Remember The Elton John Disco Album?

[PierreConstantin]

The albums Bellotte produced solo can be little disasters like the one he produced for Melba Moore, «Burn».

[Dansez!]

Originally Posted by Pierre Declercq

The albums Bellotte produced solo can be little disasters like the one he produced for Melba Moore, «Burn».

I don't feel like this album is a disaster at all! I like very much this album and is a favorite for me to play when going on long car trips.

Personally, my musical tastes lean toward soulful, happy and even "pretty" disco/dance music and I don't like at all rock music. This album has most definitely a harder edge and the most rock-like sound Melba had done up to the point of Read My Lips. So I surprise myself how much I like this album. Somehow, it all works and I really like every song on it.

A masterpiece? Perhaps not. A classic, most definitely.

[KoolChris]

Originally Posted by STEPHEN L FREEMAN

I am a BIG Pete Bellotte fan! .......Stainless Steal was probably a good idea, but when he got to the 10 minute mark on "Can Can" someone should have told him to "step away from the console"!.

Funny to see this one mentioned. I got my hands on this LP this summer, and the track "It all comes down to love" has turned into one of my favorite tracks. I just love the strings & synth, and the overall melancholic mood.
I actually picked up the album because the cover screamed disco, and Geoff Bastow and Pete Bellotte finished convincing me to give it a listen.
"Can-Can", the title track, which is a 14+' waste of side 1, seems like it could be the actual cause for the whole Disco Sucks movement. It's uninspired, silly, and downright stupid. If Steve Dahl only listened to this disco track when he launched the whole backlash, I wouldn't blame him; it's that stereotypically stupid. Needless to say I really don't like it.
On the other hand, all 3 tracks on side 2 are pretty decent in comparison, the last one being a little gem of a track.

[Cory Ander]

speaking of Elton John and disco, I understand he did some work with Stock Aiken and Waterman. Which album contains those tracks? Opinions?

[markydefad]

Elton John makes his first disco chart appearance on January 15, 1977 "bubbling under" the Top 40 with this track:
"Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance)" which even boasts a "A Tom Moulton Mix"

http://www.discogs.com/Elton-John-Bi...elease/1320994




Track 18 from the 1976 album "Blue Moves".

Lyrics:

She slid down to the city limits
Monkey time in fifteen minutes
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Don't let me down
Please stick around
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Strobe light on the funky feet
Soul children in the disco heat
Top dog, top cat
Move that muscle and shake that fat
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Strobe light on the funky feet
The soul children in the disco heat
Top dog, top cat
Move that muscle and shake that fat
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Chicago, L.A.
Every place, every way
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Illinois, Santa Fe
Do what I say
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance

[remicks]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Elton John makes his first disco chart appearance on January 15, 1977 "bubbling under" the Top 40 with this track:
"Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance)" which even boasts a "A Tom Moulton Mix"

Elton John - Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance!) (12", Promo) at Discogs




Track 18 from the 1976 album "Blue Moves".

Lyrics:

She slid down to the city limits
Monkey time in fifteen minutes
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Don't let me down
Please stick around
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Strobe light on the funky feet
Soul children in the disco heat
Top dog, top cat
Move that muscle and shake that fat
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Strobe light on the funky feet
The soul children in the disco heat
Top dog, top cat
Move that muscle and shake that fat
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Chicago, L.A.
Every place, every way
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Illinois, Santa Fe
Do what I say
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance

Chicago, L.A.
Every place, every way
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Illinois, Santa Fe


that's right ....you ain't nothin' 'til you get those disco dancers groovin' in ............. SANTA FE !!!!

who in the world wrote this ????

& What dingle- berry region charts it ??? (ain't one for Santa Fe)
.... Chicago ?????
worse yet
Please don't tell me this clever ditty gets precedent over

DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY ! ......in the clubs of Seattle !!!!!




( I know .... all will be revealed !! )

*****

shake that fat !!

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by remicks

Chicago, L.A.
Every place, every way
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Illinois, Santa Fe

that's right ....you ain't nothin' 'til you get those disco dancers groovin' in ............. SANTA FE !!!!

who in the world wrote this ????

& What dingle- berry region charts it ??? (ain't one for Santa Fe)
.... Chicago ?????
worse yet
Please don't tell me this clever ditty gets precedent over

DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY ! ......in the clubs of Seattle !!!!!

( I know .... all will be revealed !! )

*****
shake that fat !!

Not in Chicago.... but close to Santa Fe is.....the iconoclastic Phoenix.
Then later...... Seattle, of course!

Sounds like Elton's "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" to me. Not very diso-ish.

[disco-disc]

Yes well in Marky ...SIR Elton did have minor success with the bite your lip track.
The Victim of Love LP also was promo'd on 4x12" in a picture cover box set......and was Recommended in Vince Aletti's Record World column.

Whilst he is not known as a DISCO artist, Elton was capable of turning a good dance tune now and then which got play in disco's of one kind or another.
Saturday...Crocodile rock, Bennie and the Jets, I'm still standing,honky cat, bitch is back...and don't forget ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE !!

[remicks]

*****

Elton John BITE YOUR LIP ( GET UP AND DANCE )

Originally Posted by markydefad

Lyrics:

She slid down to the city limits
Monkey time in fifteen minutes
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Don't let me down
Please stick around
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Strobe light on the funky feet
Soul children in the disco heat
Top dog, top cat
Move that muscle and shake that fat
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Strobe light on the funky feet
The soul children in the disco heat
Top dog, top cat
Move that muscle and shake that fat
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Chicago, L.A.
Every place, every way
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance
Illinois, Santa Fe
Do what I say
Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance

reflecting on this song some more .....

I've heard some doozies ....but I'm now nominating these as what have to be the worst "disco" lyrics
from the era !!!


seriously ... any lyrics come to mind that can "top" these??


Bernie Taupin was obviously out of his element when it came to disco.
Even if intentionally bad ......they're bad !

Strobe light on the funky feet
The soul children in the disco heat ......

Top dog, top cat
Move that muscle and shake that fat ......






*****

(& --- does "bite your lip' have some sort of slang meaning that makes it relevant ??? )

[EricHG23]

When I firsgot this album I remember thinking it WAS as bad as people said. On reflection, it's not--Thunder in the Night is the standout for me. That said it's not that bad.

I used to always defend Pete Belotte as the often forgotten ingredient in those classic Donna Summer/Moroder albums as well as some other Moroder works where his co producer status is largely forgotten. I love Belotte's Traxx albums (but that may have a lot to do with Forsey)

However by 1979 I think the Moroder/Belotte team was often more in name only when it came to productions. He helped with English lyrics, but it's no secret that when it comes to the actual production if anyone can be called Moroder's co producer on Bad Girls (the LP not just song) it's Faltermeyer, not Belotte. Similarly, Bob Esty was essentially the co producer of Once Upon a Time--more so than Belotte.