I did a little research and made a real effort to find some stuff I liked about disco...

I tend to think of disco as two different genres: those with sophisticated chord changes, interesting grooves/rhythms and high energy, and the four-on-the-floor repetitive rhythms with intelligence-insulting lyrics that made every musician I knew cringe.

Here are some of the WORST songs (IMHO):

1. Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
2. Macho Man & YMCA - in fact, anything by the Village People
3. Disco Duck - Rick Dees
4. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
5. That's the Way (uh huh, uh huh) I Like It - KC and the Sunshine Band (anything by these guys is really bad)
6. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead
7. Copacabana - Barry Manilow
8. Car Wash - Rose Royce

Now that I've made everyone cringe ;), I decided to find SOMETHING about Disco I liked. Here are some that I think are actually decent songs:

1. Billie Jean - MJ
2. I'm So Excited & Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters
3. Turn the Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson (prior to Gloria Estefan)
4. September - Earth, Wind & Fire
5. Brick House - Commodores
6. Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle
7. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
8. Conga - Miami Sound Machine



Last edited by Larry Williams; 04/17/09 08:48 PM.
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