Happy Jack Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Tonight I depped for a functions-ish band in St. Albans. I have now played Le Freak and Blame It On The Boogie, Dancing Queen and Waterloo, even Uptown Funk, and I was gutted when we ran out of time before I could play Disco Inferno. Never played ANY of those songs before in front of an audience. Years of pop/rock and blues/rock and Dadrock but never disco. Don't know where you all rate that lot for coolness or otherwise, but some bloody good fun to be had! Just thought you'd like to know. 😁 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Cool as the other side of the pillow In a side projects first outing tonight I played Superstition, Turning Japanese, Laid, Sit Down and Swords of a thousand men for the first time with an audience. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzbass Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 gotta love popping octaves Dancing Queen has a great bassline, actually most disco has great basslines, so it can't be all bad hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Yep, pretty much anything by ABBA, Chic, and any of those 70's rock bands that tired to cash in on disco (stones, KISS, ELO) is great to play live because most of it depends on the bass and crowds love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I wouldn’t listen to any of that Kind of music at home out of choice, but it is so much fun to play in a band. I played loads of Disco/funk in a previous band with a brass section too, and I have never enjoyed playing so much. We used to do September by Earth Wind and Fire which was just pure joy for the band and audiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I love getting to play disco tunes, happy days 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basseng Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 As a 16 year old in 1975 never liked "discos" but loved a lot of the disco music from that era and still do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyguts Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 There are a lot of great basslines to play with this stuff. It's a surprise to find how well these olds disco tunes go down with people far too young to have been around in the 70's. Along with some of the above we do Car Wash - everyone loves it. Bruno Mars also popular, Locked out of Heaven, Treasure, Runaway Baby Uptown Funk, all good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Funk and Disco are the icing on the cake for any rhythm section. Never liked the music to listen too before I started playing the songs, now I enjoy it as much as any genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Funkytown always goes down well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Beedster said: Funkytown always goes down well Just been rehearsing that one Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I burn (baby burn) with envy, Jack! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Beedster said: Funkytown always goes down well Believe it or not, I tried to persuade The Junkyard Dogs to introduce that. The suggestion was not well received ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) ... Edited July 13, 2018 by Frank Blank Irrelevant content Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 9 hours ago, Happy Jack said: Le Freak 9 hours ago, Les said: Superstition They're both in my set I practice those regularly by playing along to recordings by the original artist. I just need band mates to work with me on my "set" and turn out an acceptable arrangement for these and other songs on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) Disco Duck is not broken, Jack - It's still alive and quacking. Edited July 7, 2018 by lowdown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Love Stevie W, hate Superstition and what pub bands like mine have done to it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Yep, our funk-ish band avoided Superstition due to everyone and their mother murdering it, ( some have nailed it ) so we chose Higher Ground. Great bassline and easy to play. KC's That's The Way and Get Down Tonight are pretty good fun to play too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) As a drummer, I've a particular aversion to most things Disco, with the rather characteristic migraine-inducing beat of 'One, One, One, One...' thumping away interminably. Rare exceptions (if 'Sir Duke' can be classed as 'Disco'..?), and I'm glad there's at least someone getting kicks from it, but in general the genre is anathema to me. Strokes for folks 'n all, of course. Edited July 7, 2018 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Happy Jack said: Believe it or not, I tried to persuade The Junkyard Dogs to introduce that. The suggestion was not well received ... Well Jack, might I suggest to you that you suggest to them that they man up a little. Like many disco classics, it can be injected with a funk/blues/rock vibe - think Miss You by the Stones, only a little more up-tempo. In fact, we used to go straight from Miss You into Funkytown and occasionally back again (and not always deliberately if the singer had warmed up at the bar) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Mickeyboro said: Love Stevie W, hate Superstition and what pub bands like mine have done to it... I found out recently that it was written for Jeff Beck. Wondrous. "Jeff Beck was an admirer of Wonder's music, and Wonder was informed of this prior to the Talking Book album sessions. Though at this point he was virtually playing all of the instruments on his songs by himself, Wonder still preferred to let other guitarists play on his records, and he liked the idea of a collaboration with Beck, a star-in-the-making guitarist. An agreement was quickly made for Beck to become involved in the sessions that became the Talking Book album, in return for Wonder writing him a song." Full article 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 4 hours ago, Happy Jack said: Believe it or not, I tried to persuade The Junkyard Dogs to introduce that. The suggestion was not well received ... It really is a fun one and can easily be rocked up a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operative451 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Disco is the greatest musical form ever created. My cohort and I just completed a parody based around a Boney M song and it was too much fun... He is a grumpy goth but we were both giggling at what we had wrought... :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbass Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Ha..wait till they want u to play Dance ur self Dizzy.....soaring octaves or what... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) 16 hours ago, operative451 said: Disco is the greatest musical form ever created. My cohort and I just completed a parody based around a Boney M song and it was too much fun... He is a grumpy goth but we were both giggling at what we had wrought... Reminds me of a gig we did at the Goth and Giggle one night... Moany Ben had worked up an arrangement of Disco Duck and was dressed as Count Duckula. I had misunderstood at rehearsal and I'd learnt Joe Dart's line's from Funky Duck. As we launched into the intro Antwaun Stanley got up and started to sing... Well. Moany Ben was all about the Rick Dees lyrics and Antwaun was all like oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo The crowd loved it. Disco laced with Funky, Goth garnished with Disco cheese... we got a nomination for Mash-up of the Year, a bale of pancakes and a firkin of Hoisin sauce to round the night off. Good times. I just wish Will I Am would stop pestering me to sign up. Edited July 8, 2018 by SpondonBassed 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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