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The late 70s/early 80s disco thread (Chic, EWF etc)


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[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1327763630' post='1516436']
Great thread. What a time it must have been to be a bass player.
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What? It's [i]still[/i] a time to be a bass player! :D

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The music, good, great bass lines. However, we must consider the 'fashion' of the time. It has been my long held opinion that the clothes one had to wear in the 70's and early 80's has scared a generation :)

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[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1327765147' post='1516470']
...the clothes one had to wear in the 70's and early 80's has scared a generation
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Excellent. Another opportunity to post this: Grand Master Flash and The Furious Five.
Edit: The guy with the white hat on is taking the pith. Arf, arf.

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[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1327765147' post='1516470']
The music, good, great bass lines. However, we must consider the 'fashion' of the time. It has been my long held opinion that the clothes one had to wear in the 70's and early 80's has scared a generation :)
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I was there - i have the wardrobe scars [and a Jazz Bass] to prove it.
:ph34r:

Garry

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We want the funk! Give us the funk! We gotta have the funk! TURN THIS MUTHA OUT!!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjKFCYzqq-A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjKFCYzqq-A[/url]

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My ultimate favourite, The Whispers
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slldMEPvUqA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slldMEPvUqA[/url]

and more,
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23cSH7cMKBw&feature=relmfu"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23cSH7cMKBw&feature=relmfu[/url]

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[quote name='funkygreega' timestamp='1327766400' post='1516502']
My ultimate favourite, The Whispers
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So great. How could I have forgotten them? Thanks for sharing. :D

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We perform a lot of these in my band..... Just recently chucked in that Whispers number and people love it.... We are now doing a lot of the Car Wash Nights doted around the country so may see some of you on my travels.

Here's a few of my faves



The BarKays - Freakshow on the Dancefloor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9FCYlGDAc4&ob=av2e

The Jones Girls - Nights over Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_cVJQGl5n0

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[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FitEo-Gjoc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FitEo-Gjoc[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPEvB_NEvSs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPEvB_NEvSs[/url]

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Some more blasts from my past - these are the ones I remember before we all shifted to NZ.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28LoWh7nV9Q

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And noone's mentioned Abba yet...?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za05HBtGsgU&ob=av2e[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEjLoHdbVeE&ob=av2e[/media]

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[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1327785021' post='1516866']
And noone's mentioned Abba yet...?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za05HBtGsgU&ob=av2e[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEjLoHdbVeE&ob=av2e[/media]
[/quote]theres a reason for that.. im only kidding... :D correct me if im being unfair, great music, but i never really heard an Abba track that really grooves. of course what i say means nothing as groove is subjective

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