i have the nachos,who has the cheese

[Rab]

There was a Lindberg baby...but the cheese is Limburger!!!

What do I know? I'm not into cheese

[DJ Jimmy M]

OK, I do have to agree with Quinny..Prince was great music! Id say after 89 is when he sucked (the "Batman" LP was the last decent thing in my opinion). But in the late 70s Prince was a disco/funk great and through the 80s he was a great soul/rock artist.

DJ Jimmy M

[dj phillip esparza]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Uh Rab...

There was a Lindburgh baby...but the cheese is Limburger!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

That's funny :lol:

[Graham_Start]

Arabesque.

[HustleBaby]

Hello everyone!

I think that we went down this path more than once but what the hell I'm gonna add my munster cheese :x list:

Ring My Bell
Boogie Oogie Oogie
Makin' It
YMCA
Hot Shot
Boogie Fever & Hot Line
Celebration

I don't remember how many times that I've expressed my hatred of these songs, I guess with every music category you have its best and worst. Once again I see that my favorites are getting beat up on (Moroder, Alec, Cocomotion, Disco Tex etc...) Back in the 70's, my sister and cousins used to pretend we were showgirls when "Get Dancin" and "I Wanna Dance Wit Choo" was playing. It's a fun novelty song like someone else mentioned. I know a lot of people who enjoy this song very much but fearful of telling others.

Quinny as a black person I love all types of disco. Obviously, I was introduced to the funk first and by the mid-late 70's there was Cerrone, Alec, Midney etc....Moroder had to be doing something right because he's the brains and musician behind Donna Summer "the QUEEN of DISCO". In your opinion he's the "anti-christ" to black disco however he had a large following in the black community. He won black folks over with those banging Donna Summer hits! As far as the "From Here to Eternity" CD (my favorites), I don't know many that like it or that's aware of his solo hits but may enjoy it. Disco just like every other music (rock, jazz..) have different variations. Some people enjoy Coke some like Pepsi - both are colas !

*DISCO DELIGHT*

[DJ Jimmy M]

Hey Hustlebaby, I agree very much so on all the tracks you mentioned accept the Karen Young one..in Philly (where im from originaly) that was a strict must play club track. Bob Pantano used to do a nice slam in mix from Hot Shot to Let's Start The Dance that was flawless and always went down. Hot Shot is not a track id play off the bat I will say while spinning a basic club disco set but it holds alot of fond memories

DJ Jimmy M

[judydoggie]

Early in this thread, a number of our members criticized "Holiday" by Madonna. I remember vividly when The Red Parrot nightclub, where I was at that time employed, staged a Friday/Saturday 2-shows a night bill that included George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, a group called the Planet Patrol, and a young lady named "Madonna" singing her first hit, "Holiday." She still had black hair on her arms and armpits, I noticed in the green room. However, she was quiet and polite. She merely lip-synched to a 1/4" reel-to-reel track (albeit the tape was full-track, so it sounded okay)!!

Music Director Chuck Gregory, two of the floor managers, and myself were standing around whilst she pulled this off, and mind you, I thought that the tune was bouncy and it had a signature synth sound in it that made it instantly recognizable -- I liked it then and I like it now -- we were gambling on "one hit wonder or not?" The music director, one of the managers and myself all agreed and shook our heads, "Naah, she's not gonna go anywhere but Holiday Inn singles nights with this." The other manager, Jimmy P., God rest him, said, "I disagree." He'd spoken at length with her and was quite a measure of her character. He's in heaven chuckling at the other three of us, waiting to collect his $150.

Also maligned in this thread aux fromage was Disco Tex & the Sex-A-Lettes whose "You Should Be Dancin'" I think was one of the most hysterical things I'd ever heard; and good dee-jays could mix it back and forth and having a really good time of it.

And then; how dare you include The Ethel Merman Disco Album in this thread... (don't worry, just kidding)

[DJ Jimmy M]

WOW where did this come from? LOL A thread that hasnt been touched in just bout a year. I love it when the old threads are brought back :D And BTW, Instrumentaly..I love the Ethel disco album :oops:

[dj phillip esparza]

oh really,did you hear nicky siano said about that album?"who wanted to hear that album?no one :x

[DJ Jimmy M]

Ahh, I think just about everyone wont admit to likin it. Now I admit, I cant stand her voice and it screws it all up..I did say instrumentaly LOL

[Nano]

For whoever started this thread (I already forgot), please avoid anything with these words on it:

-Stock-Aiken-Waterman
-Frank Farian
-Stars on 45
-Simon Soussan/Alec R. Costandinos (if you're not into orchestral stuff)
-Walter Murphy
-Meco Monardo
-Jürgen S. Korduletsch

About that Moroder-killer theory: don't forget guys that Giorgio was not the first to play with drum machines. The first ones who did it were KC & The Sunshine Band. The KC formula -later copied and developed in Eurodisco- was as follows:
-light, steady 4/4 beat
-light -not "soulish"- vocals
-keyboards as melodic center
-interracial musicianship
-easy listening = easy buying = $$$$

And still they had some great songs!
Disco was not only born in the Philly Sound, great as it is. And of course Giorgio Moroder rocks! I love 'em both and I consider myself a disco fan.

[dj phillip esparza]

love or hate'um there all floor killers.if you want to call it your guilty pleasure.that's great in home or car.i doubt you hear any of those at shelter in NYC.Timmy Regisford wouldn't touch any of that kind of stuff.

[judydoggie]

Gentlemen:

I happen to be a jazz collector, as well, and although my collection includes a lot of great stuff by Merman, sadly, I never picked up the "Disco Album" (although I'll admit that I blatantly steal the cover image of her, well into her seventies, dancin' in that psychidelic muu-muu, happy as all getout, for various Graphic Design vis-a-vis Jazz purposes). Ms. Merman was a close friend of my late friend Joe Helms, and I met her on many occasions. Anyone wanna part with just one sample so I can get a taste? Who knows, maybe I'll like the instrumentation, too, and actually go out and BUY a mint-condition copy for posterity. (That's posterity, guys; not posterior!) Email me at jazz@asianfusion.net. Who knows, maybe even the arranger who worked on the album is still alive? I know a lot of 'em.

- Waiting anxiously for More Merm in CT,
Paul, a.k.a. JudyDoggie

[Salsoul1975]

I find it interesting that Meco Monardo was mentioned on the list of Muenster, Brie and Jarlsberg; he was behind Gloria Gaynor's Never Can Say Goodbye and Experience Gloria Gaynor albums. Not sure if he also had a hand with I've Got You.

[markydefad]

Salsoul,

Don't forget the Lindbergh, baby!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: