/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
|
The Disco Appreciation Thread!!! |
Post Reply 
|
Page <1234> |
| Author | ||
siLLy puPPy 
Special Collaborator 
PSIKE, JRF/Canterbury, P Metal, Eclectic Joined: October 05 2013 Location: SFcaUsA Status: Offline Points: 15418 |
 Post Options
 Thanks(1)
 Quote Reply
 Posted: January 06 2018 at 09:25 |
|
|
^
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 |
||
 |
||
|
Logan
Forum & Site Admin Group
Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 38414 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 06 2018 at 09:34 |
|
|
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. Edited by Logan - January 06 2018 at 11:40 |
||
|
Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I observed before. It can be much like that with music for me; immersed in experiencing the moment.
|
||
|
||
|
Logan
Forum & Site Admin Group
Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 38414 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 06 2018 at 09:36 |
|
|
"Whole Lotta Love" disco style:
|
||
|
Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I observed before. It can be much like that with music for me; immersed in experiencing the moment.
|
||
|
||
|
Peter
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 06 2018 at 09:48 |
|
|
^ Oh GAWD! Disco 🕺Zeppelin! Noooooooo! Make it STOP!
   And I DID make it stop. Ahhhh!  Edited by Peter - January 06 2018 at 09:50 |
||
|
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
||
|
||
|
Logan
Forum & Site Admin Group
Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 38414 |
Post Options
Thanks(1)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 06 2018 at 10:31 |
|
|
^
 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. |
||
|
Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I observed before. It can be much like that with music for me; immersed in experiencing the moment.
|
||
|
||
|
Logan
Forum & Site Admin Group
Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 38414 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 06 2018 at 11:12 |
|
|
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). Edited by Logan - January 06 2018 at 11:15 |
||
|
Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I observed before. It can be much like that with music for me; immersed in experiencing the moment.
|
||
|
||
|
Peter
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
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. |
||
|
||
|
Tapfret
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 12 2007 Location: Bryant, Wa Status: Offline Points: 8632 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 06 2018 at 12:11 |
|
|
For me, disCo begins and ends with this:
|
||
|
||
|
Logan
Forum & Site Admin Group
Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 38414 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
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... Edited by Logan - January 06 2018 at 15:08 |
||
|
Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I observed before. It can be much like that with music for me; immersed in experiencing the moment.
|
||
|
||
|
Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer 
Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15926 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 06 2018 at 17:14 |
|
|
ELO - Last Train To London. Great song !
|
||
|
||
|
Squonk19
Forum Senior Member 
Joined: April 03 2015 Location: Darlington, UK Status: Offline Points: 4791 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 06 2018 at 18:10 |
|
|
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.”
|
||
|
||
|
Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer
Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15926 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 06 2018 at 19:45 |
|
|
OSIBISA - Dance The Body Music
|
||
|
||
|
Meltdowner
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 25 2013 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 10281 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
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  |
||
|
||
|
Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer
Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15926 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 13 2018 at 04:48 |
|
|
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......) |
||
|
||
|
Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23112 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
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 |
||
|
||
|
Meltdowner
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 25 2013 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 10281 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 18 2018 at 10:32 |
|
|
I discovered this video yesterday and I might have watched it 10 times already
|
||
|
||
|
Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23112 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 18 2018 at 10:43 |
|
|
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 |
||
|
||
|
Tapfret
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 12 2007 Location: Bryant, Wa Status: Offline Points: 8632 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: January 18 2018 at 11:06 |
|
Your clip was comparatively uncringeworthy. Almost seems like just a regular 70's guy playing piano. |
||
|
||
|
Cristi
Special Collaborator
Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Online Points: 46524 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
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).
|
||
|
||
|
Slartibartfast
Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: February 18 2018 at 08:50 |
|
|
Anyone heard the Jan Akkerman disco album, Oil In The Family?
Edited by Slartibartfast - February 18 2018 at 08:51 |
||
|
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
|
||
|
||
|
Post Reply
|
Page <1234> |
| Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |
Topic Options
Logan wrote:
