The Disco Appreciation Thread!!!
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Topic: The Disco Appreciation Thread!!!
Posted By: Logan
Subject: The Disco Appreciation Thread!!!
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 13:25
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I hope the provocative title caught people's attention. This is the place to shake that booty, get your groove thing on, and dance, dance, dance the night away. So, put on your finest polyester duds and let's all boogie on down to the disco floor 'cause it's about to get hot!... Or not. This topic was inspired by a comment in another thread where I responded that "there's quite a bit of Space Disco Electro-Disco and Euro-Disco infused music that I like from the latter half of the 70s into the 80s, and beyond. But I like Giorgio Moroder and "Progressive Electronic" music, and it can help to like certain Krautrock... A lot of music I like has disco qualities." I would like to give a shout out to Meltdowner for his fun series of Disco polls which included various acts that are in the Progarchives database. There are quite a few experimental musicians who have been inspired by disco, methinks. There's some great Italo-Disco, and, wacka wacka, some pretty good porn soundtracks that use disco. Hey, I'm only into them for the music. Chrome Hoof is one of my modern favourites: There is a tonne of disco infused music that I like, and I won't attempt a laundry list of them. I'd rather hear about what you like. Suffice to say, here we can disc[o]uss any music with a disco relation, be it traditional disco, avant-garde disco, electro-disco, country disco, and discography, meaning in this case, the disco field of study. I just hope that this doesn't cause people excessive discombobulation. Disco lives on! Erm, even if this topic dies a quick death. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 15:07
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I've never been a liker of electro music, Moroder was probably as far as I went to saying I like it. What he did with Donna Summer is still to me some of his best work ever. After that it became too gimicky and everybody started doing it. As far as disco, I'm a traditionalist...love me a 4/4 beat, the hi-hat, throw in a rhythm guitar and boom. Percussion was always a great add to the traditional disco beat too. I still have a bunch of 12" singles and extended play songs on 12" vinyl......There are so many bands I was listening to. Heatwave has to be one of my favs, an intl funk/disco band with Brits, Czech, Americans and I think a Swiss too. Heatwave also included Rod Temperton, the genius writer behind Michael Jackson's rise to fame with Thriller and others. -------------   
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 16:10
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My fave disco epic: ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 17:33
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Moroder was great, it was certainly Disco though quite far from the American black-based soul music that issued from discotheques and that people were sweating to and snorting copious amounts of cocaine to. Ironically disco began in gay clubs: the lights, glitter balls, loud clothing, all started with underground gay dance scenes. I'm a big fan of that Automat album, quintessential electronic progrock. My review - - **** It seems to me the important thing about electronic music, the heart and drive of the form, is in how it sounds. Sure the compositions are crucial and thematic direction vital, but it's the depth of a recording, how it vibrates, hums, quavers and trembles, that makes the difference between common and outstanding. It should penetrate you physically, reach down into your heart. You should be immersed, enveloped. Consumed. And since Automat was a singular project led by one of Italy's best low-budget scorers, Claudio Gizzi ~ using Mario Maggi's never-actually-manufactured Memory Controlled Synthesizer built in 1977 ~ you know there's going to be a transmission worth receiving. Nuanced chirps tug on monster title cut 'automat', taken up by the alloys of the MCS70 describing the cybernetic landscape and pulling us through a long flight over alien murals of unknown colors. Present is Giorgio Moroder, Goblin, and other suspects but as is often the case with a one-off, Automat is more satisfying than any of its influences, more pure of purpose. Better. Granted the twenty-minute title resides within the dance-beat tempo and reflects ZYX's Italodisco of the early 80s, but it's also a deliberate piece of movement in sound that develops with texture, atmosphere and mood. 'Droid' has high strangeness as a machine comes undone, 'ultraviolet' enters the Mutara Nebula with us in tow, and cybernetic 'mecadence' is industrial one moment, light & astral the next. A record that is both terribly dated and a perfect starter for the Electronic Prog virgin, Automat is well worth investigating for anyone quietly curious about, or not normally drawn to, the electronic subgenre. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 17:35
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Well, much worse music has happened since, I'll give you that. Okay, I liked Herbie Hancock's funk (esp. Manchild), and a couple of disco tunes have grown on me: Wild Cherry's "Play that Funky Music" and the Average White Band's "Pick Up the Pieces."  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 17:43
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This 1984 song, from the under-appreciated The Blue Nile, which I have loved from the start, has a funky, dicso-like groove, no? I especially like the vocals. I hope you dig it, Logan: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WTMyr9x6ZPU" rel="nofollow - The Blue Nile - Tinseltown in the Rain ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 18:02
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Does classic Earth Wind and Fire count? This is one of the most beautiful songs ever--can we call it disco? I call it sublime, in any case. Great vocals, great message: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5vIIZydXDqg" rel="nofollow - Earth Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World For anyone unfamiliar with the band who wants to hear more in a similar vein, try "September," "Shining Star" and their cover of the Beatles "Got to Get You Into My Life." Peace and love, brothers and sisters!  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 18:09
