Disco-songs by rock/indie bands

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I might have a somewhat loose definition of disco here, so beware the grue.

XTC - Helicopter
Modest Mouse - Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter (at least parts of it, particularly towards the end when it goes all bun on us; hell, maybe that's closer to some crap like rhumba than disco; what do I know)

There's a certain obscure disco-vibe to Magma's Lirik Necronomicus Kant from Attahk, and I've ben told the "Merci" album goes further in such directions.

I was tempted to once again plug Sparks once again, but I guess they just turned into a disco-band, rather than actually doing a few songs within the genre.

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:13 (twenty-three years ago)

windsor for the derby's "awkwardness" starts with a kinda disco shuffle..

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:22 (twenty-three years ago)

"Heart of Glass"

― johnny fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:24 (twenty-three years ago)

kiss's "i was made for lovin' you"

― notfazed (notfazed), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Marillion's "Assassin" and Bowie's "The Secret Life of Arabia". These aren't disco songs at all but they certainly have the vibe.

James

― James Slone, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:34 (twenty-three years ago)

I suppose you could add a whole number of Roxy Music tunes as well.

James

― James Slone, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:38 (twenty-three years ago)

"Kick in the eye" by Bauhaus sounds kind of disco to me.

― Seb, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall part 2

And mostly thanks to the intro: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Miss You and Emotional Rescue- the Rolling Stones

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Wire - Another The Letter

― samuel, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 01:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah I was going to say Roxy's "Love is a Drug." Of course they had a lot more dico-y songs on 'Manifesto,' but when 'Siren' came out they were pretty much a rock band.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 01:09 (twenty-three years ago)

crass - walls

― your null fame (yournullfame), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:06 (twenty-three years ago)

The Doors - The Soft Parade (the "Peppermint miniskirts..." bit)

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:14 (twenty-three years ago)

C90:Disco Rock

Disco Punk bands?

Going Disco: S&D

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Discopolis by The Dambuilders

― Ben, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 05:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Electric Six to thread!

― M Carty (mj_c), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 06:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Zita Swoon - Disco

― daarkbee, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 08:19 (twenty-three years ago)

The Magnificeeeeent ... SEVEN.

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 10:32 (twenty-three years ago)

manic street preachers - miss europa disco dancer.

it's not so good.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 11:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Shed 7 - "Disco Down"?

― Nick H, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 11:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Well some Black Eyes, Q and Not U or Liars tracks can be described as disco songs, I think. And let's add !!! and Out Hud...

― Olivier (anagrama), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 11:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Tes - 'New New York' - indie disco for the backpack hip hop generation. Not a band but hey.

Alpinestars, now they should count here.

― Barima (Barima), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 11:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Mark Ronson - Ooh Whee

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 12:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Columbia - Oasis

― Michael G, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 16:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Crush Em - Megadeth
Got the Life - Korn

― David Gates of Delirium, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 16:52 (twenty-three years ago)

The Dambuilders!! Reprazent! (Don't know that song, though!)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:10 (twenty-three years ago)

There's also the reverse: JBR's "when disco artists go rock" thread called Disco Rock"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Some of Big Chief's work had a disco vibe.

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:41 (twenty-three years ago)

They Might Be Giants have a disco version of "Hotel Detective" that is fucking BITCHIN. I think it's a b-side on the single for that song or something.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Isn't "You Can Have It All'" by Yo La Tengo off And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out a cover of a disco song? This would be indie-rock/disco in the strict sense...that album also has a song called "The Last Days of Disco" so maybe it was a theme or something.

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 20:31 (twenty-three years ago)

1979 to thread

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 23:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Girls who love boys who dig girls

― Barima (Barima), Thursday, 16 October 2003 07:49 (twenty-three years ago)

there's a whole album by the pushkings that has this disco/soul vibe, but i can't remember the name now.

― joan vich (joan vich), Thursday, 16 October 2003 08:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Walker Brothers - Nite Flights

― Two-Faced January (Two-Faced January), Thursday, 16 October 2003 09:00 (twenty-three years ago)

desert hearts "dsr"

― justin (Justin M), Thursday, 16 October 2003 22:21 (twenty-three years ago)

New Order anyone?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 17 October 2003 07:28 (twenty-three years ago)

seventeen years pass...

Roy Orbison's disco song is very boilerplate for 1979 which of course means I dig it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uDRCczKZEs

― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Friday, 13 November 2020 20:19 (five years ago)

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