Politically Incorrect Disco Songs

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by sfbeary

hey nicknack,

if you think that's politically incorrect, you should flip the 12" and check out "Be Cool (Willie Is Dancing With A Sissy)," where tex warns that his buddy has either not taken a close look at his new dancing partner, or that he's found himself a new "bag" (in the james brown meaning of the word).

:lol: :lol: I'll be fucked! I never paid any attention to the flip. (Probably because the title irritated me.) I'm playing it now and maybe a hard-core straight audience found this amusing. Even has the sound of James Brown but I wouldn't put this on my turntables anywhere. Well, if my parents were alive maybe I'd play it for them. Just to give 'em a chuckle... :lol:

[QUINNY]

And then there was Bobby Marchan's reply to Joe Tex, I Wanna Bump With The Big Fat Woman. On the other side was Disco Rabbit....now I'm sure that could have had some kinda unknown (to me) connotations.

[darrens]

Best example I can think of is "Girls" by Moments and Whatnauts, which reached No. 3 in the UK pop charts in 1975. It features the following verse:

I'd like to be on an island
with five or six of them fine ones.
Even one that ain't good lookin'
They're the ones that do the best cookin'.
Give me one with a lot of money
Give me two with a lot of honey
Give me three that do them freaky things
Give me four fat mama's that like to swing.

:o :o

I must protest - my wife is "good lookin'" and also does great "cookin"", but then being a "new man" I do some "cookin'" too! :D

[Nano]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Most people (including me 'til I was set straight, so to speak) think that Lorraine Johnson is that skanky white chick boogieing on the cover of her LP. In fact, Joel Whitburn's Disco/Dance chart book says that Lorraine was a "white disco singer" , most likely because of those cover photos. In reality, Lorraine was a big black earth-mama-type, not deemed worthy of a photo on her own LP. Shameful!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Oh man... I always thought that girl was Rod Temperton. :-?

[Boodikka]

There were a few other post-disco songs that contained lyrics that can be construed as homophobic: "Watch The Closing Doors" and "Another Man" would be examples of this.
Marky, I only learned that Lorraine Johnson was Black when she appeared on Soap Factory in the summer of '78. Using (mostly White) fashion models on disco album covers was SOP for "producer" projects (Saturday Night Band, Poussez), but I found it really strange in the case of Lorraine Johnson.

And yes, that cover model did indeed look like something from the Star Wars cantina.

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Just keepin' it reeeeeeeal.

I am a Suburban Homeboy. Yo Yo. :P

Geez, I never knew the woman was black. First I'm hearing of it. Marky, you "keep on keepin' on", homeboy. :)

[keefelc]

I remember I found out about the real Lorraine because a friend of mine had an earlier album of hers. Of course, that was way back in the late 70s so I don't have a clue what the album was called or who produced it. Anybody else remember?

[markydefad]

And, as I recall, I found out the truth about Lorraine Johnson from Keefe. I looked at that Prelude LP cover again last night and that blonde white chick is soooooooooo porno-slut looking--bad frizzy perm, silver lame jumpsuit.... BUT she was THIN. (and white). :oops: :oops: :oops: :roll:

At least when they had that model lip-sync for Martha Wash in the C+C Music Factory video of "Gonna Make You Sweat"...she was a Black model...Zelma whatever her name was..."Davis"??? :o

(back from a quick trip to AMG)....

Yeah, it was Zelma Davis and we eventually found out she could sing....BUT NOT like Martha Wash. :x

[Forrrce]

The previous Lorraine Johnson LP, 'The More You Get', has our heroine on the cover. And she's a homely gal.

[SandraDee]

Lorraine was no stranger to a fish supper.

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Lorraine was no stranger to a fish supper.

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Oh, Sandy Dee, ya gots me crackin' up!!!!!!!! :D

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[markydefad]

Now, you've got my curiosity all roused up. :lol:

I gots ta see a photo of Miss Lorraine. Does anyone have that first LP cover????? Could ya work your magic and post it here????? Or possibly a snapshot from a fish supper????

I'm just askin'!!! :lol:

[SandraDee]

Sorry Blanche, no can do re Lorraine or the fish supper I'm afraid, but I did recently see a CD that had both of Lorraine's LPs on it with pictures of both LPs' sleeves (they did a similar thing with Saturday Night Band's 2 LPs) but I didn't buy it as I already had the LP with the white bird on the sleeve & I must've been feeling particularly frugal that day. :-? Wish I'd purchased it now but it's no point having regrets in life is it? Je Ne Regret Rien........oo I suddenly feel tres gallic! :roll:

[Allan]

Hey markydefad,

You can see the cd with the real Lorraine Johnson on either allmusic.com or Amazon just look for the cd called "More I want/Learning to dance" under compilations.