Boogie Wonderland

The recent Prog Goes to the Disco thread reminded me of this French Disco classic which I've always loved.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 14 2020 at 14:04

Fischman wrote: I hit Jr. High when disco took over.  I grew up with disco and it ruled every school dance.  I hated disco.  I even had a "Disco Sucks" T-shirt. I have softened a great deal in my middle age and there's a lot of disco that has nostalgic appeal for me, and there's even some songs I like on their own merit, nostalgia aside.   But I will forever despise the most horrific and wretched example of that middling genre.... KC & the Sunshine Band.    No redeeming quality whatsoever.  Quite possibly the most musically offensive act to ever don sequins.  (interestingly, my 22yo daughter recently saw KC live and loved it).

GIORGIO MORODER - Knights in White Satin

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 14 2020 at 13:18

^ As a video, it's more interesting than other music I posted.

On another note: Giorgio Moroder's Battlestar Galactica:



(My favourite Moroder music is his Midnight Express soundtrack, which is also rather disco-y).

By the way I was once one of those disco sucks guys at one time, but as I got older I grew to appreciate lots of disco -- it's fun and funky.

Edited by Logan - October 28 2019 at 16:39

I deleted my post, cause it stupidly duplicated some of what you said earlier. I quite enjoy E&F's disco and ABBA flavours of Reality Fills Fantasy.

Cristi wrote: while I can cope with, tolerate a few songs here and there, it's a genre I mostly dislike.

I like Earth, Wind & Fire too, as you probably guessed from my thread title.  "Let's Groove!"

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 28 2019 at 14:29

Yeah, I can cope with some disco. There was some classic disco tunes around in the late 70's. I think I have two EW&F albums (among others) Can't say I listen to this stuff much these days, but I've certainly enjoyed it.

Thanks Logan! I arrived here about a year and 8 months too late to see your Disco Appreciation topic at the time. but at least I can boogie on down now and catch up with what I missed out on. Thanks for posting the two rare videos above - I'd never heard of either of those two bands before. I can definitely hear the trademark Giorgio Moroder synth-sound in both of those songs. Who would have guessed I'd be discovering new Disco artists on a Prog-Rock site.  Then again, the Dutch Prog-Rock band Earth & Fire went Disco at the WEEKEND back in 1979.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 28 2019 at 04:58

I LOVE DISCO!!  There, I've said it! Loud and proud on a Prog-Rock site, where for anyone to say they love Disco must seem like sacrilege to dedicated Prog-Rock fans. There's been a lot of talk here lately about a band  by the name of "KC", and I love KC too, so GIVE IT UP for KC & the Sunshine Band!! 

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - May 28 2024 at 02:19