― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 17 February 2005 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.blueheaven.org.uk/bisc/sayer.jpg
there's a "Le Freak"
http://www.70disco.com/images/lefreak2.jpg
and "Get Down Tonight"
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/%A5Artist%20GIF%20Images/KC-&-Sunshine-Band.jpg
and "TSOP."
http://moltof2.free.fr/ODV-990.jpg
QED.
― ffirehorse, Thursday, 17 February 2005 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
FUCKING FANTASTIC SONG!!!
― Tito JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 17 February 2005 04:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Perhaps we can agree on this?
http://www.comicgenius.com/DiscoFever/disco_profiles/rick_dees/images/disco_duck_album_cover.jpg
― ffirehorse, Thursday, 17 February 2005 05:15 (nineteen years ago) link
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf900/f940/f94081fiwfn.jpg
which has lived in my CD player longer than anything not done by a Libertine (so far this year).
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Thursday, 17 February 2005 05:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Thursday, 17 February 2005 05:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Guitarthur and the Ecstasy Defecators (Arthur), Thursday, 17 February 2005 06:26 (nineteen years ago) link
More good LP-length disco acts: Machine, Hot Chocolate*, solo Moroder (well, anything Moroder)
*"disco" status debatable
― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Thursday, 17 February 2005 06:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― don, Thursday, 17 February 2005 06:44 (nineteen years ago) link
four words: Once Upon a Time
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001FEE.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 February 2005 08:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 17 February 2005 08:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Thursday, 17 February 2005 11:07 (nineteen years ago) link
I Don't Know If It's Right but Evelyn King is a fucking awesome song and how can anyone deny the brilliance of sister sledge's (I wonder why) He's The Greatest Dancer?
― kate/papa november (papa november), Thursday, 17 February 2005 11:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Thursday, 17 February 2005 12:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― stockholm cindy's secret world with martin bashir (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 17 February 2005 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link
Disco is classic, in my opinion
Intro
http://www.jahsonic.com/Disco.jpg
Although disco was the most prominent form of popular music in the 1970s, it never got the credit it deserves as a serious musical genre. These pages aim to set that straight.
Scorned and ridiculed as feather-lite, escapist pap when it emerged in the mid-seventies, and now reduced to a kitsch scenario of Afro wigs, polyester suits and drunken singalongs at office Christmas parties and bachelor weekends, disco is just about the last place anyone would look for avant garde practice. [...] --Peter Shapiro, The Wire Magazine, Feb 2003.
Jan
― Guest, Thursday, 17 February 2005 14:20 (nineteen years ago) link
first impressions are not good
― you know when it's cold and the buildings look all crisp in the night air? like , Thursday, 17 February 2005 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― don, Thursday, 17 February 2005 17:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― stockholm cindy's secret world with martin bashir (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:48 (nineteen years ago) link
Surely there is new deep house stuff coming out all the time, right? Even if it isn't hip on ILM. It's like that one Reynolds article from a few years back (it might surprise some to hear that I read the man, but I do)(I just disagree with him vehemently about tons of stuff)(except for the awesomeness of the Doors and Jefferson Airplane of course) where he details the deep house scene in NYC, and basically poo-poos their little retro 'let's-recreate-the-paradise-garage' scene. I mean, where is the harm in it? People are going out having a good time, dancing, to this functional music, much of which is new and continues to be created. I have a buddy who is a deep house dj here in chicago -- who plays tons of the stuff with the dreaded *real instruments*, guitar solos, piano solos, the whole jazzy nine yards -- and while I don't LOVE that music, every time I've gone out to hear him spin I can enjoy myself and every one else seems to as well. It IS a total Yupster scene, there's no doubt about it. But at the same time, you know, it EXISTS. Whether the hipoisie care or not.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 17 February 2005 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link
i am going to be contentious and say justus köhncke. also metro area/environ. lcd ss came to my mind too, but they strike me more as outsiders looking in at the continuum.
i enjoyed love saves the day even though it was a bit dry and analytical at times, but i will say that its seriousness is also its upside. to me it's a must-read because of the level of detail and because it has lengthy interviews with and commentary on mancuso, grasco, siano...all of the early djs. it was a totally eye opening read into a subculture i knew and glorified from afar. knowing the details makes it even better.
xpost w/stormy
― you know when it's cold and the buildings look all crisp in the night air? like , Thursday, 17 February 2005 19:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 17 February 2005 19:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 17 February 2005 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost
― you know when it's cold and the buildings look all crisp in the night air? (disc, Thursday, 17 February 2005 19:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Thursday, 17 February 2005 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Affectian (Affectian), Thursday, 17 February 2005 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link
There's a glossary of terms you'd hear at a disco ("HEAVY: A person who tries to start a serious conversation at a disco,") a "discourse" chapter where he discusses why young people like disco instead of rock, a history of disco that ends with "not bad for something that originated in France," a chapter on Disco fashion ("Lycra-Spandex, it's futuristic and form-fitting - now all you need are stylish knee pads,") how to feel at home while dancing ("success at the disco is largely a matter of kinetic energy. There'll be plenty of time for hanky panky when you reach the mandatory disco retirement age of 38,") and how to start a DIY disco party.
