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Reply #30 posted 07/19/02 6:40am

pm1

YEAH WHAT A FUCKING GREAT TIME. IT WAS A DIFFERENT WORLD. SHIT WHO NEEDED CELL PHONES AND INTERNET ?
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Reply #31 posted 07/19/02 6:47am

Novabreaker

pm1 said:

YEAH WHAT A FUCKING GREAT TIME. IT WAS A DIFFERENT WORLD. SHIT WHO NEEDED CELL PHONES AND INTERNET ?


The Scandinavian economy?
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Reply #32 posted 07/19/02 6:51am

alandail

The Bee Gees continued to make some great music after the 70s, only radio refused to play it. Here are some examples to check out
- You Win Again
- Toys
- Decadance
- One
- Alone
- Bodyguard
- Still Waters Run Deep
- The whole "Size isn't Everything" album (engineer Femi Jiya)
- The whole "This is Where I Came In" album

Alan
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Reply #33 posted 07/19/02 6:55am

pm1

Novabreaker said:

pm1 said:

YEAH WHAT A FUCKING GREAT TIME. IT WAS A DIFFERENT WORLD. SHIT WHO NEEDED CELL PHONES AND INTERNET ?


The Scandinavian economy?




the scandanvians gave us cell phones!!!
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Reply #34 posted 07/19/02 7:43am

chachalila

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The funny thing about disco music in the 70's
it seems that the people who really enjoyed
it were always on something.
Every time they say, "when I heard this song..."
It was associated with this drug or that drug,
"was being passed around" or "was easily accesable".

Probably doesn't mean a damn thing but it still
a litle interesting. wink
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Reply #35 posted 07/19/02 7:53am

BLACKMF

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I've never understood why so many people were saying "Disco sucks" in the late 70s.Like any other musical form,there were good songs and bad songs,but I was a HUGE fan of that music.Disco music was fun,energetic and highly intoxicating...lol...have a few Long Island Iced teas and you could get lost in this music:)

What are yor thoughts on this music? What are your favorite Disco songs? And why did so many people hate Disco?


It did not suck. It was great music. Much of it still exists today and is heavily sampled and copied in techno and dance music.

THe basis behind the hate for disco was the racist fears of the white male establishment. White boys loved hard rock. Less rythmic and no dancing required. All of sudden, they had to learn to disc dance to get the chicks and be cool (Sat Night Fever set them back a bit because the average white boy cant dance like that). Most of the stars of disco were people of color, women (Donna Summer, Gloria Gayner, etc), and gay: again, all groups that threaten white males that are racist and/or sexist.

Hip hop get a similar backlash but is redemmed by the immoral commercialism of the music business. White boys hate rappers as they are the ultimate threat: rough, big mouthed, rich, ghetto black guys that will nail their little white chicks. However, these rappers are bankable and industry white boys take these uneducated products of the ghetto all the way to the bank. They will even go so far as to assimilate some traits of these ghetto monkeys in order to be cool and appeal to the white chicks that want the Snoop Dogg types.

So alas, money and sex, the inevitable axis upon which this lost planet turns, determine the basis for hatred and ignorance as they play themselves out in modern society.
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Reply #36 posted 07/19/02 8:01am

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What about Chic and Sister Sledges???
I just loved "He's the greatest dancer", "we are family" of course, and ALL Chic groovy songs!

Oh, and don't forget there was a beautiful dance tune in 1987 by a not-that-famous artist (at least here in Italy) called "I wanna be your lover".
I simply couldn't stand still when the DJ played that record!!!
"No one plays the clarinet the way U play my heart"
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Reply #37 posted 07/19/02 8:27am

piepie1976

Looking at the state of popular music THESE DAYS, I don't think we have anything to be ashamed of re: 70's disco. Hell, that includes the 80's, too.


rightbluecheek said:

What about Chic and Sister Sledges???
I just loved "He's the greatest dancer", "we are family" of course, and ALL Chic groovy songs!

