Disco tracks that contain country names :-)

**maarten** · July 31st, 2004, 05:20 PM

Ok, I am updating my database (I lost a whole bunch of entries somehow). So as I am going through my collection, I am finding all these tracks with a country name in them...

Azoto - San Salvador
Gibson Brothers - Cuba
Decoupage - Puerto Rico

I think there is whole bunch with America in it (Donna Summer, James Brown, Patrick Juvet, to name a few). So... let's see how long the list could be... Do you know any more?

**Bernie** · July 31st, 2004, 05:27 PM

Voyage - Tahiti, Tahiti

Was going to say...
Toto - Africa
Japan - Life In Tokyo
,but these are not countries :-)

**maarten** · July 31st, 2004, 05:33 PM

Originally Written by Bernie

Japan - Life In Tokyo
,but these are not countries :-)

Japan! Hello! Where did moi used to live? So, that is a country name, but they are not disco oh grand master... Danceable yes, but not disco

Just thought I would start that good old debate again, just for the sake of it!

**markydefad** · July 31st, 2004, 05:34 PM

Don't forget the ultimate city name-dropper "Take Off" by Harlow..."London, Moscow,"....um, well I can't recall exactly how it goes now"...but take my word for it-- whole lotta names are dropped. :lol: :oops: :lol: :oops:

**maarten** · July 31st, 2004, 05:44 PM

Marky, you are right... but they are CITIES, not countries! You Americans... :roll:

The sequence by the way is

"Rio - Latin lovers are hustlin' in the heat
Madrid - Spanish dancers are dancin' down the street
Sydney - Doin' a thing called the oogie kangaroo
Moscow - There's plenty of vodka so you never get blue
Roma - Ruin's doin's, it's que sera sera
Frisco - Disco madness, the fever's runnin' high
Berlin - Good times a brewin' babe so won't you come by?
Amsterdam - Tulips, hot lips, I'll spend my time with you
Montreal - I say thank you, they say merci beaucoup
Tokyo - Rice is nice but that sake knocks me dead
Tel Aviv - I think I'll stick around and boogie instead

A similar city overview is included in "We've got the funk".

**markydefad** · July 31st, 2004, 05:52 PM

Oops you wanted countries and I went for the city name-dropper!!!!. :oops:

What about:

Brazil - Ritchie Family
Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Festival
Germany Calling - Tone Band (I know- "it's NOT DISCO"!!!) :P
Swiss Kiss -Patrick Juvet (OK, that's stretching it, I know...then we could have all the "French" stuff)
Nights Over Egypt - Jones Girls (it's "Morning Music") :P
The Hills Of Katmandu - Tantra (that's a country, right?) :o
China Girl - David Bowie (NEW WAVE dancer)
Nights of Arabia - Miro Miroe (used to be a country, right?)

Wait, I need a map or a globe or something!!!

**maarten** · July 31st, 2004, 05:56 PM

Now that is how I know our double platinum king size diamond member :lol:

Thanks... some great suggestions!

**markydefad** · July 31st, 2004, 05:59 PM

oops!!! "Katmandu" is the capital of Nepal; a city NOT a country. Never mind. :oops:

Marcio** · July 31st, 2004, 08:33 PM

"Japan" by Amanda Lear and his capital "Tokio" by Donna Summer :D
"Brazil O Brazil" by Two Man Sound
:)

**markydefad** · August 1st, 2004, 02:35 PM

Obsessive/compulsive little time-waster that I am..... :roll: :D :roll: :D

I Love AMERICA - Patrick Juvet/Full Intention
Inside AMERICA - Juggy Murray Jones
Living In AMERICA - James Brown
Made in the USA - I.R.T.

Nights of ARABIA - Miro Miroe (used ta be)

Don't Cry For Me ARGENTINA - Festival

BRAZIL - Ritchie Family
BRAZILian Love Song - Love Unlimited Orchestra

CARIBBEAN Queen - Billy Ocean

CHINA Girl - David Bowie
Man From CHINA - Vivabeat
CHINESE Kung Fu - Banzaii
CHINESE Revenge - Koto

CUBA - Gibson Brothers

ECUADOR - Sash!

Nights Over EGYPT - Jones Girls/Incognito
Walk Like An EGYPTIAN - Bangles

Tour De FRANCE - Kraftwerk

GERMANY Calling - Tone Band

ISRAEL - Siouxsie & the Banshees
I RAN - Flock of Seagulls :lol:
I ROCK - Tom Novy :lol:

Big In JAPAN - Alphaville
JAPANese Boy - Aneka
Turning JAPANese - Vapors
Funkin' For JAMAICA - Tom Browne (OK, it's NY...but you'd never know that unless someone told ya or ya read the ((NY) on the record label!!! :P

The LEBANON - Human League

MESOPATAMIA - B-52's (used ta be)
The MEXICAN - Babe Ruth/ The Bombers/ Jellybean Benitez

Funky NASSAU - Beginning of the End

PUERTO RICO - Decoupage
Honeymoon in PUERTO RICO - Paul Jabara

SAN SALVADOR - Azoto

TAHITI, TAHITI - Voyage

In ZAIRE - Johnny Wakelin

Then there's the SWISS Kiss, FRENCH Kiss, FRENCH Way, Double DUTCH stuff..... (I know--- streeeeeeeeeeeching it!!!)

OK, I'm resting now.

**NickNack** · August 1st, 2004, 04:38 PM

Didn't anybody play "Lady America" by Voyage? Thought it would have been an early entry. :o

**Videoskooter** · August 1st, 2004, 06:43 PM

- Barbados: Typically Tropical

- Mexico: Les Humphries Singers

- Do the Spanish hustle: Fatback

- Que tal America: Two Man Sound

- My Jamaican Guy: Grace Jones

- Queen of CHINAtown: Amanda Lear

I don't know :oops:

**DISCODISK** · August 1st, 2004, 07:07 PM

RONNIE FOSTER-ARGENTINA in album delight 1979

POLLY BROWN- DANCING IN CHONGAS MONGAS :lol:
[thought youd have got that one zecca]

**shenkin2001** · August 2nd, 2004, 07:57 AM

:roll:
Sun Of Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band
Take Me Home To Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band
Colorado - Baccara
Germany - Mike Mareen
In The Summer Sun of Greece - A La Carte
Mexico - Dschinghis Khan
Cambodia- Kim Wilde
Frogs In Spain - Fake
Made In France - Amanda Lear
Back to America - Paradise
Jamaica - Doris D.& the Pins
USSR - Eddy Huntington

**Nano** · August 2nd, 2004, 03:40 PM

The Gibson Brothers have a song called "Latin America" where they name many countries and cities, it's fun because when they scream "Latin America is... BUENOS AIRES!" you hear this kind of accordion (tango-like) over the Latin rhythm that, of course, is absolutely out of place :D Kind of that "Buenos Aires" song on the Evita soundtrack... Buenos Aires is not on the Caribe! And they seem to mix countries & cities as well. :)
Also makes me think of the cover of Steely Dan's "Gaucho" LP (one of my favorite bands). They have this gaucho dancing tango, which is kinda surreal because the actual gauchos -which lived in the pampa, raised cattle, etc.- would never have danced this urban 20th century rhythm, i.e. the tango.

Anyway! Another one that mention countries and nacionalities in the lyrics is Joe Bataan's "Mestizo" with its popular chant "Venezuela, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico moreno" or something like that.