Disco Songs with Great Listening value but no dance appeal

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Originally Posted by Dayna

I have been listening to all the Costandinos material that Stephen so graciously made for me. And after listening to it all, I will have to contradict myself and say that I could dance to most of it.
I was only VERY familiar with songs like Romeo And Juliet, I've Found Love..., You're The Most Precious Thing In My Life, and Accidental Lover ("which I love"). I had never really given time to songs like Synergy, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Judas Iscariot, Simon Peter, Eloise, etc
It would be an almost trance-like dancing for me... or a partner hustle... But that music is BEAUTIFUL~!! Thank you again Stephan... xoxoxo

You have no idea how happy that makes me!
"I've Found Love..", "Judas Iscariot" and "Eloise" are 3 of the most perfectly beautiful recordings I've ever heard! And to share them with someone who "gets it", is a privilege.
And "Storyteller 3" is under construction...

[Dayna]

Originally Posted by STEPHEN L FREEMAN

You have no idea how happy that makes me!
"I've Found Love..", "Judas Iscariot" and "Eloise" are 3 of the most perfectly beautiful recordings I've ever heard! And to share them with someone who "gets it", is a privilege.
And "Storyteller 3" is under construction...

It's hard to pick a fav but as of now I have to say from the Story teller Disc 2.. it has to be
"Judas Iscariot"...............absolutly breathtaking as are all the tracks..
more?OH MY..storyteller 3? ..
Have I told you your one of my favorite people on earth? hehe.. I just cant Imagine anyone listening to this with an open mind and not being blown away..and I have to tell you thanks for turning me on to Love is the Ultimate by Ultimate..and
Sentimentally,It's You..Theo Vaness..and "In The name of Love" by Sharon Redd has always been a fav of mine..
The Uncle Charlies Disc's are WAY HOT too..I need to stop ranting..
a million x's and o's

[Dayna]

Originally Posted by STEPHEN L FREEMAN

You have no idea how happy that makes me!
"I've Found Love..", "Judas Iscariot" and "Eloise" are 3 of the most perfectly beautiful recordings I've ever heard! And to share them with someone who "gets it", is a privilege.
And "Storyteller 3" is under construction...

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You see whats in the Disc player..

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Originally Posted by Dayna

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You see whats in the Disc player..

I really should have you doing my promo!

[Dayna]

Originally Posted by STEPHEN L FREEMAN

I really should have you doing my promo!

let me know and I will whip you up something that you can watermark /or I can
that's created just for you..Album covers are one of my specialties

[Cdnbob]

Originally Posted by EricHG23

I always wondered how people danced to it. It's true that early disco tended to be slower (Grace Jones' gorgeous La Vie En Rose comes to mind).

Ah but when disco first started to get popular wasn't the trend for dancers to actually do dancing together as a couple whereas as the years went on, like around 77 or 78, the trend for dancing together was separate - no touch dancing? I seem to recall this as there were all these couple-like dances/touch dancing/twirling, almost like jive/ballroom that seemed to be popular in the early years. Take for example the bump. You did this with someone else. Then there was the bell that was done solo to "Ring My Bell".

Eeesh! I am dating myself remembering all these dance names. LOL!

[Mixmachine]

Originally Posted by EricHG23

I always wondered how people danced to it. It's true that early disco tended to be slower (Grace Jones' gorgeous La Vie En Rose comes to mind). Watching Moroder's career alone it's always interested me about how BPMs sped up then slowed down--his productions got faster and faster BPM till 1979--then in the 80s the grooves slowed down again--Flashdance is much slower feelign to me than, say, Last Dance

As I remembered couples Danced to 'Love to love" and "La vie en rose" "Last dance" (intro) and songs like this as you would a slow ballad, but a bit faster to keep up with the beat and using more exaggerated moves and "dips" that one wouldn't usually do during a "real" Slow ballad dance.

Think of Tango dancers, some couples liked to get really sexy and would start "grinding" each others bodies (think of "Dirty Dancing" the movie) wrapping each others legs while swaying slowly side to side to the music performing sexy "slow motion" moves, many times culminating in a prolong exaggerated dips.

