Best disco and funk songs done by a rock artist

[tehuti]

Originally Posted by Funky Dude

Some more I forgot to mention in the disco section are:

Sparks - Beat The Clock 1979
In Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 1978 (Go the double sax playing)
Jonathon King - One For You, One For Me 1978 (I love those rainbow coloured clown afros they were wearing on Top Of The Pops)

Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Spasticus Autisticus (extended version)

[efunk_adelic]

I like disco-rock , when you think about it a lot of rock songs could sound more like disco.. if it would change a few ways that they played the drums... example: Rolling Stones "Shattered" could have been disco... haha


Santana - One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)
Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown

Eagles - One Of These Nights: If Outsider says it's "disco" then it made my list :D

Rolling Stones - Miss You -------- I like the way the begining of the record starts + some of the middle on the 12" ... but like the saxophone on the LP version ... (frustrating!!!)

Paul McCartney - Goodnight Tonight
Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street
Stevie Nicks - Stand Back
Buddy Miles - Them Changes

Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion : it's pretty disco to me :P

[Outsider]

Well, I probably shouldn't have said that "One Of These Nights" is a disco song, but it is as close to disco as the Eagles ever got. The vocals on that song (the chorus part anyways) remind me of the Bee Gees, so that's probably why I first called it disco. What does it matter? I like the song (and I'm sure that other people here do as well), so that's all that counts. :evil:

[Funky Dude]

Wow I'm amazed this ancient topic of mine has come back to life.

Anyhow I have to agree that "One Of These Nights" by the Eagles does have a disco touch to it. Plus it has a lot of soul in it too.

Now here's some more great disco and tracks from rock artists:
Mud - Use Your Imagination 1975
British Jigsaw - Sky High 1975
Little River Band - Curiosity Killed The Cat 1975 (Aussie group whom broke in USA in 1979 with "Reminiscing")
Sherbet - Howzat 1976
Sherbet - Child's Play 1976
Stevie Wright - Evie Pt 3 1974 (This song is a great blend of 50% disco and 50% hard rock)
Peter Allen - I Go To Rio 1976
Doug Parkinson - Everlasting Love 1974 (This Aussie artist did by far the best version of "Everlasting Love")
Les Variations - Superman Superman 1975 (Fantastic combination of disco and rock)

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Big Kev the Aussie Uncle Sam :D (Uncle Kev :D )

[efunk_adelic]

Outsider, I hope you didn't think I was poking fun at ya...

One Of These Nights is "disco" disguised as pop rock


Now we can argue about me thinking that Aerosmith "Sweet Emotion" is a little disco... however, it has funk elements as well.... Listen to it, a continious thumb on the bass drum.. then it's pure disco ... :D

[efunk_adelic]

funkydude,

for the last month, I have been trying to download that song "everlasting love" by Doug Parkinson... other songs by him are on their .... shoot! :(

[Outsider]

Originally Posted by efunk_adelic

Outsider, I hope you didn't think I was poking fun at ya...

I didn't think you were.

One Of These Nights is "disco" disguised as pop rock

I think this is a better way of describing the song. By the way, this is my favorite Eagles song.

Now we can argue about me thinking that Aerosmith "Sweet Emotion" is a little disco... however, it has funk elements as well.... Listen to it, a continious thumb on the bass drum.. then it's pure disco ... :D

Well, I happen to disagree with you about this song, but I think that "Walk This Way" is very danceable. I think that song has a funky groove to it. :evil:

[woodysco]

best disco-rock ever "rock the casbah" (mustafah dance version) By the Clash! :D

[woodysco]

what about ceronne's first band kongas "anikana-o"? :P

[PaulC]

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[DJ Jimmy M]

There are tons and tons and I havent read the entire 4 pages of this thread so some of the many faves I have i'll just list here and if their repeats sue me LOL LOL:

Dance (pt. 1, pt.2 and 12'' instrumental disco mix) - Rolling Stones
My Own Way (Original Pre - Rio LP Version) - Duran Duran
Georgy Porgy - Toto
Let Me Take You Dancing - Bryan Adams
Einzelhalft - Falco
You Should Be Dancing (12'' Version) - Bee Gees
Rock The Casbah - The Clash
Skin On Skin - Boomtown Rats
Nighttime In The Switching Yard - Warren Zevon
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Girls On Film (Night Version thats in the uncensored video and Carnival Holland Version EP) - Duran Duran

I Was Made For Loving You (12'' Disco Mix) - Kiss
Here Comes The Night (Disco Version) - Beach Boys

thats some of my many from the disco era and very early 80s.

DJ Jimmy M

[Chap2Power]

[quote="Marcio"]In 1978 Frank Zappa did a funny and ridicolous song "Lemme Take You To The Beach" (2:44), maybe he was funning with Bee Gees.

Zappa also did "Disco Boy" on one album, with the vitange lyric "Shake it more than once, and you're playing with it"

At least he was original.

Vincent

[Chap2Power]

My two picks are
"Slow Down" by John Miles. A massive, huge top 3 record and damn was it fast.
"Was Dog A Doughnut" by Cat Stevens was another in the sleaze electronic mode that was killer

Vincent

[SandraDee]

Have you heard Le Pamplemousse's version of 'Slow Down' - it's not so frantic!

[Chap2Power]

I don't remember it, but the Greatest hits CD will resqueeze my memory

Vincent