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Saturday Night Fever 25 years Later: thoughts! hard to Believe it's close to the 25th Anniverary of the Film&Soundtrack any thoughts on the Film&the Music??? mistermaxxx | |
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Oh, God! Well,it was taken place in Brooklyn. It was so popular that although we were under-age we had to see it. Travolta was Gorgeous and my Idol. Gorgeous! The dancing to die for . Everybody really did act that way and the 2 Pizza deal Rules. The Bee-Gees ruled,everything ruled! What a great time to be alive and be in Brooklyn and to be young and wild and free and it was a crazy fucking time. I was too young though so the older teenagers were really going nuts in Brooklyn. Guidos and Cushinettes. Or Cushines! We laughed so freakin hard at them. We were into Rock. It was Bad Girls verses the Rockers. Donna Summer verses FreeBird!I can write volumes on this. | |
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The "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack is my favorite movie soundtrack of all-time.I remember my mother taking me to see the film when it came out.A week later,I come home from school and she has the soundtrack,blasting it all over the house! I grew to LOVE those Bee Gees songs.Side 1 is a classic...
***"Stayin' Alive"The Bee Gees ***"How Deep Is Your Love" The Bee Gees ***"Night Fever"The Bee Gees ***"More Than A Woman"The Bee Gees ***"If I Can't Have You"Yvonne Elliman The rest of the 2-LP set had some great songs too,such as the relentless "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps,"K-Jee" by MFSB,"the funky "Open Sesame" by Kool and the Gang" and two other kickass Bee Gees songs,"Jive Talkin" and the pulsing "You Should Be Dancing".In the late 70s,I spent ALOT of time with this album!! The movie is also a classic!! The dance sequences are mesmerizing.I love the dance contest scene,where Tony and Stephanie are dancing to the Bee Gees' "More Than A Woman".During the last part of the song,they stop dancing and just STARE at each other.I also like when they're rehearsing to the same song,only this time it's performed by Tavares.When they spin around like a merry-go-round,that is sooo cool...lol...this movie gives a vivid account of what the late 70s Disco era was really like (one-night stands in the back of cars,lots of drugs,the hottest dance tunes,etc...too bad I was too young to experience it all...lol...) | |
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I was only seven or eight when it came out, but I remember my brother having almost every single that was released from the soundtrack. I used to play them quite a bit. I remember the music being a lot of fun, and I'd dance to it when no one else was home. A little bit later, I really fell in love with Samantha Song's "Emotion" (written by Gibb) -- I couldn't get enough of that song. And I have a treasured memory of being about six or seven years old and dancing with a very good-looking girl (at least 10 years older) to "The Hustle" in the MIDDLE of a crowded room! haha. But when disco died, I turned to rock, and very soon after, Prince's funk-rock. Thanks for bringing back some memories, mistermaxxx, with your questions. | |
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Why in the Hell are you laughing? I think you are full of Shit about your mother. I think you are older than what you say? Who are you anyway? And how come there are 50 million posts of members who joined Feb 18, 2002. Are you not who I think you are? Crazy Mutherfucker! You love pushing my buttons, don't you Baby??? Stop this shit and push them for real! | |
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To only be a midwesterner!!! | |
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February 18, 2002 is when the new version of the org launched. Everyone had to sign up again to renew membership- hence the number of members who joined then. DavidEye is honest. | |
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oh, thanks Moon. Iwas wondering being new and all. My God! | |
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Myself... I've been hanging around since Prodigy was bigger than AOL... actually, even back to when CompuServe was the only name in town. I show up on A.M.P. for awhile and then go somewhere else -- maybe a chatroom or another forum... and then prince.org... and then I'm gone again... I just like checking up on Prince news every once in awhile. Maybe I'm just hoping that his creativity will be contagious. I gett off on the inspiration, and I enjoy sharing and reading the memories. (Oops, I guess I should've put this in that other thread about why we're here). O'hwell. | |
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Oh o.k. sorry I got mad,but I just had to know the truth! | |
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"If I Can't Have You" - Yvonne Elliman  | |
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Well the place turned into a topless strip joint after 2001 closed down then a male strip place then a Gay disco. I don't know if it's still open anymore. The Spectrum. | |
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soulsplash said: I was only seven or eight when it came out, but I remember my brother having almost every single that was released from the soundtrack. I used to play them quite a bit. I remember the music being a lot of fun, and I'd dance to it when no one else was home. A little bit later, I really fell in love with Samantha Song's "Emotion" (written by Gibb) -- I couldn't get enough of that song.
