What about "Precious thing"? That one always had me bobbing my head and making "moves"...more of a 80s Hip-hop groove on that one IMO...rsmurphy wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 12:54 pm Hey now! "Kerosene" is disco, "Stinking Drunk" is death-rock, and "Copper" is pop.
bisou
Re: When rockers went disco
42OK! And if The Fall covering a Sister Sledge song from 1979 ("Lost In Music," above) doesn't qualify as disco, I'll eat my damn hat.rsmurphy wrote: Hey now! "Kerosene" is disco, "Stinking Drunk" is death-rock, and "Copper" is pop.
bisou
Re: When rockers went disco
43Blur “Girls & Boys”?
Regarding previous suggestions, not all booty-shaking music is disco, but all disco music is booty-shaking.
Regarding previous suggestions, not all booty-shaking music is disco, but all disco music is booty-shaking.
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)
Re: When rockers went disco
44That one feels more synth pop to me, but Tattoo (Giving It Up For Love) takes both him and Huey Lewis onto the light-up dancefloor.
Re: When rockers went disco
45Mark Smith was good at disco. Forgot about this one.susanvp wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 4:08 pmOK! And if The Fall covering a Sister Sledge song from 1979 ("Lost In Music," above) doesn't qualify as disco, I'll eat my damn hat.rsmurphy wrote: Hey now! "Kerosene" is disco, "Stinking Drunk" is death-rock, and "Copper" is pop.
bisou
And then of course the last good Fall album contained this gem.
Actually, Your Future Our Clutter was quite good.
Nice 16-beat on this one, too.
And finally,
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Re: When rockers went disco
46IMO Blur was never rock, though they could rock. They were pop.jfv wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:05 pm Blur “Girls & Boys”?
Regarding previous suggestions, not all booty-shaking music is disco, but all disco music is booty-shaking.
Re: When rockers went disco
48Don't know if he really counts as a rocker but in 1979 Elton John made a disco album with Donna Summer's producer Pete Bellotte. Apparently it was not well received.
Re: When rockers went disco
50There was a renaissance and we missed it! I think I still have that tape somewhere.