Best start, or intro, in a disco song

**Com King** · April 23rd, 2003, 07:14 AM

The best intro ever is for me "spank" by Jimmy 'Bo' Horne.

Another great starts are Azoto'z "Soft Emotion" and Sylvester's "I need U"

**K-Bee** · April 23rd, 2003, 07:22 AM

Hi Com King...long time no see :)

Intro-wise i'd definitely go for "Reach Out" by George Duke.
That intro is so great that the danish national TV used it as the theme song for their weekly sports broadcasting for almost fifteen years! Hmmm, wonder if George ever got paid for that :-?

I also like the intro on The Jones girls "Nights Over Egypt" a whole lot.

**tdaram** · April 23rd, 2003, 07:35 AM

:oops: hey com king it was a long time i didn t hear from you. I miss you a lot you know!

My favourites are:

- I'm coming out by DIANA ROSS

- Somebody else's guy by JOCELYN BROWN

- Prison by SPACE

- over and over by DISCO CIRCUS

-Thriller by MJ

:oops: depsos!

**paul** · April 23rd, 2003, 11:16 AM

Hey Corn.
A good intro seems to be a staple for most disco songs. It's hard to find standouts. Some that come to mind for me are:

Cococmotion
Super Disco
Devil's Gun
He's The Greatest Dancer
If Ya Think I'm Sexy
Pick Up The Pieces
Souvenirs
Risky Changes
Countdown
What Can I Do For You
Watching You

and maybe I'll add more later.

**BrunoRepublic** · April 23rd, 2003, 12:20 PM

The gossiping ladies in the full-length version of Cerrone's "Love In C Minor"...

"Money ain't all he's got a lot of.... Look at him -- that ain't no banana!"

**JussiK** · April 23rd, 2003, 12:59 PM

Amen, Graham. I wish they had made a video or something back then, so you could see those sluts rolling on the sofa in the club, spilling Bollinger on themselves. - After Love in C Minor hit this same girls-checking-a-guy-and-his-dick-out was heard in Italian on a cheap and cheeful rip-off album by Eva Eva Eva, and Santaren and The Lovin' Girls did it in Spanish.

**DJ-Pir** · April 23rd, 2003, 02:43 PM

Some intro's i've found very pleasing to hear :

Cheryl Lynn - Got to be real
Cerrone - Love in C-minor (the slutty version)
Dan Hartman - Relight my fire (probably the longest intro ever)
Bombers - Dance dance dance
Telex - Moskow diskow
O'Jays - Back stabbers
BT Express - Express
Brothers Johnson - Ain't we funkin' now
Voyage - Souvenirs or Follow the brightest star
Frankie goes to hollywood - Welcome to the pleasuredome (12" is a must hear) 8)

How could i forget this one : Sun - Sun is here 8)

**Com King** · April 25th, 2003, 02:50 AM

Yeah, K-Bee, tdaram, it has been a long time I haven't come here. I've been busy these times, but I hope I'm back for a moment now.

Another songs that come to my mind :

kleer - Running back to you
Two Man Sound - Que Tal America

**QUINNY** · April 25th, 2003, 03:22 AM

Can I mention;
Uh, If I can just remember.....ha ha.....uh......ha............Uh, uno, dos, uno, dos, tres, quatro.....
or
One, two, Ahhhhhh, Freak Out.........

**NickNack** · April 25th, 2003, 11:37 AM

Please add:

Danger - Gregg Diamond
Free Man - South Shore Commission
Standing In the Shadows of Love - Barry White (8-minute version)
East to West - Voyage
Only You - Teddy Pendergrass
Free Love - Jean Carn
I'm Beggin' You - Supertramp (Mad House Mix)

**billywho** · April 25th, 2003, 12:20 PM

"LA Nights" - Yasuko Agawa

**Blaxman** · April 25th, 2003, 12:29 PM

Hi everybody,

My fave intro in a disco song is from 'You Get Me Hot' by Jimmy 'Bo' Horne!!

A second fave......the Larry Levan's version of 'Walking Into Sunshine' by Central Line. I love that sinth chords and the crowd goes wild when they realize what song is coming!!

Peace :D

**jazz_pilgrim** · April 25th, 2003, 03:37 PM

For pure dancing pleasure, I would like to nominate Baby O's In The Forest as the best disco intro.

I also love the accappela intros - where you get those beautiful floating vocals .... and then the disco beat kicks in! Used to get me every time! Three examples:

Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy
Alicia Myers - You Get The Best Of Me (Say Say Say)
TS Monk - Candidate For Love

A jazz equivalent of the same is John Klemmer and Brasilia. You get the sax solo introducing the record and then the jazz rhythm kicks in. Tasty!

When these records used to be played in a club, while the solos were playing you would get some romantic couples coming on to the dance floor, thinking it was a slow jam coming up, whilst we would be on the dance floor - patiently waiting ... for that marvellous 4 on 4 beat to start up!!

And, Graham, I agree with you totally on the intro to Love In C Minor That line you quoted is an absolute classic! :lol:

**billywho** · April 25th, 2003, 03:58 PM

I also love the start of the incredible 1979 song "The River Drive" by Jupiter Beyond, introducing 10.05 minutes of almost insurpassable dancefloor mayhem.

**jazz_pilgrim** · April 25th, 2003, 04:09 PM

Originally Written by billywho

I also love the start of the incredible 1979 song "The River Drive" by Jupiter Beyond, introducing 10.05 minutes of almost insurpassable dancefloor mayhem.

