ext_88055 ([identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] poptimists2005-09-30 10:20 am
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Vital Request For Information

To keep myself awake on the drive home from Newcastle, I tried to think of a disco artist for each letter of the alphabet:

ABBA
Boney M
Chic
Donna Summer
Earth Wind & Fire
F
Gloria Gaynor
Hot Chocolate
Indeep
Jackson Five
Kool & The Gang
Lipps Inc
Miracles, The
N
Ottowan
Pointer Sisters
Q
Rose Royce
Sister Sledge
Trammps
U
Village People
Wild Cherry
X
Yvonne Elliman (confess to Googling this one - what did she do?)
Z

Help, please. I'm sure I had one for F and I can't remember it!
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[identity profile] carsmilesteve.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
would Queen count for Q, "another bites the dust" is disco...

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
I was mulling that, and decided against. Queen is a little too rockist. Except maybe It's A Kind Of Magic. I always liked that one.

[identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
Did Quincy Jones make any disco recs under his own name?

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 10:09 am (UTC)(link)
Good question! Will check on werk database.

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
Apparently so! (http://www.discomusic.com/101-more/1455_0_7_0_C/)

[identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
Stacey Q, oh except you've got Donna Summer for D.

[identity profile] braisedbywolves.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:43 am (UTC)(link)
F = Freeez? I googled for that, big hit was "I.O.U"

A = Anita "Ring My Bell" Ward, surely?

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
There were indeed many alternatives for the list. It was hard to choose between Boney M and the Bee Gees, I can tell you.

[identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
Also Fun Fun, who are italo, if they count.

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
When I was in the car I originally made it 70s Disco, but the poor showing for various letters made me a little more flexible. I might have to put N-Trance in there.

[identity profile] braisedbywolves.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
Doh! F = The Fatback Band!

Z = Micheal "Let's All chant" Zager?

[identity profile] braisedbywolves.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
My sources say that Exordium and Terminus is the work of a Denny Zager.

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
Doh indeed! That was what I had!

[identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
Unlimited Touch - they did "I Hear Music In The Streets" (& it's really good)

[identity profile] braisedbywolves.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
Haha allmusic.com (from which I've been getting these) say that Ulimited Touch are part of what is known as "post-disco"!

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
I use allmusic at work. It's so rub if you actually *need* to find anything, but fascinating if you're just having a browse...

[identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
I have it on my iPod and it is SO NOT "post-disco", it is just disco that arrived a bit late for the party because it was at a work leaving do.

[identity profile] johnnyctunes.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't think of an adequate response to the concept of "post-disco."

[identity profile] atommickbrane.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
Fire, Earth and Wind innit!

[identity profile] jeff-worrell.livejournal.com 2005-09-30 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
F = Frantique (of "Strut Your Funky Stuff" fame)
N = Narada Michael Walden!! (or New Order heh)
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