First disco song ever released

[DiscoMan]

It's obvious that you guys had a less liberal, more formal, less integrated society than us Europeans.

Are you shittin' me!!!!!!!!!!!??????????
Quinny you and I are gonna havta discuss what it was like livin' in the Northeast U.S. from '69 to '80!
We did what we wanted!!!!!!!!

Did you Brits ever smoke pot on the dance floor?

[MixMasterMax]

Don't know if he ever smoked back then but judging from his last post, he sure is smoking something now. Clearly has no idea of what those days meant nor what the Hustle was. Seems to me like the same ends are met today at the clubs but you dance by humping each other or as a group and the need for Ecxtacy, what's that all about. Clearly we had the something going for us that does not exist today. I am shocked that you would associate a dance like the Hustle with some form of rebelion. The times were not for rebeling but for expressing ones self in the form of dancing and romancing. Alien concept, I am sure :roll:

[DiscoMan]

We just simply had a ball!
The period from '69 to '80/'81 was the most free spirited time in America during the 2o'th Century! We did it all. Had no limits beyond our own sense of freedom. Compared to us our children are inhibited tight asses!
Where did we go wrong?

[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by DiscoMan

Are you shittin' me!!!!!!!!!!!??????????
Quinny you and I are gonna havta discuss what it was like livin' in the Northeast U.S. from '69 to '80!
We did what we wanted!!!!!!!!

Did you Brits ever smoke pot on the dance floor?

I realize that my concepts can seem a little radical at times.

I'm sure some did smoke on the dancefloor and they sure do now! However, we weren't such a drug taking society back then. There's really nothing very clever about taking most drugs. No, you have to admit that Europeans have always been a little less uptight than you guys. We don't have Bible bashers on our TVs and radios 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and we've had to mix with each other, especially when all the fighting stops. Therefore, we've been much more multicultural and adopted far more influences overall.

You did what you wanted, just so long as your elders had some control over it. Pure Disco WAS their last attempt at having total control over you all, musically. That's why I was always wary of Disco and why still maintain that it would have been better had it not crossed over and gained acceptance by all age groups. Luckily in the UK at least, it largely remained young people's music and clubbing was almost exclusively a young person's pursuit. Did you really think it was cool to let loose with your mums, dads and grannies in attendance?

The Hustle was a passe concept to us, that we instantly dismissed. That's just the way it was.

[MixMasterMax]

I finaly get it Quinny, you suffer from a clear misunderstanding of what the Hustle was. No problem mate, a misunderstanding that goes on for 3 decades can easily be discounted :o

British Hustle, The Sound of British Jazz Funk 74 - 82

Southern Soul Boys (and Girls!) of a certain age will be transported back in time by this excellent Soul Jazz release; the choppy guitars, keyboard pads and high hat rhythms take the listener back to groundbreaking clubs like the The Goldmine and the Lacy Lady. Memories will be stirred of sweaty Bank Holiday Soul Weekenders, jelly shoes, Ford Capris and a youthful Pete Tong. Ahhhh...happy days :D .
The music's roots are firmly based in the US - The Blackbyrds, Johnny Hammond and Earth, Wind & Fire were all big influences. But the music has a British feel, a sound that set the tone for British funk and soul for the next three decades.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/bluessoul...jazzfunk.shtml

[DiscoMan]

I'm sure some did smoke on the dancefloor and they sure do now! However, we weren't such a drug taking society back then. There's really nothing very clever about taking most drugs. No, you have to admit that Europeans have always been a little less uptight than you guys. We don't have Bible bashers on our TVs and radios 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and we've had to mix with each other, especially when all the fighting stops. Therefore, we've been much more multicultural and adopted far more influences overall.

I've known many Europeans over the years and I wouldn't call 'em less uptight. About "bible thumpers" neither do we.
About mixing: Quinny you have not been to the U.S. "The Great Melting Pot"? Be carefull to not let your prejudices get in the way.

[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by MixMasterMax

I finaly get it Quinny, you suffer from a clear misunderstanding of what the Hustle was. No problem mate, a misunderstanding that goes on for 3 decades can easily be discounted :o

British Hustle, The Sound of British Jazz Funk 74 - 82

Southern Soul Boys (and Girls!) of a certain age will be transported back in time by this excellent Soul Jazz release; the choppy guitars, keyboard pads and high hat rhythms take the listener back to groundbreaking clubs like the The Goldmine and the Lacy Lady. Memories will be stirred of sweaty Bank Holiday Soul Weekenders, jelly shoes, Ford Capris and a youthful Pete Tong. Ahhhh...happy days :D .
The music's roots are firmly based in the US - The Blackbyrds, Johnny Hammond and Earth, Wind & Fire were all big influences. But the music has a British feel, a sound that set the tone for British funk and soul for the next three decades.

Duh!!! I am under no misunderstanding whatsoever. If you can't accept that The Hustle was like going 20 odd years back in time to most young Brits, then you obviously don't know where I'm coming from on this. For you guys to get hooked on it and us to totally dismiss it means that we must have had very fundamental differences between our respective societies, no?

[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by DiscoMan

I've known many Europeans over the years and I wouldn't call 'em less uptight. About "bible thumpers" neither do we.
About mixing: Quinny you have not been to the U.S. "The Great Melting Pot"? Be carefull to not let your prejudices get in the way.

You don't have Bible thumpers? Where do you live?

Yes, the U.S had been a great melting pot, 100 or so years ago, but then it began to only look from within, for its inspiration and interpretation. The American way is the only way you know. Does that sound prejudiced or is it just a blatant fact? Oh No, I forgot, you guys just don't get it, do you? Hence, whatever you guys write must be the absolute truth and the only possible take on it and anything I write has to automatically be wrong!! It gets pretty damned boring at times, but someone has to do it. :lol:

I'm just trying to get you guys to think a little more rationally about some things and accept that your experiences were not the be all and end all.

[DiscoMan]

Massachusetts. Massachusetts has it's own political system.

I imagine that saving you Europeans from yourselves twice in 25 years kinda gives us a unique perspective on world affairs.

You have been reading that left wing London press too much. Fly on over here for a nice visit with us and I guarantee you'll return to the UK with a more positive outlook on us Yanks. It takes less time to fly from London to Boston than it takes to fly from Boston to LA.

[Nano]

Originally Posted by galocha

I just want to find out which was the first song ever released that had disco elements (at least the 4/4 disco rhythm) I don't mind if you want to call it 'proto-disco' or anything else. Anybody knows any song like that released before 'One night affair' by the O'Jays? (1969)

Don't forget guys that disco has its roots not only in soul and funk but also in some light pop material, like bubblegum. Maybe bubblegum, with its simpler rhythms, did a big contribution on making the 4/4 rhythm a standard for disco music.
Some white disco producers (specially on the Munich scene) had been producing bubblegum records earlier. By the time when Moroder and Farian got his part on the disco cake, the disco genre seemed to have found its own standard (4/4, faster speeds, drum breaks, longer songs, etc.).
Just a theory.

[markydefad]

So that settles it.

The first "DISCO" record was............

Yummy Yummy Yummy, I Got Love In My Tummy by the Ohio Express. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

& Simon Says by the 1910 Fruitgum Company. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

End of topic. :P

[DiscoMan]

I had that 45 when it was released :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Nano]

Well, you have to reckon at least disco were influenced in the lyrics aspect. :)

[DiscoMan]

I always thought of it as bubblegum pop. :lol:

[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by DiscoMan

I always thought of it as bubblegum pop. :lol:

What, Yummy, Yummy, Yummy or Disco?

Anyone for Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron?