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My response is Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor medlies, and Weather Report.
Actually I have 10 Weather Report cd's and I'm getting rid of all of them. I do not know what I was thinking when I bought them.
It reminds me of Miles Davis electric 1970's work which to many critics is superb but is not my cup of tea.
I thoroughly enjoyed "7 step to heaven", "Someday my prince will come", and the Kind of Blue LP.
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really interesting topic
usually I repress all of those artists from my memory so that I don't have to think of them
but Donna Summer comes to mind
I also never really liked Smokey Robinson altough I love everything else about Motown
then we have the Mary Jane Girls (the first spice girl exeperiement never really liked them but then they were never that big anyway)
altough I really enjoy Teen Marie
Loved Chaka Khan
but never her collaboration with Rufus....
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Originally Written by sutnop
that's interesting.... I think her best songs are with Rufus.
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Madeline Kane!
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Disco-wise:
Midney, Moroder, Cerrone, Costandinos & Summer (sounds like a solicitors' or accountants' partnership).
Albeit to varying degrees and in some instances, specific titles.
Many titles from the Salsoul catalogue.
Any of the show tune goes Disco jaunts, from '75 & '76 in particular.
Plus a whole lotta other stuff that doesn't float my boat, especially after 30 years.
However, I have discovered quite a few tunes over the past 3 or 4 years that have made up for further exposure to all of the above.
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Good topic. I have many, which I either never got into or just played them out.
Donna Summer (played out)
Santa Esmeralda (I only like Sevilla Nights)
Prince (ugghh!!)
Rick James (I only like Mary Jane, and Super Freak is still okay)
Depeche Mode (if we're going further into the 80s dance stuff - I never quite understood the appeal of these guys)
Cerrone (I thought I would really like his stuff, but in the end only Love In C Minor does it for me)
Boris Midney (I only like some songs here and there from his various projects. I bought the anthology on CD, but only enjoyed a few of the cuts).
As for Weather Report, I only like their stuff around '74/'75. The Sweetnight LP is great just for the break beat cuts like Non Stop Home and 125th Street Congress.
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Witn one or two exceptions, any German produced Disco, including most things by Georgio Moroder (there's not one good track on that Madeline Kane album), Boney-M, Ottawan - but I know a lot of people like it!!
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I can't think of any artist within the disco realm that I can honestly say I can't stand. Perhaps it's because of the corner of the world that I live in, but anything remotely disco-like is very limited here (outside of my household) so whenever I hear something of that nature, I'm thankful for it.
My attraction to disco has always been it's fun spirit...a way of grabbing the common person, shaking them out of the doldrums of everyday life, telling them to move, groove and shake that tambourine and you'll feel a lot better. Any artist who decided to shake their groove thing is alright in my books. (I'm also sensing a bit of anti-Summerism here... :x )
Now, on the other hand, if this was a rock and roll site.... :roll:
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It's not so much an artist/group for me, since I'm not familiar with their total output.. but I've never got the appeal of Brainstorm's "Lovin' Is Really My Game."
It seems like it was such a huge disco favourite, but it was never one of mine..
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Boney M, Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" never did anything for me, likewise Cerrone's "Supernature", though I love "Love in C Minor" (could be Costandinos' influence), Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive".
Then we have Cat Stevens, Carly Simon and James Taylor. ****, there's three zeros that make me puke.
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Wow, this is a wildcard for me :lol:
-Madonna: I never could stand her! Marketing bull to da maxxx! (and you can include the overhyped John "Jellybean" Benitez for his boring and tacky productions).
-99,8% of everything Stock, Aitken and Waterman ever did. fastfood-dancehumbug that gives me an instant indigestion.
-Bronski Beat and the terrible Jimmy Sommerville. If I hear that guy rape Discoclassics I go bezerk.
-Miami Sound Machine, except for Dr. Beat.
-Giorgio Moroder, that guy destroyed my adoration for him completely when he started to produce Electropop.
-Kelly Marie: Just can't stand that voice!
-Most of the Dancemusic beginning from 1982. Cold, squirky, non-inspired, with a special award for Whitney Houston, the queen of bad R&B and for Jam & Lewis with their overproduced puke!
-The Salsoul Christmas productions. Brrrrr!
-FM-Rock, Rap, Hip Hop.
-Records that can not be played in my presence: "You can leave your hat on" (Cocker), "Final Countdown" (Europe), "You're Beautiful" (Blunt), Oasis, Limp Bizkit, "Love lift us up we're we belong", Céline Dion (brrrr), Cat Stevens and all the Hippiejunk, Springsteen (omg, how I hate that guy) and very recent: Coldplay!
And most of all: Simon & Garfunkel. The pathetic duo :evil:
I do like fries with mayo, though
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ohhhh did you bring up the Germans
he brought up zeee Germans
Falco
Modern Talking
can't stand em
then there are also
David Hasselhoff (altough can we really call it music)
O'bryan
Cameo
Johhny Guitar Watson
Colonel Abrams
Barry White (overplayed, overhyped and last but not least overweight)
Boney M are actually so pathetic I find them comical and a good listen when one is feeling corny
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Wow, 11 responses!
Sutnop, we have a great difference of opinion when it comes to O'Bryan. I'd do anything for his 1983 album on Cd. I love his ballads; there exceptional and the beginnings of that retro nuevo soul I really dig like Force Md's, Troop, Rude boys, Portrait, ect.
I actually enjoy but do grow a bit tired of some of Barry White's more disco oriented stuff like You're my first, last, everything. But I'd never would diss the man; I'd just put on some obscure ballad by him and he's back in my good graces.
One album that sold millions that's quite poor in my opinion was Luther's last LpDance with my father. The Bill Wither's Lovely Day remake was terrible. That song has melody not hip hop beats!!!!
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Smokey Robinson comes to mind. Loved his writing but passed on buying his singing.
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Agreed :D
there is something in his voice which annoys me
but the productions and the songs themselves are wonderful
therefor I have to exclude the tracks where he features himself with other greats such as
David Ruffin, Diana, Marvin, etc....
Edddie
as far as Barry White is concerned, I guess he is just too white too mainstream, I mean my parents like to play him in their living room together with
Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, had he been born 20years earlier we probably would of been part of the Rat Pack ;)
its not like a frown upon hearing people playing him when one is out.
And some of his collaborations with E W & F are really good....
Its just that I would never and can never understand people that would listen to a whole album from top to bottom and use it as move music when they get down and dirty
for that we have things such as
Teddy Pendergrass
Marvin Gaye
Lamont Dozier
even
George Benson
Eugene Wild
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then you must really hate
Colonel Abrams
TEDDY PENDERGRASS or anything by HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES
what a shame. :lol:
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I've noticed a lot of Smokey Robinson haters. I suppose his voice doesn't do him too much justice. The only LP I've ever like by him was "A QUIET STORM" ('75) featuring BABY THAT'S BACKATCHA, THE AGONY & THE ECSTASY & several other great songs.
I was never a fan of his CRUISIN' single
let's see:
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
or anything from her LP's after her debut. Was never really a fan.
I wanna pick on Lionel Richie, however I still enjoy
OH NO
you can trash his following hits.
Dancing On The Ceiling
Hello
or anything to do with him during that time period (mid '80's).
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Can't stand Diana Ross. She even sucks in interviews. That hair has to go.
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guess we can't help not liking who we don't ...........
BUT ....
to not like Donna Summer wholesale ...... while claiming to be a disco aficionado :-? ..... :P :P :P
you mean amongst such diverse productions as I FEEL LOVE ... LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY .... LAST DANCE ..... HOT STUFF ...HARD FOR THE MONEY ...........( on and on and on and on ) ... you can find nothing to like !!!! :P :P :P :lol:
.... but then , there was my friend who really loved football ...... well .... except that awful 49er team fronted by Joe Montana .... despite their repeated Superbowl megahits .....
waaay overrated .... he said !!!!!
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:D Oh, the joys you've missed, my friend.
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For people who are not real fond of Smokey:
I noticed if the material is not well crafted the falsetto groups tend to sprawl vocally and lose control. Later Blue Magic, some Smokey, and others tend to fall trap to this.
I really thought that Blue Magic should employ Wendall Sawyer to start out their verses and then use Ted Mills to complete the verse and create an apex. If you start out high in a verse, where else can you go except a few notes up or down. Thus the material is not as challenging. "Stop to Start" actually employs this method.
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Perhaps you've hit on a point there eddie. This reflects a lack of range tonally and/or dynamically in the musical piece.
Conversely, part of the reason I love Chaka Kahn so much is her range. This is evident on tracks like Everlasting Love.
Back to artist I prefer not buy, add Con Funk Shun to the list. Just wasn't enough there to keep me entertained.
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Paul-shame on you!!
One of the first threads I ever started was one on favorite ConFunkshun songs and I got a lot of responses in the soul/R&B forum. I agree to some extent; there secondary funk numbers were not of as high of caliber much like the Ohio players in my view.
However, "Chase Me" sort of promotes my desire to be stalked by a young lady. That was one of their biggest dance numbers with a rock flavor. I'm surprised it wasn't bigger.
"Ffun" has a great riff but it is actually borrowed from Brass Construction's "Peekin'."
Honey Wild's lyrics from 1980 reminds me of a girl I almost married. The lines "although I was inside her body, I never knew her soul" "You destroy the beauty of a butterfly when you hold it in your hand" are truly one of a kind. The musical backdrop is very similar to Curtis Mayfield's "I'm so proud."
The live version of "I'm Leaving is superb and complete with a Lenny Williams-esque 2 minute love rap!
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Artists that I HATE but everybody love:
NIRVANA, U2, ROLLING STONES, LINKING PARK, OASIS, KISS, OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK SABBATH, JETHRO TULL, LED ZEPPELIN, SEX PISTOLS, THE CLASH, THE JAM, JUDAS PRIEST, AEROSMITH, THE CURE, DEEP PURPLE, SEPULTURA, MOTORHEAD, THE MISSION, THE CULT, BAUHAUS, SIOUXE AND THE BANSHEES, JOY DIVISION, BLUR, THE POLICE, THE WHO, MADNESS, SISTEMS OF A DOWN, FOO FIGHTERS, JIMMY HENDRIX, JANIS JOPLIN, and hundreds more
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While I love falsetto vocals (I'm a sucker for stuff by the Delfonics, the Whatnauts, Blue Magic, etc..., and I really like Eddie Kendricks stuff), Smokey just never did it for me. But then again, I think it may have been a problem with the way his songs were produced. He did have some pretty good dance tunes, like Baby That's Backatcha and Theme From Big Time.
I love Teddy Mills' vocals. His voice was certainly easy on the ears compared to Russell Thompkins of The Stylistics, which may be why they employed the alternating vocalists. Teddy on the other hand was able to sing at a lower range as well. There are a number of songs where he starts low on the verse, while going falsetto on the chorus. Chasing Rainbows is a great example of this (not to mention his amazing breath control - listen how long he holds the high note on 'cause here I go.....'!)For people who are not real fond of Smokey:
I noticed if the material is not well crafted the falsetto groups tend to sprawl vocally and lose control. Later Blue Magic, some Smokey, and others tend to fall trap to this.
I really thought that Blue Magic should employ Wendall Sawyer to start out their verses and then use Ted Mills to complete the verse and create an apex. If you start out high in a verse, where else can you go except a few notes up or down. Thus the material is not as challenging. "Stop to Start" actually employs this method.
If you listen to the Mystic Dragons album Teddy didn't sing lead on all of the songs. In fact, I think he only sang lead on about half. Songs like Freak-n-Stein, Rock & Roll Revival and Mother Funk (I don't recall who it was).
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