Disco thread (4 Viewers)

[Wobbler]

After a recent e-mail debate with a fellow Thumper about whether disco is shit or not, I've concluded that disco must be one of the most misunderstood genres going. I read a book called Love Saves The Day which focuses on the Downtown New York disco scene in the 70's, the author reckons the backlash was mostly due to its sudden popularity. Personally, I blame Saturday Night Fever.

Anyway, here's a few classics.
Machine - There but for the grace of God go I
Class Action - Weekend (Larry Levan remix)
MFSB- Love is the message
Sylvester (Yor make me feel) Might Real
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Dinosaur L - Go Bang
Undisputed Truth- You+me=love
Unlimited Touch - I hear music in the Streets

Shitloads more too. Do you have any favourites or do you think it's all shit?

 

[Goodbye]

I love Saturday Night Fever

I only dance to disco

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Harmless compilations

- Jumpin'

- Jumpin' 2

Amazing.

 

[ratmonkey]

Is James Brown's disco stuff any good?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

theyre good pop songs. is disco all about singles and dancing though or are there any good disco albums with one excellent floor filler after the other? apart from disco hits 1977 and shit like that.

i like that "you to me are everything" song - might be more of a ballad

 

[Lili Marlene]

is good cos they're all the extended versions.

also ra-ra-rasputin is the most blindingly brilliant piece of music in existence

 

[Wobbler]

theyre good pop songs. is disco all about singles and dancing though or are there any good disco albums with one excellent floor filler after the other? apart from disco hits 1977 and shit like that.

i like that "you to me are everything" song - might be more of a ballad

More of a singles thing. There's bound to be exceptions but most of the time it was just 12"s

 

[theoootini]

i love discos. a thoroughly under-rated crisp. although i find the bag is always distressingly empty when you open it...

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Ring My Bell

 

[Thebeard]

Yeah Wobs, ernesto is a prick

 

[Wobbler]

Some people consider it house, but all the best songs on it sound like disco to me. Really really good disco. A fantastic album.

 

[Yurn!]

'He's over! He's over like Disco!!!'

 

[shitepipe]

yea, disco is the bomb

chic- open up
cloud one- disco juice
dr buzzards original savannah band- i'll play the fool
ashford & simpson- bourgie bourgie (amazing)
giorgio moroder- i wanna rock you
idris mohammed- could heaven ever be like this
loose joints- is it all over my face
taana gardner- heartbeat

so much good shit

 

[M. Stratosphere]

Turn the Beat Around by Peter Sahpiro is the best book about Disco i've read, even touches on the post-punk crossover with Bush Tetras et al, and also on Italo, but sadly not too much on the Italo front.
He serisously lays into Saturday Night Fever, which is kind of funny.

this is a good site http://www.discopia.com/
think one of the lads invovled is irish too.

but yeah Wobbler Disco is deadly.

 

[Wobbler]

loose joints- is it all over my face

Yeah.

 

[shitepipe]

picked up this second hand in london recently, couldnt believe my luck

http://www.discogs.com/release/95766

 

[M. Stratosphere]

taana gardner- heartbeat

my favourate disco tune, had an original copy, but sadly it broke in half on me.

 

[shitepipe]

my favourate disco tune, had an original copy, but sadly it broke in half on me.

painful... i have a west-end repress. they're still handy enough to get..

 

[shitepipe]

The Unclassics compilation compiled by Morgan Geist is quality. I-F has apparently done some good disco mixes as well, must check them out.

 

[M. Stratosphere]

Some people consider it house, but all the best songs on it sound like disco to me. Really really good disco. A fantastic album.

thats because it is house only messing, yeah good record.

i like alot of that Fania type stuff.

not Disco but love this record

alot of those labels really pushed the boat out mixing traditional styles with what was going on at the time.