Oh, and don't forget there was a beautiful dance tune in 1987 by a not-that-famous artist (at least here in Italy) called "I wanna be your lover".
I simply couldn't stand still when the DJ played that record!!!
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Reply #38 posted 07/19/02 8:27am

ZaZa

Actually a lot of Disco did suck. Particularly in the early years. Look at the list Davideye drew up of good disco songs - the majority of them are from 1978, 1979, 1980 - the late 70's. Disco popped up in the early 70's - around 1973. The early stuff was very dull. Star Wars put to disco. Very Love Boat. Disco Medleys were popular. Very polyester. While it might sound great now on compilations of all the Disco Years it did suck at first. When The Bee Gees went disco that was a huge leap forward. Diana Ross's Love Hangover & Donna Summer's music helped it gain popularity. When the Rolling Stones & Paul McCartney & Rod Stewart released disco songs it was obvious disco was accepted into the mainstream. But in its eary stages it sounded very mechanical & lacked the sense of fun & party it gained later.
And at the time Disco first emerged the California Mellow/Folksinger music was very popular & they didn't exactly blend togerther well.
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Reply #39 posted 07/19/02 8:31am

GeneMohawk

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i work as a DJ at a retro styled club part time ... so you can believe i'm sick to death of "stayin' alive", "dancing queen", "i will survive" etc... (but to be fair, they still DO pack the dance floor, no doubt about that).

i like spinning the hardcore disco/funk from back in the day more than anything else. the stuff you don't hear anymore... like "holy ghost" by the bar-kays, "doo wah ditty" by zapp, "son of a gun" by the silver convention, and ANYTHING off of the FIRST village people album. no one seems to remember anything by them besides the obvious hits, y'know? they actually did have some pretty cool stuff that wasn't "hit" material. smile

just my $.02.

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Reply #40 posted 07/19/02 8:37am

PFunkjazz

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BLACKMF said:

DavidEye said:

I've never understood why so many people were saying "Disco sucks" in the late 70s.Like any other musical form,there were good songs and bad songs,but I was a HUGE fan of that music.Disco music was fun,energetic and highly intoxicating...lol...have a few Long Island Iced teas and you could get lost in this music:)

What are yor thoughts on this music? What are your favorite Disco songs? And why did so many people hate Disco?


It did not suck. It was great music. Much of it still exists today and is heavily sampled and copied in techno and dance music.

THe basis behind the hate for disco was the racist fears of the white male establishment. White boys loved hard rock. Less rythmic and no dancing required. All of sudden, they had to learn to disc dance to get the chicks and be cool (Sat Night Fever set them back a bit because the average white boy cant dance like that). Most of the stars of disco were people of color, women (Donna Summer, Gloria Gayner, etc), and gay: again, all groups that threaten white males that are racist and/or sexist.

Hip hop get a similar backlash but is redemmed by the immoral commercialism of the music business. White boys hate rappers as they are the ultimate threat: rough, big mouthed, rich, ghetto black guys that will nail their little white chicks. However, these rappers are bankable and industry white boys take these uneducated products of the ghetto all the way to the bank. They will even go so far as to assimilate some traits of these ghetto monkeys in order to be cool and appeal to the white chicks that want the Snoop Dogg types.

So alas, money and sex, the inevitable axis upon which this lost planet turns, determine the basis for hatred and ignorance as they play themselves out in modern society.


What sucked was the above-ground Giorgio Moroder Euro-disco sound. It had that fake salsa-type beat that was hyped up with tons of speeded up string arrangements. That crap was so mechanical and unfunky, but it kept a solid beat where the funkless could dance and not miss a step. Music was being manufactured , en masse, like most of the Donna Summer stuff except BAD GIRLS, Mico, Silver Convention, Vicki Sue Robinson, Gloria Gaynor, Sylvester (well some of his stuff was tight!). Chic and Sister Sledge were somewhat redeemable because of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. Thank goodness for Funkadelic for seeing me thru that morass of CUT funk, but thanks to Prince even more for making that sound viable after it had gotten really stale. The other dog was that eunuch falsetto singing of Bee Gees was like fingernials on chalkboard. One falsetto in a group is enough, but 3 hi-pitched male-bitches was unnerving!

