Discomusic.com Top 700 discussion

[paul]

So Quinny, can you answer this question? :lol:
What are your top ten tracks? I'm asking to get a feel as to what you consider superior.

[remicks]

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WoW Paul ...... we just asked the same question !! :P

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[paul]

You know what they say about great minds remicks :D

[remicks]

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Ya !! :lol: :roll:

Now it'll be interesting to see how " another great mind" :roll: of this board chooses to answer us .....

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[JussiK]

The list is obviously useful not only for collectors but djs hesitant what they should program at their disco-themed gigs. The possible problem is when a dj goes thru the titles, does she or he know what the tracks sound like? Say, the person sees a record that got listed in a store that does not let you listen to it before purchase or at Ebay, and pays good money for it thinking it'll be good for the party. And if the record is "Pretty Maid" ....?! Still, you'll stand by your choices, right? Given the right place and the right moment, I'm sure all of the titles in the list revive Pretty well, so it's really a matter of personal taste. Everything Is Great.

[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by remicks

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...... I'm sure Quinny's objective list was a pure and unbiased contribution of only the deserved best.

Could you please provide us with the songs that made your Top 10 that YOU submitted , Quinny ??

:P :P :P :P :P

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To be honest I can't remember which tracks I submitted to the second Top 500 list, except (for reasons explained in great detail at the time) Zone by Rhythm Makers was the #1. Basically, no other record had such an impact on my audience in 14 years as a pro DJ. This was at about the same time that I was waking up to the fact that my playlist was probably a little different to most other's around here and so, I didn't contribute to the Top 700. I would have found it nigh on impossible to single out 100 best records, 'cos once I got past the top 40 or so, there would be sooooo many that could go into it, nor could I put them into any kind of ranking (thus giving weighting to certain tracks). I can play tapes or CD compilations and hear soooo many records that I played and gave me a good vibe BITD (many of which I just don't remember the titles of), but whether or not to put any of them into a Top 100 list........ummmm. Suffice to say, that on my database I have well over 1000 tracks which I consider would be good enough to play out.

If pushed to name a few dozen today off the top of my head, that tore up dance floors, I'd have to include, in no real order:

T Connection - Do What You Wanna Do
Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Shame/I'm In Love
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Chic - Good Times/Le Freak/Everybody Dance
Candido - Jingo ('82 remix)
Bohannon feat. Dr. Perri Johnson - Let's Start II Dance Again
Hamilton Bohannon - Stop & Go/Let's Start the Dance/Disco Stomp
Midnite Movers Unlimited - Follow The Wind
NF Porter - Keep On Keepin' On
Lavias - Do You Wanna Dance
Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
MFSB - TSOP
James Brown - Sex Machine/There Was A Time/Get Up Offa That Thing
JBs - Hot Pants Road/Gimme Some More
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
Rhythm Makers - Zone
KC & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It/Get Down Tonight/Boogie Man
Gil Scott Heron/Brian Jackson - The Bottle
Trammps - Shout/ That's Where The Happy People Go/Disco Inferno
Peoples Choice - Do It Anyway You Wanna
Donna Summer - I Feel Love/Bad Girls
First Choice - Smarty Pants
Politicians - Love Machine
Eddie & The Soul Boys - Shaft
Michael Jackson - Thriller/Off The Wall/Billie Jean/Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
Manu DiBango - Big Blow
Hot Streak - Body Work
Freeez - I.O.U.
Rose Royce - R.R. Express/Car Wash/Is It Love You're After
Stargard - Wear It Out/Which Way Is Up
Whispers - And The Beat Goes On/ It's A Love Thing
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
Teena Marie - Behind The Groove
Captain Sky - Sir Jamalot/I Chewz You
Prince - 1999/Controversy/I Wanna Be Your Lover
George McRae - Rock Your Baby
Andre Cymone - The Dance Electric
Sheila E - The Glamorous Life/A Love Bizarre
Antonia Rodriguez - La Bamba
Shalamar - A Night To Remember ('85 remix)/Right In The Socket/
Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots/Use It Up, Wear It Out
Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant
Lipps Inc. - Funky Town
Gibson Brothers - Cuba
Third World - Now That We've Found Love
Musique - In The Bush
Brick - Dazz
Donald Byrd - Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)
O'Jays - I Love Music/Put Our Heads Together/Love Train
Gary's Gang - Keep On Dancin'
FLB - Boogie Town
Fat Larry's band - Act Like You Know
Hi Tension - Hi Tension
Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop/I Found Lovin'
Kool & The Gang - Celebration/Get Down On It/Ladies Night
Sister Sledge - We Are Family/He's The Greatest Dancer/Lost In Music ('84 remix)
Michel Polnareff - Lipstick (part II)
Eddie harris - Is It In
Jimmy Castor Bunch - E Man Boogie/Bertha Butt Boogie
Baby O - In The Forest
Herbie Hancock - Rockit/I Thought It Was You
Players Association - Disco Inferno/Turn The music Up/Ride The Groove
Ohio Players - Fire
Heatwave - Boogie Nights
Level 42 - Lessons in Love ('85/6 remix)/The Chinese Way
Unique - What I Got Is What You Need
Pennye Ford - Dangerous
D Train - Music/You're The One For Me ('85/6 remix)
Phil Collins - Sussudio
Blue Rondo A La Turk - Me And Mr. Sanchez
Mike T - Do It Anyway You Wanna
Gary Byrd & the GB Experience - The Crown
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Whodini - Mr. Magic's Wand
Forrest - Rock The Boat
Vicki D - This Beat Is Mine
Trussel - Love Injection
Positive Force - We Got The Funk
Arthur Adams - You Got The Floor
Francine McGee - Delerium
Azymuth - Jazz Carnival
Crusaders - Street Life
Rhani Harris & FLO - Six Million Steps
Juggy Murray Jones - Inside America
BB&Q Band - On The Beat
Gino Soccio - TryIt Out/Dancer
Quick - Zulu/Rhythm Of the Jungle
Nick Straker band - A Little Bit Of Jazz/Straight Ahead
Change - Searchin'/Paradise/Glow Of Love/Holiday
La Pregunta - Chameleon
Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It/Beat The Street
Edwin Starr - Contact/25 miles/SOS (Stop Her On Sight)
Gonzalez - Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet
Chaz Jankel - Glad To Know You
Jimmy Bo Horne - Spank/Is It In/Gimme Some

