Disco Songs with Great Listening value but no dance appeal

[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.

[VINYLLIFE]

Hi Dayna

I am totally with you on this. When I spin at our parties it's the pretty Disco that gets the Hustlers on the floor, but it's the Dirty Disco that gets the party people out. Our formula has worked very well for us....2hrs of Hustle music then the Dirty to Hi NRG for the rest of the night. I love the pretty stuff....but give me some Sweet Dynamite and I am in Disco Heaven.

[markydefad]

This is why I never much cared for the string-laden Mantovanni-esque Disco of the Costandinos/Midney/Cerrone Euro school...it didn't make me wanna dance!!!!

MORODER DID..... Make me wanna dance, that is.

[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.

I agree, I love listening to the kind of music but don't find it rhythmically strong enough to appeal to my dancing feet. But the number 1 song that seems to always be considered disco (but I've always considered more of an R&B ballad) is "Love to Love You Baby". I would consider it good background music for an activity other than dancing, if you know what I mean.

[markydefad]

yeah, "Love To Love You Baby" is more of a soundtrack for sex than a dance song...given it's relatively low bpm (98?)...but it launched the careers of Moroder & Summer...and "disco" liked the slower tempos in it's early days. So on Quaaludes-- it seemed like a dance song, I guess.

[Disco Funk]

Yeah, I don't really care for a lot of the late 70s Euro stuff. Hardly any of it makes me wanna dance. I find the grittier, soul disco stuff from this side of the Atlantic penetrates my soul and makes me wanna dance like I got ants in my pants. I don't even think dancing to Lady Bump by Penny McLean would be cool. or El Bimbo! (yes, I still dislike this track)

Disco Funk

[FranceJoliFan]

Dancer - Gino Soccio
Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.
Harmony - Suzi Lane
Here Comes That Sound Again - Love Deluxe
Love Me Tonight - Cerrone
Come To Me - France Joli
The Break - Kat Mandu

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Originally Posted by markydefad

"Love To Love You Baby" is more of a soundtrack for sex than a dance song...given it's relatively low bpm (98)...and "disco" liked the slower tempos in it's early days.

The original Hustle was a 7-step move, that fared better in slower bpms. Especially when you were throwing in theatric moves, spins, direction changes, etc... It looked a lot less like you were, simply throwing your partner around the dance floor. With the advent of the 3-step Hustle people were able to move faster, easier.

[Videoskooter]

My personal view is that you CAN dance to Cerrone, Midney and Costandinos but not to all their tracks.

F.i. "I've found love" is a Dancefloor filler (certainly in Europe (OK, minus the United Kingdom )) but, no, "Romeo and Juliet", "Synergy" and stuff like that is more for loungy clubs where they can trance everybody who's open for a more sophisticated Disco sound.

Now I have a question for Jussik and Aïcha and I hope they read this thread. The Parisian Discoqueer and Discolounge sets: do you guys play those tracks and does the public dance to it or do you just mix excerpts in from time to time?

And what do the peeps here think of one of my favourite tracks ever: Herb Alpert's "Rotation"???? Danceable or just Tranceable?

[FranceJoliFan]

Originally Posted by Videoskooter

And what do the peeps here think of one of my favourite tracks ever: Herb Alpert's "Rotation"???? Danceable or just Tranceable?

My 45 of Rotation used to get heavy rotation on my home turntable. But it never got me dancing. I recently heard it on Smooth Jazz radio. They also play Rise. I think Rotation has aged better. Still sounds fresh.

[Dayna]

Originally Posted by Videoskooter

My personal view is that you CAN dance to Cerrone, Midney and Costandinos but not to all their tracks.

F.i. "I've found love" is a Dancefloor filler (certainly in Europe (OK, minus the United Kingdom )) but, no, "Romeo and Juliet", "Synergy" and stuff like that is more for loungy clubs where they can trance everybody who's open for a more sophisticated Disco sound.

Now I have a question for Jussik and Aïcha and I hope they read this thread. The Parisian Discoqueer and Discolounge sets: do you guys play those tracks and does the public dance to it or do you just mix excerpts in from time to time?

And what do the peeps here think of one of my favourite tracks ever: Herb Alpert's "Rotation"???? Danceable or just Tranceable?

I can dance to "Iv'e found Love" and "Accidental Lover".....Oh Yes..Humm I'm going to go put Accidental on one of my pages ..

[SandraDee]

Originally Posted by Videoskooter

Now I have a question for Jussik and Aïcha and I hope they read this thread. The Parisian Discoqueer and Discolounge sets: do you guys play those tracks and does the public dance to it or do you just mix excerpts in from time to time?

I keep promising myself a trip to gay Paree for one of those nights; they sound fab.

[EricHG23]

Originally Posted by markydefad

yeah, "Love To Love You Baby" is more of a soundtrack for sex than a dance song...given it's relatively low bpm (98?)...but it launched the careers of Moroder & Summer...and "disco" liked the slower tempos in it's early days. So on Quaaludes-- it seemed like a dance song, I guess.

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

[mrbill]

Rotation is a song you play ON the dance floor just before you get lucky!

[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,Iv'e Found Love and 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 trancelike dancing for me..
or a partner hustle..But that music is BEAUTIFUL~!!
Thank you again Stephan..
xoxoxo