I'll second that !! :D :D

That is a great description of the record, by the way!! Insurpassable dancefloor mayhem! Like it! :D

**QUINNY** · April 25th, 2003, 06:29 PM

I played Baby O a few times the other day and those trombone, guitar and trumpet solos are sooooo f*****g good. One of my all time favourite records, but I still think the intro was just a little too long. Its fantastic the way the solos seem to actually pick the tempo up, but it's just the way it swings even more in those sections that gives this illusion. Being fair, I can't praise the record enough. 100 more like it and I would have been an ever so 'appy little bunny.
How come the LP was so BAD?

**HustleBaby** · April 25th, 2003, 10:43 PM

These selected few starts off with a bang:

1.Vertigo/Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman
2.Love In C-Minor - Cerrone
3.K-Jee - MFSB
4.Magic Bird of Fire - Salsoul Orchestra
5.Souveniers - Voyage
6.Another Star - Stevie Wonder
7.10 Percent - Double Exposure
8.Got To Have Loving - Don Ray
9.Open Sesame - Kool & The Gang
10.Devil's Gun - C.J & Co.
11.Love Hangover - Diana Ross

*DISCO DELIGHT*

Marcio** · April 25th, 2003, 11:23 PM

"Disco Nights (Rock Freak)" by G.Q.

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**Giovanni** · April 26th, 2003, 03:55 AM

I have to agree with you all guys! Great intros you named.

Some other that pop up to my mind now:

MARYLIN McCOO BILLY DAVIS jr: Shine on silver moon
MARLENA SHAW: Touch me in the morning
FEVER: Standing in the shadows of love

but, # 1 intro in my memory is:

RICHIE HAVENS: Going back to my roots

(every dj then used to loop indefinetily that intro and people got crazy when you let it go at last.....)

**jazz_pilgrim** · April 26th, 2003, 03:45 PM

Originally Written by QUINNY

I played Baby O a few times the other day and those trombone, guitar and trumpet solos are sooooo f*****g good. One of my all time favourite records, but I still think the intro was just a little too long. Its fantastic the way the solos seem to actually pick the tempo up, but it's just the way it swings even more in those sections that gives this illusion. Being fair, I can't praise the record enough. 100 more like it and I would have been an ever so 'appy little bunny.
How come the LP was so BAD?

I agree Quinny!! For me - you get those superb percussion breaks interdispersed with those instrumental solos with the swaying bass and the latin-tinged rhythms. Dancers' paradise!

Never did understand the concept of the record though - how it changed into a sexy raunchy disco tune and then back into the latin jazzy grooves ....- I wonder what was in their minds when they made the record with these dramatic changes in styles/arrangements?? I never played the B side and I never heard the LP. What style was it??

**Nano** · April 26th, 2003, 09:48 PM

Nice topic. Apparently there's mainly two ways of doing the intro: really short and fast or the long, "sheet by sheet" style so used in dance music today.
For the first group, I agree with Quinny: "Le freak" is unbeatable. Honorable mentions in my shrine for "Bayou" (Love Unlimited Orchestra) and of course "Let's groove" by E,W&F.
On the long and building side, two faves from then that still get me up my chair: "First true love affair" (Jimmy Ross) and "Love is gonna be on your side" (Firefly).
Blax: you mention Larry Levan's version of "Walking in the sunshine". Is that the one beginning with the keyboard hook alone, and after four passes starts suave with the whole band and people clapping and oh-ohing? I had that one on tape and lost it... Really cool.
I remember I really liked long intros because they let the DJ make the mix much longer. One I thought excellent at the time (have to check now) was the 12" version of "Rage hard" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The one with the stewardess-like voice introducing the instruments... remember? It was really long and actually better than the song itself.
I want to mention one intro from the 90s that also amazes me every time I hear it. It's "At Her Majesty's Secret Service" by British DJ band Propellerheads. Two minutes long, and maybe the best intro ever.

**efunk_adelic** · April 27th, 2003, 01:09 AM

you can always tell when there is a good topic posted when you can't log in quick enough! lol :D

My favorite intro's of all time, the nominee's are:

Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Candi Staton - When You Wake Up Tomorrow
GQ - Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)
B.T. Express - Express
Cerrone - Love In C Minor (Full on Slut Version) :lol:
Pleasure - Glide
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Cameo - Shake Your Pants
Herbie Mann - Hijack
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Voyage - Souvenirs
SOS Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)
Taana Gardner - Work That Body
Gino Soccio - Dancer

these are the songs that I have to grab a partner in a frantic state of mind... thinking to myself "hurry up bitch! let's get on the floor" :lol: :D :D

**QUINNY** · April 27th, 2003, 06:27 AM

Jazz: I don't think I've ever played the 'B' side and I was only going by the overall views of other posters to this site whenever the LP has been mentioned. Maybe they're wrong, who knows?

Another honourable mention must go to the '84 re mix of 'Lost In Music' ( We're lost in music, we're,we're lost in music) which was great to tease the crowd with. You could lay it in under other records ad infinitum, scratch it and then segue it or whatever. Such a positive intro to play with.

How about The Quick's Zulu? So bloody long that I could never get it absolutely right on a regular basis, if I tried to do a mix of the whole intro, but the Zulu chants mixed with the echoed/dubbed bass licks and general rolling bass elsewhere, were incredibly effective.

Marcio** · April 27th, 2003, 06:40 PM

I also enclose these magic overtures on these songs:

1 - Come To Me by France Joli
2 - Disco Symphony by Lightning
3 - Street Life by Crusaders

I'm not sure but I think all songs above are from 1979 !

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