Songs that you play the most

[Funky Dude]

I love listening to lots of funk and disco music but there are some songs I just love belting the **** out of because they have a real infectious groove and some to mention are:

Undisputed Truth - You + Me = Love 1976
Olympic Runners - Get It While You Can 1978
Olympic Runners - Do Whatever It Takes 1979
Kay Gees - Hustle With Every Muscle 1975
Dennis Coffey - Scorpio 1971
Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles 1973
Miami - Party Freaks 1974
Rinder & Lewis - Willie & The Hand Jive 1979
Brinkley & Parker - Don't Get Fooled By The Pander Man 1974
Softones - That Old Black Magic 1975
Metropolis - I Love New York 1978
Archie Bell & The Drells - Soul City Walk 1975
Archie Bell & The Drells - Everybody Have A Good Time 1976
Kool & The Gang - Caribbean Festival 1975
Baciotti - Black Jack 1977
Juggy Jones - Inside America 1976
Fat Larry's Band - Centre City 1977
Eastside Connection - You're So Right For Me 1977
Rozza & Wine - Disco Boogie Woman 1975
Pleasure - Glide 1978
Soul Train Gang - Soul Train '75 Theme 1975
Isley Brothers - Live It Up 1974
Brass Construction - Movin' 1975
Nino Tempo - Sister James 1973
Ultra High Frequency - We're On The Right Track 1973
Isaac Hayes - Theme From Men 1972
Soul Searchers - We The People 1972
Temptations - Happy People 1974
Al Green - Love & Happiness 1972
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Once You Get Started 1974

Those are some songs that I have played to death. And the top 5 out of this list that I REALLY wear out are:
Olympic Runners - Get It While You Can 1978
Undisputed Truth - You + Me = Love 1976
Kay Gees - Hustle With Every Muscle 1975
Al Green - Love & Happiness 1972
Dennis Coffey - Scorpio 1971

So which songs do you's love flogging to death?

[Ricardo_Mata]

Well, here are some of mine:

Kano - I'm Ready , One More Chance
La Flavour - Mandolay
Lime - Your Love , Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight
Fat Larry's Band - Looking For Love
Erotic Drum Band - Love Disco Style
Gino Soccio - Try It Out
France Jolie - Come to Me , Gonna Get Over You
Teena Marie - Behind The Groove
Stop - Wake Up
The Real Thing - Can You Feel The Force?
Tantra - Hills Of Katmandu

I have quite a few more but the phone is ringing and I need to answer it!

[HustleBaby]

These are the songs that I play to the hilt:

1.Love Trilogy - Donna Summer
2.Love Hangover - Diana Ross
3.From Here To Eternity/Utopia - Giorgio Moroder
4.Cocomotion/Lets Get Together - El Coco
5.Quiet Village/Brazil/Arabian Nights - The Ritchie Family
6.Running Away - Roy Ayers
7.Where The Happy People Go/Soul Searchin' Time - The Trammps
8.K-Jee - MFSB
9.Que Sera Mi Vida - Gibson Brothers
10.Make That Feeling Come Again - Boris Midney

and countless others. These are the songs that I would press the repeat button four/five times with full volume.

*DISCO DELIGHT*

[ruoffended]

Give me love / love is here / love is the answer - CERRONE (1977)

[markydefad]

Funky Dude,

I've always wanted to ask you this.

Do you cut and paste those lists of songs you post or do you actually type each list from scratch?

From the copious list of songs that you posted when we voted for the Top 500--pages and pages by time period of release as I remember, I've always wondered where these lists are derived from. I mean, you have excellent taste and exceptional knowledge, that's a given. But do you type these lists from scratch each time you post?

Just curious.

[paul]

Funky, you've commited blasphemy. No Brass Construction in your top 5! Tsk, tsk.
Marky asked what many of us wonder though. I can't imagine doing that kinda typing.
Anyway, mine are:
He's The Greatest Dancer
Brazil
Come Let Me Love You
What Can I Do For You
Loving Is Really My Game
Risky Changes
Pillow Talk

[Funky Dude]

Paul wrote:
Funky, you've commited blasphemy. No Brass Construction in your top 5! Tsk, tsk.

