It's time for a Disco You Tube Thread...

Oh who cares if I'm being coy and don't care:

Michael Jackson - Rock With You:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4yb7pPaj0w

Donna Summer - MacArthur Park (devastating, beware):
(if this doesn't kill you, forget it, just forget it. you were never meant to be a disco baby)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FYI5KLzyQE

Amii Stewart "Knock On Wood":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm1kxdv-Xio

Michael Zager Band: Let's All Chant
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UBluCNtVqFk

I like me some Bohannon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSrB3nvVxy4

Bimble, you are not the only one who likes Bohannon ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbA5SqLXXMk

Bohannon is the man.

Is Summertime Groove in there somewhere?

Romeo! That's great. But I looked on that big list you posted on the "R&B - Disco" thread and you included NO Bohannon on that!

I JUST CALLED TWO RESPECTABLE STORES IN MY HOMETOWN AND THEY HAD ZERO CDS BY BOHANNON OR HAMILTON BOHANNON WHATEVER I AM SUFFERING. MY COMPUTER IS BROKE. I ONLY HAVE DIAL UP NOW. TO TRY TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING WOULD BE FOLLY. ALL I HAVE ON MY IPOD YET IS "LET'S START THE DANCE". BUT

HEY I AM NOT COMPLAINING
LIFE COULD BE WORSE

GIMME THAT FUCKING VINYL. NOW.

A Blue Oyster All-Time Top 10 classic

I hate when these jackasses disable embedding.

I don't know what to do about Roberta Kelly. Amazing stuff.

I <3 Giorgio.

Anyway sorry that was a cross post and fucking Chic on goddamn Soul Train is about all I needed. THANK YOU.

Your track is real nice, too, Burt!!! Oh my god I feel like this thread is finally flowering into what I wanted it to be all along.

No, but really. Chic on Soul Train. That is the SMACK. Holy mother fuckerrz. What else do you NEED out of life? I really don't need anything else out of life but that.

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see I knew you were gonna do this goddamn Sister Sledge thing to me.

MERCILESS ILXORS

It's a fantastic video, mucho thanks.

&

Peter Jacques Band--"Walking on Music"

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I knew that would happen. Anyway, clicking on the youtube link takes you there...

Here it is:

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in all the years I've been searching for "space disco", how come it took me this long to find this track

Both of those tracks are from the 70s, btw. I wonder how it must've sounded back then

I like that second one from her, not sure about the first one.

Instant Funk - Crying.

I've been rocking Instant Love. The dub is great as well. It's called "Instant Dub", of course.

also see this one, though I haven't gotten the vinyl, just downloaded it somewhere. Sorry it's not a proper vid.

hott with two ts. I like where this is going.

Don't forget the exclamation point!

Lenny Williams - You got me running.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U43jsMSDGVA

Been playing this an awful lot recently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJi1a1XqCHo

Not great disco, but a great campy video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wwilCs4Jqg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWPCwl7-lt8

This has been my jam lately... It sounds amazingly modern considering it's from 1979; all the instruments are "real", but they're treated almost like samples, just fading in and out of the mix.

People are always talking about Italo, but lately I've been thinking the best synth disco actually came from Canada: Bombers, Kebekelektrik, Kat Mandu, Gino Soccio, Lime, Immortals, etc. I dunno what the Canadian disco scene was like, but it certainly produced a whole lot of awesomely futuristic and funky tunes.

Kebbekelektrik and Bombers are Soccio related, no? I love Bombers "don't stop the music", especially the part where that oceanic guitar solo kicks in. Bombers "Bolero" is disappointing; in theory it should be the coolest thing ever.

best synth disco comes from america, imo, if we're using a big enough net

Bombers - 2 EP is all pretty good. There's this great disco compilation I found off Usenet years ago that features about 50 nice songs in that style, wish I could find it somewhere. Gino Soccio, etc. etc.

Always liked this song. Got it off Azuli Presents - Frankie Knuckles, Choice Collection of Classics. It's like a mix of disco, R&B, with a shout-out to the early hip-hop scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyYUmEfFni8

oh yes, that's a classic. leroy burgess, iirc

Kebbekelektrik and Bombers are Soccio related, no? I love Bombers "don't stop the music", especially the part where that oceanic guitar solo kicks in. Bombers "Bolero" is disappointing; in theory it should be the coolest thing ever.

I think Soccio might've been involved with both projects, but AFAIK the main force behind them was Pat Deserio. And "Bolero" is by Kebekeletrik, not Bombers. I guess it can be disappointing if you expect it to be a full-on disco version of the Ravel tune; but IMO it's pretty great for what it actually is, a piece of high-minded minimalist synth pop... If you've only heard the Tom Moulton remix that came out on Salsoul, the original 1977 version of "Bolero" is worth checking out, the minimalism is more evident there.

Love Leroy Burgess's vocals on that Convertion track, so full of life.

xp ah right on my bad. it's ok i guess, I was really jonesing for a more epic oceanic version.. like a cross between "don't stop the music" and jeff beck group's "bolero"

Anyway, speaking of unusually themed disco tunes, I've been really loving this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIOg3F1GemE

When it comes to escapism, you couldn't beat Voyage!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeQpwQ1xgbI

Daft Punk has nothing on these guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUUPgWkto24

And I didn't even post the correct video. Again, French electro disco from 1978:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzDsPRSRC3s

Electro disco's the best. Link died above, but I still really like this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvX78gKhv-Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrUQ7oZCGRI

^^^ Synth outro is really really reminiscent of Leroy Burgess.

That's a good one

As far as real Leroy Burgess goes, my God, it just doesn't get much better than this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNlSXRMWV7c

"Your love is more than worth the price I had to pay."

this is one my favorite voyage tunes, relatively far removed from "oriental express" etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSfHepsL9wI

Funny that Candi Staton track was co-written by Patrick Adams, always liked his stuff. Looks like he collaborated with Leroy Burgess a lot. Here's another Patrick Adams track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUAjlpgfNIc

Ah, there's the connection I was missing.

Nevermind, that song was written by Leroy Burgess and I think produced by Patrick Adams. These were some talented songwriters/producers ... def don't get enough credit, imo.

those synths on "let's do it" sound really adams-y to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1hj5paas_U

Such an epic, epic track.

Sometimes I'm all "good ear" when I think a track is influenced by someone and it turns out to have been done by that person. Other times I'm just like, "read the label."

God I love love love love love this version and its guitar (?) solo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQQcirULpw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awqwO57foyM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANZ991LvqyQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYgiO21OXGg&feature=plcp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNceX8-hIIM&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhCbArBe7M&feature=youtube_gdata_player