I do acknowledge there was a lot of racial bashing by redneck Ted Nugent-type fans. I got into a real knock-down dragout fight when a "good ol' boy" said funk was "nigger and fag" music. :LOL: I just wasn't sure which insult he was calling me, so I had to put "the snatch" on his ass. Inglewood PD coulda taken some notes from me on that one. Throwin a mutha fukka up against a solid wall saves you from busting up your knuckles on somebody's jaw.

BTW: I love EWF to no end, but I have always trashed "Boogie Wonderland" as an overt piece of disco-trash. GAWD! I hate that song!

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Reply #41 posted 07/19/02 8:44am

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ZaZa said:

Actually a lot of Disco did suck. Particularly in the early years. Look at the list Davideye drew up of good disco songs - the majority of them are from 1978, 1979, 1980 - the late 70's. Disco popped up in the early 70's - around 1973. The early stuff was very dull. Star Wars put to disco. Very Love Boat. Disco Medleys were popular. Very polyester. While it might sound great now on compilations of all the Disco Years it did suck at first. When The Bee Gees went disco that was a huge leap forward. Diana Ross's Love Hangover & Donna Summer's music helped it gain popularity. When the Rolling Stones & Paul McCartney & Rod Stewart released disco songs it was obvious disco was accepted into the mainstream. But in its eary stages it sounded very mechanical & lacked the sense of fun & party it gained later.
And at the time Disco first emerged the California Mellow/Folksinger music was very popular & they didn't exactly blend togerther well.



"Love Hangover", "Miss You" and "Silly Love Songs" all had pretty tight basslines so they were pretty cool. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" sucked because of the Stewart's cheekiness and that dreadful arp string synth. GAWD! I hear that crap now! eek
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Reply #42 posted 07/19/02 8:47am

Janeau

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What sucked was the above-ground Giorgio Moroder Euro-disco sound.


What about I FEEL LOVE from Donna summer...thats was produced by Giorgio Moroder. Thats a classis track, specialy the 12 inch. Very inspiring song...It was not all bad what Giorgio Moroder did...But i agree , he made a lot of shit 2.
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Reply #43 posted 07/19/02 8:59am

PFunkjazz

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Janeau said:

What sucked was the above-ground Giorgio Moroder Euro-disco sound.


What about I FEEL LOVE from Donna summer...thats was produced by Giorgio Moroder. Thats a classis track, specialy the 12 inch. Very inspiring song...It was not all bad what Giorgio Moroder did...But i agree , he made a lot of shit 2.



Sometimes the first turd don't stink as much.
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Reply #44 posted 07/19/02 9:13am

Brother915

PFunkjazz said:

BLACKMF said:

DavidEye said:

I've never understood why so many people were saying "Disco sucks" in the late 70s.Like any other musical form,there were good songs and bad songs,but I was a HUGE fan of that music.Disco music was fun,energetic and highly intoxicating...lol...have a few Long Island Iced teas and you could get lost in this music:)

What are yor thoughts on this music? What are your favorite Disco songs? And why did so many people hate Disco?


It did not suck. It was great music. Much of it still exists today and is heavily sampled and copied in techno and dance music.

THe basis behind the hate for disco was the racist fears of the white male establishment. White boys loved hard rock. Less rythmic and no dancing required. All of sudden, they had to learn to disc dance to get the chicks and be cool (Sat Night Fever set them back a bit because the average white boy cant dance like that). Most of the stars of disco were people of color, women (Donna Summer, Gloria Gayner, etc), and gay: again, all groups that threaten white males that are racist and/or sexist.

Hip hop get a similar backlash but is redemmed by the immoral commercialism of the music business. White boys hate rappers as they are the ultimate threat: rough, big mouthed, rich, ghetto black guys that will nail their little white chicks. However, these rappers are bankable and industry white boys take these uneducated products of the ghetto all the way to the bank. They will even go so far as to assimilate some traits of these ghetto monkeys in order to be cool and appeal to the white chicks that want the Snoop Dogg types.

So alas, money and sex, the inevitable axis upon which this lost planet turns, determine the basis for hatred and ignorance as they play themselves out in modern society.