Reason it isn't in my top 5 is because my top 5 is what I've been flogging in tha past 6 months and those 5 songs I've played more than any others in the past 6 months. Although I have belted "Movin'" for a week a few months back. I'm downloading songs all the time and I'm virtually listening to a different song everyday.

I first heard "Movin'" in early 1998 when I borrowed the Mastercuts "Classic Funk Volume 2" CD and at the time I mainly knew mainstream music and when I played it I was thinking "WHOAAAA THIS IS REALLY COOL!!!" and ever since then from time to time I belt the **** out of this song, sometimes I play it heaps a week, sometimes I don't play it for a few weeks or months. Now I'm thinking of giving it a flogging again seeing it's one of the coolest disco songs ever recorded.

markydefad wrote:
Funky Dude,

I've always wanted to ask you this.

Do you cut and paste those lists of songs you post or do you actually type each list from scratch?

From the copious list of songs that you posted when we voted for the Top 500--pages and pages by time period of release as I remember, I've always wondered where these lists are derived from. I mean, you have excellent taste and exceptional knowledge, that's a given. But do you type these lists from scratch each time you post?

Just curious.

Answering your question, the list I've made I actually typed it up but I check through my MP3 collection as well, and it does take a little time to type it up. Normally when I make big lists I go to Windows Media Player, open, right click on a MP3 click "rename" and select the track name and right click and click copy and paste it on the message board. Normally I do a bit of both, type and copy track titles and paste, and yes it is also time consuming, sometimes I even take more than 30 minutes to do my lists.

[jazz_pilgrim]

First of all, Funky Dude, an impressive list as always.

Records I like belting the SH** out of?
These are the ones I have been going with over the past few weeks:

Weekdays: serious music ...
Deodato - Skyscrapers (my RAVE of the moment)
Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
Willie Bobo - Always There
Billy Paul - Am I Black Enough For You
Esther Phillips - Home Is Where The Hatred Is
Roy Ayers - Evolution
Patti Austin - Little Baby

Come the weekend - the GET DOWN AND BOOGIE STUFF:
Coffee - I Wanna Be With You
GQ - Shake
Aquarian Dream - Phoenix
Mitroslav Vitous - New York City
Double Exposure - Ten Per Cent
Ripple - The Beat Goes On
One Way - Do Your Thang
Roy Ayers - Running Away

[Robbie]

"Do Or Die/Pride/Fame"-Grace Jones (1978)
"Dance (Disco Heat)-Sylvester (1978)
"Bourgie Bourgie"-Ashford and Simpson (1977)
"Risky Changes"-Bionic Boogie (1978)

[DotBomb]

Beautiful Bend- Make That Feeling Come Again
USA European Connection- Come Into My Heart
Charles Earland- Over & Over
Idris Muhammad- Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
Azoto- Fire Fly
Black Sun- Black Sun
Cerrone- Love In C Minor
Love & Kisses- I've Found Love
Love & Kisses- Accidental Lover
Logg- You've Got That Something
Space- Carry On Turn Me On
Tina Charles- Boogiethon
Stephanie Mills- Put Your Body In It
Revelacion- House Of The Rising Sun
Love Symphony Orchestra- Let's Make Love In Public Places
Jumbo- Turn On To Love
Black Sun- Big Money
Jeanne Napoli- Let's Make Love
Kongas- Dr. Doo Dah
Kleeer- Running Back To You
Goody Goody- It Looks Like Love
Joe Thomas- Make Your Move

Those are the ones that I'll repeat 3 or 4 times before going onto the next record.

[sutnop]

Sheila and the black Devotions - Spacer

Diana Ross - Coming Out

Earth, Wind & Fire - Boggie Wonderland

The Trammps - Disco Inferno

Prince - I wanna be your lover

Diva Summer - On the Radio

Herreys - Gyllene Skor

Lonnie Liston Smith - Space Princess

Issac Hayes - Ike's Mood part1

The Stylistics - Hurry up this way again

[jazz_pilgrim]

Hey, DOTBOMB, nice to someone picking up on CHARLES EARLAND and "Over and Over". Great tune!! I like to play that tune occasionally, but I haven't seen anyone mention it for ages.

