# So is there any good disco? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888 "2012-04-25T06:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/1 "2012-04-25T06:35:10Z")
Ground rules-\> I mean music from the disco era, no cheating and nominating a modern dance song. I’m aware of the pop hits that get played to this day too. There has been a total of one diso song I have run across that impressed me enough to take notice and add them to my personal playlist. Tantra - The Hills Of Katmandu There have been a few others I kinda liked but didn’t amaze me(Charlie - Spacer Woman?) and like Tantra all were in the sub genre Italio Disco. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/2 "2012-04-25T07:06:56Z")
[Chic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic_%28band%29) Those guys were phenomenal musicians. Even if you hate disco, you can just listen to the guitar and bass parts and be amazed at the level of tightness and funkiness achieved by Rodgers and Edwards. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/3 "2012-04-25T07:36:02Z")
I’m partial to [Boney M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdwdd4h1NYo) ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/4 "2012-04-25T08:02:22Z")
Is there any bad disco? Seriously, so much to choose from. ABBA, early Michael Jackson, Bee Gees… always gets people dancing. ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/5 "2012-04-25T08:52:02Z")
In addition to what’s already been mentioned: KC and the Sunshine Band - Give It Up, Sound Your Funky Horn, Shotgun Shuffle, Get Down Tonight, et al. Donna Summer - I Feel Love ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/6 "2012-04-26T03:38:00Z")
I’m a blues/country/rock guitar player born in 1959, so a sworn opponent of disco. That said, I think the following songs have something: The Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat George McRae - Rock Your Baby Bee Gees - Night Fever, Jive Talkin Heatwave - Groove Line, Boogie Nights MFSB - TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia, aka Theme from Soul Train) Chic - Good Times There may be others. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/7 "2012-04-26T03:49:39Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I’m partial to [Boney M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdwdd4h1NYo) So am I 🙂 Was not very well known in the US though, was it? And I like [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_T3x8qBoic&feature=related) better. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/8 "2012-04-26T03:53:58Z")
> [@JessMagic](#): > > Donna Summer - I Feel Love And indeed anything Giorgio Moroder touched. Check out this Sparks song: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zGxzbVwDcQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zGxzbVwDcQ) ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/9 "2012-04-26T03:57:05Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I’m partial to [Boney M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdwdd4h1NYo) Mmmmmm. [Rivers of Babylon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNk05WAsygQ&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/10 "2012-04-26T03:57:33Z")
It’s ALL good! :eek: Ok, 90% is good. I own an extensive disco collection I still enjoy the shit out of. Some of my favorites: Bad Girls - Donna Summer Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson Can’t Get Enough of Your Love - Barry White Good Times - Chic Contact - Edwin Starr Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez Heart of Glass - Blondie Macho Man/In The Navy/YMCA - The Village People Funky Town - Lipps Inc. Great stuff to get you out on the dance floor under the mirror ball! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/11 "2012-04-26T04:06:41Z")
Whether it counts as for-real disco I won’t say, but as for good, I submit [BOZ SCAGGS ,LOW DOWN](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQK_QAUa8Dw) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/12 "2012-04-26T04:15:35Z")
The Saturday Night Fever album was full of delicious disco-alityness. Does anyone else here remember Sammy Davis Jr crying as he accepted the 1st annual Disco Life Style Award? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/13 "2012-04-26T04:20:30Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Whether it counts as for-real disco I won’t say, but as for good, I submit [BOZ SCAGGS ,LOW DOWN](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQK_QAUa8Dw) In a similar vein and with similar disclaimers, [Alan Parsons Project, “In the Real World”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRCgTJkfNjQ) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/14 "2012-04-26T04:39:12Z")
Thelma Houston’s [“Don’t Leave Me This Way”](http://youtu.be/4yiGi481w3k) and the rest of the [fabulous soundtrack](http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Mr-Goodbar-Artie-Kane/dp/B000001ZCV) to the film [Looking For Mr. Goodbar](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076327/) is what turned me from a disco hater to a “Well, it’s not ALL crap” believer. I also liked the music from [Saturday Night Fever](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076666/) but that was more because I really liked the movie and that made me like the music too. I’m not so sure I would have liked the music if I’d heard it on its own first. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/15 "2012-04-26T04:55:18Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > Was not very well known in the US though, was it? Were they not? They were huge Down Under. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/16 "2012-04-26T04:58:01Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Were they not? They were huge Down Under. … And in USSR ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/17 "2012-04-26T05:34:26Z")
Not exactly disco, but a disco-inspired song from the World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band that beats the pants off anything the Bee Gees ever tried. [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrwUqxZ_i80) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/18 "2012-04-26T06:53:13Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > Is there any bad disco? > > Seriously, so much to choose from. ABBA, early Michael Jackson, Bee Gees… always gets people dancing. I’m not sure I’d classify ABBA as disco. There was an interesting episode of NPR’s Sound Opinions a few years back in which Jim and Greg (the hosts) revisited disco, put it into context, and actually made quite a convincing case for it. [You can listen to it here.](http://www.spokenword.org/program/312059) I’ve never been a big fan of the genre, but their perspective on it made me reconsider my views. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/19 "2012-04-26T15:32:14Z")
I can listen to “I Will Survive” (Gloria Gaynor?) without my ears bleeding… ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-any-good-disco/619888/20 "2012-04-26T16:07:24Z")
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