I'm tired now and know that I've left out many a title, but these are some of the records that certainly did the biz for me. Would they all make my Top 100? No way, cos there are a few that I hated from the get go.

[Videoskooter]

Originally Posted by paul

You know what they say about great minds remicks :D

Pfffft :lol: OMG x1000 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Quinny, I don't like all of your picks in that list but it's a good 1 too!

Certainly The Players Association, one of my faves too and a group that is rarely mentioned on the board.

And altough I don't consider André Cymone as a Discorecord, it still is a monsterjam!

[remicks]

Originally Posted by Videoskooter

Pfffft :lol: OMG x1000 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hey ! :P An' jus' wah's so 1000x funny???? :P

Thanks for the response Quinny .
All things said ...I think you have to agree that a comprehensive realistic list of the all-time great disco songs is not going to put ZONE at Number One.

But it'll always be #1 in that list residing in your head I reckon. Fair enuff.

I prefer Marky's compilation charts ...they are the real thing ... as " real" as real can get ...'cause even they weren't perfect .... ...
But they best reflect what was really going on back then ....ain't no monkeying with them .....
They are and will remain what they were : actual reports from actual clubs during the actual times ....

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[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by remicks

Hey ! :P An' jus' wah's so 1000x funny???? :P

Thanks for the response Quinny .
All things said ...I think you have to agree that a comprehensive realistic list of the all-time great disco songs is not going to put ZONE at Number One.

I prefer Marky's compilation charts ...they are the real thing ... as " real" as real can get ...'cause even they weren't perfect .... ...
But they best reflect what was really going on back then ....ain't no monkeying with them .....
They are and will remain what they were : actual reports from actual clubs during the actual times ....

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Remicks: As I stated, Zone was my #1 for many reasons, but the clincher for me was the fact that it always had a positive response (with someone asking what the hell it was virtually every time I played it) from a, then, diverse crowd. It was more or less totally unknown, even when released and yet I'd have English, Spanish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Belgian etc people coming up to me at the decks saying three things. (a) that's great (b) what is it, where can I buy it? They were gobsmacked by it. No other record came close to that sort of response, maybe because they were already known/heard or had been read about.

I agree, it's never going to be #1 in a Disco Top 500 or whatever, but can you see why I had to make it #1?

I agree to a very large extent that Marky's charts are worthwile, BUT even charts from BITD were fixed or open to manipulation. Name any self respecting DJ or record shop guy who'd put a Disco pop hit ahead of the latest hot numbers? They all needed to look hip, eh? And so, the charts were never an absolute mirror of true commercial appeal or popularity. I'd like to think that the Disco charts were compiled from returns done in the best possible taste, but I have very vivid memories of how transitory/fickle some big-time Brit DJ's charts could be, with a record being hotter than hot one week and stone cold just a week or two later, once it was no longer hip. I suspect they still played them, probably to packed dancefloors (as it might have been a really popular cut a month or so into its life), but they couldn't be seen to be less than cutting edge. Personally, I always somewhat mistrusted those types of jocks and those types of lists......of which the Top 500/700 came perilously close to being.

[paul]

Thanks for providing your list Quinny. Honestly, I'd say your list is similar to mine and I'd guess most others. Similiar in that there are some very popular tunes and some oddball ones we are personally fond of.
I'm a little more optimistic about the original 500 cause everything averaged out. I'm not expecting perfection. We both know that can't happen when humans are involved 8)

[efunk_adelic]

well I was part of the Top 700.... I believe 2 of us didn't count

EL COCO- COCOMOTION :lol:

[paul]

Originally Posted by efunk_adelic

well I was part of the Top 700.... I believe 2 of us didn't count

EL COCO- COCOMOTION :lol:

:lol:
Can you believe I haven't played it in a month.

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by paul

:lol:
Can you believe I haven't played it in a month.

I haven't played PEOPLE'S CHOICE or EWF (MIGHTY MIGHTY) in over a month also! :o

[efunk_adelic]

i'll look for my list of the top 100 songs... I just moved and threw the list in a box of stuff that I need to organize...