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Thread started 03/26/17 3:36am

Adorecream

My disco obsession

Just a brief thread about how much I love one genre of music. Besides Prince, Michael Jackson and the whole gamut of 80s artists. I can never get enough of DISCO music. I have started and added to numerous disco themed threads over the years, but I am just obsessed with this music and have been all my life. Yet it is so simple, but so catchy.

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Now with a turntable, I have discovered a shop down the road selling old singles (45s) down the road and they are 41 each, I am coming with handfulls of these and in them, are many disco singles from the mid 70s to early 80s. Joyfully in New Zealand,disco was big business and given our location we got the best of both worlds - all the big American artists like Donna Summer, Chic, Gloria Gaynor, Diana Ross, Wild Cherry, EWF, Kooln the gang and many others and we got all the British and Eurodisco acts like Heatwave, Boney M, Tina Charles, Hot Chocolate, Abba and many others. I have about 20 disco records now (I have a hundred or disco disco songs on digital and CD, but original disco 45s are the way to go. Disco has been a part of my life since I was born and now I can continue it.

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Plus with disco you had one off hits and cross over, there are very few disco songs I don't like, and even love Disco duck (ethel merman I draw the line at, but the song has a nice disco beat - What a difference a day makes). Disco was so popular here, with acts like Ottawan, Boney M, and Heatwave spending weeks at #1. With lots of funky people and Polynesians in New Zealand like me, dance music was everything and with disco, you could really cut loose. We even had our own disco acts like Mark Williams, Kim Hart and Jon Stevens (All Maoris like me). Yet lots of White New Zealanders like my Mum and sister knew how to get down and boogie too. To give you an idea how big disco was here, in 1977 Boogie Nights by Heatwave was the #1 song of the year, in 1978 it was Rivers of Babylon by Boney M, in 1979 it was Montego Bay by Jon Stevens and 1980 a song called The Locomotion by Ritz (Has anyone else heard of Ritz - I think they were French). Even in 1982 Ottawan spent 7 weeks at #1 with Hands up (English version of Haut les mains)

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Does anyone else just love disco like I do?

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Reply #1 posted 03/26/17 4:03am

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I tend to go through music phases. At the moment I have been listening to a lot of movie soundtracks from the 80s (eg. Flash dance, The Lady In Red)...anyway I do love Disco...and later today I will post my all-time fav disco jams....hint a classic Donna Summer track will be my No 1 boogie
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Reply #2 posted 03/26/17 8:21am

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I haven't played these ones in like 35 years, but since I switched to CD by the end of the 80s I've collected lots of disco music. nod

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Reply #3 posted 03/26/17 9:32am

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THIS for daaayz

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Reply #4 posted 03/26/17 11:22am

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Disco was just music that makes you dance. In some ways Prince was kinda punk disco.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #5 posted 03/26/17 12:19pm

SoulAlive

I love disco music biggrin The disco era was such a fun time.So many great records came out during that time.I remember when I was totally obsessed with this soundtrack:

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Reply #6 posted 03/26/17 12:56pm

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Reply #7 posted 03/26/17 1:03pm

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SoulAlive said:

I love disco music biggrin The disco era was such a fun time.So many great records came out during that time.I remember when I was totally obsessed with this soundtrack:

Image result for saturday night fever soundtrack

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Reply #8 posted 03/26/17 3:29pm

Adorecream

PANDURITO said:

I haven't played these ones in like 35 years, but since I switched to CD by the end of the 80s I've collected lots of disco music. nod

Cool cool

Thanks Pandurito, lots of classic Eurodisco there including some classic Later Boney M (Jambo 1983) and Malaika/Consuela Baz (1981). You obviously love Eurodisco too.

