Camp Classics?

**machineboy** · June 13th, 2004, 03:55 PM

I'm trying to put a set together of some Camp Disco Classics; mainly fast stuff in the vain of:
Machine - There be for the Grace of God or
Donna Summer & Barbera Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough)

can anyone help me out with some good suggestions, doesn't matter if they're rare or chart hits, once they make you want to dance like a ladie!

thanks
the Machineboy

**NickNack** · June 13th, 2004, 05:26 PM

Machine? Camp? I don't think so.You've got me :-? What exactly are you looking for?

**machineboy** · June 13th, 2004, 06:36 PM

I'm looking for stuff that's kinda camp or gay orientated, but not Gloria Gaynor I will survive kinda camp...

If that makes any sense :oops:

**K-Bee** · June 14th, 2004, 01:56 AM

Machineboy,
If you're gonna refer to disco as being camp in general you're definetely in the wrong place!

**paul** · June 14th, 2004, 02:06 AM

Originally Written by machineboy

I'm trying to put a set together of some Camp Disco Classics; mainly fast stuff in the vain of:
Machine - There be for the Grace of God or
Donna Summer & Barbera Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough)

can anyone help me out with some good suggestions, doesn't matter if they're rare or chart hits, once they make you want to dance like a ladie!

thanks
the Machineboy

Thanks Nicky. I see I wasn't the only one to take exception to There But For The Grace being called camp.
Hey K-Bee, I see where you're coming from. I just reread the original post and now I have a question. Machineboy, as a point of reference can you name me a song that makes you dance like a man? :o

**QUINNY** · June 14th, 2004, 02:42 AM

Wasn't the Machine record indirectly about Gay rights (as well as discrimination in general)?
I remember NickNack referring to it in a previous post as a bit of an anthem 'cos of the line "no Blacks, no Jews and no Gays" saying it hit a chord 'cos he scored 2 out of 3. Rightly or wrongly I assumed he meant Gay anthem.

**buckaroo** · June 14th, 2004, 07:05 AM

Are you interested in Hi NRG?
Miquel Brown? Earlene Bentley et al?

**efunk_adelic** · June 14th, 2004, 10:22 AM

You're looking for tinkerbell music? :-?

WHERE IS MY MAN - EARTHA KITT

**markydefad** · June 14th, 2004, 01:03 PM

Oh yes, absolutely, Eartha Kitt & I think you'd wanna include...

IT'S RAINING MEN - The Weather Girls
SO MANY MEN, SO LITTLE TIME - Miquel Brown
SEARCHIN' (I GOT TO FIND A MAN) - Hazell Dean
I NEED A MAN - Grace Jones
GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) - ABBA

DANCE A LITTLE CLOSER - Charo
LOVE RUSH/ MIDNIGHT MESSAGE - Ann-Margret
FOLLOW ME - Amanda Lear

and maybe the ETHEL MERMAN DISCO ALBUM ...if ya really wanna get groans from yer crowd. :lol:

**dj phillip esparza** · June 14th, 2004, 01:15 PM

[quote="markydefad"]Oh yes, absolutely, Eartha Kitt & I think you'd wanna include...

IT'S RAINING MEN - The Weather Girls
SO MANY MEN, SO LITTLE TIME - Miquel Brown
SEARCHIN' (I GOT TO FIND A MAN) - Hazell Dean
I NEED A MAN - Grace Jones
GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) - ABBA

DANCE A LITTLE CLOSER - Charo
LOVE RUSH/ MIDNIGHT MESSAGE - Ann-Margret
FOLLOW ME - Amanda Lear

and maybe the ETHEL MERMAN DISCO ALBUM ...if ya really wanna get groans from yer crowd. :lol:[

that's funny
:lol:

**machineboy** · June 14th, 2004, 01:49 PM

okay, I think I'm being taken up the wrong way here,
to me camp isn't really an insult, I'm guessing you guys are in America and maybe over there camp may have a stronger meaning but over here (Ireland to be exact) camp doesn't mean you dress up in your mums dress every weekend, it just implies things that are a bit less serious / more fun

sorry if everyone things I'm saying they're gay for listening to disco, all I wanted was some help finding songs that I could play at a Gay friends party without them thinking I was trying to insult them... I should have said I was looking for some Hi-NRG disco a la Paradise Garage or something but unfortunately I don't really know too much about disco and didn't want to come across as pretending I was "Jonny - I used to hang out in the Loft" and I didn't want to say Gay Anthemns cause I was afraid everyone would think I meant "It's Raining Men" or "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme"

QUINNY was right the reason I called Machine camp is because it's a huge gay anthemn over here because of the lines "Let's find a place they say, somewhere far away
With no blacks, no Jews and no gays"

again sorry for any insult, I'll keep my mouth shut in future
J

**markydefad** · June 14th, 2004, 02:11 PM

Jeez, I'm confused. :o :o :o

First it was "Camp Classics"....

