What is the "sleaziest" disco song ever?

[the whistler]

One for the early morning punters...what is the "sleaziest" disco song ever?

[Eurodancemix]

Three of my favorites:

Morning Music by St. Tropez
You'll Never Know by Hi-Gloss
Dancing With The Desperate by Norma Lewis (not exactly "disco", but it's sleaze)

If you're looking for sleazy sleaze, try Cruising In The Park by Martin Lacey & Angie Gold...truly tacky and tasteless, you just won't believe anyone had enough bad taste to write such a song, much less record it!

[Super D]

There were many...but 2 come to mind of top.

"The Disco Duck" :o
"Macho Man" :o

discodiscoduckquackquack...machomachomanIwannabeam achoman... :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

SuperD(motordetroit) 8)

[markydefad]

"Sleaze" means different things to different folks. :-?

In NYC --all the pretty lower-tempo records that we called "morning music" in SF--were classified as Sleaze"

In terms of really sleeeeeeeeeeaaazzzzzzzy beats--I'd mention "Dance Godammit" by Sparks.....it's just a sleazy, rutting on the dance floor beat, around 108 bpm--it's the b-side of the 12" of "All You Ever Think About is Sex" and the short version is on the Sparks In Outer Space LP.

I never heard it played anywere--except in my various homes!!! But it's sleeeeeeeaaaazzzzzzzzzzzy! :P :P :P

"Do wanna daaance? Do ya wanna Daaaance?
Dance Godammit!!"

[markydefad]

another one...

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - Indeep

What a sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaazzzzzzzy bassline!!!!

[Super D]

another one...

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - Indeep

What a sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaazzzzzzzy bassline!!!!

You gotta be kidding markydefad :o ....that song was meant to be played at various bpm's....besides Dj's from all over began there career using the song in there mix :P ....it is certainly not on the top of my list as a great tunes......but to classify it as sleezy....I don't think so. :-?

SuperD(motordetroit) 8)

[markydefad]

Super D...

I don't think you understand the term "sleaze." :-?

"Sleaze" is not "Disco Duck" or "Macho Man." Duh. :o

[Super D]

duh!( is that a California surfer thing markydefad? :o ) let me think???????.....The beat is despicable......the context of the lyrics(macho man) was odious(me being a male feminist), the words are tacky and the members are disreputable ,shoddy,dingy characters...... can you think of any other idioms, vernaculars or informals...... sounds like sleazy to me.....but that's a Detroit thing

Peace bro'tha
Super D(motordetroit) 8)

[Davicillo]

How about;
American Love - Rose Laurens
Justify my love - Madonna
Take me down - Johnny Bristol

but for real sleeeeeze;

Marianne Faithful - Why d'ya do it :o

[markydefad]

Super D... (does the D stand for...D__) :P I'm kidding!!

Your'e equating Sleaze with tacky or cheesy. :o

I'm referring to it's nasty quotient...the bump & grind...the heat in the groin....the rutting on the dancefloor aspect. :P

Not it's prettiness. :-?

Not it's tackiness. :-?

The nastiness. :D :D :D

The sleaziest of the Sleaze.

[NickNack]

Oh, there are just tooooo many. But, for the moment:

Phyllis Hyman - "Loving You, Losing You" or "Kiss You All Over"
Johnny Bristol - "Take Me Down" or "Love No Longer Has a Hold On Me"
Ashford & Simpson - "It Seems to Hang On"

Hell, marky, list side 2 of that cassette! :lol: :lol:

[paul]

Nicky, I just knew this was a topic you couldn't pass on :D
I'll toss in Float On as one of my sleaze favorites.

[nrgbeat]

Walk The Night by The Skatt Brothers would be one of the sleaziest in my book.

[remicks]

---- Could I use this thread to relate a little sleaze story? :D

---- When I think back on this now I find it very amusing ..... but believe me at the time it was a DJ's worst nightmare.

---- Towards the end of 1979 the Village People came out with their newest album " Live and Sleazy" featuring "Ready For The Eighties" --- I didn't yet realize it but actually they weren't ... and this release sank like a disco duck. But at the time they were still very very hot and this release was at first received with a similar level of excitementt as a new Donna Summer release might ( not quite , but somewhat ). I believe this was a double LP , as was the common marketing strategy at Casablanca.