Spencer: "Ralph Rocker - He is really terrified that disco will someday replace rock and roll, and he'll have to shower, shave, and become the regular person he was back in 1968, when he dropped out of kindergarten to drive a truck."
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 18 February 2005 07:49 (nineteen years ago) link
I spent most of my life thinking Sister Sledge records would probably be the most boring idea ever. HA! BOY was I wrong! It is a sin against mankind that "Love Somebody Today" cannot be bought on CD.
And yes, "Thinking Of You" is an especially good one of theirs.
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 18 February 2005 09:32 (nineteen years ago) link
another vote for classic.
― TayBridgeCatastrophe (TayBridge), Friday, 18 February 2005 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 18 February 2005 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link
CocaineJohn TravoltaMan-made fibres
There is Nothing that Disco cannot do.
― Speedhump Bungle (noodle vague), Friday, 18 February 2005 19:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Friday, 18 February 2005 19:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 18 February 2005 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Friday, 18 February 2005 19:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― don, Friday, 18 February 2005 21:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― reo, Saturday, 19 February 2005 07:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 06:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Affectian (Affectian), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 09:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 09:06 (nineteen years ago) link
OMG
― jody von oy (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 10:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 22:06 (nineteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8142893.stm
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 10 July 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I found this video on Youtube and it sounds similar to Chic's "Good Times". My question is, who borrowed (sampled) who?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb2DJc59JcU
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Monday, 13 July 2009 11:22 (fourteen years ago) link
otm
― savvinesslessness (map), Friday, 30 September 2016 02:51 (seven years ago) link
New Tim Lawrence book on the way!
― ǂbait (seandalai), Monday, August 29, 2016 8:42 PM
Compilation/soundtrack for said book (Life & Death On The New York Dance Floor) on the way:https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/42875
Tracklist:
Part 1 A1 Dinosaur L - Go Bang! (LP Version) A2 Tuxedomoon - Desire B1 Gray - Drum Mode B2 Alan Vega - Saturn Drive C1 David Byrne - Big Business (Dance Mix) C2 New York 88 - Jam Hot (Rhumba Rock) D1 Rammellzee vs K-Rob - Beat Bop (Original 12-inch Single) D2 3 Teens Kill 4 - Hold Up Part 2 A1 John Robie - Vena Cava A2 James White & The Blacks - Contort Yourself (August Darnell Mix) B1 Quando Quango - Love Tempo (Mark Kamins Mix B2 George Kranz - Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz) C1 Loose Joints - Pop Your Funk (Instrumental Version) (7-inch B-Side Mix) C2 Material - Bustin' Out (Long Version) D1 Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait (Extended Version) D2 Edwin Birdsong - Rapper Dapper Snapper
Part 2 A1 John Robie - Vena Cava A2 James White & The Blacks - Contort Yourself (August Darnell Mix) B1 Quando Quango - Love Tempo (Mark Kamins Mix B2 George Kranz - Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz) C1 Loose Joints - Pop Your Funk (Instrumental Version) (7-inch B-Side Mix) C2 Material - Bustin' Out (Long Version) D1 Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait (Extended Version) D2 Edwin Birdsong - Rapper Dapper Snapper
― willem, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
That's not disco.
― everything, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
Now That's What I Call Disco Not Disco!
― Rad Macca (Craig D.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
That's not disco.Yeah you're right. Searched ILM for Tim Lawrence and this seemed the most appropriate thread
― willem, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 09:10 (five years ago) link
This thread is a graveyard. Or maybe it's just not loading properly for me?
I've been listening to a lot of disco, boogie, italo, and post-disco lately. Most of it is pretty bad, and for disco I'd say most of what I like has already been covered here, particularly Jim in Vancouver's outstanding list.
It does seem like generally with the ongoing disco revival championed by the likes of Motor City Drum Ensemble etc that frankly the standards of quality are pretty low. I recently watched a video of a Joey Negro DJ set hoping to pick out something I hadn't heard before, I think I did find one or two standout cuts but overall quite a sad experience.
