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I hated it at the time, but perhaps I am mellowing in my old(er) age.....

It doesn't seem anywhere near as bad now....

I will put my mind to any particular faves and respond later  ;)
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Thanks Fuss!  :D

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Holy Moly Hairspray! :o  Now please share with the class how many pairs of bell bottoms or platform shoes do you own?

You are ALL ABOUT the disco!  Although, you failed to include Rick Dee's "Disco Duck"  ;D

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Platts - 3 pairs
Bells - 4
Plenty of "polyestah", baby.  ;D

Disco Duck? ''''I shudder''''.  :D 8)

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Here are only some of my favorites:

A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
Abba - Chiquitita (Spanish)
Abba - Chiquitita
Abba - Dancing Queen
Abba - Voulez-Vous
Amant - If There's Love
Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You
Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Baby
Barry White & Love Unlimited Orchestra - Theme From King Kong
Beautiful Bend - Boogie Motion
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Brothers Johnson - Stomp
Celi Bee & the Buzzy Bunch - Superman
Cerrone - Love In C Minor
Change - A Lover's Holiday
Chic - Good Times
Chic - I Want Your Love
Crown Heights Affair - You Gave Me Love
Dan Hartman - Instant Replay
Dan Hartman - Relight My Fire
David Naughton - Makin' It
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
Diana Ross - Upside Down
Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Donna Summer - Macarthur Park
Donna Summer - On My Honor
Donna Summer - Sunset People
Donna Summer - Try Me, I Know We Can Make It
Donna Summer - With Your Love
Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Donna Summer - Last Dance
Donna Summers - On the Radio
Dr. Hook - Sexy Eyes
Earth Wind & Fire - Fanstasy
El Coco - Cocomotion
Gary's Gang - Keep On Dancing
Goody Goody - #1 Dee Jay
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
If I Can't Have You - Ivonne Elliman
Joe Bataan - Mestizo
Joe Bataan - Rap o Clap o
Joe Bataan - Sadie She Smokes
KC & The Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes
La Vie En Rose - Grace Jones
Leif Garrett - I Was Made For Dancing
Let's all chant - Michael Zager Band
Make It Last Forever - Inner Life
Musique - In The Bush
My Simple Heart - Carol Douglas
Odyssey - Native New Yorker
Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive
Poussez - Come On And Do It
Poussez - Let's Rollerskate
Samantha Sang - He's The Greatest Dancer
Santa Esmeralda - Another Cha Cha
Santa Esmeralda - Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Santa Esmeralda - Sevilla Nights
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack - Manhattan Skyline
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack - Calypso Breakdown
Sergio Mendez - Going Out Of My Head
Sergio Mendez & Brasil - Night & Day
Sergio Mendez & Brasil - The Girl From Ipanema
Sergio Mendez & Brasil - The Real Thing
Shalamar - Second Time Around
Sheila & The Black Devotion - Spacer
Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
Silvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Stars On 45 - Beatles Medley ('45 version)
Sylvester - Do Ya Wanna Funk
Tavares - More Than A Woman
The Four Tops - Don't Take Away The Music
The Salsoul Orchestra - Salsoul Hustle
The Village People - Y M C A
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
Van McCoy - The Hustle
Voyage - Souvenier
Walter Murphy - A Fifth Of Beethoven
Young & Company - I Like What You're Doin' To Me
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Wowee,Spray'.That's one mighty list.Thanks for sharing.I love em'all.

Howard

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I gotta admit I still love disco...please don't shoot me (or tell any of my Jovi friends ;))..I just burned 2 awesome CD's...

Definitely Disco Volume One:
Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band
Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes - Claudja Barry
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Push Push In The Bush - Musique
Le Freak - Chic
Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
More Than A Woman - The Bee Gees
On The Radio - Donna Summer
Boogie Shoes - KC and the Sunshine Band
I Like The Nightlife (Disco Round) - Alicia Bridges
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda
Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
I Can't Stand The Rain - Eruption
Brick House - The Commodores
Disco Inferno - Trammps
Boogie Nights - Heatwave (probably my all-time fave disco song)
Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
Turn The Beat Around - Vickie Sue Robinson


Definitely Disco Volume Two:
That's The Way (I Like It) - KC and the Sunshine Band
Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.
Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
Shake Your Booty - KC and the Sunshine Band
Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation
More More More - Andrea True Connection
You Make Me Feel Like Dancin' - Leo Sayer
(I'm Your) Boogie Man - KC and the Sunshine Band
Night Fever - The Bee Gees
Disco Duck - Rick Dees
Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor
Everyone's A Winner - Hot Chocolate
From New York to L.A. - Patsy Gallant
MacArthur Park - Donna Summer
Get Up and Boogie - Silver Convention
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I'll admit that I have most of these songs on various compilation albums.  ;D ;)  

Because I grew up with older brothers who played rock music (and despised disco), I was also influenced in that direction.  While I always loved The Bee Gees, I didn't really develop an appreciation for disco until I was an adult and started to collect music.

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:-( :P DISCO HALL OF SHAME: :P :-(

01) "The Hustle" - VAN McCOY  (#1, 1975)
02) "Afternoon Delight" - STARLAND VOCAL BAND  (#1, 1976)
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01) I'm almost shocked you think that song belongs here. It is an icon to the Disco era.

02) I never figured it to be a Disco song, nor would I personally consider it to be.

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Like any other music genre, there was good disco, and bad disco. IMO, the majority of it was good, although by 1978-79, its overwhelming popularity had forced it to become quite derivative. This is my chronological list of the better ones, followed by their peak position on the pop chart here in the U.S. Those in bold would be my personal top 40 picks to burn onto two "ultimate disco" CD-R's, similar to what Jonman just did. (I intentionally avoided predominantly funk artists such as the Ohio Players, Bar-Kays, Brothers Johnson, Rick James, etc., since that's a whole other list!) And while compiling this list, I also made a top 10 "disco hall of shame", lol:


1975:

01) "Fly, Robin, Fly" - SILVER CONVENTION  (#1)
02) "That's the Way (I Like It)" - KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND  (#1)
03) "Jive Talkin'" - BEE GEES  (#1)
04) "Lady Marmalade" - LaBELLE  (#1)
05) "Shining Star" - EARTH, WIND & FIRE  (#1)
06) "Get Down Tonight" - KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND  (#1)
07) "Nights on Broadway" - BEE GEES  (#7)
08 )"Shame, Shame, Shame" - SHIRLEY (& COMPANY)  (#12)
09) "SOS" - ABBA  (#15)
10) "Disco Queen" - HOT CHOCOLATE  (#28 )


1976:

11) "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" - THE FOUR SEASONS  (#1)
12) "A Fifth of Beethoven" - WALTER MURPHY  (#1)
13) "You Should Be Dancing" - BEE GEES  (#1)
14) "Saturday Night" - BAY CITY ROLLERS  (#1)
15) "Get Up and Boogie (That's Right)" - SILVER CONVENTION  (#2)
16) "Right Back Where We Started From" - MAXINE NIGHTINGALE  (#2)
17) "Love to Love You Baby" - DONNA SUMMER  (#2)
18 ) "You Sexy Thing" - HOT CHOCOLATE  (#3)
19) "More, More, More (Part 1)" - ANDREA TRUE CONNECTION  (#4)
20) "Sing a Song" - EARTH, WIND & FIRE  (#5)
21) "Turn the Beat Around" - VICKI SUE ROBINSON  (#10)
22) "Getaway" - EARTH, WIND & FIRE  (#12)
23) "Love Really Hurts Without You" - BILLY OCEAN  (#22)
24) "Street Singin'" - LADY FLASH  (#27)


1977:

25) "Best of My Love" - EMOTIONS  (#1)
26) "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" - ANDY GIBB  (#1)
27) "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" - MECO  (#1)
28 )"Dancing Queen" - ABBA  (#1)
29) "Gonna Fly Now" - BILL CONTI  (#1)
30) "I'm Your Boogie Man" - KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND  (#1)
31) "Keep it Comin' Love" - KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND  (#2)
32) "Boogie Nights" - HEATWAVE  (#2)
33) "Hot Line" - THE SYLVERS  (#5)
34) "Angel in Your Arms" - HOT  (#6)
35) "Enjoy Yourself" - THE JACKSONS  (#6)
36) "You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)" - HIGH INERGY  (#12)
37) "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" - JOE TEX  (#12)
38 )"Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On" - ADDRISI BROS.  (#20)
39) "Dancin' Man" - Q  (#23)
40) "Devil's Gun" - C.J. & CO.  (#36)
41) "Do What You Wanna Do" - T-CONNECTION  (#46)
42) "I Gotta Keep Dancin'" - CARRIE LUCAS  (#64)


1978:

43) "Night Fever" - BEE GEES  (#1)
44) "Shadow Dancing" - ANDY GIBB  (#1)
45) "Le Freak" - CHIC  (#1)
46) "Stayin' Alive" - BEE GEES  (#1)
47) "Boogie Oogie Oogie" - A TASTE OF HONEY  (#1)
48 )"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" - ANDY GIBB  (#1)
49) "Grease" - FRANKIE VALLI  (#1)
50) "If I Can't Have You" - YVONNE ELLIMAN  (#1)
51) "You're the One That I Want" - JOHN TRAVOLTA/OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN  (#1)
52) "Miss You" - THE ROLLING STONES  (#1)
53) "Emotion" - SAMANTHA SANG  (#3)
54) "Take a Chance on Me" - ABBA  (#3)
55) "Last Dance" - DONNA SUMMER  (#3)
56) "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" - ALICIA BRIDGES  (#5)
57) "An Everlasting Love" - ANDY GIBB  (#5)
58 )"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - CHIC  (#6)
59) "The Groove Line" - HEATWAVE  (#7)
60) "Shame" - EVELYN "CHAMPAGNE" KING  (#9)
61) "Get Off" - FOXY  (#9)
62) "Disco Inferno" - THE TRAMMPS  (#11)
63) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" - SANTA ESMERALDA  (#15)
64) "King Tut" - STEVE MARTIN  (#17)
65) "I Can't Stand the Rain" - ERUPTION  (#18 )
66) "Dance (Disco Heat)" - SYLVESTER  (#19)
67) "I'm Every Woman" - CHAKA KHAN  (#21)
68 )"Native New Yorker" - ODYSSEY  (#21)
69) "Macho Man" - VILLAGE PEOPLE  (#25)
70) "More Than a Woman" - TAVARES  (#32)
71) "Let's All Chant" - THE MICHAEL ZAGER BAND  (#36)
72) "Dance Across the Floor" - JIMMY "BO" HORNE  (#38 )
73) "Cocomotion" - EL COCO  (#44)
74) "Blame it on the Boogie" - THE JACKSONS  (#54)
75) "In the Bush" - MUSIQUE  (#58 )
76) "Le Spank" - LE PAMPLEMOUSSE  (#58 )
77) "Hot Shot" - KAREN YOUNG  (#67)


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One word....

WOW! :o

Howard

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The list wasn't based on critical acclaim or "icon" status; heck, the same is often said of #7 as well. Just my personal taste, and nothing more. If you like any or all of them, great - considering that most were top 20 hits, somebody must've enjoyed 'em. :-) And truth be told, I do happen to like most of Rick Dees' '80s songs & comedy, and some Barry Manilow tunes as well - just not the ones I put on the list. And your list of 10 worst disco songs would be...?

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Yes, I agree that one is a stretch, but I have seen it included on disco compilations in the past...

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1979:

91) "Don't Bring Me Down" - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA  (#4)End Quote

How can you possibly classify this as a disco tune?  :o It's a classic rock song if I've ever heard one!!!

There are others you mentioned that I would hardly consider to be "disco".  This makes me wonder if you based your list on the years that disco was prevelant or if you actually went by the style of music...      

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How can you possibly classify this as a disco tune?  :o It's a classic rock song if I've ever heard one!!!

There are others you mentioned that I would hardly consider to be "disco".  This makes me wonder if you based your list on the years that disco was prevelant or if you actually went by the style of music...      
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I assume you're referring to such songs on my list as "Miss You" by The Rolling Stones, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart, "Heart of Glass" and "Call Me" by Blondie, and "I Was Made for Lovin' You" by Kiss, in addition to the ELO tunes. If so, while it's true that none of those acts specialized in disco - and are generally associated w/ other music genres - they were clearly influenced by the movement (and their record cos.?), and thus recorded the very disco-leaning songs named, for the sake of keeping their careers alive. So yes, believe it or not, those specific songs are all generally considered disco... :-)

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I'll say it again, you can argue "this is disco" or "that is R&R" until the cows come home. Just another example of why putting labels and catorgorizing types of music is ludicrous.
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Agreed. When I was growing up, we didn't say, "This is hard rock; this is pop; this is disco; this is new-wave...", etc. We just called it all "rock".

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I assume you're referring to such songs on my list as "Miss You" by The Rolling Stones, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart, "Heart of Glass" and "Call Me" by Blondie, and "I Was Made for Lovin' You" by Kiss, in addition to the ELO tunes. If so, while it's true that none of those acts specialized in disco - and are generally associated w/ other music genres - they were clearly influenced by the movement (and their record cos.?), and thus recorded the very disco-leaning songs named, for the sake of keeping their careers alive. So yes, believe it or not, those specific songs are all generally considered disco... :-)
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I must agree here. These groups were, indeed, influenced by Disco and some even felt they had to in order to compete. Those were very good examples, by the way.

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Love your list Hairspray.I was a teen in the disco era & remember listening to Radio Luxembourg as they had a really good disco show.Great to see you mention 'Souvenirs' by Voyage,love that track.Anyone remember The Beach Boys disco track'Here Comes the Night'one of the best disco tracks ever.I'm trying to get a disco track released myself at the moment,I've updated the sounds but it still sounds authentic disco.Keep on Dancin' :) End Quote

Thanks for replying, Discofreeeek. Hey, "Keep on Dancin'" by Gary's Gang is still one of my faves. I need a Disco lovin' member like you here. Join us. It's absolutely free, hassle free, e-mail is kept confidential and is never shared and you get bennies like instant messaging through the site! We'll even give you a proper welcome in the "Welcome" forum, once you announce yourself.  ;) :) 8) Think about it...