---- I listened to it and thought the stand-out cut was the fast tune called " Sleazy " . I liked the overall sound and was happy that this was a more high energy number for them . I played a lot of high energy so this could turn out to be a winner. ---- I have to admit I didn't really focus on the lyrics too much.

---- I was eager that night to be introducing a new Village People release. I hoped the crowd would be enthused. It was up there in beats per minute so I planned it pretty late ... during peak time ... probably slipped it in amongst Fever 's "Beat Of The Night " and "Move On Up" etc..

---- It was a really good night at the club too, great party crowd , nice and crowded. The floor is consistently full. So I mix into this new Village People song , and its going over ! It's clearly the vocals of the Village People, the crowd receptively recognizes them , and the floor is staying full. It's always great when the crowd stays on board for a brand new song.

--- But as this cut plays, it continues to go on about how sleazy they are . And I notice a couple of people drop out . Then a couple more. Two more. The song is repeating "..... because I'm SLEEEAZYYY!!" This is being yelled out by the Village People full volume throughout the club. My booth is above the dance floor.... and now I can kind of see the distaste on the dancers' faces as they start paying attention to the lyrical contents of this song. There's gestering to their partners to get off the floor. Suddenly this wasn't such a happy crowd any more and I watched in horror as there was this instantaneous mass exodus from the dance floor !! No one wanted to be the last one left dancing to this sleazy ditty!! ..... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have never before or since seen such a drastic change on a dance floor! From jumping and packed to completely empty in 30 seconds!! :D :D :lol:


I never played it again .

******

[K-Bee]

Just wondering here ...being non english and all

The term "sleazy". Does it actually fit as a musical description? I know people can be sleazy (and that obviously includes artists) but does the same go for music?
How would you define the actual difference between sleazy and campy music then?

[olskinflint]

in MY mind (and in my record collection) there's a song that has no equal when it comes to sleaze. It should come as no surprize that it comes from one of the sleaziest groups ever (second only to the Skatt Brothers). The group: why, the Village People! the song: and it couldn't have a more appropriate title: "Sleazy"

[nrgbeat]

Just wondering here ...being non english and all

The term "sleazy". Does it actually fit as a musical description? I know people can be sleazy (and that obviously includes artists) but does the same go for music?
How would you define the actual difference between sleazy and campy music then?

When most people refer to others as sleazy they generally refer to someone of low moral character. (e.g. That pornographer runs a sleazy business.)

Sleazy in regards to music would generally mean the song has a sexy, steamy feel to it. It may have explicit sexual lyrics, but not always. It's more about the attitude of the song.

I always thought campy was over the top and not to be taken too seriously. Like if a drag queen came out and sang an Ethel Merman song, I would consider that campy.

[Mixmachine]

It is interesting how many today have conflicting views on what “Sleaze” music was all about, Sleaze was down tempo ”pretty” soft music that was perfect for couples to dance in a “sleazy” fashion, think of the “Dirty Dancing“ movie, it had little to do with the lyrics, In *straight* clubs this soft music was usually played early in the night, say, from 10 pm to Midnight, as the DJ waited for the bulk of the crowd to show up and worked his way to the ‘Peak' hours of the night, I would not considered “Walk the Night" or “Float on” sleaze songs, much less “Macho” or “Last Night a DJ..”, the term “Morning Music” is more of a Gay term applied later to the same music, as they usually played this type of music very late into the night (or early *morning* ) as most Gay clubs also doubled as after hour places….this list could be endless…

“Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ Thelma Houston
“Runaway Love” Linda Clifford
“From now on” Linda Clifford
“Standing Right Here” Melba Moore
You stepped into my life” Melba Moore
“I’m caught up, in one Life affair” Inner Life
“Was that all it was" Jean Carn
“You know how to love me” Phyllis Hyman
“Rotation” Herb Albert
“Native New Yorker” Odyssey

Some oldies..
Casanova Brown- Gloria Gaynor
“You to me are everything” Revelation

[Videoskooter]

And I still don't get it :oops:

Is Fern Kinney's "Groove me" sleazy??? And Isaac Hayes' "Ménage à trois" (Nicky, why didn't you mention that one)???

