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OT contemp def rhythm



    For my money the roll part disappeared from Rock music by the mid 80s. The  Roll is the part  that's sometimes called feel factor ,swing, groove,aspects Rick discussed most trenchently. There're no hips rolling in latter day Rock music. You know the origin of the word Hip is related to mind body coordinatin,being in the know including being present in the body. When people dance by sort of bouncing up and down in place,the part of the groove that speaks directly to the hips is missing. When the music is really in the groove you can see dancers doing moves they never did before and it's truly healing. When the music is really in the groove peoples bodies move without their conscious attention ,people drinking and talking loudly in the back will be dancing without even necessarily noticing that they are.