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This remake (disco) extended version by Uptown of the Rare Earth song I'm Losing You, was theee song on the dance floor back in the 80's. I vividly remember when this song came on with the siren, the fog machine started the lights went nuts and everybody got on the dance floor. Normally this was the last song of the night, or early Sun morn :) , and it was great!! -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 18:15
I'm a huge EW&F fan......they had their disco era that started with Boogie Wonderland off the album I Am, backing vocals by The Emotions. The songs you note from TtWotW are more R&B/Funk traditional in my mind. But yes that song is brilliant with an amazing message. -------------
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Peter wrote:Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 18:24
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And finally one of my favorite funk/R&B bands who also did the disco thing in the late 70's....The Bar-Kays with Move Your Boogie Body....The funk bands did not have too much issue with the transition to disco sound, they already had the horns and percussion, add in the synth sounds, simple 4/4 on the floor pattern and yea...It's good! -------------
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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 18:38
Oh wonder why KC & The Sunshine Band have not been mentioned here.  Thanks Greg, 70s disco sounds remind me of my younger days, when I was not elderly.  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 18:56
Thanks for the support and I agree with your categorization. I guess I prefer their earlier era--"That's the Way" just made me tear up... again!  Stone-cold sober, too! I love it when music moves me like that.------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 19:02
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^^ Keishiro, so many people here focus on KC (King Crimson) that they forget about KC and the Sunshine Band. I sympathise with that elderly comment, but I like to think, even if I don't really, that age is just a state of mind to complement a saggy behind. ;) Certainly the older I get, the more nostalgic I feel. Peter, while outside of my usual musical purview, I enjoyed Tinseltown in the Rain, and it definitely has a disco groove. I like lots of funky music, by the way, and I'd say pretty much anything counts that has some discoesque relation. Herbie Hancock is one of my favourite artists, though particularly for his earlier Mwandishi trilogy, not that I'd count that as disco (Mwandishi, Crossings and Sextant), but he was solid up to and including 1975. His Death Wish OST is something of an underrated (as in not many ratings) gem in PA per my tastes. Jose: your first post in this thread was a very good read, as usual, and I look forward to checking out more of the music you mention here. David: I really dig Moroder, Midnight Express is one of my favourite films, and Midnight Express and Cat People were two of my earliest soundtrack acquisitions (people who know me know how much I like soundtracks). Daft Punk helped to get some more people into his music. Love your review of Automat. Simon: I liked the Tantra a lot, thanks for mentioning it. Thanks for the posts. I do hope people, not just me, discover some music that they like, or at least someone might realise that disco doesn't completely suck. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 19:37
I've seen EW&F prolly 6-7x live, and just this past September. Sheer brilliance still, great music and production never gets old! While they played That's the Way, images of Maurice White and the 70's were shown on the screen, it was very touching and of course sad that he is no longer with us, sharing his amazing message and musical creativity. -------------
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 19:45
Maybe because the abbreviation "KC" is far too familiar on a prog site -- ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 23:30
| I like a lot New Order. In the seventies it mostly funk, Funkadelic, Parliament, Sly and the Family stone. And yes, I have the Best of the KC and the Sunshine Band! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 02:39
Very sweet! High praise in that clip--no doubt well deserved! And envy for seeing such a great, uplifting act live (and not just once)--those must have been excellent, feel-good, life-affirming shows that brought "every kind of people" (note fine Robert Palmer track reference) together! Peace and love. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 03:07
I am very gratified that you took the time to listen, Logan. I first heard that track on late night FM back in 84, and it hooked me immediately (love the bass, impassioned vocals, the strings, and immaculate production & arrangement), so I bought their first, A Walk Across the Rooftops, most of which is more subdued than that track. The title track is quite progressive. When I read about the Blue Nile, I see they were highly regarded. Great singer Annie Lennox (a lot of her Diva album is good for dancing - Precious, Little Bird) did a lovely, stirring cover of their Downton Lights (from their second album, Hats) on her fine cover album Medusa, and it's as good as the already powerful original. I recommend both (not so much as disco flavoured, just as great, moving music). Thanks also for the feedback on Herbie Hancock-- his funk stuff (Thrust, Headhunters, Manchild, Secrets, the one funk side on the double VSOP Live) led me to backtrack into his earlier work, and more straight jazz in general. I will check out the Deathwish album. I did not know it. Thanks!  Good thread that I originally came to be flippant about, BTW--the title worked! And I AM listening to all that is posted here. None of if "sucks."  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 03:24
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Of course, lots of the later Talking Heads was very funky and disco influenced, but of that era, I prefer this more subdued, chillout track that still has a nice groove. It lifts me up. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp0AC71TxoE" rel="nofollow - This Must Be the Place ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 03:27
