Going Disco: S&D

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Who "went disco" in the late 70s and made a good record? Who failed miserably?

― Mark, Wednesday, 1 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

By "going disco" I mean they started out playing something totally different.

(It's disco week as greespun.com burns.)

― Mark, Wednesday, 1 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Search: Yoko Ono Destroy: Elton John especially "Johnny B. Goode".

― J Blount, Wednesday, 1 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Beach Boys' disco remake of "Here Comes the Night" is quite good.

― Douglas, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

was that on Beach Boys Love You?

― J Blount, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sparks: Number One in Heaven, etc. Diana Ross, in her Chic phase. Upside Down - what a record.

― daniel, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ditto - the only good Diana Ross solo records are her disco records

― J Blount, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

France Gall (sort of) in 1977 - appalling! (Mind you, everything she's done since then has been dire too)

― Jeff W, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Roxy Music's 'Dance Away' was good

― David, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Lou Reed's 'Disco Mystic' is funny because a)it's not disco, and b) it's not even good

― dave q, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Clash's forays into disco / early hip-hop actually satnd up quite well i reckon, especially some of the remixes on super black market clash

― bham, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Spasticus Autisticus, the Ian Dury song that was on Disco Not Disco, is horrible. And what I've heard of the Gary Glitter disco songs are awful as well.

― Chris H., Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

In line of the late ILM goes ABBA revival: Summer Night City (great!) and after that the Voulez Vous album

― erik, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Rod Stewart's quite frankly appaling efforts in the field. Never mind the "Disco Sucks" movement, the Scottish Cockney killed the genre dead on his own.

― Judd Nelson, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Some Girls" = The Stones attempt to beat the encroaching discoistes and punkarocks at their own game while maintaining Greatest Rock N Roll Band Innaworl' status (quo), (more fuel to the punk = disco fire: In the eyes of The Rock Establishment circa 76 [eg Les Rolling Stones] punk & disco were one and the same); still Miss You's got the bassline but they didn't really hit it on the head until Emotional Rescue.

― fritz, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

s Barry White

― kiwi, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Search: the Kinks' "Superman".

― briania, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Search: Blondie's "Heart of Glass". AKA The Disco Song. AKA Sean's First Favorite Song.

I also think "Do You Think I'm Sexy" is pretty good. I mean it's trash, but wasn't that what he was going for?? I'll never forget that album cover; wow, it was trashy!

― Sean, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Chic apparently started as a rock act, and tried disco cos no one wanted them. The Bee Gees went disco pretty successfully, and although Rod Stewart is the uncontestable champion of going disco badly, the Faces' You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything is a contender for the great going-disco(ish) record.

― Martin Skidmore, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Isaac Hayes. Example: Zeke the freak. Terrible Song.

― Patrick Roever, Saturday, 4 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the Faces' You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything is a contender for the great going-disco(ish) record.

Martin! It's from 1974 and isn't disco at all!

― N., Saturday, 4 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It was indeed 1974, six months after George McCrae got to #1 with the first unquestionable big disco hit. I was a Faces fan at the time (I was 15 then), and I remember mixed reviews, some complaining that this rock band was going disco. I stand by my comments - well, Mark did specify late '70s in his question, so there is a bit I can hardly stand by.

― Martin Skidmore, Saturday, 4 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

How is it possible that nobody's mentioned Kiss's "I Was Made for Loving You" in this thread?

― John Darnielle, Saturday, 4 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Walker Brothers did some quite convincing proto-goth-disco on Nightflights. Well the tracks that Scott sang on were great anyway - the rest of it is godawful. Apart from that guitar solo on Shutout. Ok I'll stop now. I think if I keep going I will convince myself that it wasn't very good after all. Which is probably the case.

― Steve.n., Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

was that on Beach Boys Love You?

No, that was from the pretty bad L.A. (Light Album). Also notable for Brian's then-obsession, "Shortnin' Bread", and Dennis' nice "Baby Blue".

P-Funk basically went straight disco when they left Westbound. I don't like it better than the earlier stuff, but I think it probably is more famous.

― dleone, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Carpenters breezy, softcore "Touch Me When We're Dancing" is terrible. As is Marie Osmond's similar "This Is the Way That I Feel".

― Arthur, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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