I don't recall that it ever got a 12-inch release in the UK - it remained an obscure LP track.

[markydefad]

Ok, some things I've been listening to over and over again recently:

"Feel The Need" - Detroit Emeralds
"I Got To Have Your Love" - Fantastic Four
"24 Hours A Day" - Barbara Pennington
"This Will Be A Night To Remember" - Eddie Holman
"Don't Take Away The Music" - Tavares
"Down To Love Town" - The Originals
"Dancin' Man" - Q
"Disco Man" - The Moments
"I Could Dance All Night" Archie Bell & The Drells
"Showdown" - Archie Bell & The Drells
"Do What You Wanna Do" - T-Connection
"At Midnight" - T-Connection
"Go Back Home" - T-Connection
"Ride A Wild Horse" - Dee Clark
and even some Euro stuff:
"Got To Have Loving" - Don Ray
"Fill My Life With Love" - Saint Tropez
"Evolution" - Giorgio Moroder
"Think I'm Gonna Break Someone's Heart Tonight" - Roberta Kelly
"Innocent"- Roberta Kelly
and the ABBA box set "Thank You For The Music" (NO, thank YOU, ABBA) :lol:

[Bernie]

On 2002-06-12 17:20, markydefad wrote:

"Dancin' Man" - Q

Marky,

For some reason this title caught my eye, but I'm not familiar with it. What is it like? What label?

[markydefad]

Bernie,

It's on Club Epic, volume 3. It's just a short little funky r&b tune (2:38) from 1977 that I had forgotten about.

I remember it from the radio, (I think it charted about #15 Pop), not any clubplay--probably too short. But it is a nifty retro sounding record, sorta Stax Sam & Dave sounding. I put it on a tape and get a charge every time I hear it.

Check it out.

[DotBomb]

Not to branch too far off topic here, Charles Earland is just soooo underrated. Over & Over is an amazing jazz-eurodisco epic....

[markydefad]

Well, I've just compiled a list of tunes that I'm gonna put on several tapes (tapes for the car/cd's in the apartment). This is a combination of old stuff I haven't heard lately, old stuff I've just recently acquired, or old stuff that's on records I rarely play because they are stuffed in a closet and are somewhat inaccessible.

The list thus far:

RIDE A WILD HORSE - Dee Clark
DISCO MAN - The Moments
I COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT - Archie Bell & The Drells
YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING - The Real Thing
CASANOVA BROWN - Gloria Gaynor
IF YOU WANT IT (DO IT YOURSELF) - Gloria Gaynor
WILD SAFARI - Barrabas
MUSIC IN MY BONES - Joe Simon
HUM & DANCE ALONG - Jackson Five
HEY GIRL COME & GET IT - Stylistics
MIGHTY LOVE - Spinners
LOVE THANG - First Choice
GET DOWN, GET DOWN (ON THE FLOOR) - Joe Simon
LAW OF THE LAND - Temptations
HIGH ENERGY - Supremes
TRACK OF THE CAT - Dionne Warwick
LET'S GO ALL THE WAY DOWN - Brenda & The Tabulations
BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE (REMIX) - The Jacksons
I GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE - Fantastic Four
THERE'S A FIRE DOWN BELOW - Fantastic Four
GET DOWN - Gene Chandler
HERE COMES THAT SOUND AGAIN - Love DeLuxe
NIGHT FEVER - Carol Douglas
JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER - Gloria Scott
FROM NOW ON - Linda Clifford
I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU UP - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
DOUBLE CROSS - First Choice
ASK ME - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
ONCE YOU HIT THE ROAD - Dionne Warwick
TATTOO MAN - Denise McCann
LET'S GROOVE - Archie Bell & The Drells
STOP & THINK - Trammps
LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER - First Choice
LOVE EPIDEMIC - Trammps
MAKE ME BELIEVE IN YOU - Patti Jo
FREEDOM TO EXPRESS MYSELF - Denise LaSalle
DON'T SEND NOBODY ELSE - Ace Spectrum
FEEL THE NEED - Detroit Emeralds
DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO - T-Connection
GO BACK HOME - T-Connection
WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK - Ultra High Frequency
WHO IS HE AND WHAT IS HE TO YOU - Creative Source
SAVE A PLACE - Trammps
MY BABY'S GOT E.S.P. - Four Below Zero
PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - Temptations
ONE BEAUTIFUL DAY - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
24 HOURS A DAY - Barbara Pennington
WOMAN - Barrabas
SENDING OUT AN S.O.S. - Retta Young
LOOK ME UP (REMIX) - Blue Magic
PEACE PIPE - B. T. Express
SOUL CITY WALK - Archie Bell & The Drells
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT CHA - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
DISCO MAGIC - T-Connection
HALLELUJAH DAY - Jackson Five
FIGHT THE POWER - Isley Brothers
THAT LADY - Isley Brothers
HIGH WIRE - Linda Carr
WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
NOW IS THE TIME - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
ON FIRE (GETTING HIGHER)- T-Connection