What sucked was the above-ground Giorgio Moroder Euro-disco sound. It had that fake salsa-type beat that was hyped up with tons of speeded up string arrangements. That crap was so mechanical and unfunky, but it kept a solid beat where the funkless could dance and not miss a step. Music was being manufactured , en masse, like most of the Donna Summer stuff except BAD GIRLS, Mico, Silver Convention, Vicki Sue Robinson, Gloria Gaynor, Sylvester (well some of his stuff was tight!). Chic and Sister Sledge were somewhat redeemable because of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. Thank goodness for Funkadelic for seeing me thru that morass of CUT funk, but thanks to Prince even more for making that sound viable after it had gotten really stale. The other dog was that eunuch falsetto singing of Bee Gees was like fingernials on chalkboard. One falsetto in a group is enough, but 3 hi-pitched male-bitches was unnerving!

I do acknowledge there was a lot of racial bashing by redneck Ted Nugent-type fans. I got into a real knock-down dragout fight when a "good ol' boy" said funk was "nigger and fag" music. :LOL: I just wasn't sure which insult he was calling me, so I had to put "the snatch" on his ass. Inglewood PD coulda taken some notes from me on that one. Throwin a mutha fukka up against a solid wall saves you from busting up your knuckles on somebody's jaw.

BTW: I love EWF to no end, but I have always trashed "Boogie Wonderland" as an overt piece of disco-trash. GAWD! I hate that song!

fro





One falsetto in a group is enough, but 3 hi-pitched male-bitches was unnerving!



LOL...yo bruh that was funny!!!
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Reply #45 posted 07/19/02 9:35am

rdhull

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DavidEye said:

***In 1976,singer Andrea True scored a huge Disco hit with the suggestive "More,More,More".In the song,she demands that her lover "get the cameras rolling,get the action going".She is referring to her previous career as a porn star!...lol...


I purchased an old old Rolling Stone at a used bookstore with her story as a major write up lol
"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #46 posted 07/19/02 9:39am

ZaZa

I lived in Kansas City MO during the early to mid-70's & the music that was played on the radio was Allman Bros, ZZ Top, Kansas, Peter Frampton. Very mid-western rock & roll. If we wanted to hear disco we went into downtown KC to a gay bar.
Can you believe there was a time without Disco? Christ I remember trying find some music to dance to at a party & the best we could come up with was Paul Simon. PAUL SIMON. It didn't work. Or trying to dance to Bob Marley's Natty Dread. Yikes!!!
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Reply #47 posted 07/19/02 9:40am

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There But For The Grace Of God ( Go I)-Machine and Sunset People by Donna are and always will be the shit.
"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #48 posted 07/19/02 10:38am

Essence

The falsetto Mick used in "Emotional Rescue" was inspired by a new upcoming artist at the time called Prince.

As with all genres good disco was good while the uninspired clone takes on it were bad.
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Reply #49 posted 07/19/02 10:48am

mistermaxxx

ChimChimBadass said:

pm1 said:

nothing about disco sucked.

at the time though there was a backlash from middle america and as far as i can tell it was to do with the sexual freedom and drugs etc. that (for them) disco symbolised.

also it was predominantly black music and a lot of white rock fans saw it as a threat to them and their culture (or lack of it)and hence the big stadium burnings of disco records.

looking back though it was one of the most creative times in fashion and music.


Yeah exactly, this "disco sucks" movement was nothing but racist & anti-gay.
Disco was a sort of Funk, and it was great until it get so watered, and that even white rockers get into it biggrin
Brass Construction was one of the best Funk/Pre-Disco band to me.
Yep Exactly&it never went away it's been called Dance Music.I Dig Disco Overall far More than Rap.
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Reply #50 posted 07/19/02 10:59am

mistermaxxx

PFunkjazz said:

ZaZa said:

Actually a lot of Disco did suck. Particularly in the early years. Look at the list Davideye drew up of good disco songs - the majority of them are from 1978, 1979, 1980 - the late 70's. Disco popped up in the early 70's - around 1973. The early stuff was very dull. Star Wars put to disco. Very Love Boat. Disco Medleys were popular. Very polyester. While it might sound great now on compilations of all the Disco Years it did suck at first. When The Bee Gees went disco that was a huge leap forward. Diana Ross's Love Hangover & Donna Summer's music helped it gain popularity. When the Rolling Stones & Paul McCartney & Rod Stewart released disco songs it was obvious disco was accepted into the mainstream. But in its eary stages it sounded very mechanical & lacked the sense of fun & party it gained later.
And at the time Disco first emerged the California Mellow/Folksinger music was very popular & they didn't exactly blend togerther well.