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Reply #9 posted 03/26/17 5:34pm

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My Top 10 Disco Tunes boogie

1. Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby (1975)

2. He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge (1979)

3. Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn (1978)

4. Dancing Machine Live - The Jacksons (1979)

5. YMCA - The Village People (1978)


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Reply #10 posted 03/26/17 5:50pm

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6. The O'Jays - Love Train (1972)

7. The Bee Gees - Jive Talkin (1978)

8. Chic - Le Freak (1978)

9. Boney M - Rasputin (1978)

10. Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland (1978)


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Reply #11 posted 03/26/17 8:39pm

SoulAlive

"In The Bush" by Musique (1978)

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Reply #12 posted 03/26/17 8:42pm

SoulAlive

"Pick Me Up,I'll Dance" by Melba Moore (1979)

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Reply #13 posted 03/26/17 8:45pm

SoulAlive

"Disco Nights (Rock Freak)" by GQ (1979)

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Reply #14 posted 03/26/17 8:47pm

SoulAlive

"Anybody Wanna Party?" by Gloria Gaynor (1979)

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Reply #15 posted 03/26/17 8:49pm

SoulAlive

"Let's Go" by Bileo (1979)

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Reply #16 posted 03/26/17 8:55pm

SoulAlive

"Dance With Me" by Peter Brown (1978)

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Reply #17 posted 03/27/17 12:58am

Adorecream

Love all of these songs, here are some more. Some are disco funk and disco pop, but all have a discoy type sound.

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Lets all chant - Michael Zager Band

I'm in the mood for Dancing - Tina Charles

Love really hurts without you - Billy Ocean

Boogie Nights - Heatwave

Boney M all the following - Daddy Cool, Do you want to bump, Sunny, Belfast, Gotta go home, Rivers of Babylon, Never change lovers in the middle of the night, Consuela Baz, Felicidad, Kalimba da luna, Boonoonoos, Hooray its a holiday, El Lute, Gloria can you waddle, Nightflight to Venus

Andrea True Connection - More, more more part 1

Prince - I wanna be your lover, sexy dancer

Michael Jackson, DSTYGE, Workin night and day, get on the floor, burn this disco out

Jacksons - Show u the way 2 go, Blame it on the boogie, Shake you body down to the ground

Viola Wills - If I could read your mind, Somebodys eyes, Gonna get along without you now

Amii Stewart - Knock on Wood, Paradise Bird

Eruption - One way ticket, Go Johnny Go, I can't stand the rain

Kim Hart - Love at first night

Ritchie Family - Best disco in town

Shalamar - 2nd time around, take that to the bank, a night to remember

Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage

Switch - There'll never be

High Inergy - U can't turn me off in the middle of turning me on.

Grace Jones - La Vie en rose, I need a man, Thats the rouble, Fame, Do or die,

Cerrone - Supernature

Commodores - Machine gun, lady you bring me up

Donna Summer, Love to love you baby (Short and long versions), I feel love, Macarthur park, Could this be magic, Hot Stuff, Bad Girls, Dim all the lights, Heaven knows, She works hard for the money.

Pointer sisters - He's so shy, I'm so excited

Earth wind and fire - September, Boogie wonderland, After the lovin,

ELO - Shine a light, Telephone light, I turn to stone,

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No doubt I will think of more.

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Reply #18 posted 03/27/17 1:21am

Adorecream

Some Eurodisco

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Patrick Hernandez - born to be alive

Gibson Brothers - Cuba

La Belle Epoque - Black is black

Amanda Lear - Run baby Run

Ottawan - Hands up, Haut les mains, DISCO (Versions Anglais en Francais)

Baccarat - Yes sir I can boogie

Righeira - Domos set a playa

Hot Chocolate - Emma, You sexy thing, you win again, Everyones a winner

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Other disco

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Marcia Hines - Somethings missing in my life

Silver Convention - Fly robin fly

Jezebel - Jon Stevens

Montego Bay - Jon Stevens

Funkytown - LIPPS Inc

Staying Alive, Night Fever, More than a woman, Tragedy, Love u inside out, If I can't have you - Beegees.

KC and Sunshine band, Boogie shoes, thats the way I like it, Give it up, Ladies night, Too hot

Kool and the gang - Ladies night, get down on it,lets go dancing.

Peaches and Herb - Reunited, I pledge my love, Groove thing

Chic - I want your love, Le freak, Goodtimes

Gloria Gaynor - I will survive, Never can say goodbye

Abba - More pop than disco, but particularly Dancing queen, knowing me knowing you, Voulez Vous and gimme gimme a man after midnight are very disco sounding cuts and are disco in my opinion.

Sister Sledge - We are family, he's the greatest dancer, Frankie

Bonnie Pointer - Heaven must have sent you

Thelma Houston - Don't leave me this way

Diana Ross - Love Hangover, The boss, Upside down, I'm coming out

Village People - In the navy, YMCA, Macho man, Can't stop the music, San Francisco - its got me, Go west.

