Who likes Disco?

iamstop

If you do you might like this Disco mix here:
http://www.mixcloud.com/iamstop/cold-disco-hustlin/

iamstop

If you like some original disco then you should come by Twisted Pepper for Junior Spesh 1st birthday. I'm playing Disco in the cafe from midnight. :cool:
https://www.facebook.com/events/333040250101092/340016126070171

That's after the final 'Smooth as Funk' to be hosted in Bia Bar from 9pm so go there first!
https://www.facebook.com/events/163623800434358/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LfmjvsZSnY

Sweded

I am not a big fan of Disco, but enjoyed the thread very much. Nice music...

iamstop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV8dVXzvZfI

iamstop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ykQk4VJPCw

Oracle

Disco's back! Daft Punk, Pharrell and Nile Rodgers ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NV6Rdv1a3I

iamstop

Lets get back on topic shall we:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HHSwrUYtI

iamstop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEtS2cRWjOk

:cool:

La_Gordy

Anybody go to Horse Meat Disco last night in the Twisted Pepper? It was EXCELLENT. I wish there were more disco nights here.

La_Gordy

Also.......

TheBza

Great disco set here https://soundcloud.com/cut-chemist/cut-chemist-disco-is-dead-1973-1979

TheBza

any more disco nights iampstop? You cant beat em.

Boom_Bap

TheBza wrote: »

any more disco nights iampstop? You cant beat em.

I think they are done and dusted for now, last one was a few months back.

iamstop

TheBza wrote: »

any more disco nights iampstop? You cant beat em.

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I think they are done and dusted for now, last one was a few months back.

I don't live in Ireland anymore. Got forced out by the lack of jobs.
I live in Canada now and am just waiting on my shipping to arrive. I'll be setting my decks up as soon as they arrive and putting together a mix of some of the great disco records I've dug up since I've been here. I'll upload and link here when it's done.

Not sure who might be doing pure disco nights around Dublin now but look up 'Bang The Box' with Al Murphy and Ian Macq. They play a load of disco edits.

TheBza

Cool, il check definitely check em out, cheers lads!

iamstop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD4_ZPQbbFs

Hugh Cream

barring a few songs it was a shyt genre.

iamstop

I disagree. Like anything that gets very popular very quickly there will people only in it to make a quick buck. This is pretty much exactly what happened to Disco. So a lot of what you hear as called Disco is very commercial and give the genre a bad name.
Think of it like this, is all you'd know of hip hop/rap was the likes of Lil Wayne, Drake, Black Eyed Peas or whoever flavour of the month rapper out now then you would be forgiven for thinking the entire genre was wack. Same goes with Disco, but since it peaked over 30 years ago a lot of the less commercial stuff has been forgotten about by all but a few 'diggers'. The stuff that stayed around tends to be the more commercial, less interesting and more annoying stuff.

Also, Disco was the precursor to House and by extension Techno. These genre's themselves spawning many sub genres.

Here the title track of an album I just bought. Seems fitting since the movie just came out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHZCYkHV-Iw

:cool:

iamstop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ai-MEyQP5w

shootermacg

Don't you know?
Kpop is the new disco these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmHdefsaL6I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUBR1nYPAEA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6XLNsJ9YrA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0XpNvLWimo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2EQm6WPMHs

TheBza

discNo!

Boogie_Billy

That is PROPA CHOONAGE....Blindin' Track Pal :):):):):)

Hugh Cream

iamstop wrote: »

I disagree. Like anything that gets very popular very quickly there will people only in it to make a quick buck. This is pretty much exactly what happened to Disco. So a lot of what you hear as called Disco is very commercial and give the genre a bad name.
Think of it like this, is all you'd know of hip hop/rap was the likes of Lil Wayne, Drake, Black Eyed Peas or whoever flavour of the month rapper out now then you would be forgiven for thinking the entire genre was wack. Same goes with Disco, but since it peaked over 30 years ago a lot of the less commercial stuff has been forgotten about by all but a few 'diggers'. The stuff that stayed around tends to be the more commercial, less interesting and more annoying stuff.

Also, Disco was the precursor to House and by extension Techno. These genre's themselves spawning many sub genres.

Here the title track of an album I just bought. Seems fitting since the movie just came out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHZCYkHV-Iw

:cool:

thats a shyt song, sounds the same as a lot of disco, weather it be a well known song or not so well known, commercial for want of a better word.
disco was formulated, nothing wrong with that just not to my liking.

strange discussing disco though, its as far removed from soul/funk as rock or heavy metal.

TheBza

You don't like it, must be sh1te so.

Hugh Cream

point out where i stated that my opinion is anything other than my own opinion?

TheBza

No

iamstop

Hugh Cream wrote: »

thats a shyt song, sounds the same as a lot of disco, weather it be a well known song or not so well known, commercial for want of a better word.
disco was formulated, nothing wrong with that just not to my liking.

strange discussing disco though, its as far removed from soul/funk as rock or heavy metal.

You don't like Disco, I'm fine with that. I'm not here to convince you.

The second bit I do take issue with though.

If you have many soul or funk records, like I do, you will see there is a history of soul and funk acts with disco versions of some of their songs. Many were extended versions of already dance-able tracks with perhaps some additional production like strings or whatever and others were tracks written specifically for the disco sound and feel.
I really can't say that it is the same for any rock or heavy metal bands that I'm aware of.
Although Disco is a genre within itself and there are bands and acts that pretty much did Disco exclusively, there are many of the artists associated with soul and funk that have dabbled with Disco sound.

Funkfield

I Like Disco....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYgb7pAZmbY

Hugh Cream

iamstop wrote: »

You don't like Disco, I'm fine with that. I'm not here to convince you.

The second bit I do take issue with though.

If you have many soul or funk records, like I do, you will see there is a history of soul and funk acts with disco versions of some of their songs. Many were extended versions of already dance-able tracks with perhaps some additional production like strings or whatever and others were tracks written specifically for the disco sound and feel.
I really can't say that it is the same for any rock or heavy metal bands that I'm aware of.
Although Disco is a genre within itself and there are bands and acts that pretty much did Disco exclusively, there are many of the artists associated with soul and funk that have dabbled with Disco sound.

disco came after soul and funk, it was not influenced by either and has no connection to either other than artists from funk and soul dabbling in it.
as is the case now, artists will dabble in other genres, rappers will dabble in rock, and vice versa.
what your talking about is artists in the 70s dabbling in a genre that was probably the dominant genre.
nothing more.

iamstop

Yes, Disco did come after soul and funk but it most certainly was influenced by both. There are many many connections once you look a little bit into it.
I'm thinking that your definition and perhaps knowledge of disco is a little narrow.

Here is are some extracts from the wiki article on Disco:
Musical influences include funk, Latin and soul music.

Disco also was a reaction against both the domination of rock music and the stigmatization of dance music by the counterculture during this period.


I perhaps used the term dabble erroneously in my earlier post as I remember now that I own a full album by Issac Hayes called Disco Connection.
Here is the album cover:
Cover

On the rap/rock thing you mentioned. I feel this is very different because the origins of rock and the origins of rap/hip hop are very distinctly separate.

Hugh Cream

iamstop wrote: »

I feel this is very different because the origins of rock and the origins of rap/hip hop are very distinctly separate.

As is the case with disco, and funk /soul /r&b.
Listen I wouldn't claim to have an encyclopedic knowledge of disco but I know enough to be able to say it is a completely separate genre that definitely shouldn't be bracketed with funk /soul /r&b.

"Pop" is influenced by r&b/rap , classical music has been influenced by rap, country and rap have influenced each other at times.


Disco did not originate out of the ashes of funk or soul.

Hugh Cream

If you want to quote the disco wiki page.


Taken from a paragraph entitled early history of disco.

*In New York City musicians and audiences from the female, homosexual, black, and Latino communities adopted several traits from the hippies  and psychedelia. They included overwhelming sound, free-form dancing, trippy" lighting, colorful costumes. *

Boom_Bap

In the grand scheme of catagorising on boards.ie, the Soul & R 'n' B & Funk forum is the most suitable place for Disco discussion, unless you put it under the general Music forum.

From my experience, there will always be disco dropped into a funk set by a DJ, and it will mesh in nicely.

iamstop

Hugh Cream wrote: »

As is the case with disco, and funk /soul /r&b.
Listen I wouldn't claim to have an encyclopedic knowledge of disco but I know enough to be able to say it is a completely separate genre that definitely shouldn't be bracketed with funk /soul /r&b.

You just contradicted yourself. How can you definitively say something about a subject you admit not to be an expert about?

Hugh Cream wrote: »

"Pop" is influenced by r&b/rap

Sure. But what does that have to do with what we are talking about?

Hugh Cream wrote: »

classical music has been influenced by rap

Not even slightly. Perhaps some 'modern classical' music has emulated some hip hop style music but to say "classical music has been influenced by rap" is completely false. Classical music is centeries older than rap.

Hugh Cream wrote: »

country and rap have influenced each other at times.

I have to disagree. There is a distinction between a few artists borrowing snippets from genres and incorporating them into their own music of an already established genre and an entire genre influencing another already established genre.

Hugh Cream wrote: »

Disco did not originate out of the ashes of funk or soul.

Nobody said anything about ashes. All of these genres ran in parallel through large parts of their life times.

Hugh Cream wrote: »

If you want to quote the disco wiki page.
Taken from a paragraph entitled early history of disco.

*In New York City musicians and audiences from the female, homosexual, black, and Latino communities adopted several traits from the hippies  and psychedelia. They included overwhelming sound, free-form dancing, trippy" lighting, colorful costumes. *

I read that too, it does nothing to argue either of our sides.

To be legit, I've suspected that you are one of two things from the beginning.
1. A troll.
2. Young.
To be honest, I don't really care either way. I've enjoyed discussing the origins and influence of disco.
Here is another disco classic for those who do enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZMm0tIlzk

abceire

I do love disco from the time when it first started, an good albums I could get?
Or Dj sets? I try find albums but they are full of the BeeGees etc, and while I've nothing bad to say about them, it's not my taste.
Have any of you heard the phantom slot from 6pm on Saturdays, it my favourite radio show, Kelly Ann Byrne.
So if I like the music in this thread, were is good to go hear it besides Twisted Pepper? I like that place but I'm 35 and feel a bit old in there.
I'm going to see some comedy Saturday night and want to go for a few drinks after in Dublin city centre area.

abceire

P.s. Disco just seems like a genre that we shouldn't be internet arguing over. Make disco not war.

La_Gordy

How's about some Italo disco

iamstop

abceire wrote: »

I do love disco from the time when it first started, an good albums I could get?

A great compilation is Disco Connection. There is a least 2 of them. Those would be a good place to start.

Also, do a search on Mixcloud for Cut Chemist's disco mix.
Actually, here it is on Sound Cloud:
https://soundcloud.com/cut-chemist/cut-chemist-disco-is-dead-1973-1979

Hugh Cream

iamstop wrote: »

You just contradicted yourself. How can you definitively say something about a subject you admit not to be an expert about?

the same way i can claim to be no expert on rock, or pop, or techno, but can at the same time definitely claim they have no place in this forum.
you are seriously not suggesting that if someone has not got an expert/encyclopedic knowledge about certain things they have no right discussing it?

Sure. But what does that have to do with what we are talking about?

what you are talking about is sporadic influence.

Not even slightly. Perhaps some 'modern classical' music has emulated some hip hop style music but to say "classical music has been influenced by rap" is completely false. Classical music is centeries older than rap.

is modern classical not classical?
it is exactly the same thing, a hip hop artist using a classical string, or vice versa is the same as a funk artist using some disco influences.

I read that too, it does nothing to argue either of our sides.

of course it does, it backs up my argument.

To be legit, I've suspected that you are one of two things from the beginning.
1. A troll.
2. Young.
To be honest, I don't really care either way. I've enjoyed discussing the origins and influence of disco.

fair play fella, i wondered how long it would be before you reverted to that, a dig wrapped up in a thank you for talking to me about disco, classy.:rolleyes:

iamstop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVXURwACwtk

La_Gordy

Anyone know any disco events on this weekend??

abceire

What he said, I'm in town tomorrow night and wondering were to go after my thing is over around 11pm.

La_Gordy

She.

I wish we had some weekly equivalent to Horse Meat Disco.

abceire

Sorry I should've said, what they said.
I do like Twisted Pepper and The Globe, Twisted Pepper you'd feel at bit old, well I would I'm 35. Anseo is good too.

La_Gordy

No responses.......oh dublin disco, where are you?

abceire

I'm living in Tallaght village, I went to Trinity Orcastra last night in Vicar St, they played the music of Queen and Michael Jackson, it was a great night, they'd singers and backing singers, and a band aswell as the orcastra, great atmosphere, I highly recommend this night.

Oracle

Enjoy this disco classic ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH2hOsrlGgI

La_Gordy

Excellent!!!

Inkeepin wi the diva disco...

Oracle

Lovin' it... I haven't heard that in years, it's got a smooth 70's groove.
Another disco classic from 80's, still sounds great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJYfUS96f6w

spongehaed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYL_G83tmJo

La_Gordy