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What disco song if remade now would go over particularly well with today's clubbers ? ??
I have a particular one in mind , but I'd be interested if any come to mind for you??
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Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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Born To Be Alive.
"Because there's music in the air."
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any particular reason??
that song?
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Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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I suppose an obvious suggestion would be Cerrone's 'Supernature' as it has a timeless quality & has been remixed/remade/remodelled several times over the years but not very well (I particularly disliked Erasure's version in the early 90s & the Candy Girls remix, but Simon Harris's late 80s remix was OK) so a good quality version would I feel go down well with 'da kidz'.
...ya gotta beat the street......
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Because it's upbeat, and would be conducive to lots of remixes.Originally Written by remicks
Plus anything with Born in the title seems to be in vogue right now.
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instead of "remade" I'd use the word "re-released"....the few remakes I've heard of disco songs so far have made me gag. I can practically guarantee you that people who are used to hearing nothing but the computer crapola that passes for music today wouldn't believe how darn musical the best disco is....the time, talent and care that went into it.....but I wouldn't want to hear ANY of it "remade"...my favorites (Change, Cerrone, St Tropez, Dan Hartman, Lime, Voyage and countless others) are past perfect just the way they are. And I doubt MTV, VH1, radio program directors or anyone else involved would give the music a chance since they seem only interested in what currently sells. I think it's inevitable that disco will eventually become popular again since musical trends always seem to run in cycles but it probably won't happen in my lifetime.....I don't care much anymore anyway, sometimes walking is an effort for me now at my age, let alone dancin' 4/8/2011
Last edited by Cory Ander; April 8th, 2011 at 12:59 PM. Reason: additional info
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I'm curious, what is the song you had in mind, and why would it be ripe for a remake now?
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Trying to think of a good "revival" atleast, just like in the early 90s, Loleatta Holloway, Sharon Redd (both RIP), and Martha Wash each had theirs, updated with a formidable crew who knows how to dj / mix.
Well, Martha Wash is still around, performing...maybe give "It's Raining Men" a second revival ( knowing there was a first some time ago, with RuPaul), or give her her due with " Everybody Dance Now"...feature her up front and center finally. Thelma Houston, I would say, due for a "revival" treatment herself. But no rappers / rap please, seems like rap always has / had to be included for some reason.
Personally, for a long, long time...found the artists of today, well, inferior, aswell as their attempts at "covers"...feature the originals-not to mention credit them-or won't be listenable to me...Make it kinda like this masterful revival of "Can You Handle It" for instance:
Maybe Chic...also had a revival themselves 90s ( "Chic Mystique") atleast we still have Nile Rogers and his infectious guitar today...maybe a medley - Everybody Dance / Le Freak / I Want Your Love / Good Times.
Tom Tom Club, making their return, still sounds pretty darn awesome!
Last edited by ngroove; April 8th, 2011 at 04:07 PM.
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I could see someone doing that.
Speaking of medleys...
I really like how this one was handled (Love On My Mind/Freemasons.)
They kept Ms. Moore's vocals and the original arrangements intact. Just added a little modern oomph to it. But what I really like is how they took a song I didn't like too much--When The Heartache Is Over--and slipped it in with some newly recorded vocals. A surprise medley.
And in an environment where divas get sampled, used, and spit out with little respect, I thought this preserved the excitement of the original This Time Baby, and helped introduce it to a new generation. And even made the Tina song sound fresh and new:
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FJF, "ripe for a remake now" is a good way to put it, this song I have in mind .... it seems increasingly relevant each day ....
I hope you won't mind if I put off saying what song I'm thinking of until after allowing some time for some other's ideas. I'm curious if that same song will turn up .....(???)
I think it will.
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Last edited by remicks; April 8th, 2011 at 05:46 PM.
Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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With the limited range of dance music played in clubs currently, the cynic in me doesn't think any past disco songs could be remade into a hit right now. I have always championed new music crafted for the clubs over the last four (!) decades but unfortunately, the music that climbs the charts today is totally dependent on artist familiarity and the aura of celebrity that surrounds it....meaning that newcomers trying to get a hit these days is almost futile.
Disco derived from a need for something other than what was being shovelled out to the masses. The clubs were where you got away from the outside world....our secret worlds shaped by our own musical tastes. These days, the radio and the corporate mainstream have totally taken over dance clubs and dictate the music because of a new generation that thrives and worships celebrity.
A couple months ago, on one of the music message boards that I follow (DJ Rico Mixshow), a frustrated American DJ asked his fellow DJs what to do about a fickle, uninterested young crowd who want to hear only charting pop songs. The answer over these last ten years has been pop remixes but as this DJ has noticed, everyone crowds the dancefloor for a couple of minutes for the "meat" of the song then slowly drift off the floor or stand, chat, text, etc. One DJ's response stated that to combat this, a trend with West Coast DJs is making quick mixes from song to song...playing two to three minutes of each track. Other DJs chimed in saying that their crowds don't even want the remixed versions anymore...they demand the original radio versions they know!
Jennifer Lopez just recently hit the top spot on Billboard's dance chart with "On The Floor"...helped largely by its use of the melody of "Lambada" so perhaps a disco hit in disguise is the way to go....
Dancin' helps relieve the pain, soothes your mind, makes you happy again
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Perhaps...Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent?
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Originally Posted by remicks
... it seems increasingly relevant each day ....
oh - you're gonna hate me when I say what it is !
[tongue out x3 , evil]
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Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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It's A War by Kano?
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that Lopez track sounds like the same SH*T that's been playing in the clubs for the past ten ....fifteen ... maybe twenty years. Talk about stale !
She's a perfect judge for those girls on Idol .... she likewise offers nothing to music but a voice ..... & to me a rather anonymous sounding one ....
Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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I'll cut J.Lo some slack. Her voice isn't quite as processed as Rebecca Black's.
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Yep...I agree...but then again, JLo was never known for her quality vocals.
Most of the blame for the stale music in the clubs lies with lame, unadventurous DJs who are controlled by their crowds....human jukeboxes. I'm hoping for an eventual musical underground revolution.
Dancin' helps relieve the pain, soothes your mind, makes you happy again
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unless some still suppressed minority makes use of that vehicle as a way to unite to create their voice , their energy, -
it ain't NEVER gonna happen again .
there has to be a reason beyond just the booty chasing for it to mean anything .
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Last edited by remicks; April 8th, 2011 at 07:09 PM.
Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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Now I get it. You're referring to First Lady Michelle Obama's war on obesity...
"Because there's music in the air."
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that's more the right idea for sure!!
you are closing in .
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athough these days dancing to that song could get kind of lonely
Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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Truly sounds most true, as a person whose ears truly cannot stand what is today's "popular" radio - who finds an R&B chart R&B song (of the 60s-90s) a lot more substance, "hardcore" than any "top ten" pop chart R&B song, just as I find a Dance chart dance song a lot more substance, "hardcore" than any "top ten" pop chart dance song. Heck, for me, most of the disco I love is from the 80s, the rarer, obscure the disco, the better, I barely even care much for 70s disco, too "mainstream". Yeah, just not a pop person, neither do I find today's music industry as quality "substance" as was then ( 90s-earlier).
That Jennifer Lopez track, sorry to say this; sounds just like any other J-Lo track.
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D.I.S.C.O. 2011 anybody?
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