D.I.S.C.O!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I can't bear a day going by without an enormo-poll, so let's genre it up with some DANCEFLOOR ACTION! Taken from the brilliant compilation Best Disco Album In The World Ever!, here for your delectation are a myriad of hits old and not-so-old. To make things interesting, canon rules apply! You get only TWELVE ticks to choose your favourite disco tracks!

[Poll #843035]
WOT NO BEE GEES

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

OK my maths is a little out and that should have been 14 ticks, but what the hey. Smaller choices are more interesting.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Man that was tough. Forgive me, Shalamar!

urgent and key

[cis.livejournal.com]

[whalefish.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell that was tricky! I'd pick 20+ if I could.

Lady Jam doesn't have the same ring to it

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Correct order of merit:

All Saints > Xtina/Mya/Pink/Lil Kim > LaBelle.

However in terms of OUTFITS WORN:

LaBelle > Xtina/Mya/Pink/Lil Kim > All Saints.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I ticked approx 35 on the first run through. I own a t-shirt that says "I HEART DISCO" on the back, it does not lie.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

Hahahha I picked 14 after reading yr comment! :) And yes, it was tough even though the official line is that I DO NOT LIKE DISCO ;)

poor old la belle epoque

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

they were in my last fifteen, but just lost out.

la belle epoque sang black is black, but i sing black is black is black is blacker...

The shame of it!

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

There are some difficult decisions here BUT I am FORCED to conclude that NOT ENOUGH OF YOU HAVE HEARD "Spacer": because to know it is to love it.

To remedy this:

Sheila B & Devotion -- Spacer (http://download.yousendit.com/7124441F42F167C4)

I Feel Love. Which one?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Donna Summer's version is NOWHERE NEAR as good as Messiah's brilliant mentalism version on Rave '92.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Sister Sledge would have fared better with "We Are Family"?

Re: I Feel Love. Which one?

[koganbot]

Which I have never heard, but nonetheless I am skeptical of this claim.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

The 'Carwash' song. Has it ever been acceptable in any of it's forms? I'm assuming it's the one Dolly Parton did first?

[koganbot]

Rose Royce did the original, as far as I know.

Re: I Feel Love. Which one?

[cis.livejournal.com]

decide for yourself! (http://download.yousendit.com/87C994D53DCA7507) :)

Re: I Feel Love. Which one?

[koganbot]

Skepticism confirmed. (I mean, it's missing all the spookiness and most of the beauty of Donna's version, and what it does instead is your typical rave slam-dance.)

[koganbot]

Are you thinking of "9 to 5"?

Re: The shame of it!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

love it but right now feel that 'crying in the discotheque' surpasses it

Re: I Feel Love. Which one?

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

yeh didn't like the Messiah cover much altho the 'HAIL MESSIAH' bit is good

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I actually love every song on this comp that I've heard (about 4 or 5 are unknown to me). I should buy this, I don't actually have many of these on CD.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

That's the toughest poll I've had to do yet. It was almost impossible to pick 12 and now I've seen Black is Black is still on zero I'm tempted to go back and change it.

Re: The shame of it!

[koganbot]

This is a Rodgers-Edwards production, by the way.

Shame Shame Shame Shame

[koganbot]

Did none of the Shames hit in Britain? (Not that I can really criticize anyone's ticks, I'm just surprised these two didn't do better. By the way, Shirley is the same Shirley who hit in 1956 as part of Shirley & Lee with "Let the Good Times Roll.")

Re: The shame of it!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

oh THAT ONE!

[giddyoldgoat.livejournal.com]

Car Wash is one of the greatest songs abt full-time employment ever written.

It also has an absolutely knock-out middle-eight, beautifully song, that almost threatens to overwhelm the verse+chorus.

Gd movie too - Joel Schumacher!

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

It is my opinion that 'Young hearts run free' is FAR too sad a song to dance to.

Re: I Feel Love. Which one?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The string breaks on the bit just before the chorus put an enormous smile on my face everytime I hear them. I love Messiah.

Re: The shame of it!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I wanted to tick it but alas I ran out of tick!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes, also THE CLAPPING! It got my vote as favourite.

Re: Shame Shame Shame Shame

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

My tick for Shirley is based on it being the one that goes "Shame on you, if you don't dance too". However if this is Evylyn Champagne King then I should transfer the pick.

N TRANCE

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This version of "Staying Alive" is excellent: it features great Euro-rapping by Ricardo Da Force, who did the MCing on the KLF hits.

Re: Shame Shame Shame Shame

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

No, you have your tick in right box.

Frank - Shirley & Co. reached #6 in UK, but Ms King only got to #39.

Deserving better than no ticky

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Narada Michael Walden (and DLT!) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmJLlHGTT-U)

plus also Belle Epoque, but "Black is Black" not yet on youtube it seems :(

This Silver Convention 'song' not especially deserving of love, unlike Fly Robin Fly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roOoQWSEJOY)

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Produced by the magnificent Norman Whitfield, formerly responsible for nearly all the Temptations' great moments.

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

That is a terrific comp - hardly a track on it that I wouldn't score at least 7, most of them higher.

Re: Shame Shame Shame Shame

[koganbot]

You are correct. The single-shame "Shame" goes "What you do to me is a shame." It's great, though the only YouTube version I can find is a live one that doesn't have the sad eerie sexy feel of the studio track.