Couples that did this well were a lot of fun to watch, but as the years went by into the late 70's this kind of face to face 'touch dancing' all but disappeared.

[EricHG23]

Originally Posted by Cdnbob

Ah but when disco first started to get popular wasn't the trend for dancers to actually do dancing together as a couple whereas as the years went on, like around 77 or 78, the trend for dancing together was separate - no touch dancing? I seem to recall this as there were all these couple-like dances/touch dancing/twirling, almost like jive/ballroom that seemed to be popular in the early years. Take for example the bump. You did this with someone else. Then there was the bell that was done solo to "Ring My Bell".

Eeesh! I am dating myself remembering all these dance names. LOL!

Well Iw as born in 1980 so I don't remember But actually yeah, from all I've seen and researched into disco I'm pretty sure you're right--all fo the older dances were definetly couples dances and largely as the tempi speeded up it got more solo (and I think less set dances--though I've never heard of the Bell before--gotta find out how to do that one...)

[Cdnbob]

Originally Posted by EricHG23

...though I've never heard of the Bell before--gotta find out how to do that one...)

Oh that's a real easy one to learn!

[Mr.Ree]

Originally Posted by Dayna

I would have to say for me it would be the pretty Disco like Boris Midney or Costandinos "Romeo and Juliet" which ironically is my 2nd favorite Disco song..I just dont like dancing to it..I like the more soulful funkier grooves to dance to.But the pretty Disco has that hypnotic erotic listening appeal that I can listen to for hours.

Dayna: if you think LISTENING to pretty disco is fun, try listening to it when you ride a bicycle. I listen to Midney, Cerrone or Costandinos when I ride and it takes my mind on such a journey that I'm not even aware that I'm exercising. But like you, I wouldn't want to dance to it, and never really got the chance. Discos I used to go to in the old days would only play small snippets of the disco suites (when they played them at all....)

[Dayna]

Originally Posted by Mr.Ree

Dayna: if you think LISTENING to pretty disco is fun, try listening to it when you ride a bicycle. I listen to Midney, Cerrone or Costandinos when I ride and it takes my mind on such a journey that I'm not even aware that I'm exercising. But like you, I wouldn't want to dance to it, and never really got the chance. Discos I used to go to in the old days would only play small snippets of the disco suites (when they played them at all....)

Im gonna have to get my bike out and do just that........ I have a short attention span I would probably have a wrecklol..I would be so caught up in the music that SPLAT."Dayna on a stick"..The stick being a telephone pole or tree..But thank you

[wever]

maybe you've already said it but i have to say it too! (i'll read this topic later)...
one of the Disco songs i LOVE the most but damn! i really don't know how to dance it! this thread is perfect cause i always wanted to know if you heard it in the club ever....and how did you dance to it?

i'm talking about

COULD HEAVEN EVER BE LIKE THIS by IDRIS MUHAMMAD

[Dayna]

Originally Posted by wever

maybe you've already said it but i have to say it too! (i'll read this topic later)...
one of the Disco songs i LOVE the most but damn! i really don't know how to dance it! this thread is perfect cause i always wanted to know if you heard it in the club ever....and how did you dance to it?

i'm talking about

COULD HEAVEN EVER BE LIKE THIS by IDRIS MUHAMMAD

It's one of those songs that if your REALLY feeling it you can dance to it..It has enough drum and a good enough bassline for me to dance to it with no problem..
Everyone has their own type of dancing and music they like and are comfortable with.... ..Some people really FEEL the music"ME" ,and some just go through the motions..

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Originally Posted by Dayna

It's one of those songs that if your REALLY feeling it you can dance to it..Some people really FEEL the music"ME" ,and some just go through the motions..

Exactly! You're dancing to the music. Not just the beat.
If the cyncopation throws you off...just swing with the strings!

[Pete Denis]

"RISE", by Herb Alpert has to be one!