"Love Hangover", "Miss You" and "Silly Love Songs" all had pretty tight basslines so they were pretty cool. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" sucked because of the Stewart's cheekiness and that dreadful arp string synth. GAWD! I hear that crap now! eek
"Love Hangover" to me was Diana Ross trying to get in on the Donna Summer's Market&I think the song could have worked for both Artists."Miss You" Billy Preston was on that track or Co-Wrote I Believe was cool I got both the Guitat Solo&Horn Solo Versions off Napter a few years back.as for Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy": He jacked that song off Bobby Womack's "If you Want my Love put something down on it. also One of the baddest Jams IMHO in the disco era was "All Night thing" by the Invisible Man Band.maybe for Contract Reasons they couldn't use there actual name because the Guys behind that Jam were the Family Band The Five-StairSteps. Disco was like Rap in it's Hey Day everybody at one time or another wanted to be Hip&be part of the End Crowd with it.Mixed Results for various Acts.it did Wonders for Van Mccoy&Barry White hurt others though.but still a Fun time overall IMHO.it was all about the 4/4 Time on Dance Floor.
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Reply #51 posted 07/19/02 11:19am

djdredd

DavidEye said:

CalhounSq said:

DavidEye said:

***"Miss You"The Rolling Stones(1978)


I LOVE this song!!! I'd pay a LOT to hear the version P did live w/ Ron Wood in it's entirety...

Hey, is the Stones' Emotional Rescue considered disco? Its tone smacks of disco IMO, but I'm not a music scholar like you! wink


The song "Emotional Rescue" sounds alot like "Miss You".It's in the same vein,but I think most rock music experts would kill us for calling it "Disco"...lol...


miss you is one of my personal favorites of all time. there is an extended "disco mix" that has an additional breakdown which really cranks.

disco rules and the people who turned against it back in the day were out of their mind and a little bit confused i think.
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Reply #52 posted 07/19/02 1:15pm

jnoel

The european disco sucks (village people, boney m, cerrone...) at the exception, maybe , of Abba for "Dancing Queen" (love it)
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Reply #53 posted 07/19/02 1:36pm

jnoel

& let's not forget Blondie's "Heart of Glass", maybe too good to be classified as a Disco song (originally it was a reggae tune)
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Reply #54 posted 07/19/02 1:48pm

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GREAT THREAD!!!

I love disco music, my wife plays the shit all the time! We bought the Time-Life's Dance Party 1972-1981, great stuff on it.

Check it out:

1972-1974

TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) - MFSB feat. The Three Degress
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
The Love I Lost (Part 1) - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
Pick Up the Pieces - AWB
Fire - The Ohio Players
Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor
Hollywood Swingin - Kool and the Gang
Dancing Machine -The Jackson 5
When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees
Love Train - The O'Jays
Rock the Boat - The Hues Corp.
Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton
Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus
Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express
Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) - Eddie Kendricks
Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas
Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra

1975-1976

Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
The Hustle - Van McCoy
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls
You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White
Love Machine (Part 1) - The Miracles
Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons
More, More, More (Pt.1) - Andrea True Connection
Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
Love Hangover - Diana Ross
Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band
Boogie Fever - The Sylvers
Rockin' Chair - Gwen McCrae
Love Rollercoaster - The Ohio Players
I Love Music (Part 1) - The O'Jays
Shame, Shame, Shame - Shirley and Company
Swearin' to God - Frankie Valli
Brazil - The Ritchie Family

1976-1977

(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC and the Sunshine Band
Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
Disc Lady - Johnnie Taylor
Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
I Just Want to Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - Meco
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Dazz - Brick
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (Part 1) - Tavares
Get Up and Boogie (That's Right) - Silver Convention
Turn The Beat Around - Vickie Sue Robinson
Hot Line - The Sylvers
Brick House - Commodores
Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) - Joe Tex

