The worst movie ever produced regarding a disco theme?

[buckaroo]

Originally Posted by Salsoul1975

Voyage,

I do remember the disco scene in Goldmember. The afro hairdos, slick clothes, and tacky decor is simply "retro" (rubbish) and should not give the viewer the idea that this is what the '70s disco lifestyle was all about.

You're missing the point a wee bit. Goldmember is a comic pastiche, not an accurate depiction of the '70s.

Originally Posted by dfc99bb

I know this is off-topic but if you want to see what the declining NYC of the mid-1970s looked like, check out Martin Scorsese's film "Taxi Driver" (1976). You couldn't re-create that look and feel today. Parts of NYC really were that awful back then. The city was spiraling downward. You had to be there to understand how out-of-control it was.

Have you seen this? http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0081230/ If yes, was it also as accurate as Taxi Driver?

Originally Posted by judydoggie

Oh, the city was grimy, dirty and gritty. Rudy Giuliani did great things for the city (with the aid of skyrocketing real-estate costs) but now Bloomberg's dropping the ball again. The nice thing is that, after the people saw how nice it could be, they're policing the city themselves; or so it seems to me.

The NYPD had to payout somewhere in the region of $50 million in settlements to plaintiffs a few years back. Because they basically took Rudy's Zero Tolerance a tad too far. African immigrant Amidu Diallo was shot over 40 times by the Police, because he reached for his wallet. Another man was seriously assaulted by an officer who shoved his night-stick up his rectum :o
They also used to pull-over female drivers and sexually assault them. I have'nt made those stories up. These cases have been documented by the press in the past.

Thank you Juiliani!!! :roll: :-?

[MixMasterMax]

Sure we have our share in incidents which are so nasty they make us sick. However, you are completely wrong on the impact Juliani had on this great city. The crime rate was virtualy non existant during his term, the local economy bloomed and yes even tourism reached an ll time high.

[12incher]

Originally Posted by MixMasterMax

Sure we have our share in incidents which are so nasty they make us sick. However, you are completely wrong on the impact Juliani had on this great city. The crime rate was virtualy non existant during his term, the local economy bloomed and yes even tourism reached an ll time high.

Why do you think Juliani was responsible for this? The cost of living in NYC is so exhorbitant that this alone drives out a lot of crime because only rich people can live there. Crime was already on a slow downward spiral since the 80's. Juliani would use porn as an escape goat for city problems, thinking he would gain votes if he got rid of all the porn shops. Now, you go into Times Square and you see Mickey Mouse. This looks stupid, it is New York City, not Oklahoma City. Mayor Koch was the best mayor the city ever saw...

[MixMasterMax]

Simply not true. The cost of living in NY is not the highest in the world. There are quite a few more places which are higher. Crime was rampant when Juliani took over. Just because we live or work in NY does not mean we have to keep it to your sleasy standard so you can visit and get to see some porn. Mickey is the best thing that happened to times square. You can now walk freely in that area and not fear the filth and a-holes that called it their home. But more importantly, people are coming in to see shows, eat, dance and have agreat time. This turns into $$$$.

[buckaroo]

Originally Posted by MixMasterMax

Sure we have our share in incidents which are so nasty they make us sick. However, you are completely wrong on the impact Juliani had on this great city. The crime rate was virtualy non existant during his term, the local economy bloomed and yes even tourism reached an ll time high.

I am not completely wrong actually. As I stated yesterday, the cases I mentioned were well documented. I did not make them up. Try reading The New York Times, and the New York Post sometime. I live in the UK and still manage to.

Crime may well be zero, which is great. But at what cost was this achieved? Here in the UK, many cities are undergoing this process known as 'gentrification'. Whereby the 'undesirable' working underclass types are removed from certain areas, so that the upper and middle classes can move in, with their trendy wine bars and expensive exclusive night clubs and venues and housing.
Great if you're a tourist with loadsa money. But, what if you lived there all your life, and were moved on...?

