• From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Topic: DISCO

It is today again OK to love and play disco music. I tried it already a few times, and I am sometimes close to an own disco song, with close I mean sometimes.
So I have a few questions:
- which song can be considered as the first disco song? or who has the credits to be pioneers in this music style? I have probably 10 Billboard top 100 albums, and now and than, even in 1970, you are able to hear some pre-disco bands.
- is it a difficult style to play? like the strumming patterns. I have the impression that the guitar at that time was used as part of the rhythm section, and a lot of trumpets and similar instruments were used.
- I have the same problem with reggae (WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD REGGAE?).
Also the bands playing it are more popular again: KC and the sunshine band, Donna Summer, Village people, Gloria Gaynor.
There is only ONE THING I don't understand, why is disco, at least some bands are so associated with homosexuality. Take Village People, the members? Also the song I WILL SURVIVE, by Gloria Gaynor is a song you can hear in the big international "parades". I was even convinced that GAYnor  was on purpose.
Who can give an answer concerning this topic, and am I right when I say that, at least for me, it is a difficult music style?

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  • Registered: 2007-03-24
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Re: DISCO

Being born in the 60's I had to suffer through the disco years. I think you're dead on in saying it's a difficult style to play (especially acoustically) but sometimes it can be great. In my opinion Reggae is even harder (I think it's just a timing thing). You mentioned Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive. Check out Cake's version if you haven't already. A fantastic cover. Also a very fun song to play by yourself with an acoustic. Now that I'm older, I think a lot of great songs and bands were overlooked. I think Disco in general was heavily produced and as you mentioned with lots of different instruments.

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  • From: Scotland.
  • Registered: 2006-07-13
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Re: DISCO

Disco was basically invented for pissed up Aunts, Mothers and Sisters to embaress themselves dancing at weddings, family gatherings etc. wink

Craig.

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  • From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
  • Posts: 3,403

Re: DISCO

Craig
Yesterday evening I was listening to the Bilboard top 100 1966, and I heard at least 2 songs,that could be placed in the seventies, disco "avant la lettre"

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- MY GUITAR PLAYS EVERY STYLE = BLUES, ROCK, METAL, so I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT.
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