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| Now I'm putting a different twist on this question.What IYO is the most overplayed disco record that you still enjoy hearing.Would you categorize them as timeless in the disco genre? They certainly were tunes that captured the essence of disco. My nominee would be Disco Inferno-The Trammps
__________________ Different eyes see different things. Different hearts beat on different strings. But there are times for you and me when all such things agree...Rush |
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| Its disco credentials may be questionable to some, but I really don't need to hear Labelle's 'Lady Marmalade' again for the rest of my life.
__________________ What would you do without your muesli...where would you be without a bowl? |
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| "More, More, More" by the Andrea True Connection. It doesn't matter how many times I hear this song (and I've heard it countless times). I enjoy hearing it every single time. I'll never get sick of hearing this song. As to the song being timess in the disco genre, the answer is definitely yes. :evil: |
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| Did I answer the question correctly? After all, I love the song I picked for this thread. :evil: |
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__________________ Different eyes see different things. Different hearts beat on different strings. But there are times for you and me when all such things agree...Rush |
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| Voyage - "From East to West" and "Souvenirs" In much of the New York gay club scene these were 'classics' the minute they hit the turntable. Stayed in DJ's crates for years. Always have, always will love this sound. |
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| "I Will Survive" -- I so never need to hear this again. Not that it's a bad song, but man am I ever tired of it. Gloria Gaynor did much that was as good or better, but you'd never know these days. "Disco Inferno" -- as above. That and it's just too damn long. "Knock On Wood" -- used to love it, but now hear it every single week and the novelty has worn right out. "I Love The Nightlife" -- sadder still because Alicia Bridges wasn't really a disco singer. The rest of the album is very different. And as yet another example of how people never listen to the words, everyone seems to think it's a song about being happy and going out. |
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| All right guys --- TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ORIGINALBIGM's QUESTION. He's asking what overplayed songs you still like hearing. This is not one of our friendly bitch sessions. :D |
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| Favorite Overplayed Jams that I still like Voyage - From East To West Cerrone - Give Me Love Cerrone - Love In C Minor Gino Soccio - Dancer Diana Ross - Love Hangover Foxy - Get Off GQ - Disco Nights Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up |
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Only joking... Well, as I don't listen to the radio any more, I'll nominate what colleagues seem to play all the time, by way of various compilations and mixes. I should scream everytime I hear these, but they're kind of in my blood from way back, so... Loose Joints 'Is It All Over My Face' Wood, Brass & Steel 'Funkanova' Ripple 'The Beat Goes On And On' Dinosaur L 'Go Bang' Martin Circus 'Disco Circus' Loleatta Holloway 'Love Sensation' Candido 'Thousand Finger Man' - you get the idea. These are the sorts of tunes that are inevitably on someone's edit block at any given time, somewhere on the planet (cue muted scream). |
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| My picks are "Last Dance" - Donna Summer & "Disco Inferno" - The Trammps that will seem timeless as Disco becomes revisited. Whether it's a club or airplay, you'll hear these, two songs with regularity.
__________________ Keep the faith and everything will come your way as time marches on! |
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| My bad -- I misread the original question! :oops: :oops: :oops: Okay, well, I'll never get sick of Donna's "MacArthur Park Suite", although I really don't hear that one very often. Still love Patrick Hernadez's "Born To Be Alive". I'll second "More, More, More". Claudja Barry's "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes". And although technically not disco, I'll always love "Ride On Time" by Blackbox, despite the fact that I must have heard this one 500 times -- and hey, they did rip the vocals from a real disco song! |
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__________________ Different eyes see different things. Different hearts beat on different strings. But there are times for you and me when all such things agree...Rush |
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| I'm not tired of... :P :P :P "Guilty" by Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb :P :P :P marcio |
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| In my own mind, I'm almost certain that 'Funkanova' was one of the biggest cons in history. Doesn't sound like anything else from the era that I can remember and yet it was supposedly a milestone/classic/put your own superlative in here. Where? Forrrce, do you know the form on this one? BTW: It makes me wanna cringe 'cos the overall sound is soooooooo dated. Don't think I wanna hear it again really. On a more positive note, records that I've played to death or heard countless times that I'll never tire of. These are all gonna be big, big hits. Celebration - Kool & The Gang Strut Your Funky Stuff - Frantique Thriller - Michael Jackson Let's Start II Dance - Bohannon featuring Dr. Peri Johnson Jingo - Candido Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn and about a hundred others. Being a DJ did put you at the leading edge, wherever that edge was drawn and it did make you over sensitive to hearing the hits. 20+ years on, I no longer have that sensitivity and I can enjoy the hits for what they were in the most part. JUST BLOODY GOOD RECORDS!! BTW: They also paid my bills more than any of the more esoteric records I loved, that I could name. Put it like this, You may not think twice about a Bricklayers trowel, but it earns him X cents every time he loads it up with cement and lays a brick. Bet'cha he loves that trowel. |
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