I never thought I would admit it

Throw your fav up

Shame

The sax is "killer" ;-)

Might want to mark this off topic

disco inferno

MT did you hit your head again? Clearly your disoriented and need urgent medical attention. Call 911

BnD: "MT did you hit your head again? Clearly your disoriented and need urgent medical attention. Call 911"

wad up dude? I take it your not into disco? I wasn't either but lately I have found some appreciation. Pretty good musicians actually........and its sort of fun ;-)

I'm going to crank my hot tub up to 104 and blast Disco inferno for the whole neighborhood................ "Its that crazy artist again, somebody needs to call 911"

Oh my....nearly forgot. Baggies and platform soles. A couple come to mind off the bat:
Brick House Mighty Mighty
Play dat Funky Music White Boy
Graham Central, KC and Sly....My my my Burn Baby Burn many more forgotten until I happen to hear them. Miracles by Hot Chocolate, Baggies, Platform Sole Elevator Shoes and a Don Ho big collar shirt. My my my. Cincy Mad Hatter Bar,Zorbas, and Reflections were hot spots in the Queen City. Then back home to bib overalls and painter pants. All the girls were crazy about Disco Floors in the big City and we were so glad to dress up and take them. A blast from the past.

Thanks to Spotify and Youtube we never had to miss any of it at all!

A severe case of cabin fever, I suspect.

MT, remember this one? Do You Think I'm Disco

This is the original song it was based on. Wow, I am impressed with that hair! Rod Stewart

Side note - this is my idea of good disco. Same time frame exactly. 1979. From 3 minutes on this is pure gold. The B-52's

Based on the title, I thought this thread would be an ode to the very heavy, but seamingly bombproof Old Town Discovery series of canoes, of which I have the 174 and hope to float it on rivers for many more years.

Abbey: "Based on the title, I thought this thread would be an ode to the very heavy, but seamingly bombproof Old Town Discovery series of canoes, of which I have the 174 and hope to float it on rivers for many more years. "

Whoops, maybe SV is right and I should mark this OT. Yup to much work for this guy. Heard a few tracks, decided I liked it and started thinking back......it's a bit foggy but I'm pretty sure I can remember a pair of platform shoes and some polyester bell bottoms (the Horror!).

TomT: "MT, remember this one? Do You Think I'm Disco

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Ah, yes!! I believe I still have that 45. This is the camp that I was - and still am - firmly entrenched in. Disco Still Sucks.
Was driving around with a friend the evening of Disco Demolition - really wanted to be there but figured it would be packed. It was. So we went to Venture and looked at records, then drove around some more & then saw how it went down on the news. A good friend went,.. I'm still jealous.

TomT: "MT, remember this one? Do You Think I'm Disco

This is the original song it was based on. Wow, I am impressed with that hair! Rod Stewart

Side note - this is my idea of good disco. Same time frame exactly. 1979. From 3 minutes on this is pure gold. The B-52's



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Okay I followed the link to Rock Lobster...at first I laughed—what the heck is this?...good riddance...then it grew on me...now it is in my head and I think I like it :)

T

MT,

A DISCO post? LOL

My fav from the disco era was the Bee Gees "Staying Alive".

Back in the day ... I used to put on my polyester shirt, bell bottoms and platform shoes and head down to the big disco bars on Long Island NY on Saturday nights with my buds from Connecticut.

Heck, I am dating myself. Geesh ... I am the same age as John Travolta.

But I really was a ROCK fan back in the 70's ... I was an avid concert goer. Eagles, Doobie Brothers, Blue Oyster Cult, J Geils Band, Springsteen, Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who .... FUN TIMES

Bee Gees Staying Alive 1977

Kinda like missing your last root canal......

Yep, with a colonoscopy thrown in for effect. (Spring HAS been slow, this year)

timatkn: "

TomT: "MT, remember this one? Do You Think I'm Disco


This is the original song it was based on. Wow, I am impressed with that hair! Rod Stewart


Side note - this is my idea of good disco. Same time frame exactly. 1979. From 3 minutes on this is pure gold. The B-52's



"

Okay I followed the link to Rock Lobster...at first I laughed—what the heck is this?...good riddance...then it grew on me...now it is in my head and I think I like it :)


T"

B 52's were a trip. I ended up seeing them in concert but never the Ramones which I actually liked.

Ended up seeing some Motown in concert but never any disco bands. Mostly a rock guy back in the day. Now I like Yanni and the Gypsy kings and contemporary Christian bands.

Just not crazy about what passes for music much these days. Then I have to hear about billionaire J-Zee talk about white privilege. Um, exscuse me, I didn't get the memo.

Disco always did and always will...suck.

Omg disco. Hated everything about it (except blonde). We actually listened to the guy Gary wilson . I’m sorry if you watched this. We sang this on our last trip along with Gary’s other big hit ‘you think you really know me?’

i LOVE disco!!! love the movie saturday night fever, love the beegees, donna summer..... it's music that gets your toes tapping and body moving.... good house cleaning music.

on the flip side, i really dislike this modern day country western music, much prefer the old artist like Jim Reeves, Charlie Pride, Conway Twitty...

I can't say it any better than Frenchy did............
Disco did, does, and always will suck!

BOB

5 will get you 10 that the anti disco crowd have plenty of tunes they like but wouldn't put in the disco category........."Oh, well thats not really disco (because I hate disco) but I like that song................. I just forgot about it" ;-)

Sort of like that first song I posted.........I didn't put that into the disco category or make the connection, I just knew I have always liked it. From a musician standpoint it is excellent.......piano and sax work fantastic!

Some rock bands started keeping up with the disco trend and adding that back beat. I was a huge fan of the Kinks and really like this song. It's a disco beat for sure done by an old classic rock band.

Superman

Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man no time to talk...played at countless wedding receptions by wedding DJ's and every time the room goes off,from young to old - you haters have to admit this truth - same goes for most early Michael Jackson and Jackson5 songs

Haha: " Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man no time to talk...played at countless wedding receptions by wedding DJ's and every time the room goes off,from young to old - you haters have to admit this truth - same goes for most early Michael Jackson and Jackson5 songs "

Jackson 5 and early Michael were NOT disco. Not even close.

There's a very good reason died....thankfully that era was not a total loss...we had Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, etc...real rock and roll.

"Haters gonna Hate!" It was a fun era! All of my buddies and I feathered our hair back, put on our bell bottoms and platform shoes and hit the Dixie Electric Company every Thursday and Saturday night. Women in panther print body suits and the big disco ball over the dance floor.....My wife and I were on a road trip last year and some where along the line picked up a disco station on the satellite radio. We chair danced and laughed for two hours....

Mike

In high school gym class we learned how to disco dance. It was the winter and for whatever reason they decided this was what we were going to do. It was basically line dancing.

Then I remember at one of my friends house parties while blasting our classic rock that we liked, a few of us started doing our line dance moves. That was good for a laugh.

Sort of fun and informative thread (If I do say so myself ;-)

I mean how else would we of known that Timatkn could dig the B-52's and Walleye 13 frequented the disco bars on Long Island and still has a man crush on John Travolta? Who knew? And TomT and I have something in common........both big Kinks fans back in the day.

But we might be wearing out our welcome ;-)

I will leave off with one of my favorites from "Drive By Truckers".........sort of the antithesis of Disco

My Sweet Annette

Wally13: "
My fav from the disco era was the Bee Gees "Staying Alive".
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Then you need to hear this version if you haven't:

Stayin' Alive Acapella

I miss Disco, too.
But I miss good Motown just as much.

Sorry to go off topic. Really.
I Wish It Would Rain

timatkn: "

TomT: "MT, remember this one? Do You Think I'm Disco

This is the original song it was based on. Wow, I am impressed with that hair! Rod Stewart

Side note - this is my idea of good disco. Same time frame exactly. 1979. From 3 minutes on this is pure gold. The B-52's
"

Okay I followed the link to Rock Lobster...at first I laughed—what the heck is this?...good riddance...then it grew on me...now it is in my head and I think I like it :)
T"

It's just fun! The wackyness after the 3:00 mark is so cool. I was into classic rock at that time bought those first two B-52 albums then. Highly recommended listening.

They were called the worlds greatest party band. Here's a cool remix of a great tune. I have fond memories of blasting this in the car. My classic rock friends did not appreciate it. :)

52 Girls

Frenchy19: "

Haha: " Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man no time to talk...played at countless wedding receptions by wedding DJ's and every time the room goes off,from young to old - you haters have to admit this truth - same goes for most early Michael Jackson and Jackson5 songs "

Jackson 5 and early Michael were NOT disco. Not even close. "

No, of course not . . . just sayin that those songs always liven up a dead dance floor

I thought disco was edgy and new when it first came and then got canned later on. KC and the Sunshine Band probably the one of the worst big name bands of all time.
But the same happens to every style, how can todays canned country western compare to old Hank or The Outlaws?
How can the new rock and roll compare to The Stones, The Animals etc.?
How can anything compare to The Beetles or Floyd?
Of course my kids will think the same when they get my age only it will be some band like Pumpkins, or Nirvana.
These are my opinions of course, others might disagree.
But as in politics, I'm right of course and everyone else is wrong!!!

I just saw Disco as a fad and a trend. It was basically the same drum beat, fashion, and dance moves. I was never one to follow trends and I never liked dressing up. And, as an 18 or 19 year old, you would have to physically drag me out on a dance floor.

Abbey: "Based on the title, I thought this thread would be an ode to the very heavy, but seamingly bombproof Old Town Discovery series of canoes, of which I have the 174 and hope to float it on rivers for many more years. "

Me too. At least I can appreciate the OT Disco CANOE for it's attributes. Nothing to appreciate about Disco IMHO? While the hordes were listening to Disco, wearing their polyester and high heels (And I mean the guys too if you didn't grow up then) in the '70's, my buddies and I chuckled and made fun of them. We were wearing jeans, having parties in the country, and listening mostly to that good southern/country rock like the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Skynyrd, CDB, Marshall Tucker, Pure Prairie League, etc. Then, for that "Quiet" time, when you were taking your girlfriend home or "Parking" we might switch over to a cassette of some of that good old Motown like the "Commodores" and the "Temptations." Lionel Richie's voice could charm the........well, use your imagination.

PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE

COMMODORES

Frenchy19: "

Haha: " Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man no time to talk...played at countless wedding receptions by wedding DJ's and every time the room goes off,from young to old - you haters have to admit this truth - same goes for most early Michael Jackson and Jackson5 songs "

Jackson 5 and early Michael were NOT disco. Not even close. "

Actually, I really liked the "Jackson 5" and loved MJ's voice.

Jackson 5

Whether you like Disco or not knowing the song Stay’in Alive by The Bee Gees can save the life of someone who is in cardiac arrest. The 100 beats per minute closely matches the number of chest compressions recommended by Heart.org. Many bands will immediately begin to play the song if someone collapses on the dance floor and continue until medical professionals arrive. Ah Ah Ah Ah Stay’in Alive Stay’in Alive.

I agree with Guest Paddler that disco music gets people on the dance floor and the Four Step Hustle is still taught as a beginning dance.

Disco made me turn off my radio during it's heyday. Took me a long time to turn it back on.

If you need a fix and want to get your money’s worth on a juke box play Burn Baby Burn Disco Inferno. It lasts half a night and your disco craving will be satiated by the time it is over. I hope so anyway.