― viborg, Friday, 5 July 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
Thank you for your insightful contribution.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 5 July 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
Lol.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 5 July 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
I've been DJ-ing disco every Friday night for almost eighteen months, and disco fatigue is starting to kick in. That said, all the tunes in my boxes are CLASSIC.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 5 July 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
after a decade or so of extensively listening to disco, sometimes in a particularly trainspotting manner (looking up songs that appear in charts in books by tim lawrence and vince aletti, looking at discographies of disco artists who have a few songs i enjoy to find if they have anything else i like etc.) i still find myself encountering new (to me) and good stuff. i have a working turntable for the first time in quite a while so i might recommence crate-digging and discoging once I've sorted my finances out a bit lol
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Friday, 5 July 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
from an ilx point of view there's a good thread on disco and boogie discoveries that has been updated a decent amount in the last year or so Rolling thread for your recent DISCO and BOOGIE discoveries, enthusiasms and obsessions
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Friday, 5 July 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
Disco diggers could also look at https://jameshamiltonsdiscopage.com/ - an archive of all James Hamilton's weekly disco columns for Record Mirror, from 1975 to (currently) early 1983.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 5 July 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
also this book is very good, ny and la disco charts from 1973-78, i think it got a recent reprint and it's cheap on amazon rn:
The Disco Files 1973–78: New York's Underground, Week by Week Paperback – November 27, 2018by Vince Aletti (Author), Fran Lebowitz (Author)
― cheese canopy (map), Friday, 5 July 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
yeah it's a good one to dig into
― Today he dances jazz, but tomorrow he will sell his homeland (seandalai), Friday, 5 July 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
actually meant to write "dip into" but anyway
Cheers to the constructive posters. I saw a lot of contributions from you upthread and was gonna ask if you're still around seandalai.
I need to get those books. Especially the Tim Lawrence book, looks like a lot of folks cosign it here. I think the book Last Night A DJ Saved My Life was my initial introduction to classic disco etc charts but that was 10+ years ago and I don't have my copy anymore so can't comment on how it holds up now. That James Hamilton site is a good resource too, cheers for that.
Jim I'd appreciate checking out a few of your recent discoveries. I'll try to check my recent listening with what's already been posted and maybe I can update that other thread if I find anything worthwhile.
― viborg, Saturday, 6 July 2019 00:20 (four years ago) link
These fools tho.
― ArchCarrier
― Chewshabadoo
Why do you have to do this here? Can't you shitpost on twitter, rate your music, reddit or pretty much anywhere else? I guess this is what people mean when they talk smack about ILM so much now...
― viborg, Saturday, 6 July 2019 00:22 (four years ago) link
(And yeah I realize I didn't exactly offer a gold-star thread revive, my main inspiration was from checking out all the great music on the Afropop/Afrobeats thread posted mainly by breastcrawl and then seeing how they were kind of desperately appealing for other users to post pretty much anything...I don't know much about Afrobeats but I do know disco so here we are.)
― viborg, Saturday, 6 July 2019 00:27 (four years ago) link
Love Saves the Day is beyond essential, completely transformed my understanding of the context behind the music.
Playlist of 100+ personal favourites: https://open.spotify.com/user/seandalai/playlist/4Xq5uVvrHhJ8l4YZlZTD9a (many are not obscure, above all they're the tracks I never get tired of)
― Today he dances jazz, but tomorrow he will sell his homeland (seandalai), Saturday, 6 July 2019 01:11 (four years ago) link
i've been needing to read a good dance music/club culture history. i think i will start w/ love saves the day and see where that takes me
― dyl, Saturday, 6 July 2019 01:31 (four years ago) link
Can't you shitpost on twitter, rate your music, reddit or pretty much anywhere else?
can't you? given the content of your posts here so far, wouldn't it be safe to assume you already do? please stay awhile if you actually want to discuss things or engage w/ 'the community' and can tolerate ppl being a bit unserious or quippy but damn.
― dyl, Saturday, 6 July 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
this is cool: http://www.aphasic-letters.com/heath/Lin-Tan_Disco-as-Operating-System_Criticism_2008.pdf
― jazzed (it's a boy!), Saturday, 6 July 2019 02:03 (four years ago) link
The whole attitude of “well I’ve scoured the internet for all the good music” is so depressing
― brimstead, Saturday, 6 July 2019 02:36 (four years ago) link
Ugh, yeah
― Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 July 2019 23:55 (four years ago) link
my disco jams archive just keeps growing and growing
― flopson, Monday, 8 July 2019 01:34 (four years ago) link
I only trust folks who say they like disco
― spacedaddy, Monday, 8 July 2019 06:20 (four years ago) link
Would love a book compiling all of James Hamilton's articles. The site linked above is great but can't beat checking out the original pages in Record Mirror.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 8 July 2019 11:15 (four years ago) link
@RecordMirror80s on Twitter uploads high quality scans of James Hamilton's pages (amongst much else) on a daily basis; they also use the hashtag #JamesHamilton
― mike t-diva, Monday, 8 July 2019 12:01 (four years ago) link
Oh nice, thanks for the tip.
Still would prefer something physical though. Which I'm sure is something the great man would have said.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 8 July 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
I really enjoyed this a lot and learned a lot about the roots and culture around disco
https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Stuff-Remaking-American-Culture/dp/0393338916
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
Fantastic story here about a particular LA disco culture:
https://www.lataco.com/underground-disco-east-la/
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 18 June 2022 15:51 (one year ago) link