discreet Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 What, no MJ? Or are we only including black artists? From 'Off The Wall', 1979. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bwjT8wLenE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bwjT8wLenE[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackduran Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 http://youtu.be/aHkspq7wmDU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackduran Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 http://youtu.be/38S1uaz3Pow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 If you can do Kool and the Gang then i raise you a Heatwave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2_nfr8Xe3c&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 [quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1327799712' post='1517107'] If you can do Kool and the Gang then i raise you a Heatwave: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2_nfr8Xe3c&feature=related[/media] [/quote] Maybe this should be in the tenuous claims to fame thread.... The original guitarist was [url="http://www.heatwave72.com/erie%20rasmussen.jpeg"]Eric Johns Rasmussen[/url]. He and his wife moved to NZ in the early 80's and she was my primary school teacher for a few months. [url="http://www.vocalelite.com.au/portfolio/eric-rasmussen"]They're in Sydney[/url] now. He came into class and gave us a talk on playing guitar - both were cool as f***. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKH7BHzq_VM[/media] Another piece of useless trivia... The keyboardist in Heatwave was Rod Temperton who wrote some of the fro-est disco hits. This is despite being from Cleethorpes. Quincy Jones was introduced to him, and Rod ended up writing a number of killer tracks for Michael Jacksons Off The Wall and Thriller albums including Thriller, Rock With You and Off The Wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 [quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1327797757' post='1517086'] Wot, no Narada?... fixed! [/quote] Great Bass line on that tune. I have posted it a few times on Basschat, and it never gets any takers. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McICiingXQI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McICiingXQI[/url] Early Days of Disco, but hey dudes a classic. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbYLjWEEQA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbYLjWEEQA[/url] Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Oh Goody, I get to do these ! Great thread Clarky, it's kicked my Sunday morning right into gear [media]http://youtu.be/O1J9ofYW3LI[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/6g-lhdlWj2c[/media] Got to work a disco set into the band set list somehow, keep promising myself this !! Edited January 29, 2012 by essexbasscat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Forgive me posting twice, but I couldn't let a disco thread go past without these. I could go on all day at this one [media]http://youtu.be/GQcCRo2b-ZE[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/e_1s2UFc_z8[/media] Edited January 29, 2012 by essexbasscat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Ah the days of the groovy basslines. I remember reading musicians magazines around that time and the session drummers and guitarists were always moaning about how boring the recording sessions were. No complaints from the bass players though. Edited January 29, 2012 by gjones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Thank you Clarky, you've made an old man very happy. Bernard's playing on 'Forbidden Lover' is one of his finest moments. It's tabbed in Stu's book, so there goes my Sunday afternoon! I used to think these guys were pretty good too, though it predates most of this thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsVsxr-JYBQ As for what we were doing in 1977, I remember driving past a gig somewhere in south Manchester on my way to an irish music session, wondering why there were so many people queuing up to see a band I'd never heard of. The Police. What a stupid name for a band, they'll never catch on, I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 [quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1327841566' post='1517451'] The Police. What a stupid name for a band, they'll never catch on, I thought. [/quote] I went to see Talking Heads at the Oasis, Swindon in 1978 I think it was... they were supported by a band I had never heard of called Dire Straits. I remember thinking, 'Christ, they're basically an old man's pub-rock band. Why the hell are they supporting the Heads? They'll never get anywhere.' I never tire of being wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 To balance the books, AJ's line. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll3uipTO-4A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll3uipTO-4A[/url] Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 This one is actually a track from '69 but would easily fit in with the others..... We play these two segued together [b] [size=1]THANK YOU FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN[/size][/b] [size=1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YXPJOUD7G0[/size] [b] [size=5]Me and Baby brother [/size][/b] [size=5]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQGPj1h1E5c&feature=related[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pods Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 No Rufus ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Grand Theft Auto soundtracks have always been the pinnacle of funk and Disco tastes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_XP0EXsT_4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLL0Cg3rYiY&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalfunkbrother Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 [quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1327796595' post='1517054'] OMG, how could I forget: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYPs71B2xAM&feature=related[/media] [/quote] This is a CHOOOOOOONE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Come on guys - a thread about 70s 80s disco - we're 6 pages in - and no mention of The Commodores(?)... That's gotta be against the law, surely? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBx6mAWYPU[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 [media]http://youtu.be/6g-lhdlWj2c[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/l4ribwValUM[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) and strangly the 1st time I heard this track it was played by Froggy at the Central...I can't stop playing bass over this one at the moment. [media]http://youtu.be/dp07eH7ZINg[/media] erm, I never quite sure about this 'guy' [media]http://youtu.be/Ue2UXnxp8Rs[/media] Edited January 31, 2012 by iconic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 a certain Mr Edwards on these two disco tooones [url="http://youtu.be/d354lcTGvCc"]http://youtu.be/d354lcTGvCc[/url] [url="http://youtu.be/0DmwR9zuDsQ"]http://youtu.be/0DmwR9zuDsQ[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingson Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Midnight Star - Midas Touch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeOIvkW4HjE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) Why don't you check out this... a bit early, but they were waaaayyyy ahead of their time [media]http://youtu.be/NX4oOHuu9P4[/media] Edited January 31, 2012 by brensabre79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennysFord Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) A couple from me. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkub18S1lhs[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pikehNRs6s4[/media] Edited January 31, 2012 by kennyrodg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXbRFyDpvOQ&feature=fvst"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXbRFyDpvOQ&feature=fvst[/url] Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperbob 2002 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 How about this classic- Louis Johnson on bass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrqOG9U6VyU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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