I think that some of them are not actually disco at all! I think some were included because they might be good to dance to-- but obviously all dance music is not disco:
(Definitely not disco. For starters-- that dude isn't even wearing bell bottoms!)
" TSOP " was influential in establishing the disco sound. The track sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in April 1974.
"Bad Luck" , which is a TSOP sound, is the best selling disco single ever, according to the article Krishna seeded.
I love this one, too-- Somewhere, there is a great video demonstrating using this song to perform CPR on someone!
When I was an EMT and was performing chest compressions I would hum The Rolling Stones "Honky Tonk Woman" to myself, because it was the first thing we threw in the tape deck as we pulled out of the station and it had a great beat. Disco was not allowed in my ambulance. I was convinced it would lead to more deaths.
I don't like it. Millions of people like Hip-Hop and Rap too. I don't. Besides I started as a freak (some people think there were hippie-freaks, but they were different) and you couldn't be a freak music fan (Doors, Stones, etc.) and like Disco at the same time. They were opposites of each other.
you couldn't be a freak music fan (Doors, Stones, etc.) and like Disco at the same time.
Absurd. It is pure cliche to say that people's musical taste has to be confined within a genre.
I have owned albums by Frank Zappa, Hendrix, Velvet Underground, Marvin Gaye, Astrud Gilberto, Simon and Garfunkel, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra , of course, Link Wray, the Stones, the Doors, and Candi Staton, and TSOP, and the Bee Gees, . I didn't have many disco records, but I had a few and often enjoyed it on the radio.
Disco was superficial sophistication, an update or continuation of bossa nova, a very legitimate music genre. The best disco records had orchestras playing, with strings and horn sections, and not just guitars and organs like most rock bands would have. And disco was fun for millions of people.
I have owned albums by Frank Zappa, Hendrix, Velvet Underground, Marvin Gaye, Astrud Gilberto, Simon and Garfunkel, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra , of course, Link Wray, the Stones, the Doors, and Candi Staton, and TSOP, and the Bee Gees, . I didn't have many disco records, but I had a few and often enjoyed it on the radio.
Asking what your favorite disco song was is like asking what your favorite toothache was. You could not be a freak music fan and a disco fan at the same time. Impossible. You could however be a freak music fan and a classical music fan, a fan of classics like Sinatra or Dean Martin (not Andy Williams, sorry Andy) or big band or folk or Motown, or soul or blues or jazz or funk or Reggae. However, if you loved or even strongly liked disco, you were not a true freak. Sorry. A true freak exposed to disco like "I will survive" or "Staying Alive" would shrivel up in pain and die like an earth worm dropped on a hot asphalt road. It would be like being tied down and being forced to listen to "The Archies" over and over again.
Here are some of my other favourites. I think of many of these as "non-bell bottom disco"-- they were hot with a very different crowd (many of the best gay discos around the country). Some of these are the "12 inch singles" versions played in the clubs, so they often get off to a very slow start but then build-- if you start listening at the beginning they often sound..a bit dull & boring! .
I agree. The best disco tunes were the ones that made you want to tap your feet-- an irresistible urge! (And those that made you really, really want to get up off your couch and dance-- even if was just with yourself).
Do you agree-- or disagree?
Any tunes you feel should've been added to their list?
(I can think of a few, but since I was the one who asked-- you have to go first!)
Some on the list I didn't know they were disco.
I think that some of them are not actually disco at all! I think some were included because they might be good to dance to-- but obviously all dance music is not disco:
(Definitely not disco. For starters-- that dude isn't even wearing bell bottoms!)
I disagreed with Sunny and one more, but I can't switch back and forth without losing my place...
I think this one is good:
I remember that-- really good. They also had a few others I like, such as this one:
All good ones!
I love this one, too-- Somewhere, there is a great video demonstrating using this song to perform CPR on someone!
That is one of my favourites as well!
(In fact I think that just about every song in Saturday Night Fever was really good).
That's a great one, Dowser.
