The most overplayed disco record.

**originalbigm** · September 17th, 2003, 05:12 PM

Now I'm putting a different twist on this question.What IYO is the most overplayed disco record that you still enjoy hearing.Would you categorize them as timeless in the disco genre? They certainly were tunes that captured the essence of disco.

My nominee would be Disco Inferno-The Trammps

**Forrrce** · September 17th, 2003, 06:21 PM

Its disco credentials may be questionable to some, but I really don't need to hear Labelle's 'Lady Marmalade' again for the rest of my life.

**Outsider** · September 17th, 2003, 06:22 PM

"More, More, More" by the Andrea True Connection. It doesn't matter how many times I hear this song (and I've heard it countless times). I enjoy hearing it every single time. I'll never get sick of hearing this song. As to the song being timess in the disco genre, the answer is definitely yes.

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**Outsider** · September 17th, 2003, 06:27 PM

Did I answer the question correctly? After all, I love the song I picked for this thread.

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**originalbigm** · September 17th, 2003, 07:09 PM

Originally Written by Outsider

Did I answer the question correctly? After all, I love the song I picked for this thread.

:evil:

Yes Outsider that's exactly the kind of answer I was looking for

**NickNack** · September 17th, 2003, 09:11 PM

Voyage - "From East to West" and "Souvenirs"

In much of the New York gay club scene these were 'classics' the minute they hit the turntable. Stayed in DJ's crates for years. Always have, always will love this sound.

**BrunoRepublic** · September 17th, 2003, 09:37 PM

"I Will Survive" -- I so never need to hear this again. Not that it's a bad song, but man am I ever tired of it. Gloria Gaynor did much that was as good or better, but you'd never know these days.

"Disco Inferno" -- as above. That and it's just too damn long.

"Knock On Wood" -- used to love it, but now hear it every single week and the novelty has worn right out.

"I Love The Nightlife" -- sadder still because Alicia Bridges wasn't really a disco singer. The rest of the album is very different. And as yet another example of how people never listen to the words, everyone seems to think it's a song about being happy and going out.

**NickNack** · September 17th, 2003, 09:46 PM

All right guys --- TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ORIGINALBIGM's QUESTION. He's asking what overplayed songs you still like hearing. This is not one of our friendly bitch sessions. :D

**efunk_adelic** · September 17th, 2003, 10:19 PM

Favorite Overplayed Jams that I still like

Voyage - From East To West
Cerrone - Give Me Love
Cerrone - Love In C Minor
Gino Soccio - Dancer
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Foxy - Get Off
GQ - Disco Nights
Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up

**Forrrce** · September 18th, 2003, 03:39 AM

Originally Written by NickNack

All right guys --- TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ORIGINALBIGM's QUESTION. He's asking what overplayed songs you still like hearing. This is not one of our friendly bitch sessions. :D

No fair - I reckon originalbigm edited it later on to look that way! :D
Only joking...

Well, as I don't listen to the radio any more, I'll nominate what colleagues seem to play all the time, by way of various compilations and mixes. I should scream everytime I hear these, but they're kind of in my blood from way back, so...

Loose Joints 'Is It All Over My Face'
Wood, Brass & Steel 'Funkanova'
Ripple 'The Beat Goes On And On'
Dinosaur L 'Go Bang'
Martin Circus 'Disco Circus'
Loleatta Holloway 'Love Sensation'
Candido 'Thousand Finger Man'

- you get the idea. These are the sorts of tunes that are inevitably on someone's edit block at any given time, somewhere on the planet (cue muted scream).

**The Lord of Flatbush** · September 18th, 2003, 06:06 AM

My picks are "Last Dance" - Donna Summer & "Disco Inferno" - The Trammps that will seem timeless as Disco becomes revisited. Whether it's a club or airplay, you'll hear these, two songs with regularity.

**BrunoRepublic** · September 18th, 2003, 09:23 AM

My bad -- I misread the original question!

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Okay, well, I'll never get sick of Donna's "MacArthur Park Suite", although I really don't hear that one very often.

Still love Patrick Hernadez's "Born To Be Alive".

I'll second "More, More, More".

Claudja Barry's "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes".

And although technically not disco, I'll always love "Ride On Time" by Blackbox, despite the fact that I must have heard this one 500 times -- and hey, they did rip the vocals from a real disco song!

**originalbigm** · September 18th, 2003, 02:39 PM

Originally Written by Forrrce

Well, as I don't listen to the radio any more, I'll nominate what colleagues seem to play all the time, by way of various compilations and mixes. I should scream everytime I hear these, but they're kind of in my blood from way back, so...

Loose Joints 'Is It All Over My Face'
Wood, Brass & Steel 'Funkanova'
Ripple 'The Beat Goes On And On'
Dinosaur L 'Go Bang'
Martin Circus 'Disco Circus'
Loleatta Holloway 'Love Sensation'
Candido 'Thousand Finger Man'

- you get the idea. These are the sorts of tunes that are inevitably on someone's edit block at any given time, somewhere on the planet (cue muted scream).

Well this question illicts some interesting comments.I am rather intrigued by 2 of your choices as I can honestly say I've never heard of the artist or song and will now have to see if can find these.I'm refering to Funkanova and Go Bang.

Marcio** · September 19th, 2003, 12:55 AM

I'm not tired of...

:P :P :P "Guilty" by Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb :P :P :P

marcio

**QUINNY** · September 19th, 2003, 03:30 AM

In my own mind, I'm almost certain that 'Funkanova' was one of the biggest cons in history. Doesn't sound like anything else from the era that I can remember and yet it was supposedly a milestone/classic/put your own superlative in here. Where?
Forrrce, do you know the form on this one?
BTW: It makes me wanna cringe 'cos the overall sound is soooooooo dated. Don't think I wanna hear it again really.

On a more positive note, records that I've played to death or heard countless times that I'll never tire of. These are all gonna be big, big hits.

Celebration - Kool & The Gang
Strut Your Funky Stuff - Frantique
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Let's Start II Dance - Bohannon featuring Dr. Peri Johnson
Jingo - Candido
Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn

and about a hundred others.
Being a DJ did put you at the leading edge, wherever that edge was drawn and it did make you over sensitive to hearing the hits. 20+ years on, I no longer have that sensitivity and I can enjoy the hits for what they were in the most part. JUST BLOODY GOOD RECORDS!!
BTW: They also paid my bills more than any of the more esoteric records I loved, that I could name.
Put it like this, You may not think twice about a Bricklayers trowel, but it earns him X cents every time he loads it up with cement and lays a brick. Bet'cha he loves that trowel.