1978-1979

If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
Macho Man - Village People
Last Dance - Donna Summer
Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic
Disco Nights (Rock-Freak) - GQ
The Groove Line - Heatwave
Shame - Evelyn "Champagne" King
Dance With Me - Peter Brown
Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions
Knock on Wood - Ami Stewart
Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
Disco Inferno - The Trammps
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
Ladie's Night - Kool and the Gang
Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays
Get Off - Foxy
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden and Whitehead
Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb

1979

Good Times - Chic
Fire - The Pointer Sisters
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther
I Want You to Want Me - Cheap Trick
Too Much Heaven - The Bee Gees
Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
Reunited - Peaches and Herb
Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy - Bad Company
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Tragedy - The Bee Gees
My Sharona - The Knack
Promises - Eric Clapton
What a Fool Believes - The Dobbie Brothers

1979-1981

Y.M.C.A. - Village People
Hott Stuff - Donna Summer
Celebration - Kool and the Gang
Take Me Home - Cher
Makin' It - David Naughton
Upside Down - Diana Ross
Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills
Got to Be REal - Cheryl Lynn
Let's Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.
Fame - Irene Cara
Super Freak (Part 1) - Rick James
Dim All The Lights - Donna Summer
Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl - The Spinners
He's the Greatest Dancer - Sister Slege
Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer
Desire - Andy Gibb

One thing about the 70's...fuck! They had some long song titles! I now have Carpol Tunnel Syndrome after typing this shit in2 the computer! Hope u injoy it...ugh. lol
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Reply #55 posted 07/19/02 5:57pm

Supernova

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Ah, ah, I'm just a love machine. And I won't work for nobody but you...
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #56 posted 07/19/02 9:00pm

alexnvrmnd

Disco Stu says, "Disco's FOREVER!"
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Reply #57 posted 07/19/02 11:04pm

CinisterCee

How I see it:

R&B's main factions in the 70s were Funk and Disco. The "Disco Sucks" phenomenon was more of a racist backlash to a popular black form of music. Disco was also popular and closely identified with the gay clubs, so "Disco Sucks" also has homophobic undertones.

Of course, from a music critic's point of view, Disco had certainly run its course by the time Saturday Night Fever had brought the genre to its highest mainstream potential, and the public was craving something new. (But it's not like dance music ever went away). Keep in mind alot of dance music never becomes a critic's darling, almost as a rule.

It's just another bullshit cycle in popular music, like "when grunge killed metal".

The songs that people have listed in this thread do not suck.
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Reply #58 posted 07/19/02 11:28pm

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CinisterCee said:

How I see it:

R&B's main factions in the 70s were Funk and Disco. The "Disco Sucks" phenomenon was more of a racist backlash to a popular black form of music. Disco was also popular and closely identified with the gay clubs, so "Disco Sucks" also has homophobic undertones.

Of course, from a music critic's point of view, Disco had certainly run its course by the time Saturday Night Fever had brought the genre to its highest mainstream potential, and the public was craving something new. (But it's not like dance music ever went away). Keep in mind alot of dance music never becomes a critic's darling, almost as a rule.

It's just another bullshit cycle in popular music, like "when grunge killed metal".

The songs that people have listed in this thread do not suck.


Indeed.
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #59 posted 07/20/02 10:55am

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CinisterCee said:


R&B's main factions in the 70s were Funk and Disco. The "Disco Sucks" phenomenon was more of a racist backlash to a popular black form of music. Disco was also popular and closely identified with the gay clubs, so "Disco Sucks" also has homophobic undertones.


I completely agree. At the time, there were parallel, thriving popular music genres: "disco" and "hard rock." The "disco sucks" mantra was a redneck taunt with clear racist and homophobic connotations.

Even for those of us who liked "disco music," few would cop to it using that label. For example, I was really into Earth, Wind & Fire, but I rejected the label "disco" for their music. I preferred terms like "R&B" and "funk." I think I was trying to distance myself from the weaker tunes that gained mass popularity and brought the whole genre down.

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