Disco. Yes, Disco.

[DrLeftover]

Believe it or not, there was some good music that came out during the disco era,and still holds up well today.



For instance, the late Laura Branigan's top ten hit....







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=355Fk8drgZE

 

[DrLeftover]

The song was better than the movie....



(whoever posted this video did a lot of editing to get all the scenes from the movie in... but you'll get the idea.)



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_F2Kf17d6U[/media]



Your turn.

 

[DrLeftover]

One more, then your turn.



No, you can't dance like John Travolta did in the movie. Don't even try, you'll break

furniture.



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNuknrly5Ao[/media]



AND



No you can't sing like the Brother's Gibb. But you're probably going to try while you watch it.



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY[/media]

 

[DrLeftover]

Ahhh hell, I can't resist.



Forget mama mia, the movie sucked and the stage play was worse.



Ignore the A-teens, they tried, but ... that's it, they tried.



This was the original.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

 

[Evil Eye]

While we're on ABBA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uo0JAUWijM

 

[DrLeftover]

Very nice, and while the pretty woman sang a pretty song... it wasn't disco.





This is:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M

 

[Evil Eye]

Hmm, guess not. At least it was appropriately timed.

Take two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxmCCsMoD0&ob=av3n

 

[DrLeftover]

Yes indeed.



Somebody is going to post this one as an icon of the age, so I'll just do it and get it over with.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k

 

[DrLeftover]

Speaking of disco icons....



Well, he ain't, but the song is, but.... At least he had a couple of hot girls to dance with him.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgPgavmY99U

 

[DrLeftover]

I'm sorry Smooth.



But I was at the funeral for Disco in 1982 when we set fire to a Fever album while it was playing on the turntable in the radio station I was on.



It was cool then to smash the LPs.



I just priced a couple of those records on Ebay.



Damn. Hindsight can be expensive.



Yes, there was a lot of crap that came forth flying the Disco flag. But while abolishing disco, we also turned loose a lot of crap that was even worse when you look back at it.



And then there was... Donna Summer



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

 

[Jazzy]

Let's Dance!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZcY5vxLbpA

 

[DrLeftover]

[what happened to the DELETE POST option in the editor?]

 

[DrLeftover]

Yes ma'am.



That was exactly the point of the entire era.



And a related question: Where is today's equivalent of the Midnight Special?



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZfPWp-VGKY[/media]

 

[DrLeftover]

Another thread mentioned good looking women singing hot songs.



Or was it hot women singing good songs?



This one works either way.



She is Deborah Harry, They are Blondie.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU

 

[DrLeftover]

I thought about dedicating this one to a certain Italian cruise ship captain like the DJ on the radio did yesterday.



But I thought that'd be in bad taste, so I won't mention it.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfBwsG8ubFw