Lurkers To This Forum, Please Introduce Yourself

[jteaspoon]

hmm...

this shall be my second posting.
first of all, hello *waving*. i'm jaime from alaska, i'm a 17 year old senior in highschool :D. i love all types of music, although it's pretty difficult in alaska to become "cultured", per se, in a specific genre. there isn't much of any musical scene up here, whatsoever. sure, there are a few local bands who do covers and write one or two of their own songs, but they're usually angsty teen garage bands and the like. i love the beat of disco; my father introduced me to disco and 70s funk when i visited him a few summers ago and i've been addicted ever since.

can anyone recommend a good place for me to start as far as collecting disco tunes?

[Bernie]

Jaime,

Welcome to our little spot on the web. You may well be our first member from Alaska!

As for collecting Disco music, that's fairly easy as there are lots of compilations out there. Best thing to do is start a new topic telling us some of the songs you do like so we can get an idea of your tastes and then we'll recommend others like it.

As a primer, you may want to check out the Top 500 Disco Songs Charts. While they are not perfect, they are a good starting point.

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by jteaspoon

hmm...

this shall be my second posting.
first of all, hello *waving*. i'm jaime from alaska, i'm a 17 year old senior in highschool :D. i love all types of music, although it's pretty difficult in alaska to become "cultured", per se, in a specific genre. there isn't much of any musical scene up here, whatsoever. sure, there are a few local bands who do covers and write one or two of their own songs, but they're usually angsty teen garage bands and the like. i love the beat of disco; my father introduced me to disco and 70s funk when i visited him a few summers ago and i've been addicted ever since.

can anyone recommend a good place for me to start as far as collecting disco tunes?

Jamie, check out what I wrote in your other posting... regarding your event...

efunk..

[MariaSDF]

Hi everyone :P
I'm new to the site. I was a little kid when disco was at its prime, but I used to sneak into the living room back in the day and put on my father's HUGE headphones and listen to KISS 108 here in Boston (they played disco all day/night).

I'm 32 now and I still listen to it. Most of the music I listened to were mostly the songs played on the radio (remember now I was 8 in 1979 and wasn't allowed at the clubs LOL) so I remember Donna Summer, Michael Jackson, Martha Wash, Sylvester, The Village People (ick), etc etc...

Now that I'm older I met up with somebody online that has tons of old disco songs that I'm now getting into, plus Deep House too. Every day I disco in my car, I especially play "lovin is really my game" and my kids just roll their eyes at me LOL

[Bernie]

Maria,

Glad you joined up with us. It's nice having you and we look forward to talking Disco with you.

As for the kids rolling their eyes, don't worry about it. It won't be long before you find out that they are borrowing your Disco CDs without telling you! Or, they find out the origins of all those samples in today's music!

Good choice on "Lovin' Is Really my game" by Brainstorm as it is a great song. Enjoy the site!

[Giovanni]

Hello everybody,

I am one of the frightening oldschoolers here.... :D

I am a fan of this site since its beginning (I think it was about 6-7 years ago! Bernie knows it well).
This forum is a very educative meeting point, with people with enormous knowledge in the field and very friendly attitude to everybody. Not only the seniors but even the juniors!
Yes, there are many other forums but I sincerely think that this is the most disco-oriented around. Of course, posting here requires to stay to the topic, id. disco.
I noticed that many of the youngsters post about post-disco music (mostly house or contemporary tracks). Of course there are other forums that are more apt than this to answer house or techno questions.
I mostly appreciate the "musical" side of the forum, but the forum is ok even for the "social and cultural" aspects of disco.
I grew up with disco as the soundtrack to my adolescence's days and this is the reason why I will always be "disco", even when 80 (hope to get there in health!), but nowdays that disco is just a remember thing I am very happy when I get in touch with anyone who like it or just shows some interest in it.

I'm sure the feelings of all the seniors here are the same than mine towards any newcomer... friendship and cordiality.

We are not here to frighten anyone!

[MariaSDF]

I guess I'm one of those "youngsters" you speak about.

