Favorite 'Rosco' (Rock that was almost 'Disco') Song

[SandraDee]

My contribution to 'Rosco' list:

Prime Time - The Tubes
Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze
Life in Tokyo - Japan (produced by Moroder)
Glamour Profession - Steely Dan (of course!)
Reasons to be Cheerful pt.3 - Ian Dury
Never Gonna Fall in Love Again - Tom Robinson
Steppin Out - Joe Jackson
Here Comes the Night - Beach Boys

[guille]

Here are some more "roscos":
- "Devil Woman" , Cliff Richard
- "Kiss you all Over", Exile (written by one of my favorite team writers Chinn and Chapman)
- "Love will Find a Way", Pablo Cruise
- "Well Alright", Santana
- "Love is a Stranger", Erythmics
- "Shine a Little Love", ELO
- "Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 2), Pink Floyd
Have a Disco Life.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: guille on 2002-05-26 11:53 ]</font>

[DJ P]

On 2002-05-15 17:35, markydefad wrote:
DJ Phil,

So I'm still confused by what distinguishes a song as "Disco" or "Rosco". I mean I vaguely understand, but I thought "What A Fool Believes" was primarily a rock song that got a Disco treatment remix for play in clubs. Does that make it Disco?

Which of those songs listed so far, qualify, as "Rosco"?

Hi Markdefad, I consider that song a 'Disco Song' preformed by a rock group. The 12" remix is different then the lp version (just like Dolly Parton's 'Baby I'm Burning' the LP version is a 'country song-the PINK 12" single is nothing but DISCO!!) but both (LP and Remix versions) are almost identical in sound. Just a shorter version of the remix. Ditto with the Rolling Stone's 'Miss You'(both sounded the same, 12" was longer). Hope this post answers any questions. All the Best, DJ Phil

[occasio]

I remember the following, most of them heavily played, they stick with you 4evva!

Stretch - Why did you do it (was played to death in some areas)
Dom Troiano - We all need love
Tom Robinson Band - Power in the darkness
Cars - moving in stereo
John Miles - slow down (that´s the one I played to death)
Frampton´s Camel - do you feel... (studio)
Hall & Oates - Who said the world was fair
Tom Johnston - Savannah nights
Pat Travers- Is this love

So many more, gotta rest...

[Noman]

Had to dig this up from the deep vaults after I transfered an old record to cd yesterday.

Kid Brother - MCA - 1979 with the song "Rosco Music"

Anyone else now of this one

I like the album :oops:

[georgeb]

my favourites "Rosco" are "Regiment" and "Qu aran" from "my life in a bush of ghosts"lp by Brian Eno and David Byrne.
Killer bassline!!!!!!!!! :o

[EricHG23]

I'm a big fan (in a guilty pleasure sort of way) of Jim Steinman and his over the to, bombastic rock. He's often sorta flirted with dance/disco music, and while nothing in the late 70s heyday (when his only major work was the Bat Out of Hell album) qualifies some of his later stuff does IMHO. Bonnie Tyler's I Need a Hero is the most obvious example but his production fo a dance cover of her Band of Gold would work in a club as does her underated Rebel Without a Clue by him. For the film Streets of Fire he did two over the top songs with studio band Fire Inc (created for the songs) and both have very driving BPMs--Nowhere Fat and the absolutely superb Tonight is What It Means to Be Young. He created a girl group called Pandora's Box in 1989 who flopped but he recycled many fot heir songs later (Celien Dion did their first single All Comign Back to Me) one song that Meat Loaf later covered, but the Pandora's version is much more dancey and is a fave of mine is Good Girls Go to Heaven (but the bad go everywhere).

E

[funkykingston]

Rod Stewart/Faces - i know i'm losing you

[Ian Rose]

Does....
Chicago-Street Player count?,.....or is that just considered a disco song?

[Cory Ander]

Boz Scaggs' reggaeish "Love Me Tomorrow" has a wicked disco hi hat, and how about Mi-Sex's "Computer Games"?

[needlefingers]

Along with many of those mentioned, these are some of the Rosco and Pop/Rock songs that I either played or heard in disco clubs in the late ‘70’s/early ‘80’s.

Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon, Dreams, Go Your Own Way, Don’t Stop, You Make Loving Fun, Tusk, Sara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCiT5jeMPkQ

Cheap Trick – I Want You To Want Me
YouTube - Cheap Trick- I want you to want me

Al Stewart – Time Passages

Steely Dan – Do It Again, Peg

Paul Simon – Kodachrome

Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street, Right Down The Line

Heart – Magic Man, Crazy On You

Foreigner – Urgent, Hot Blooded, Cold As Ice

Peter Frampton – Show Me The Way

America – Sister Golden Hair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCc53eTwD9k

Golden Earring – Radar Love
YouTube - Radar Love - Golden Earring 1973

Cornelius Bros. & Sister Rose – Treat Her Like A Lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_RHezEQt8o&feature=related

Steam – Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)

David Dundas – Jeans On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWdcZqG02Ls

Robbie Dupree - Steal Away

Ian Matthews – Shake It
YouTube - Ian Matthews - Shake It

Orleans – Still The One
YouTube - Still the One - Orleans

Nick Gilder – Hot Child In The City
YouTube - Nick Gilder - Hot Child In The City

Andrew Gold – Lonely Boy
YouTube - LONELY BOY - ANDREW GOLD - (TOMA'S TUNES

Reunion – Life Is A Rock, (But The Radio Rolled Me)

David Essex – Rock On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_mzadEFuP4

Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Wake Up And Make Love To Me, Reasons To Be Cheerful PT III, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll

George Baker Selection – Una Paloma Blanca

Smokie – Needles And Pins

Bellamy Brothers – Let Your Love Flow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKSNHcsqqKM&feature=related

Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman – Stumblin’ In
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6JeYe_Cqls

Tina Rainford – Silverbird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StFUa9pBfZw

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Used to work 2 copies of KISS - "Christine Sixteen"

[srg]

I've championed this track before...you gotta listen to it...

"Do You Remember When" by the J.Geils Band...1983 (Freeze-Frame LP)

new wavey vocals with the most glorious, string-laden backing I've ever heard on a "rock" song...(think Ian Dury in a Philly production)...shouldn't work but it does!

[electronictrip]

man i love all these tunes so much!!
how 'bout.......
Bob Welch - Ebony Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJOs...eature=related

[HairInTheWind]

Just noticed this post..so of course I have to put my two cents in!

Shake Down - Bob Seger
Sussudio - Phil Collins
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
All She Wants to Do is Dance - Don Henley
Didn't Mean to Turn You On - Robert Palmer
Wake Up, Stop Dreaming - Wang Chung
City Of Angels - Wang Chung
Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
Beautiful Day - U2
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones
Little Green Bag - George Baker
Break Down - Boz Scaggs
Some Kind of Wonderful - Grand Funk
Dark Side - Eddie and the Cruisers
Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr. John
Taking Care of Business - BTO
Free Ride - Edgar Winter
Listen to the Music - Doobie Brothers
Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
Looking for Clues - Robert Palmer
I Need U Tonight - INXS
Suicide Blonde - INXS
Gorgy Porgy - Toto
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Stone Cold Sober - Crawler
La Rosa Negra - Gary Hoey
You Got Me Hypnotized - Bob Welch
Close to You - Maxi Priest
We Close Our Eyes - Go West
Call Me - Go West
Eye to Eye - Go West
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins (considered alternative but what the heck)
Low Rider - War
Tobacco Road - War
City, Country, City - War
Gypsy Man - War
Me and Baby Brother - War

Now it's true that War filled a lot of clubs back in the day...but most put them under the genre "rock" which is why I included these great tunes.


I realize some of these songs don't fall into the category but I have to say I've used them in mixes to great response. Since not all my friends would lay claim that they loved disco (some men) it's always fun to see them jump up and move when these songs are intertwined!

:icon_cool:

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Although it's probably, already been mentioned (but it's in my head, now & I'm too lazy to backtrack):

Van Halen "JUMP!"
Hot Tracks did an extended edit of it, but I'd never call it Disco.
Though it was done very well, Steve Algozino didn't tackle the problematic intro. So, you still have to start it cold.

[qdearl]

Some of my favorites, that I think might fit the Rosco bill are...

Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
Frankie Valli - Swearin' To God
Aha - Take on Me
Andy Gibb - I want to Be you Everything/Love is Thicker Than water
BeeGees - Love You Inside Out
The Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep us Together
Carly Simon - Why(awesome track by Rodgers & Edwards)
Kim Carnes - Betty Davis Eyes
America - You Can Do Magic
Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind
B52's - Mesopotamia
Ram Jam - Black Betty(a house party must!)