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Reply #19 posted 03/28/17 1:02am

SoulAlive

"Souvenirs" by Voyage (1978)-----love this song! Even though it's uptempo,it has a wistful/sad melody to it.

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Reply #20 posted 03/28/17 2:26am

SoulAlive

It's interesting that this song was a Number One smash hit in the summer of 1980.....months after everyone was saying that disco was "dead" lol It just proves my point that disco never really died.They just changed its' name to "dance music",lol.

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Funkytown - LIPPS Inc

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Reply #21 posted 03/28/17 2:31am

SoulAlive

"One More Minute" by Saint Tropez (1979)

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Reply #22 posted 03/28/17 2:33am

SoulAlive

"It Must Be Love" by Alton,McClain and Destiny (1979)

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Reply #23 posted 03/28/17 2:43am

SoulAlive

Image result for thank god it's friday soundtrack

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Reply #24 posted 03/28/17 2:46am

SoulAlive

Here's a tip: get the '54' movie soundtrack CDs (Volume 1 and 2).....lots of great disco songs on both CDs,including some rare ones smile

Image result for 54 movie soundtracksImage result for 54 movie soundtracks

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Reply #25 posted 04/24/17 5:20pm

TheFman

Disco rulez!
Used to be DJ and had lot of success with my disco-tunes razz Have still so much vinyl from that time...
The only thing i sometimes suffer with, if where disco ends and funk begins... Nevermind, both are equally good.

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Reply #26 posted 04/24/17 7:26pm

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I love disco music too. I remember when it was literally

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THE THING

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in the USA. I was 10 at the "peak" of disco in 1978..

& I know that had I been old enough, I would have definitely gone to places like that.

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even though I was far from being legally able to enter any actual disco,

I danced to all of it on the radio & at home.

now as I am "older" I am discovering & re-discovering a lot of the great disco music from the mid- to late- 70s.

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GREAT music from a GREAT era.

just like every other type of great music.. disco to me doesn't sound "dated".

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after reading this thread & being inspired by it..

I will very likely have my own little "disco party" this coming weekend..!

I'll see you tonight..
in ALL MY DREAMS..
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Reply #27 posted 04/24/17 8:28pm

SoulAlive

^^I was around the same age! I was amazed by the disco era.I thought it was the coolest thing ever biggrin I remember sitting by the radio all day long,waiting to hear my favorite disco jams.Disco seemed inescapable...it was everywhere! Even my parents were going to the discos back then,lol
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Reply #28 posted 04/25/17 12:09pm

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Disco was one of the music 'firsts' in my life, thanks to my mother, who listened to the Bee Gees, Boney M. etc.

I always respected this kind of music. The variety of artists, so many styles like R&B, soul, pop, jazz influenced disco. The music arrangements, instrumental tracks alone could be hits, not to mention the voices. Horns, saxophone, bass guitar sooo thick.

The Bee Gees are one of my favorite groups. Vocals, musicanship, hit-making sense, ability to stay in the game for so long, to change the course of their craft. Though the Bee Gees don't like to label them as 'disco band', they created the significant part of the disco sound. And like I've written before, the influences of other music genres is there and the Bee Gees grabbed the fists full of music from the other styles and enchanced disco, so in one way it can't be perceived just as a disco, but on the other hand it paved the way for the disco sound. 'Saturday Night Fever 'Soundtrack have been in my life since I have been 7 years old. 'Staying Alive' Mmmmmm. Mhmmmm. 'More Than A Woman'... 'How Deep Is Your Love' provides one of the best written songs ever for me, what a music consciousness pours from this song, the construction is so well thought. (Besides, Barry Gibb... drop dead gorgeous, so pretty, so damn pretty, mouth-watering pretty. The end. Or no: pretty. ).

There are lots of disco artists and songs I adore. Here are one of my favorites:

The Trammps - 'Disco Inferno':

Earth, Wind & Fire - 'September':

MFSB - TSOP:

The O'Jays - 'I Love Music':

The Spinners - 'Working My Way Back':

Yvonne Elliman - 'If I Can't Have You':

Wright Brothers - 'Flying Machine':

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Reply #29 posted 04/25/17 1:09pm

SoulAlive

there was a TV special tribute to the Bee Gees last week....did anybody see it?

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