I went to Studio 54 last year because when I was a little girl I remember how everybody made such a big deal about it. Needless to say Studio 54 now sucks LOL but I just wanted to at least say that damn I've been there LOL for those of you that haven't gone... save your money and go to Culture Club for old school hip hop, 80's music and disco.

[Bernie]

Giovanni,

Thank you! You are definitely one of the honorary "old timers" here :-) In fact I think you were amongst the first people to send me an e-mail way back in 1996 when DiscoMusic.com was then known as Bernie's Disco Music Page. Who says my memory is fading with age?! All I know is that I'll be there with you at 80 playing Disco music real LOUD.

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by Bernie

when DiscoMusic.com was then known as Bernie's Disco Music Page.

:o Bernie's Disco Music Page... :o

My God, was it you I emailed waaay back when asking about getting my hands on Sister Sledge "Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me"? I had said I couldn't find it anywhere and you told me it was out there on their Best Of CD. I had never bought it cause online that song was never shown in the track listings.

Some time later I emailed you again about Disco-Tex and you warned me about the "Get Dancin'" CD having lousy sound quality with faux audience effects and all the songs running together.

Geez, if it wasn't you then I am really hallucinating. And I haven't had any of that Gallery punch in almost 30 years! :D

Well --- Hi again, boss. UFB.

[Nabsterdude02]

Well, im fairly new to Disco, and fairly new to the world at that, because i am only 15 years old. I absolutely LOVE 8) disco music, i cant really remember how i got turned on to it, but that was a while ago.I live in Wyoming, its the least populated state of the US, so we dont get much of anything here, its pretty empty. I have a fairly good collection of disco music, and am still building it. I transformed my room to be a shadow of Studio 54, but still want(need) more. This is a great site, and hope to become a regular member of it, but because i am only 15, born after disco supposedly died, im still a little shakey on the disco stuff, im pretty good at knowing what it being talked about, but not too good. I guess thats enought about me, so i'm done now. Talk to you all later! ~Nab

[NickNack]

Nab,

WELCOME and nice to have you hear. I dare say you will be our youngest member for a while :) . And it's great that you appreciate the wonderful disco sound. We have a lot of good and knowledgable people here who can help you build that collection. So, post away and let us know what you like, what you've got and what you're looking for. See you in the forums.

Nicky

[SyntaxFeline]

Hi everyone... I registered earlier today...

I'm one of the utterly frightening youngsters here, who should probably be adoring Justin Timberlake or Clay Aiken or some other god awful modern act... instead I right now have Cut Glass (Without Your Love) ruining my hearing at the moment.

I'm 19 years old, located in Menlo Park, CA (near San Francisco). I made my disco discovery back in 1993 when I was going through my father's old tapes and records. I found a tape strangely labeled "mixed set"... and the rest is history... a live set my father mixed in 1981, opening with Suzi Lane's "Harmony"... and the rest is history... so y'all can blame my dad for making his daughter into a hardcore addict.

Anyway, here I am... enough about me. Let's talk music.

[Bernie]

Hi SyntaxFeline,

Nice to have you with us. Welcome and enjoy the site.

I'm always fascinated by the number of younger members who are into Disco. Did you end up liking it instantly or did it take a while for it to grow on you?

[SyntaxFeline]

Hi Bernie:

Truth be told, my memory of the whole thing was clouded. It wasn't an instant 'love', per se... more like it generated a certain level of intrigue, and I pursued it further with the willing help of my dad... I wasn't into 'new' stuff at the time either, my radio was tuned to the local oldies station... mind you, in 92 I was 8 years old...

and it kind of turned into an obsession once I turned 14... and started going after mp3s in '98.

[ratkitty]

Great website and I'm glad to join up. I was in midst of transferring my stacks of old disco vinyl to dvd. Blast from the past ! I started listening to disco way back in 72/73 on 45's! Then on to LP's and 12"'s. Really love the Munich /Euro sound. Have a lot of obscure vinyl and will be happy to send anyone a dvd of anything rare I have- but 25 year old turntable finally died this week. looking for a replacement. --