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

Clarky

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discreet Grand Master

discreet

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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]

Kiwi Grand Master

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[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]
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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.

lowdown Grand Master

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[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1327797757' post='1517086']
Wot, no Narada?... fixed!
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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

essexbasscat Mentor

essexbasscat

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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 !!

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essexbasscat Mentor

essexbasscat

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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 :D

[media]http://youtu.be/GQcCRo2b-ZE[/media]

[media]http://youtu.be/e_1s2UFc_z8[/media]

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gjones Veteran

gjones

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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.

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pete.young Veteran

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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.

discreet Grand Master

discreet

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[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1327841566' post='1517451']
The Police. What a stupid name for a band, they'll never catch on, I thought.
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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! :D

crez5150 Proficient

crez5150

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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]

Shockwave Mentor

Shockwave

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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

SteveK Experienced

SteveK

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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]

iconic Experienced

iconic

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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]

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iconic Experienced

iconic

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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]

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