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In its really early days disco, in particular, black disco was a cool fusion of funk and pop. White disco kinda stripped the funk out of it and went totally pop with Abba, Bee Gees etc.
But, those early Kool & The Gang albums and even Parliament Funkadelic, Mandrill and other cool black funk/disco bands from the early/mid 70s were great. These days they are overlooked by all the crap from that genre.
I remember as a kid having 'dance parties' in the living room. My step mom's ABBA album on dad's turntable. Everyone dancing around having a blast. My folks were cool in the 70's. Michael Jackson's Wall album leans pretty disco but there's some great tunes on it.
There's more current musicians putting out disco-esque music. Cicada is one such act, but by far my favorite is the funky white boy Jay Kay, otherwise known as Jamiroquai...
I remember as a kid having 'dance parties' in the living room. My step mom's ABBA album on dad's turntable. Everyone dancing around having a blast. My folks were cool in the 70's. Michael Jackson's Wall album leans pretty disco but there's some great tunes on it.
There's more current musicians putting out disco-esque music. Cicada is one such act, but by far my favorite is the funky white boy Jay Kay, otherwise known as Jamiroquai...
Good call on Jamiroquai!
I have a cool story, Portland....in 1992 I met Jay Kay (he was still Jason back then). I was working at a pub in London and we crossed paths via music. He wont remember as his life has exploded since but, we met via friends and I went to his house where we talked music late into the night and listened to records. We traded a few tapes...he gave me some cool British acid jazz and lesser known shoegaze stuff he was into (or maybe that I had zeroed in on?) and I, in return, gave him some obscure US psychedelic bands. He was cool.
My wife still loves his albums. She was playing "Virtual Insanity" just the other day.
I remember as a kid having 'dance parties' in the living room. My step mom's ABBA album on dad's turntable. Everyone dancing around having a blast. My folks were cool in the 70's. Michael Jackson's Wall album leans pretty disco but there's some great tunes on it.
There's more current musicians putting out disco-esque music. Cicada is one such act, but by far my favorite is the funky white boy Jay Kay, otherwise known as Jamiroquai...
Good call on Jamiroquai!
I have a cool story, Portland....in 1992 I met Jay Kay (he was still Jason back then). I was working at a pub in London and we crossed paths via music. He wont remember as his life has exploded since but, we met via friends and I went to his house where we talked music late into the night and listened to records. We traded a few tapes...he gave me some cool British acid jazz and lesser known shoegaze stuff he was into (or maybe that I had zeroed in on?) and I, in return, gave him some obscure US psychedelic bands. He was cool.
My wife still loves his albums. She was playing "Virtual Insanity" just the other day.
Great story. Definitely a night to remember. From the behind the scenes stuff I've heard and read he seems like a cool guy. He just dropped a new album. Sadly I was kinda disappointed in it. There's a couple good tracks but it's not his best work.
My mom took me to Saturday night fever when I was 10. For a couple years I liked disco a little bit. I think of the SNF soundtrack, abba and that sorta thing when i think about disco. I wish I could dance
I'm a little younger than some of you. Obviously I've heard of disco, but specifically, what time period are we talking? 70s? Late 70s? 75-85? When was the disco era?
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Disco came into play early 70's with a lot of the black bands mixing pop, funk and soul with a faster beat and less emphasis on traditional rock or blues guitar structure. But, it exploded into fashion and pop culture in the mid 70's and lasted into the late 70's and early 80's. A lot of the pop bands in the 80's had their roots in disco and Euro-pop.
The original "Saturday Night Fever" film was pretty much disco culture at its height (1977).
I definitely hear disco in some of Abba's music. JMO of course. The high-hat thing, the 4-4, the music that moves your feet. Hell, Dancing Queen or Take a Chance on Me coulda been on the SNF soundtrack.
Odd Note: today I was reading about Aaron Hernandez's first trial, and one of the sherrifs, or court security guys, in the courtroom was 72-year-old Frank Tavares, who sang More Than a Woman on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
My dad's record collection was pretty expansive but the only disco album I remember him having, besides my step-mom's ABBA album, was by Andy Gibb. Who tragically went on to die too young.
There are only two forms of music I don't like. One is hip hop because I don't like vulgarity in music. The other is disco. Sorry but I can't celebrate music made just for getting high with and enjoying a buzz while sleeping around with anything that moves.
That being said I don't hate everything from disco. I always liked Mamas and Papas. I loved the Carpenters too. Then again most of that is from the 60's so maybe it's not considered disco yet.
darn it youtube sucked 2 hours of my life away again as I went on a music flashback man carpenters still just chill me down so easy.
You can't fix stupid but you can destroy ignorance. When you destroy ignorance you remove the justifications for evil. If you want to destroy evil then educate our people. Hate is a tool of the stupid to deal with what they can't understand.
That being said I don't hate everything from disco. I always liked Mamas and Papas. I loved the Carpenters too. Then again most of that is from the 60's so maybe it's not considered disco yet.
Mamas & The Papas and the Carpenters are definitely NOT disco. M&P's were from mid 60's and a Californian sunshine folk/pop quartet. Carpenters were just soft pop/easy listening. Nothing disco about either of these musicians.
one of the sherrifs, or court security guys, in the courtroom was 72-year-old Frank Tavares, who sang More Than a Woman on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
Incorrect. It was Ralph Tavares. A person with the first name of Frank was not a member of the group.
AH WIld Cherry. They played at the Aquanaut Lounge all the time In Hammondsville Ohio in the 70's five min. from my house. Your bringing back some good memories.
one of the sherrifs, or court security guys, in the courtroom was 72-year-old Frank Tavares, who sang More Than a Woman on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
Incorrect. It was Ralph Tavares. A person with the first name of Frank was not a member of the group.
as a guitar instructor in the late 70's early 80's I played in a disco band. I took a lotta flack from my heavy rocker buddies. all I had to say to them was " where are you guys playing tonight." that would usually stop the ridicule. knowing that the rockers only played 1-2 times a week I only had to say that we played 5-6 times a week. it was all in good fun. I was a rocker myself but I truly loved playing disco. It helped my rhythm playing immensely. it also helped me find different chord locations. one particular Michael Jackson song never left the key of E I believe and it bored me to tears so I just started bouncing around different locations to break up the monotony. we made alotta money and alotta memories.
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