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Originally posted by patrickq patrickq wrote:

I’m a disco fan. I actually enjoy disco music nearly as much as prog rock. But disco was a popular style for a few years whereas prog is a bona fide (sub)genre.

Actually in it's time, say between about 1971 and 1978, prog was chart-topping, did huge business, was cutting edge popular music, and lasted longer than disco during roughly the same period.   Of course what we think of as 'prog' was just the best of modern rock:  ELP, Yes, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Zappa, Mahavishnu .

My pick for Disco-prog ~


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Very derivative of Moroder's work at the time and totally out of place on the album that it's on, but still a massive guilty pleasure of mine LOL
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The Dutch Prog-Rock band Earth & Fire went all D.I.S.C.O. in the late 70's & early 80's. Smile 
 
EARTH & FIRE - Weekend (1980)
 


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I love this...
 

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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) for example...

wtf's disco about this song?


Check out its 1-2 beat... You'll find Run Like Hell's beat also very disco-ish in the same regard
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) for example...

wtf's disco about this song?


Check out its 1-2 beat... You'll find Run Like Hell's beat also very disco-ish in the same regard


not disco-ish, maybe funk-ish...
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want some funky?
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) for example...

wtf's disco about this song?


Check out its 1-2 beat... You'll find Run Like Hell's beat also very disco-ish in the same regard


not disco-ish, maybe funk-ish...


The diff between funk and disco was that the latter was a 1/2 beat, which is why it became big with the whiteys, since even the sorriest excuses of them could dance to it

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absolutely, early APP albums albums were filled with disco-beat tracks

And when that stopped APP started sucking way worse than disco LOL
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I nominate Steven Wilson for "permanating" from his last album(not the new one coming up soon). Maybe not quite genuine disco but close enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4LfUDV1x5s

And who could forget this little "prog" nugget from 37 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LLzPPFc21o






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