Then it's NOT "Camp Classics"...

Just music that Gays can dance to....DUH????

How about just playing GOOD MUSIC????

They can dance to that.

**machineboy** · June 14th, 2004, 02:17 PM

no I still want camp, but a European version of Camp...

**SandraDee** · June 14th, 2004, 02:31 PM

Originally Written by machineboy

I think I'm being taken up the wrong way here,
I'll keep my mouth shut in future

Ooer you saucy beast; I think you know all there is to know about camp! :-?

**paul** · June 14th, 2004, 02:31 PM

Hey Mixmachine. I don't think we were insulted, just confused as to what you want or meant. By the way feel free to say what you want, at least at me anyways. I'm used to hearing insults :lol:
I'm straight and African-American and I and my straight butch buddies never picked up anything particulary gay about Machine's song. It just happened to be a song that appealed to a lot of people here in the states :)

**markydefad** · June 14th, 2004, 03:09 PM

Originally Written by machineboy

no I still want camp, but a European version of Camp...

ok, BARBIE GIRL by Aqua. :P :P :P

The Euros lapped this up...or so we're told over here.

I would think Amanda Lear would qualify as Euro camp.

But Jussi K. would be the expert on this. He wrote the book, so to speak. :D

**nrgbeat** · June 14th, 2004, 07:22 PM

How about the disco version of the Friday the 13th theme sung by Betsy Palmer. Is that CAMP enough? :lol:

**markydefad** · June 14th, 2004, 07:34 PM

Originally Written by nrgbeat

How about the disco version of the Friday the 13th theme sung by Betsy Palmer. Is that CAMP enough? :lol:

nrg,

Does that really exist? :lol: :lol: :lol:

**NickNack** · June 14th, 2004, 07:49 PM

Originally Written by QUINNY

Wasn't the Machine record indirectly about Gay rights (as well as discrimination in general)?
I remember NickNack referring to it in a previous post as a bit of an anthem 'cos of the line "no Blacks, no Jews and no Gays" saying it hit a chord 'cos he scored 2 out of 3. Rightly or wrongly I assumed he meant Gay anthem.

Machine was about equal rights for all. There's nothing camp about it. BTW: Gay Anthem = Camp Classic? NOT!

Machineboy: If you want to have a good party, play some good music. If you think by playing a bunch of campy tunes for a gay crowd you're going to get over then you are being kind of insulting. I like James Brown. I like Hazel Dean. And I have never set foot on the dancefloor to "Gimme,Gimme, Gimme...". :x

**nrgbeat** · June 14th, 2004, 07:51 PM

No, but if it did it would probably be scarier than the movie.

Btw, this is slightly off topic but Adrienne King who played the only surviving camper was allegedly stalked in real life by some sicko.

Now back to the topic. How about anything by Sylvester?
or "Remember Me/Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Boystown Gang?

**efunk_adelic** · June 14th, 2004, 11:52 PM

Machineboy.... just play good disco tunes and everything will be OK....

Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Where Is My Man - Eartha Kitt

plus the one's mention above.... it will be successful.

**K-Bee** · June 15th, 2004, 12:55 AM

ok, BARBIE GIRL by Aqua.

Oh No Marky ... don't go there. This is the only impact my country ever had on the US charts - unfortunately it had to be about the worst track ever made.

Machineboy,
after browsing through the thread, it seems to me that what you're actually looking for it a dose of good ole eurodisco. I'll admit euro disco is not my strong side but I can definetely relate to the style being looked upon as "camp" more than the stuff being made in the US. The latter was mor funky alltogether (not a fact - just my humble opinion

)

**paul** · June 15th, 2004, 01:15 AM

Hey K-Bee. I thought Linx was from Denmark?

**K-Bee** · June 15th, 2004, 01:28 AM

Originally Written by paul

Hey K-Bee. I thought Linx was from Denmark?

No Paul, Linx were british. Member David Grant later recorded "Mated" with UK singer Jaki Graham which was quite popular across Europe in 1986.

**boogie nites** · June 15th, 2004, 05:46 AM

I always found that the 80s was wilder in terms of camping it up. Sure, Sylvester strutting down those flashing stairs was cool, but you can't beat Dead or Alive, Divine, Bronski Beat and dear dear Grace Jones for truly trashy camp. I love Machines song, though the guitars are pretty noisy towards the end. I hate when disco songs have rock type bits in them.