To me, the Bee Gees and Donna Summer were Disco, the rest pretenders, well KC and The Sunshine band might make it...
The Sound Of Philadelphia is definitely disco.
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We should include the first disco record to hit # 1 on the pop chart.
Wow-- that's an oldie!
I led both. In fact, most of Donna Summer's were really good.
And, just for fun, I really liked the Village People-- a bit silly, but really great fun, and danceable.
Everybody loves the Village People!
Here's a previously undiscovered version of "YMCA":
They best keep their day jobs...LOL
I love this one, too-- Somewhere, there is a great video demonstrating using this song to perform CPR on someone!
When I was an EMT and was performing chest compressions I would hum The Rolling Stones "Honky Tonk Woman" to myself, because it was the first thing we threw in the tape deck as we pulled out of the station and it had a great beat. Disco was not allowed in my ambulance. I was convinced it would lead to more deaths.
What's wrong with disco other than that you don't like it?
Many millions of people did. I believe that for a number of years Saturday Night Fever was the best selling album of all time.
I don't like it. Millions of people like Hip-Hop and Rap too. I don't. Besides I started as a freak (some people think there were hippie-freaks, but they were different) and you couldn't be a freak music fan (Doors, Stones, etc.) and like Disco at the same time. They were opposites of each other.
you couldn't be a freak music fan (Doors, Stones, etc.) and like Disco at the same time.
Absurd. It is pure cliche to say that people's musical taste has to be confined within a genre.
I have owned albums by Frank Zappa, Hendrix, Velvet Underground, Marvin Gaye, Astrud Gilberto, Simon and Garfunkel, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra , of course, Link Wray, the Stones, the Doors, and Candi Staton, and TSOP, and the Bee Gees, . I didn't have many disco records, but I had a few and often enjoyed it on the radio.
Disco was superficial sophistication, an update or continuation of bossa nova, a very legitimate music genre. The best disco records had orchestras playing, with strings and horn sections, and not just guitars and organs like most rock bands would have. And disco was fun for millions of people.
I have owned albums by Frank Zappa, Hendrix, Velvet Underground, Marvin Gaye, Astrud Gilberto, Simon and Garfunkel, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra , of course, Link Wray, the Stones, the Doors, and Candi Staton, and TSOP, and the Bee Gees, . I didn't have many disco records, but I had a few and often enjoyed it on the radio.
Asking what your favorite disco song was is like asking what your favorite toothache was. You could not be a freak music fan and a disco fan at the same time. Impossible. You could however be a freak music fan and a classical music fan, a fan of classics like Sinatra or Dean Martin (not Andy Williams, sorry Andy) or big band or folk or Motown, or soul or blues or jazz or funk or Reggae. However, if you loved or even strongly liked disco, you were not a true freak. Sorry. A true freak exposed to disco like "I will survive" or "Staying Alive" would shrivel up in pain and die like an earth worm dropped on a hot asphalt road. It would be like being tied down and being forced to listen to "The Archies" over and over again.
Yes, he is a real Indian. Felipe Rose Lakota Sioux.
Yes, he is a real Indian. Felipe Rose Lakota Sioux.
Interesting!
Most people think of them as gay, but some are and some aren't. (There some good articles on the group if you google).
Here are some of my other favourites. I think of many of these as "non-bell bottom disco"-- they were hot with a very different crowd (many of the best gay discos around the country). Some of these are the "12 inch singles" versions played in the clubs, so they often get off to a very slow start but then build-- if you start listening at the beginning they often sound..a bit dull & boring!
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More of my favs (start slow and build, most really start at about a minute or 1 1/2 minutes in):
(IMO every one in Saturday Night Fever is great-- but here's just one)
I loved it all! Or maybe I just loved being alive and young and dancing, back then... You could really rock in your car to some of these!
I agree. The best disco tunes were the ones that made you want to tap your feet-- an irresistible urge! (And those that made you really, really want to get up off your couch and dance-- even if was just with yourself).
I still can't agree that there was ever a great Disco song.