What do you think of 'disco' in prog?

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   Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds has some Disco references and it's a great album.
But honestly the word Disco makes me nervous remembering those dark years when Prog was dying and everybody dancing in white suits with black shirt. 

Iván

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Ivan_Melgar_M Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 27 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 19535	Posted: June 10 2006 at 01:34
	Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds has some Disco references and it's a great album. But honestly the word Disco makes me nervous remembering those dark years when Prog was dying and everybody dancing in white suits with black shirt. Iván


Nipsey88 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 27 2005 Location: Kadath Status: Offline Points: 706	Posted: June 10 2006 at 01:24
	Check out Recycled by Nektar. A lot of those grooves really border on disco, but in the end come up prog. Nice stuff. Was lucky enough to see 'em live a few years back. Do the Hustle.


70sSoundquality Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 18 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 137	Posted: June 09 2006 at 23:29
	Edit- Should have rephrased my post- "What do you think of disco in "prog" ?

70sSoundquality Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 18 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 137	Posted: June 09 2006 at 23:22
	Even though I am saying disco can be found in "prog" bands such as Yes and Nova? Okay..got it.

bhikkhu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 06 2006 Location: A² Michigan Status: Offline Points: 5109	Posted: June 09 2006 at 23:15
	I think this topic should be in the non-prog lounge.
	a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com

70sSoundquality Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 18 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 137	Posted: June 09 2006 at 23:13
	I like 70's 'disco', not the boring obvious pop kind, but the musically competant kind- i.e., Heatwave... borderline Steely Dan in a way, heavy use of jazz chords, competant walking bass lines, lots of analog keys, (i.e. Rhodes, Analog Synth, clav, etc etc). I quite like it. What do you think about 70's 'disco'? I have music that most would consider to be "prog" called "Sun City" by Nova, from 1978. Extremely competant playing, awesome songs, and hints of "disco" splashed all over the place. Kind of also why I like "dont kill the whale" so much. Thoughts?