That's what I'm gonna be listening to for awhile as I shape these tunes into some several (probably 3 I'd guess) tapes.


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[Fantomas]

-Black Skin Blue Eye Boys (45 Disco version) by the Equals.
-Bananaticoco by Max B
-Just keep Thinking about You by Tata Vega
-Castles by the Futures
-Pinguin at the Big Apple/Zing went the Strings...by the Trammps
-El Caravanero by Chocolat's
-Give it up/Turn it a Loose (Live in Augusta Disco Version) by James Brown
-How Can I Forget by the Realistics
-Lady Lady Lady by the Boogieman Orchestra

[rhessel]

These are the songs that I play and listen more frequently, most of then are early disco songs, which are my favorities. The order is as they came into my mind.

1. Hey girl come and get it – The Stylistics
2. Let’s make a deal – Gloria Gaynor
3. I’ve got you under my skin – Gloria Gaynor
4. Be mine – Gloria Gaynor
5. Good things don’t last forever – Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
6. Where do we go from here – The Trammps
7. I just can’t make it (without you) – Philly Devotion
8. African queens – The Ritchie Family
9. Quiet village – The Ritchie Family
10. Everlasting love – Carl Carlton
11. The hustle – Van McCoy & The Soul Symphony Orchestra
12. Rhythms of the world - Van McCoy & The Soul Symphony Orchestra
13. Got to get you back – Sons Of Robin Stone (do you remember this one?? )
14. It’s good for the soul – Salsoul Orchestra
15. To each his own – Faith, Hope & Charity
16. Let’s do the latin hustle – Eddie Drennon & The BBS Orchestra
17. Try me I know we can make (full version) – Donna Summer
18. Number onederful – Jay & The Techniques (I bet you didn’t remember this one )
19. I’m gonna let my heart do the walking – The Supremes
20. Free & red hot – Shelly Black (This one is really obscure :???: )
21. First choice theme – First Choice
22. I found love (Now that I’ve found you) – Love & Kisses
23. Love chant – Eli’s Second Coming
24. Devil’s gun _- C.J. & Co.
25. Get on the funk train – Munich Machine
26. The night the lights went out – The Trammps
27. Come into my heart/Good loving – USA European Connection

Although my favorities songs are from the beginning (1974 to 1978) of disco music I also like some from the 80’s.

28. If you could read my my mind – Viola Wills
29. Remember Me/Ain’t no mountain high enough – Boys Town Gang
30. Can’t take my eyes off you – Boys Town Gang

Some songs may seem a little bit tasteless and I also know that I missed some important songs to me, but maybe some other time I will make a more complete list.

Cheers.

[Funky Dude]

Right now I'm giving this song a good wear and tear:

Mud - Shake It Down 1976

It's a fantastic disco song recorded by a British glam rock group called "Mud" who also had some great glam rock hits like "Tiger Feet" and "L-l-l-lucy". To me this is one of the best disco songs done by a rock artist.