[Kimeesha]

Originally Posted by MixMasterMax

Simply not true. The cost of living in NY is not the highest in the world. There are quite a few more places which are higher. Crime was rampant when Juliani took over. Just because we live or work in NY does not mean we have to keep it to your sleasy standard so you can visit and get to see some porn. Mickey is the best thing that happened to times square. You can now walk freely in that area and not fear the filth and a-holes that called it their home. But more importantly, people are coming in to see shows, eat, dance and have agreat time. This turns into $$$$.

You Don't sound like a native New Yorker? As a matter of fact, you don't sound like you were even born in the U.S. I don't remember reading anything about NYC being the highest cost of living in the world, but it is high enough to eleviate crime, and our country is not a socialist one like over in Europe; so these people come here expecting hand outs and are pissed off becs the goodies all don't just drop into their lap. Mickey Mouse sucks! Porn is coool, and the filth has always been here. We need to get out all these illegals is what we need to do. And put a cap on it preventing third world garbarge from coming over here in the first place. They need to build up their own countries! This is where most of the crime comes from :evil:

[paul]

This is getting goooood :D
Hey Bernie, I know this isn't my post but would you consider moving the rest of this to the Non Music Related Lounge since we seem to be way off topic?

[Videoskooter]

I agree paul, this is getting nasty and I think it's not about discomovies anymore. And maybe you can tell some of your fellow Americans that not all of the Europeans are socialists.

Now I discovered in some of the member's replies some movies I never heard about, like for instance "Disco Godfather".

Somebody knows more of that sort of stuff and maybe the songs that were featured in them?

[paul]

Hey Johan. I saw disco godfather. It's awful. I like Rudy Ray Moore but this was schlock. He was better as a straight stand up comedian. Some may find it so bad it was good. It's been a while since I've seen it. I think the music was that stuff they made for porn around that period :lol:

[paul]

Oh Johan, the socialist stuff is just American silliness. Don't pay too much attention to it. We have socialism in this country and like everything else it's not necessarily a bad thing. Everything from paying for cops, firefighting and education to our space program and FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) that covers us when disasters like hurricanes hit are socialist. Some Americans are just ignorant of this or intellectually lazy. Mark my work, if socialism left this country you'd see another revolution!

[Kimeesha]

Originally Posted by paul

Oh Johan, the socialist stuff is just American silliness. Don't pay too much attention to it. We have socialism in this country and like everything else it's not necessarily a bad thing. Everything from paying for cops, firefighting and education to our space program and FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) that covers us when disasters like hurricanes hit are socialist. Some Americans are just ignorant of this or intellectually lazy. Mark my work, if socialism left this country you'd see another revolution!

paul, I want some of what ever your smokin! Just mail some right over here to the Bronx to Kimeesha Jameson! You can even throw in some of that good weather you folks in Dan Diego always get.

Where do you get having cops and firefighters is socialism? Living in the most capitalist society in the world doesn't mean we can live tax free! You think because taxes pay for elementary schools thats Socialism?? paul I think your just intellectually lazy thats what I think :)

We don't have free healthcare and we have to pay through the nose to go to college. Only the rich can go to the upity schools unless their related to celebrities. They get those things in many other countries for free. And I knew a girl when I attended CUNY from Denmark who stated up until only recently you could go all the way up to a Ph.D for free over in Denmark, but now their taking in so many people from the Third World they can no longer pay for their own. Our jobs in most cases do not pay enough to live here in the U.S. Our country is for the very rich and the very poor; where headed toward an oligarchy just like in Brazil where only a few people control all the money and all the rest are peasants. I bet they don't have the homeless problem over in Europe like we have here either... Now, you know a lot of this crap from Iraq and Sudan our going to end up on our doorsteps in this country don't you? And where going to have to pay for them. To hell with them! All these bleeding heart liberals are going to find a way to get those refugees over here, and we'll end up with more foreigners in our prison system. Oh, won't that be nice...