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No lovin' on the Bee Gees? RIP Robin and Maurice. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 03:51
I never liked (in fact, usually mocked) their disco stuff, though I enjoy some earlier tracks. I was just too much of a rocker then, and almost never danced during the disco era. I despised acts like the Brothers Gibb, the Village People, Donna Summer). I found disco uncool, predictable, repetitive, lame, and thought "ANYONE can dance to that." (Much rock, with its changes in beat, was much more demanding to dance to). All that being said, I have to admit to the talent and infectious (in every sense! ) quality of that "Staying Alive" stuff.Nights on Broadway, I might stomach, and secretly dig--if no one who knows me is watching. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 03:54
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I have little liking for the genre, if anything at all. However, this one remains an exception. I cannot imagine any proghead who does not fall for the section between 2:16 and 2:43: ------------- 
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 04:03
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 04:26
| I like first Bee Gees album (the international one) not so much their disco-albums. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 04:31
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Chic is a classic, Some Steve Wonder is wonderfull disco, and Lionell Richie. I also like more modern Disco like Jamiroquai and No Doubtm ska/disco -------------  
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 04:38
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This thread needs some Runddans: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gHE1NCx36ew Best thing Todd Rundgren has done in years. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 07:52
^ Very cool, David.
I wouldn't call myself a disco aficionado, despite liking plenty of Eurodisco, discofunk and disco inspired music -- plenty of music I like that has a disco element/ influence and plenty of disco is just such cheesy fun. I only vaguely recognised the music until, well, a little bit before that section, then I knew what was coming. I've loved that since before I knew what Prog was. It's great. Thanks for sharing. Oh, and to mention, while not purely disco a couple of tracks I like which have a disco influence. I Robot may have been my first rock music loved as child listening to my brother's records, and I still feel it. And of course, since I do go on and on about Cos around these parts, there's Babel which has a disco element. And Goblin: I once found this really great Italo Disco song, I think by someone associated with Fabio Frizzi, I'll have to search for it. Not to mention some of Moroder's, which I mention for fans of the original Battlestar Galactica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOW4v-oGokU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOW4v-oGokU Trip down memory lane, I watched Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as a kid and foundnd it funny how they used ridiculous disco for futuristic music (what I might call retro futuro). ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 08:13
It's a very good song, thanks, and I like Annie Lennox a lot (side note and really off-topic, but I love the Diva soundtrack by Valdimir Cosma and that Diva album was mentioned that to me recently at the forum -- nothing to do with the Diva album you're talking about, ahem.... I digress). I love Hancock's Thrust, and Manchild and Headhunters are very good too. I only really got into Hancock when he was being proposed for the site. A similar thing happened to me with Miles Davis. Although I've long liked jazz, especially John Coltrane, Hancock and Davis opened aural doors for me that had a profound effect on my listening. I started with the "Fusion" albums, then went back and got into the the earlier jazz. Then it was Sun-Ra, Charles Mingus, and all sort of good for my ears stuff. Getting into Canterbury Scene music also got me into listening to jazz more. I love how one musical discovery leads to more musical discoveries, and the "ears" adjust as neural pathways are developed, and one becomes attuned to new-to-you styles, or styles that once lacked appeal. Music is a wonderful journey, and I never know where it is going to take me. But I digress... again. I will look for Medusa. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 10:18
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My love of progressive rock actually stemmed from my love of funk/R&B, it was easy for me to jump into prog rock due to the artistry of funk/R&B, the musicianship and production. These groups were very good at writing long passages in songs as well as instrumentals. This disco era also produced a lot of excellent production, and musicians that understood their craft, bands had 5-6-7 members or more, computers and synths were not as prevalent yet it was all instruments. These songs were recorded live in studio with tape deck rolling..... The extended play songs were cool, unless you went to a club in most cases you did not know these songs even existed because the FM radio only played the short versions. DJs needed the 8-9 min songs. Peter Brown was an early version of Prince, he played a lot of instruments on his initial album A Fantasy Lova Affair (1977), spawned a great disco/funk fusion song "Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me/Burning Love Breakdown" which was a 9+min epic. The production of these songs and this era was excellent, Ted Jensen from Sterling Sound mastered this album, I have the original album from 1977, it is ear candy for sure and should only be played on a turntable to get the full force of the experience. Not everything should be about dungeons and dragons and guys playing pan flutes in the forests...lol -------------
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 13:25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Ea5a19jTc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Ea5a19jTc ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 03:36
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I recently fell in love with Chris Bennett's voice on Munich Machine's cover of "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" that the BBC refused to play! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 04:07
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While disco was the crippled idiot b*****d son of Killer Funk (listen to Chic that managed both on the same album without any trouble), and the fact that I hated it back then, I can say in retrospect that I appreciate it better nowadays, especially in the light of the dance music that came afterwards.... While I really dislike some of those Moroder disco veins (Donna's I Feel Love), I do appreciate some of those European fun synth disco tracks (for ex: the late 70's French JM Jarre's cover of Popcorn was fantastic, born on the wings of Oxygene IV), but it was mostly because it was fun, a bit like Devo or B-52 were fun a couple of years later. Indeed, I hated the 80's funk (Grandmaster Flash and Chaka Kahn were survivors of the 70's, but they did worse than Genesis and Yes in turning away from their 70's aesthetics), house/techno, "dance", and whatever BS mass dance movements coming from South Korea (I just hope North K invades them if only to kill that nonsense  )BTW, I never thought of APP's I Robot as anywhere close to disco. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 06:51
I agree that the title cut is not disco, but I think there's no denying that this single is: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qOwFVowEugQ" rel="nofollow - I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 08:21
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Russian disco please -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 08:33
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Some of my favorite high arts euro-disco ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 08:40
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If you're going for traditional 70s disco, how can you not just love the heck outa this one? ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 08:50
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Can't live without some metal in your disco? Pain Of Salvation will take care of that ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 08:54
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Even the punk scene got in on the action! ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 09:02
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All in all, i think i love space disco the best. This one came from France in 1978 ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 09:04
Sounds a bit more like it, but even then, I never heard it in disco. Mostly probably, because the message and title didn't suit the nightclub athmosphere I mean, it's definitely funky (excellent bass line), but it's anything but binary in terms of drumming
This is really disco: the binary beat stuff that even the lousiest white dude could dance to. I mean we also heard that kind of stuff (below) in discotheques, but it's not like it was actually disco either https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyIZ3pYKOQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Z-DQGqM90 I mean, just the song titles are right on the disco marketting science |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 09:25
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^ QUOTE This is really disco: the binary beat stuff that even the lousiest white dude could dance to. Well, yeah! That was the whole point of disco! It was an INCLUSIVE club that invited everyone to participate. Genres like prog are the direct opposite which only invites the extremely initiated. Neither are good or bad and both have their place. If i go to a nightclub and get all smashed, i don't wanna hear "Close To The Edge!" I wanna hear Bee Gees or something. Everything in its proper environment. As far as marketing, prog is just as guilty as marketing an "orthodoxy" of sounds whereas truly innovative musicians can sometimes be brushed aside as well, so human nature fits into every type of musical style no doubt. ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 09:34
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Yes, "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" comes closer to disco than the title-track, I make the association (there are degrees of relatedness) due to a funky groove, but the title track has more in common with, say, Pink Floyd's "Funky Dung' from the "Atom Heart Mother" suite, which I certainly wouldn't call disco (unlike "Another Brick in the Wall" where one gets that disco feel). Can is a band with that groove that I also associate with disco-funk due more to the funk than the disco. Although this Can is quite disco and I LOVE it! And if that ain't disco enough, this Euro Disco version might do it: I like quite a bit of space disco. Great discussion, by the way, both good reading and good listening, thank you all. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 09:36
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"Whole Lotta Love" disco style: ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 09:48
^ Oh GAWD! Disco 🕺Zeppelin! Noooooooo! Make it STOP!    And I DID make it stop. Ahhhh!  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 10:31
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^ Clearly it did not get a whole lotta love from you no matter how much it wanted it. Good for you. When I put it on, I was like "I can't quit you baby", but I managed to put it down for awhile. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 11:12
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Sorry, one more track from me from the discoesque tradition-- course Moroder who has been mentioed quite a few times was a big influence on Euro Disco. The Midnight Express soundtrack was one of the earliest albums I purchased and the film was one of the first I saw on the family's newly bought VCR (it had a profound effect on me when I was a child that still resonates to this day). ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 12:00
Ha! I'd put that single (every inch of it) way down inside your garbage can. It made me sweat, but it didn't make me groove. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 12:11
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For me, disCo begins and ends with this: ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 13:41
Ah yes, the video for that cover of Apache has become something of a meme. Seen the death metal, or whatever it was, dub? Don't, it is hilarious as it is. Incidentally, not sure how that video would be reacted to if it we're made in today's climate. There might be accusations of cultural appropriation.