If that's the definition, we call it a "Heet Lieke (a hot song)"

[NickNack]

And I still don't get it :oops:

Is Fern Kinney's "Groove me" sleazy???

For me, NO!

And Isaac Hayes' "Ménage à trois"

HELL, YES! :lol:

(Nicky, why didn't you mention that one)???

I'm getting old, love. It's hard to remember. :)

[markydefad]

I wonder what "the whistler" meant when he wrote SLEAZIEST record--the "prettiest" record or the "nastiest" record. :-? :o :-? :o

Define your terms, man!!!!

We seem to disagree on the interpretaion of the term-"SLEAZE. " When used as "SLEAZIEST", I'd asume it meant "nasty" lowdown dirty rhythms...not soft pretty morning music--but then what do I know? :oops: :P :evil: :roll:

[Discovery]

---- Could I use this thread to relate a little sleaze story? :D

---- When I think back on this now I find it very amusing ..... but believe me at the time it was a DJ's worst nightmare.

---- Towards the end of 1979 the Village People came out with their newest album " Live and Sleazy" featuring "Ready For The Eighties" --- I didn't yet realize it but actually they weren't ... and this release sank like a disco duck. But at the time they were still very very hot and this release was at first received with a similar level of excitementt as a new Donna Summer release might ( not quite , but somewhat ). I believe this was a double LP , as was the common marketing strategy at Casablanca.

---- I listened to it and thought the stand-out cut was the fast tune called " Sleazy " . I liked the overall sound and was happy that this was a more high energy number for them . I played a lot of high energy so this could turn out to be a winner. ---- I have to admit I didn't really focus on the lyrics too much.

---- I was eager that night to be introducing a new Village People release. I hoped the crowd would be enthused. It was up there in beats per minute so I planned it pretty late ... during peak time ... probably slipped it in amongst Fever 's "Beat Of The Night " and "Move On Up" etc..

---- It was a really good night at the club too, great party crowd , nice and crowded. The floor is consistently full. So I mix into this new Village People song , and its going over ! It's clearly the vocals of the Village People, the crowd receptively recognizes them , and the floor is staying full. It's always great when the crowd stays on board for a brand new song.

--- But as this cut plays, it continues to go on about how sleazy they are . And I notice a couple of people drop out . Then a couple more. Two more. The song is repeating "..... because I'm SLEEEAZYYY!!" This is being yelled out by the Village People full volume throughout the club. My booth is above the dance floor.... and now I can kind of see the distaste on the dancers' faces as they start paying attention to the lyrical contents of this song. There's gestering to their partners to get off the floor. Suddenly this wasn't such a happy crowd any more and I watched in horror as there was this instantaneous mass exodus from the dance floor !! No one wanted to be the last one left dancing to this sleazy ditty!! ..... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have never before or since seen such a drastic change on a dance floor! From jumping and packed to completely empty in 30 seconds!! :D :D :lol:


I never played it again .

******

Too bad there isn't an instrumental version of Sleazy on the B-side of the 12" to play as an alternative.

Now for laughs imagine if Jacques Morali had given Sleazy to Patrick Juvet instead! :lol:

[ACE]

Off topic a little bit. I remember looking at that movie "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" and my mom cursing herself for bringing me.

To this day I recall the lovely words of Try me, try me just one time. Try me, try me, try me anytime". My mom said this is all just downright SLEAZY. She wasn't no prude either.

Honey, my little split ponytailed head was on a mission. I'd get into one of those bars no matter what my age was. I was going to dance, and pick me up a rough neck guy. Sparkly sneakers, and Danskin optional.

[SandraDee]

What about 'Grandma We Love You' by St.Winifred's School Choir? Sleaze & then some. :roll: :-?

[BrooklynDreams]

There was a "disco" song of the late 70s called "Its alright to F*ck Allnight" by an artist called Marque'.

Addtionally i think anything by Blowfly would also constitute sleeze