Disco or Disco

**discofresh** · February 24th, 2005, 08:37 PM

Hi All, here's a question

What would you say to the younger generation to get them to enthuse them about disco music and the whole scene.I know for a fact they like the music, but not the label of the dreaded D word. (not my sentiments). Got any killer thoughts that would draw them in our wonderful culture and create the next generation of afficianados?

Thanks

DJ Boogie Badness

**SandraDee** · February 25th, 2005, 05:18 PM

Originally Written by discofresh

What would you say to the younger generation to get them to enthuse them about disco music

Tell them that they can get disco ringtones or tell them that it has absolutely no melody or class & possibly rap it to them! :lol:

**discofresh** · February 25th, 2005, 07:16 PM

Thanks Sandradee, might start a business venture of my own

DJ Boogie Badness

**RetroRuss** · February 25th, 2005, 07:31 PM

This is an easy question to answer. Anyone into House music will recognise many of the breaks and originals of so many House tracks out there at the moment.

I am still 'buzzing' from my gig tonight - word clearly got round North London and the pub where I play my 'Retro' sessions was humming! My usual 'old skool' pals were there, however there was a younger crowd including a lot of students - all nationalities and they, to coin a phrase 'got down and boogied'. When I had to turn everything off - at 12.05am due to the pathetic licencing laws in the UK I was applauded. 8) The key is to listen to House music and recognise the samples and play the originals, or have a retro session - NOT Bee Gees, or Gloria Gaynor but fast hard hitting tracks - Patrick Adams, Hamiliton Bohannon, Candido, Francine McGee (I played Delirium rather than Feeling Good and it was the right track) and when you think you might be losing them - Wild Cherry, Indeep and a bit of Donna Summer. It worked for me!!!

**buckaroo** · February 26th, 2005, 03:29 PM

Don't underestimate 'em. They watch VH-1 Classic, and listen to the 'oldies' shows on the radio, so some of 'em know what they like. I once heard a girl who could'nt have been more than 19, singing 'Celebration' by Kool & the Gang. There's no way she could've heard it first time round.

Also the people who are using samples for certain pop/house songs these days are getting very lazy, and just sampling the whole choon instead of a part of it. Who did the recent hit song which is just basically the Steve Winwood's 'Valerie' re-released?

**Studio74** · March 1st, 2005, 06:25 PM

Eric Prydz-Call On Me

Basically, it´s the Valerie tune with a House/Electro beat...

The original is far superior, and could well be a hit today...

**Jimmy-Michaels** · March 2nd, 2005, 06:21 PM

one way to get a younger crowd who knows almost nothing of real music into our stuff is to do what i did one time..if your spinning a private gig with all of their dance music of today..slip in some of our stuff in the mix. what i did once was slipped in giorgio's from here to eternity and cerrone's supernature to a techno/house crowd and they loved it! when i told them how old it was and what genre it was they thought i was joking and that it was some new stuff thats gonna be released soon :lol: ill never forget that time.

**Eurodancemix** · March 4th, 2005, 06:34 AM

You'll never be able to recreate the disco movement again, but you'd be surprised at how many youngsters like disco music (or at least recognize it).

A few years back I had an employee who was all of 21 and I remember her pulling up in our parking lot with Gloria Gaynor playing on her car stereo at eardrum-shattering volume. When she got out, I asked with surprise, "You like Gloria Gaynor?". She looked at me and replied, "I *LOVE* Gloria Gaynor! She's just the best!" I was floored. The future of planet earth isn't completely doomed musically...

**Jimmy-Michaels** · March 4th, 2005, 02:07 PM

Hey..if only there were gals like that that love disco in my town :lol:

**SandraDee** · March 5th, 2005, 09:12 AM

How can young people not be aware of or like Gloria Gaynor or Kool & The gang's 'Celebration? They're hard to avoid! I'll start being happy when young people are loving Love Deluxe, Bionic Boogie or Le Pamplemousse!

**Jimmy-Michaels** · March 5th, 2005, 02:11 PM

Amen Miss Sandra! The real stuff..it all depends on if they get to hear it..best bet would be a modern club playing a night of "real" classics

**discolady75** · March 5th, 2005, 05:41 PM

hi all, and hi boogie badness we had some words by email a few months ago..

i created a party based on underground disco music in Paris. young people are fed with commercial and today's stuff. so how to bring them to the disco path ?

i d say that with lots of money, good ideas, good quality music, u can create something really astonishing on young audience. u need to impress them, that s all. i have everything except money... :cry: :cry: :evil:

at my last party, a guy came and said " i loved your electro set"... i told him i was playing 70s disco !! i do it in a big bar,

Clubs dont trust old music. the problem is on "artistic director" who watch their wallet instead of listening. when i come to do a proposal the first question is "how much people (=money) can u bring to my place?"...

