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Return to disco

Posted over 3 years ago
I got this return to disco feeling going on. Partly from listening to Joan As Policewoman and Feist and their 70s sisterdisco pop love laments. I mean it makes me wanna get out on the dancefloor and shake my 'fro in a heartbroken kaftan or some jazzy sassy outfit - as you know. But being a white skinny guy (I typed 'gut', a Freudian slip importantly corrected immediately) you can't go past the Bee Gees. All those stadiums of people burning Saturday Night Fever. Where were they at? It must mean the Klu Klux Klan have no hips (or flares). It must mean people in big fat fast loud cars don't dance. It must mean... very little coz I like Freebird too. But yeah, I think, a back to disco thing is under way. Somebody help me, yeah!
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Comments (9)

  1. ivylander
    ivylander says I'm very fond of the Feist remake of "Inside and Out" (odd, because the original made my jaw twitch). But I'm not sure I'm ready for Disco Redux. This may go back to my first experience of it, during a visit to Philadelphia in maybe '74 (even possibly '73?), when disco was very new. My traveling companion and I were crashing with a very scene-y friend of hers (early girlfriend of Darryl Hall, which was a very big deal in Philadelphia at that time), who took us to the hippest disco in Center City. The music was actually pretty good, much grittier and more soulful than what disco ultimately became. But what really stunned me was how damned cool and immaculately turned-out everyone was. (I was still sporting an indecisive what-do-we-do-now-that-we're-not-hippies-anymore look.) Very clearly I would not have a moment's chance with any of these women. The only thing that relieved my full-blown inferiority complex was my trip to the men's room. No, no blow. However, when I saw how unbelievably vain the guys were, not to mention the lame-ass stuff they were talking about, I felt a lot better. If a lot less interested in disco as a social phenomenon.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2006
  2. kb
    kb says vinyl original, tape inherited, double cd purchased, was my dog's favorite music as a puppy 8 years ago, now the 1.5 mo. son is getting his groove on with it. have you seen the SNL "barry gibb talk show" with justin timberlake? hilarious.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2006
  3. atman
    atman says I get the same strange urge once in a while. I haven't added any new disco to my library in a while. Never heard of Feist. Thanks for the headsup!
    Permalink posted 10/19/2006
  4. atman
    atman says btw... (sorry for the 2 in a row), I love your posts. I love it when other moggers actually exert their brains a little and really write about music. It's also great to see a post from you that's a little more simple. What you're diggin' right now.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2006
  5. Mark Mordue
    Mark Mordue says Thanks. I was just in a good mood with Stayin' Alive in my head, plus that Feist and Joan as Police Woman thing sparking my mind as well on the disco thing. Also felt like I've been too "heavy" here. I like a party too, you know! Actually my favourite Bee Gees song is Jive Talkin'. You ever hear Barry Gibb talking about how he wrote it -driving, I think, across the Brooklyn Bridge, hearing the ripples below on the tires as they bumped along and working off that rhythm into the song - "J-j-j-j-jive talking". Beautiful.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2006
  6. atman
    atman says several months ago I bought some Bee Gees from the iTunes music store (US), and when I went back a week or so later, all the "hits" were gone. Makes me wonder if there was some sort of financial dispute or something. Jive Talkin'. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart. Stayin' Alive. Night Fever. You Should Be Dancin'. None of those songs can be found on ITMS, but that's where I originall bought them. Sort of a drag because I wanted MORE BEE GEES. hehehe.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2006
  7. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says nooooooooo ACK
    Permalink posted 10/20/2006
  8. Lester Jonze
    Lester Jonze says woooo hoooooo!!!! where's Rick Dees when you need him?
    Permalink posted 10/23/2006
  9. atman
    atman says I had Disco Duck on a 45.
    Permalink posted 10/28/2006

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