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Not to be confused with the "Disco Rock" C90 thread, which covers the oft-trod "when rock artists go disco" ground.

Let's have examples of disco artists going rock!

How 'bout the Andrea True Connection's White Witch, including her cover of Lou Reed's "Sally Can't Dance"? It's really great. The musicians (the "Connection," I'm guessing) in the back cover photos have this shirtless mustachioed hangdog Kansas-roadie look, and the front cover is basically Stevie Nicks' Bella Donna as reimagined by the Heavy Metal illustrators. The title track is cod-voodoo ("White witch gonna getCHUHHHHH"), rest (except for "N.Y. You Got Me Dancing," the "More More More" follow-up disco single) is lazy stoner boogie.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 19 May 2003 18:20 (twenty-three years ago)

material - bustin out. that guitar solo is pretty rock.

― simon 803 (simon 803), Monday, 19 May 2003 18:24 (twenty-three years ago)

The Village People's "Food Fight" (from Renaissance) sounds like a Dickies cover of "She's Tight." I'm serious! (Although I have to give credit to my friend CB for the Dickies comparison.)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 19 May 2003 18:40 (twenty-three years ago)

in the reverse direction: nada surf's "Hi Speed Soul" has a nice disco thing going with disco beat and disco strings.

― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Monday, 19 May 2003 18:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Take it to the "disco rock" thread, pal.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 19 May 2003 18:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Daft Punk

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 19 May 2003 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I have been unable to figure out which category "Play That Funky Music" goes in.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 19 May 2003 19:03 (twenty-three years ago)

How 'bout when Moby remixed Jon Spencer? Or just when Moby decides to freak out on guitar, period?

― Brandon Gentry (Brandon Gentry), Monday, 19 May 2003 19:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Good question. Is funk "rock" or "disco"?

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 19 May 2003 19:05 (twenty-three years ago)

I think funk is much closer to rock than disco, if only because of the emphasis on live instrumentation.

― Brandon Gentry (Brandon Gentry), Monday, 19 May 2003 19:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Donna Summer dipped her dancing toes into RnR on at least one of her albums (Wanderer?). I'm thinking of tracks like "Cold Love".

― Wired Flounder (Wired Flounder), Monday, 19 May 2003 19:33 (twenty-three years ago)

not an artist, but a whole genre: when rap met guitars. Run-DMC, Beasties, Original Concept, BDP all sounded a lot different than the smooth disco groovez of early Sugarhill singles.

― Neudonym, Monday, 19 May 2003 20:09 (twenty-three years ago)

"Real People" by Chic. That's got some pretty mean guitar on it...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 19 May 2003 20:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Martini Bros remix of "Missy Queen's Gonna Die"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 19 May 2003 20:46 (twenty-three years ago)

I wonder if Bryan Adams' whole post- "Let Me Take You Dancing" career counts as "a disco artist going rock."

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 19 May 2003 21:12 (twenty-three years ago)

you can dance to "future shock" by the gordons, and if you can't, just stay home.

― mosurock (mosurock), Monday, 19 May 2003 21:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Does "Beat It" count?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 19 May 2003 22:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Only if "State of Shock" does.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 19 May 2003 22:18 (twenty-three years ago)

damn, I posted this on the wrong thread! here it is on the right one (yeesh).
>>
one could argue that Fred Schneider's Just Fred counts. They wouldn't have called it his "rock move" if the B-52's weren't seen as some kind of "dance" group. And "Bulldozer" off that album is pretty great (fine fake Queen guitar solo).
also Flock Of Seagulls' Dream Come True was supposedly pretty rock heavy (and total crap). Depeche Mode's Songs Of Faith And Devotion (if not Violator) could count too.

-- Anthony Miccio (anthonymicci...), May 19th, 2003.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Witch Queen's covers of "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" by T. Rex and "All Right Now" by Free sound like they would do well next to the Andrea True Connection.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:45 (twenty-three years ago)

and I don't know if it's exactly as simple as a disco act going rock or what, but Machine's oft-praised "There But For The Grace Of God" belongs in here, I think...

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)

God damn that's a good song and the B-side is JUST AS GOOD. Is there a Machine CD I can get???

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:59 (twenty-three years ago)

good question. I just have the 45 myself... anybody?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:12 (twenty-three years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000071QU.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

amazon's got it

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:44 (twenty-three years ago)

nice!!!!!!!!!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:11 (twenty-three years ago)

oh baby

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Evelyn King - "Long time waiting"
People's Choice - "Cold blooded and downright funky"

Question - why are disco artists rocking out so much better than rock artists trying to do disco?

― Jacob (Jacob), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 08:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, that reminds me! Search Gloria Gaynor's take on "Reach Out, I'll Be There" -- not necessarily a rock song, but she sure makes it sound like one.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 16:04 (twenty-three years ago)

What about that oddly compelling Just Fred album? I know that the B-52s weren't disco, but I still wasn't ever expecting a rock record like that from Fred Schneider.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 16:52 (twenty-three years ago)

earth, wind and fire's "back on the road" - one of the great 'lost' 45s

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 22 May 2003 15:16 (twenty-three years ago)

six years pass...

I don't know why but currently I'm digging woman-themed disco tracks. For examples:

Sister Sledge - All American Girls
Leonore O'Malley - First Be a Woman
Love Unlimited - So Glad That I'm a Woman

Does anyone know other similar stuff?

― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Sunday, 1 November 2009 11:36 (sixteen years ago)

^ sorry wrong thread!

― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Sunday, 1 November 2009 11:40 (sixteen years ago)

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