u have to be very passioned by music not to give up...

dont give up
dont give up
dont give up
on your love
(simon soussan orchestra...)

anyway i will keep on believe on my project...

let's believe (cellophane)

**SandraDee** · March 5th, 2005, 06:06 PM

discolady, how did you get the people to come to your party? Did you use flyers & if so did you describe your style as 70s disco? I'm just interested as I've never DJ'd in my life but would dearly love to use my record collection to introduce/convert young things to the glory that we worship i.e.disco! :P

**discolady75** · March 6th, 2005, 04:11 PM

how do i do?... well, u have to be very creative.
depends where u want to go with music.

go and see some venues in your place and check where u can play. if u dont play somewhere, u dont exist.. your collection would be sleeping in your living room if u dont spin somewhere in the public space. then communicate about it.

in my flyers i m very clear on the 70's style. my party is beginning (since april 2004..) slowly but surely.

the next one will be my birthday too : saturday 26th march @ Paris

**SandraDee** · March 6th, 2005, 04:15 PM

Originally Written by discolady75

the next one will be my birthday too : saturday 26th march @ Paris

Ah, a fellow Aries person. My bithday's 31st March. Your party should be good 'cos when we do something we like to do it properly!

**discolady75** · March 6th, 2005, 04:27 PM

hi sandra ! Aries is a good sign ! i ll be 30 on 26/3... all my friends say it s a beautiful age... and found myself very involved in disco promotion since a few months

i m doing everything by myself, women always had to do so to work it out... you re welcome at my disco parties the next are :
friday 29 april , friday 27 may, & friday 24 june

this 26th march, jussi kantonen is my guest to spin with me. i m happy i can dance on my favorite music this time.

i created this gig cos there was mainstream disco but never the real Disco of best record labels and artists.. people like it, so go on girl !

**Jimmy-Michaels** · March 6th, 2005, 04:28 PM

:lol: "I loved your electro set" they said? I def know that feeling and kinda the same thing as those kids I was talkin bout in my story thinkin that the Cerrone and Giorgio tracks must be new upcoming stuff LOL. Def keep spinning the classics over there and tryin to get this music out to todays dance audience and who knows...maybe someday they'll be hunting down old vinyl..or better yet, maybe we'll get to see this stuff on CD as the mainstream pop disco is

**discofresh** · March 11th, 2005, 10:49 AM

After playing tracks from Aquarian Dream "Look ahead", Azoto San Salvador", Chaka Khan "Any love" and Patrice Rushen "look up", a girl came up to me and said "are you just playing house music tonight?" To me a fantastic compliment to how contemporary the Disco sound really is

DJ Boogie Badness :D :D

**discofresh** · March 11th, 2005, 07:38 PM

For me i was sick and tired of hearing house music sample everywhere a few years ago, so i decided to play disco and called my night Club Retrospective. It unearthed alot of coll people thatj ust wannted experience a good vibe. Age ranged from 17 - 40!!

DJ Boogie badness :D :D :D

**SandraDee** · March 12th, 2005, 05:15 AM

I always think of disco as being the musical eqivalent of James Dean. Because it died a premature & unnatural death it will be with us forever in spirit & will always be cool to new generations! 8) :D

**discofresh** · March 12th, 2005, 09:17 AM

Hi Disco Lady..I agree just be true and give em the good stuff.

SandraDee.... thats probably the best analogy i heard in ages...Sandradee for priminister

DJ Boogie Badness :D :D

**SandraDee** · March 12th, 2005, 09:21 AM

Originally Written by discofresh

.. thats probably the best analogy i heard in ages...Sandradee for priminister

Very kind words df, though i aint no 'lady', i'd do a better job than the previous lady PM (not difficult! :lol: )

**buckaroo** · March 14th, 2005, 06:27 AM

Originally Written by discofresh

After playing tracks from Aquarian Dream "Look ahead", Azoto San Salvador", Chaka Khan "Any love" and Patrice Rushen "look up", a girl came up to me and said "are you just playing house music tonight?" To me a fantastic compliment to how contemporary the Disco sound really is

DJ Boogie Badness :D :D

Another testament to what I mentioned before: Some producers/DJs just sample a whole song and are lazy and not creative at all. I read a mag interview with Patrice Rushen a few years back, inwhich she said that no labels were interested in her new stuff, but they were happy to re-release or sample from her back catalogue and make money. :roll:

**discofresh** · March 14th, 2005, 12:20 PM

I agree, and i bet they didnt give Patrice any credits on the record for sampling her material. Crying shame but all the more reason to dust off the vinyl and play those all elusive original cuts that set people apart from the crowd. I guess is still cool to be kinda original.

DJ Boogie Badness :D :D