I love that song "Emotion" by Samantha Sang(1978).Barry Gibb and his brothers are great songwriters and producers.On that particluar song,they basically steal the song away from Samantha...lol...their background vocals pretty much dominate (similiar to the way Prince takes over Sheila's song "A Love Bizarre").Destiny's Child recently did a cover version of "Emotion",but it was nothing to write home about,imo. | |
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Vagina said: I can write volumes on this. But please don't. Nobody would be able to decipher your incoherent babble, anyway.I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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Gee Thanks .I'll remember that one. | |
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Vagina said: Gee Thanks .I'll remember that one.
Salsation Night on Disco Mountain Manhattan Skyline Boogie shoes More than a woman ( bee gees and Tavares both versions rock) i was living in the bronx at the time when it was released and i saw it when it came out sure i was underage but they took me to see it yeah i admit it i was a huge Disco Boy but also had that B-boy in me 2  great movie great acting and yes the 2001 disco did exsist if memory serves me it was in Canarsie | |
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DavidEye said: soulsplash said: I was only seven or eight when it came out, but I remember my brother having almost every single that was released from the soundtrack. I used to play them quite a bit. I remember the music being a lot of fun, and I'd dance to it when no one else was home. A little bit later, I really fell in love with Samantha Song's "Emotion" (written by Gibb) -- I couldn't get enough of that song.
I love that song "Emotion" by Samantha Sang(1978).Barry Gibb and his brothers are great songwriters and producers.On that particluar song,they basically steal the song away from Samantha...lol...their background vocals pretty much dominate (similiar to the way Prince takes over Sheila's song "A Love Bizarre").Destiny's Child recently did a cover version of "Emotion",but it was nothing to write home about,imo. wow Samantha Sang from Auistralia that was on Private Stock Records great great song... what ever happened 2 samantha sang anyway | |
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Finess said: DavidEye said: soulsplash said: I was only seven or eight when it came out, but I remember my brother having almost every single that was released from the soundtrack. I used to play them quite a bit. I remember the music being a lot of fun, and I'd dance to it when no one else was home. A little bit later, I really fell in love with Samantha Song's "Emotion" (written by Gibb) -- I couldn't get enough of that song.
I love that song "Emotion" by Samantha Sang(1978).Barry Gibb and his brothers are great songwriters and producers.On that particluar song,they basically steal the song away from Samantha...lol...their background vocals pretty much dominate (similiar to the way Prince takes over Sheila's song "A Love Bizarre").Destiny's Child recently did a cover version of "Emotion",but it was nothing to write home about,imo. wow Samantha Sang from Auistralia that was on Private Stock Records great great song... what ever happened 2 samantha sang anyway I don't know what happened to her.She never really had any hits after "Emotion".But what a kickass song,huh? | |
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It's still the best soundtrack for me.
The Bee Gees are fine songwriters. They did their own version of Emotion recently on a Greatest Hits album. Pretty good. | |
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One of my favorite soundtrack records as well. I remember going to the Record Bar in early 1978 and buying The Bee Gees single "Stayin Alive" on RSO Records. The logo is the picture of a cow..LOL. Anyway I used to play that over and over again. I remember my friends went to see the movie and said they were hassled getting in, because they were too young, so what they did was get tickets to a PG movie, I think Star Wars or something like that and after that movie was over, they snucked (walked into the other theater room to see SNF(LOL). Me and friends used to do that a lot back then. We saw American Gigolo (starring Richard Gere) the same way.
SNF is a great album(even a lot of rock and roll rebels like this album). I was listening to MFSB great track "K-JEE" yesterday. That song really makes you want to move. Bee Gees were great writers but they made a terrible movie back then..that movie based on the Beatles "SGT PEPPER" album. But the soundtrack for that album did produce The Elements aka Earth Wind And Fire's song "Got To Get You Into My Life". This is a remake of the Beatles'song, Paul McCartney's ode to smoking weed. | |
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I've always been out-of -step vis-a-vis SNF.
"TakedatshitoffMYSTEREO,muthafukka!!!" 
It sucked back then and it still sucks now. Goddamn ball-crunching eunuch-ear-splitting banshees!  test | |
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Brother915 said: One of my favorite soundtrack records as well. I remember going to the Record Bar in early 1978 and buying The Bee Gees single "Stayin Alive" on RSO Records. The logo is the picture of a cow..LOL. Anyway I used to play that over and over again. I remember my friends went to see the movie and said they were hassled getting in, because they were too young, so what they did was get tickets to a PG movie, I think Star Wars or something like that and after that movie was over, they snucked (walked into the other theater room to see SNF(LOL). Me and friends used to do that a lot back then. We saw American Gigolo (starring Richard Gere) the same way.
