble Funk have barely made a ripple outside their home city.Go-go i...

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