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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tom Ozric Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 26 2019 at 16:00
Spaniards and Spacemen by Amon Duul II (from their ‘78 album Only Human) is pure disco !
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Mr. Bungle's Disco Volanti? Frank Zappa's Tinseltown Rebellion? Tongue

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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kenethlevine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2019 at 13:48
Originally posted by Jeffro Jeffro wrote:

Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

Camel - Summer Lightning (brilliant song by the way, excellent keys and guitarsolo, stellar drumming). If all disco was like this, I'd be a disco-fan.

I am now somewhat obsessed with this song. LOL Camel doing a song with obvious disco influence?? I don't even like disco but I like this song. 

Fans can sometimes obsess about a band selling out, and fail to give enough credit for integrating sounds of the day with the band's own style.  To me, that's progressive!  Still, I prefer the more traditional Camel style.  Great lead guitar licks though!   
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Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

Camel - Summer Lightning (brilliant song by the way, excellent keys and guitarsolo, stellar drumming). If all disco was like this, I'd be a disco-fan.

I am now somewhat obsessed with this song. LOL Camel doing a song with obvious disco influence?? I don't even like disco but I like this song. 
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Another Brick In The Wall a 3 part mini concept disco prog thing. Just get the riff from Set The Controls put it to a straight rock back beat, garnish with clean swung guitar strums and lo and behold...

... tbh I never thought of this as disco but a suitable strong and direct rhythm for the number. Rog was great at coming up with riffs...
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The disco influence on prog - Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer - "future of music" - Brian Eno.
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There's about 5-6 tracks from Focus' 1975 album Mother Focus that would be classified as disco.

Here's My Sweetheart.....pure disco.

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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Surprise nobody mentioned Cos' third album Babel, which sound like Canterbury school music goes disco.
I simply forgot
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sean Trane Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 23 2018 at 06:37
Surprise nobody mentioned Cos' third album Babel, which sound like Canterbury school music goes disco.
 
 
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Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

Rolling Stones - Miss You

If you consider the Rolling Stones a "mainstream prog band" I sincerely recommend you to acquaint yourself with the basics of prog Stern Smile.
 
in the same vein, one could name Kiss with their I Was Made For Loving You song
 
 
But that hardly means that either band became disco bands
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Of course everyone knows this masterpiece
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The opening of Gentle Giant's "Way of Life" is very disco before there was disco
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I don't know how accurate my addition to this thread might be, but I really adore Lisa Dal Bello (Dalbello)'s 1977 album featuring Marc Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Lukather, David Paich and David Hungate of Toto fame. The album has been labeled as disco, however, I think it is more of a pop/funk/soul album. Well, disco and soul music have a lot in common actually :)

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Best of Prog crossing Disco ever
 
 
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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:



I know many Magma fans despise this album, but I think it's pretty damn cool.
the first track of "Merci" is simply horrible, which is the main reason I don't like it.

I always considered a great part of Magma's "Retrospektiw 3" as "Magma Goes Disco", by the way


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Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

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

wtf's disco about this song?
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I know many Magma fans despise this album, but I think it's pretty damn cool.
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Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

Rolling Stones - Miss You

Ermm -> Confused -> Ouch -> Wacko -> Sick -> Dead 

If you consider the Rolling Stones a "mainstream prog band" I sincerely recommend you to acquaint yourself with the basics of prog Stern Smile.
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