LOL - no good lyrical retort springs to mind, but glad to have you back cause "it's been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely time." Led Zeppelin is so eminently quotable, it's like the Monty Python of rock in that respect, sort of... ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 17:14
| ELO - Last Train To London. Great song ! |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 18:10
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Kiss - I Was Made for Loving You Moroder & Oakley - Together in Electric Dreams ... But I will deny all in a court of law! ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 19:45
| OSIBISA - Dance The Body Music |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 09 2018 at 11:24
Looks like I'm late to the party. Great idea Greg! I'm glad someone liked my polls  I'll have to go through the previous posts but in the meantime I'll leave here the epic first side of Cerrone 3 |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: January 13 2018 at 04:48
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Anyone mention that Disco Floyd album - Rosebud ‘Discoballs’. Very amusing, with Zeuhl bassist Janik Top !! And Magma had their disco moments, on their ‘Merci’ album (Do The Music, Call From The Dark......) |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 13 2018 at 05:09
Hey-yo that's Tommy Seebach! Danish disco pioneer and father to perhaps the current biggest popstar here in Denmark, Rasmus Seebach. Absolutely horrendous music...but very funny nonetheless. I'll add this to the pile: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IGCKilb6JzU Approach with caution! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 18 2018 at 10:32
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I discovered this video yesterday and I might have watched it 10 times already |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 18 2018 at 10:43
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I always used to hate disco with a vengeance...until a few years ago where I suddenly stumbled over a Swedish guy called Lindstrøm who was and is doing something akin to the disco take on Klaus Schulze. Space ambient you can dance to. Anyway from there on in I was sold and have found a few similar artists as well, who funnily enough also happen to reside in Scandinavia. He has also worked together with Prins Thomas who dabbles along the same frequencies, but on this particular outing they went for something a little more Krauty. Certainly reminds me of old school electronic bands from the German scene even if you can dance to this beast: His Norwegian counterpart, Todd Terje, released one of the finest albums of any genre back in 2014 simply named It's Album Time; an album that quite satisfyingly put all those fascist music fans to shame (y'know the ones who think modern electronic musicians can't play for sh*t and effectively only really push buttons at the right time)...nahh this man plays the keys like a regular prog rock musician although he obviously has chosen another arena altogether: ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: January 18 2018 at 11:06
Your clip was comparatively uncringeworthy. Almost seems like just a regular 70's guy playing piano. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 18 2018 at 08:39
| First two songs on Goblin - Squadra Antigangsters (1979) soundtrack are disco, more or less. Ok songs every once in a while. They're called The Whip (especially, it's disco) and Sound of Money (funky song). |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 18 2018 at 08:50
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Anyone heard the Jan Akkerman disco album, Oil In The Family? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 18 2018 at 08:53
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------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 18 2018 at 08:54
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^ this is terrible :( |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 18 2018 at 23:36
| Has anyone mentioned the UTOPIA tune ‘Rock Love’ yet ?? Great song ! |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: April 05 2018 at 02:17
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Bump |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 05 2018 at 04:28
Disco sucked worm-teats hugely (and no, don't try playing the 'so bad it's good' trash aesthetic card with me mateys) However, just maybe two of the best/least wretched songs from this war-crime of a genre? ------------- 
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: April 05 2018 at 04:42
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This thread needs less negativity and some Space |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: April 05 2018 at 05:02
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Mother Gong - Disco at the End of the World: and let's not forget one of my favorite disco songs ever - Gloria Gaynor's "I will Survive". here the extended 12'' single version: -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: April 05 2018 at 06:12
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Just realised that nobody has posted this yet: I know a lot of Magma fans despise Merci. But I'm not ashamed to say that I think it's pretty cool. And contrary to the press it gets, I don't think it was just an attempt to cash in. I think if you listen it's clear that Vander really gets this kind of music. He was feeling it. Plus, Eliphas Levi is a classic - blissed out zeuhl for the ages. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: April 05 2018 at 16:29
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 07 2018 at 21:12
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This 1979 clip from Russia is rather fun! ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |