Who likes Disco?

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.

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

I'm going to be playing about 50 minutes of records at the Winnipeg Fringe fest here in Canada in a few hours. I was getting my set together and remembered this absolute disco smasher. Serious beast of a tune. I shall be dropping it accordingly.