I was WRONG!!!

[Leanmean]

Gee, do I have to fess up? Last night on our local adult R & B station, there was an incredible disco mix. They played two songs I'd never heard before. One of them was by Bloodstone (I think that's the same group that did the song "Natural High.") Just guessing, I thought it was the Manhattens. I don't know the name of it, sorry.



On with the confession...

Anyway the next song, I told my friend, I didn't know who it was, but I recognized the disco sound. It was an EXCELLENT song and I was amazed I'd never heard it or danced to it before. Turns out it was by a group you folks have mentioned (that I never heard of either!) called Rocker's Revenge!



I don't recall the name of the song, but it had the line "The sky's the limit..." in it, which I DID recognize but not from THAT song.



What I must confess is this: I always firmly believed disco DIED in 1980.That was because of the backlash from the Comisky Park disco record burning event. HOWEVER, that Rocker's Revenge song came out in 1982!! And I thought it sounded EXACTLY like something from the 1970's! So, while disco might have died for me in 1979, obviously, to others, it was still alive and well. I was wrong....



I am sorry if I caused any hard feelings from those of you who insisted that disco was still going, even in 1982.

[nrgbeat]

The title of the song is "Walking On Sunshine" by Rocker's Revenge.

[discokid]

Wasn't Eddie Grant singing with that group when they did Walking on Sunshine?

[paul]

It's ok Lean. Just say 10 "Hail Marys" and all will be forgiven.

I generally say to othersd that the disco we here recognized died around 1982, the year of your Rockers Revenge song. Just my opinion.

BTW, you're right. Bloodstone did Natural High.

[Leanmean]

Is that Eddie Grant that did "Electric Avenue"?

[markydefad]

Eddy Grant did record "Walking On Sunshine" in 1979, but the Rocker's Revenge version came later in 1982. And yes, it's the same Eddy Grant who recorded "Electric Avenue". Previously, Eddy was part of a group called The Equals, who hit the charts with "Baby, Come Back" and "Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys" an early 1970's dance hit.