[paul]

Musta struck a raw nerve. OK!
Whenever we as a collective (via our elected represantatives and tax dollars) control, administer, and distribute goods and services through our government, we are practicing socialism. So to answer your question yes we practice socialism. We could still have police and firefighters among other things done by the private sector. In fact this to some extent is what the neocons here are seeking. This doesn't mean that capitalism cannot exist along with socialism. It's a matter of degree.
Capitalism can be good and bad. America was more capitalist at the start of the 1900s. I don't think we want to revisit that. Child labor, unsafe working conditions, no minimum wage, etc.

[buckaroo]

Originally Posted by Kimeesha

I don't remember reading anything about NYC being the highest cost of living in the world, but it is high enough to eleviate crime, and our country is not a socialist one like over in Europe; so these people come here expecting hand outs and are pissed off becs the goodies all don't just drop into their lap. Mickey Mouse sucks! Porn is coool, and the filth has always been here. We need to get out all these illegals is what we need to do. And put a cap on it preventing third world garbarge from coming over here in the first place. They need to build up their own countries! This is where most of the crime comes from :evil:

Dear oh law. You really should read up a little before you go near your PC. Europe ISN'T totally socialist pal, buddy, Joe, whatever Americanisms you understand. In Paris France :roll: as you would probably say, 4 million people voted for Jean Marie Le Pen in the elections last year. Also, he was allowed to enter Britain in order to address the fascist BNP party. How socialist is that? And you don't get welfare out there. I won't dwell on Ms Mussolini in Italy too much. And Eastern Europe has it's fair share of right wing A-holes! Believe! America needs/wants illlegals. Because good ol' boys like you do not want to work long hours cleaning hotel rooms, or sweeping streets. Once all the 'illegals' as you call them are removed, you're not going to volunteer to do their jobs are you? Dimitri from Paris will have to be on the first plane out I suppose :roll: With a name like that, no way is he a good ol' boy. As far as immigrants building up their own countries goes, if they could do so without interference from the US maybe they would. Didn't a few immigrants and slaves build some place called America a while back? I'll save you the trouble of talking about European know-how and ingenuity being at the helm of all the migrant slavey muscle. It's bull!

I'd like to know...really...what's happened to this forum. It's a dirty low down place at the mo.

[DISCODISK]

ill just dodge the bullets and hand grenades to mention another film 'YOUNG SOUL REBELS' made in the u.k in 1991
set in 1977 london im not saying this is the worst for me its probibly one of the best, i sat down to watch it on video the other day and after 20 mins broke away to check if its now out on d.v.d and it is :P so i ordered one and put the video away ***GAY WARNING*** :lol: it has a gay/murder pirate radio theme great music parliment sylvester/blackbyrds/funkadelic/war players association/roy ayers/el coco/ dr buzzard[there are a couple of punk songs too] club scenes. its well made made by some people who thought disco in that era hadnt been documented so the detail is quite good with the boys reading the correct magazines,record purchases in the correct bags [contempo] the detail is spot on theres punks skinheads soul boys,u.k members [or region 2 people] check e.bay theres a seller there selling for £7.99 u.k post free cant be bad, ive bought from him before no probs 8)

[Videoskooter]

"Young soul rebels" has a pretty interesting soundtrack:

1. "Young Soul Rebels" - Mica Paris
2. "Message In Our Music" - The O'Jays
3. "Running Away" - Roy Ayers
4. "Time Is Moving On" - Blackbyrds
5. "Don't Let It Go To Your Head" - Jean Carne
6. "Let's Get It Together" - El Coco
7. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" - Sylvester
8. "P. Funk Wants To Get Funked Up" - Parliament
9. "I'll Play The Fool" - Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Club Band
10. "Rock Creek Park" - The Blackbyrds
11."Me And Baby Brother" - War
12. "One Nation Under A Groove" - Funkadelic
13. "Let The Music Play" - Charles Earland
14. "Young Soul Rebels (remix)"