SNF is a great album(even a lot of rock and roll rebels like this album). I was listening to MFSB great track "K-JEE" yesterday. That song really makes you want to move. Bee Gees were great writers but they made a terrible movie back then..that movie based on the Beatles "SGT PEPPER" album. But the soundtrack for that album did produce The Elements aka Earth Wind And Fire's song "Got To Get You Into My Life". This is a remake of the Beatles'song, Paul McCartney's ode to smoking weed. LOL...I rememeber doing the same thing as a kid! We would go to the theatre,pay to see a "PG" film,then sneak out and watch an "R" rated film instead.Actually,'Saturday Night Fever' is a very "adult" movie with alot of racy scenes.I'm surprised my mother took me to see it (I was only 8 years old!!). | |
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mistermaxxx said: hard to Believe it's close to the 25th Anniverary of the Film&Soundtrack any thoughts on the Film&the Music???
Great soundtrack. Crap movie. | |
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A little trivia about "SNF" (the movie and the soundtrack):
***In March of 1978,the Bee Gees had the top three songs on the Billboard charts. "Stayin' Alive" was Number One,"Night Fever" was Number Two,and Samantha Sang's "Emotion" (which The Bee Gees wrote and produced) was Number Three. ***Right after filming this film (summer 1977),John Travolta began filming another film that would prove to be a blockbuster : "Grease". ***Fran Drescher has a small cameo appearance in this film.She sees Tony (Travolta's character) at the Disco and asks him "Are you as good in bed as you are on the dancefloor?". ***The movie soundtrack sold over 22 million copies.Until MJ's 'Thriller' outsold it in 1983,it was the biggest=selling album of all-time. ***The Tavares version of "More Than A Woman" had previously appeared on their own album from 1977.They toured with the Bee Gees in 1976/77 and as a gift,the Gibb brothers gave them that song. ***Likewise,the song "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps had already been a single in 1976,when it appeared on their album of the same name.After the movie became a blockbuster,the song was re-released and became an even bigger smash this time around. ***The song "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees (1976) appears in the movie but,thankfully,it is not on the soundtrack;) ***The Bee Gees don't consider their SNF songs to be "Disco",but rather R&B/soul.They have a point. ***After the movie's success in late 1977,there were many "copycat" projects that came out in the ensuing years.In spring 1978,Motown/Casablanca teamed up and released the Disco flick "Thank God It's Friday".The TV show "Dance Fever" premiered.And,in 1979,a TV sitcom called "Makin' It" was lossely based on the SNF storyline. | |
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DavidEye said: A little trivia about "SNF" (the movie and the soundtrack):
***In March of 1978,the Bee Gees had the top three songs on the Billboard charts. "Stayin' Alive" was Number One,"Night Fever" was Number Two,and Samantha Sang's "Emotion" (which The Bee Gees wrote and produced) was Number Three. ***Right after filming this film (summer 1977),John Travolta began filming another film that would prove to be a blockbuster : "Grease". ***Fran Drescher has a small cameo appearance in this film.She sees Tony (Travolta's character) at the Disco and asks him "Are you as good in bed as you are on the dancefloor?". ***The movie soundtrack sold over 22 million copies.Until MJ's 'Thriller' outsold it in 1983,it was the biggest=selling album of all-time. ***The Tavares version of "More Than A Woman" had previously appeared on their own album from 1977.They toured with the Bee Gees in 1976/77 and as a gift,the Gibb brothers gave them that song. ***Likewise,the song "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps had already been a single in 1976,when it appeared on their album of the same name.After the movie became a blockbuster,the song was re-released and became an even bigger smash this time around. ***The song "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees (1976) appears in the movie but,thankfully,it is not on the soundtrack;) ***The Bee Gees don't consider their SNF songs to be "Disco",but rather R&B/soul.They have a point. ***After the movie's success in late 1977,there were many "copycat" projects that came out in the ensuing years.In spring 1978,Motown/Casablanca teamed up and released the Disco flick "Thank God It's Friday".The TV show "Dance Fever" premiered.And,in 1979,a TV sitcom called "Makin' It" was lossely based on the SNF storyline. Thank God its Friday was a kickass Movie and a kick ass soundtrack... Makin with David Naughton appeared on ABC for only one season i believe... along with another show with a SNF cast member "Donna Pescow" a show called Angie... and Dance Fever with Denny terrio... great show me and my Dance partner at the time ( yes i danced ) lol we would go to the teen clubs at the time and do those same exact steps... practice practice practice wow memories thanks guys wait another Dance show called "Hot City" with Jeff Kutash
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DavidEye said: Finess said: DavidEye said: soulsplash said: I was only seven or eight when it came out, but I remember my brother having almost every single that was released from the soundtrack. I used to play them quite a bit. I remember the music being a lot of fun, and I'd dance to it when no one else was home. A little bit later, I really fell in love with Samantha Song's "Emotion" (written by Gibb) -- I couldn't get enough of that song.
