I ran a thread a while back on one of my all-time fave disco cuts; "Push, Push "(In The Bush) by Musique.

As an actual working musician, Disco was the bane of my existance in the 70s.
I was going to clubs to play, not dance. That being said there are some things that stood out.

Anything by Chic would be at the top of the heap.

A few other artists...

Sylvester
Salsoul Orchestra
MFSB
Cerrone
Donna Summer
KC and The Sunshine Band

There are some tunes that ended up being discofied from artists you wouldn't expect like Expansions by Lonnie Liston Smith.

Or even stranger, an artist like...



...Ethel Merman jumping on the disco band wagon.


I wonder how many folks snagged...



...Disco 3000 by Sun Ra or Disco by Blowfly thinking they were getting a dance record just because of the titles.


Any tune was fair game for discofication.
There's even a disco version of The Beatle's I Want You (She's So Heavy).


"4 on the floor"


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

dude this is like the 989303027th topic on this but...

so what it never gets boring!

"Night Fever" Bee Gees
"Get Down Tonight" KC & The Sunshine Band
"Boogie Oogie Oogie" A Taste of Honey
"Do It Good" A Taste of Honey
"Lets Groove" EWF (Oops that's 80s)
"Forget Me Nots" Patrice Rushen
"To Be Real" Cheryl Lynn
"Good Times" Chic
"Le Freak" Chic
"Soup For One" Chic
"Everybody Dance" Chic
"Strike Up the Band"
"Best of My Love" Emotions

poaching from badujunkie, DavidEye, and Icicle's lists:

"Night Fever" -- Bee Gees
"Get Down Tonight" -- KC & The Sunshine Band
"Boogie Shoes" -- KC & the Sunshine Band
"Forget Me Nots" -- Patrice Rushen
"To Be Real" -- Cheryl Lynn
"Good Times" -- Chic
"Le Freak" -- Chic
"Everybody Dance" -- Chic
"Best of My Love" -- Emotions
"Ring My Bell" -- Anita Ward
"Bad Girls" -- Donna Summer
"Get Off" -- Foxy

to name a few.

Mutiny & Jerome Brailey - Anti Disco

DavidEye said:

The Sledge sisters made some good music
I love the songs "got to love somebody" and "Frankie"

I love disco but sometimes making SONG lists drive me nuts.

Get Off - Foxy
Disco Nights (Rock Freak) - GQ
Disco Inferno - The Trammps
Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
Don't Let Go - Issac Hayes
Makin' It - David Naughton
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Theme from the Midnight Express - Georgio Moroder
Le Freak - Chic
Boogie Shoes - KC and the Sunshine Band
In The Bush - Musique
You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees
Hot Number - Foxy
In The Navy - The Village People
The Groove Line - Heatwave
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - The Jacksons
Livin' It Up At Last (Friday Night) - Bell and James
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
Chase Me - Con-Funk-Shun
Every 1's A Winner - Hot Chocolate
Do Ya' Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
Star Love - Cheryl Lynn
Loving Is Really My Game - Brainstorm
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester
Whopper Bopper Show Stopper - Tata Vega
What You Gave Me - Diana Ross
Boogie Fever - The Sylvers
Anybody Wanna Party - Gloria Gaynor
Dance With Me - Rufus and Chaka Khan
Dance With You - Carrie Lucas
You And I - Rick James
Sexy Dancer - Prince
Everybody Dance - Chic
Do You Wanna Go Party - KC and the Sunshine Band
It's A Disco Night - The Isley Brothers
Move Your Boogie Body - The Barkays
Dazz - Brick
Let's Start The Dance - Bohannon
That's The Way I Like It - KC and the Sunshine Band
Dance Across The Floor - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
Bad Girls - Donna Summer

Whew! The list still goes on and on.

Icicle said:

Their 1979 'We Are Family' album is a disco masterpiece.I think it is Chic's best production work.

DISCO DUCK DAMIT!!!




QUACK!!!!!

angela74 said:

Wow,I thought you would be a HUGE fan of this music,based on some of your other threads (Alton McClain and Destiny's "It Must Be Love")

blackguitaristz said:

the 70s was definitely the best decade for music,I agree

theAudience said:

lol...you know,I've heard so much about that Ethel Merman disco album.It's legendary.I may have to hunt it down,just to see what it sounds like.I'm sure it's chessy as hell,lol.

The late 70s was funny.You had all types of artists and bands jumping on the disco bandwagon.Barbra Streisand ("The Main Event") and Cher ("Take Me Home") suddenly decided that they were disco artists....The Rolling Stones ("Miss You") and Rod Stewart ("Do Ya Think I'm Sexy") decided to add some disco beats to their music....even Paul McCartney flirted with disco on his 1979 hit "Goodbye Tonight" and on 1980's "Coming Out".Disco was HUGE and nobody wanted to be left behind.

blackguitaristz said:

this song is outrageous

push,push...in the bush
push,push...in the bush


I used to sing it as a kid,without knowing what they were talking about


here's an interesting excerpt from the liner notes to "The Disco Years" Part 5 (Rhino Records),which contains "In The Bush"...

Patrick Adams produced a long line of short-lived disco acts (Inner Life,Wish,Phreek),but none so definittively ephemeral as Musique."In The Bush",powered by propulsive horn and keyboard riffs and hyperkinetic percussion,is as infectious as a social disease,but it's not remembered for its musical excellence.It's the record that pioneered the single entendre;subtlety was not in its monomaniacal vocabulary.From the opening "Push,push/in the bush" couplets,it focuses firmly on the joys of sex.The singers complain about the difficulty of attaining peace of mind,but conclude "If you must do a piece piece piece of mine/C'mon and do it,do it".Following a plentitude of moans and outbreaks of orgasmic hysteria,the song winds up,somewhat enigmatically,with the admonition "Some of the time beats part of the time/and part of the time beats none at all",before fading out,presumably bushed.


interesting trivia about this song: the producer Patrick Adams later made a public apology for releasing this song.The song created a minor controversy and some radio stations refused to play it because of it's sexual content.Patrick's conscience made him feel somewhat regretful for releasing it.

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DavidEye said:

You know it was people like her that helped to contribute to the death of disco. When people like her started making disco records, it made people see disco as "uncool".

I wonder if she's still alive. If she is, we need to persuade her to do a hip hop album. Where's Carol "Hello Dolly" Channing, she might even be a better choice.
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vainandy said:

Oh yeah, remember the "Disco Sucks" backlash? Some of it got really ugly and racial.

theAudience said:

Lonnie Liston Smith had some good albums.

DIIISSSSSCCOOOOO DUUUUUCCCKKKK!!!!

DavidEye said:

Well certain songs I do like. I probaly confused some disco anf r&b.

uPtoWnNY said:

I never understood the disco backlash.I guess when something gets too big and commercial (like hip-hop is now),there is bound to be some kind of backlash.

When? WHEN!!!!!

I saw "The glow of love" on a dico compilation, i didn`t think it was a disco song...
Disco or not, it`s one of my favorite Luther Vandross songs

Icicle said:

Yeah,that song appears on a few of the disco compilations that I have.Apparently,it's really hard to distinguish between a "disco" song and a "soul" song from this period.There are some questionable choices on these compilations.For example,Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" is NOT a disco song by any stretch of the imagination,yet it appears on numerous disco compilations.