I love that song "Emotion" by Samantha Sang(1978).Barry Gibb and his brothers are great songwriters and producers.On that particluar song,they basically steal the song away from Samantha...lol...their background vocals pretty much dominate (similiar to the way Prince takes over Sheila's song "A Love Bizarre").Destiny's Child recently did a cover version of "Emotion",but it was nothing to write home about,imo. wow Samantha Sang from Auistralia that was on Private Stock Records great great song... what ever happened 2 samantha sang anyway I don't know what happened to her.She never really had any hits after "Emotion".But what a kickass song,huh? agreed.. i still have the original single | |
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Finess said:[/quote]
Thank God its Friday was a kickass Movie and a kick ass soundtrack... Makin with David Naughton appeared on ABC for only one season i believe... along with another show with a SNF cast member "Donna Pescow" a show called Angie... and Dance Fever with Denny terrio... great show me and my Dance partner at the time ( yes i danced ) lol we would go to the teen clubs at the time and do those same exact steps... practice practice practice wow memories thanks guys wait another Dance show called "Hot City" with Jeff Kutash
[This message was edited Thu Jul 18 4:07:05 PDT 2002 by Finess] [This message was edited Thu Jul 18 4:07:43 PDT 2002 by Finess] [This message was edited Thu Jul 18 4:08:08 PDT 2002 by Finess] [/quote] 'Thank God It's Friday' is a great movie that gives you a hilarious,light-hearted look at the Disco era.By contrast,'Saturday Night Fever' is a more dramatic and sometimes depressing look at an era that could never last.Did you ever see the movie '54',which came out in 1998? | |
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DavidEye said: A little trivia about "SNF" (the movie and the soundtrack):
***In March of 1978,the Bee Gees had the top three songs on the Billboard charts. "Stayin' Alive" was Number One,"Night Fever" was Number Two,and Samantha Sang's "Emotion" (which The Bee Gees wrote and produced) was Number Three. ***Right after filming this film (summer 1977),John Travolta began filming another film that would prove to be a blockbuster : "Grease". ***Fran Drescher has a small cameo appearance in this film.She sees Tony (Travolta's character) at the Disco and asks him "Are you as good in bed as you are on the dancefloor?". ***The movie soundtrack sold over 22 million copies.Until MJ's 'Thriller' outsold it in 1983,it was the biggest=selling album of all-time. ***The Tavares version of "More Than A Woman" had previously appeared on their own album from 1977.They toured with the Bee Gees in 1976/77 and as a gift,the Gibb brothers gave them that song. ***Likewise,the song "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps had already been a single in 1976,when it appeared on their album of the same name.After the movie became a blockbuster,the song was re-released and became an even bigger smash this time around. ***The song "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees (1976) appears in the movie but,thankfully,it is not on the soundtrack;) ***The Bee Gees don't consider their SNF songs to be "Disco",but rather R&B/soul.They have a point. ***After the movie's success in late 1977,there were many "copycat" projects that came out in the ensuing years.In spring 1978,Motown/Casablanca teamed up and released the Disco flick "Thank God It's Friday".The TV show "Dance Fever" premiered.And,in 1979,a TV sitcom called "Makin' It" was lossely based on the SNF storyline. I said in Wellbeyond's THAT 70's THREAD that I consider the Trammps song "Disco Inferno" to be the greatest disco song EVER made. That song stills kicks hard. The long verison is great dance floor action. | |
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DavidEye said: Finess said:
Thank God its Friday was a kickass Movie and a kick ass soundtrack... Makin with David Naughton appeared on ABC for only one season i believe... along with another show with a SNF cast member "Donna Pescow" a show called Angie... and Dance Fever with Denny terrio... great show me and my Dance partner at the time ( yes i danced ) lol we would go to the teen clubs at the time and do those same exact steps... practice practice practice wow memories thanks guys wait another Dance show called "Hot City" with Jeff Kutash
[This message was edited Thu Jul 18 4:07:05 PDT 2002 by Finess] [This message was edited Thu Jul 18 4:07:43 PDT 2002 by Finess] [This message was edited Thu Jul 18 4:08:08 PDT 2002 by Finess] [/quote] 'Thank God It's Friday' is a great movie that gives you a hilarious,light-hearted look at the Disco era.By contrast,'Saturday Night Fever' is a more dramatic and sometimes depressing look at an era that could never last.Did you ever see the movie '54',which came out in 1998?[/quote] well David.. i was a young "54" head back then i had friends and family who worked there so i got in all the time... i was a clubkid since the age of 12 and 54 brought back alot of weird shit for me great movie... but it showed the drama and corruption of the clubowners and the bad business that in a sense killed the whole disco Movement..i was there when the guy was found dead in the venting system and the downstairs was freaky... i was brought down there when i was like 13 and it freaked me out...lots of shit went down in that hallway | |
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Lawdy! the cheese is in FULL effect! We've gone from praising SNF
to TGIF!!! 
I need me a heavy dose of "Maggot Brain" or "Third Stone from the Sun". I dunno; something to drown out this drivel. test | |
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