Disco
Lipps Inc – Funkytown
23rd June 2023 · UncategorisedFunkytown is a slice of cheesy disco fun that’s almost perfect in its simplicity – and the only hit for disco group Lipps Inc.
Sister Sledge – He’s The Greatest Dancer
9th May 2023 · UncategorisedI can’t pretend I was listening to disco music in 1979: I was parading around in a leather jacket festooned with badges proclaiming punk bands and anti-social slogans.
Chic – Good Times
9th May 2023 · UncategorisedIn the pantheon of disco music there are two moments that tower above all others. The first is Donna Summer’s I Feel Love – surely the greatest disco song of all time – and this is the second.
RIP Linda Lewis (1950-2023)
9th May 2023 · UncategorisedLinda Lewis was the first female black British singer I ever saw on TV. They were a rarity in the early Seventies – in fact she’s the only one I can think of.
Odyssey – Native New Yorker
9th December 2022 · UncategorisedI never thought I’d be singing the praises of disco tunes, least of all from a period when I was plunged deep in punk and post-punk. Until I remembered this hit by Odyssey.
Hi-Tension – Hi-Tension
6th December 2022 · UncategorisedLondon collective Hi-Tension flew the flag for the disco offshoot of Brit-funk with their self-titled hit single. I have to confess the song – and entire genre – passed me by completely at the time.
Chic – Le Freak
5th December 2022 · UncategorisedYou didn’t have to like disco to like Chic, who always claimed to be a rock band for the disco generation. And you didn’t have to like Le Freak to find yourself singing along.
The Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
28th November 2022 · UncategorisedHas there ever been a more perfect match of a song to the opening scene of a movie? It’s impossible to think of Saturday Night Fever without the bouncy rhythm of Stayin’ Alive coming into your head.
Grace Jones – La Vie En Rose
24th November 2022 · UncategorisedThe first time I came across Grace Jones was in 1977 with her radical disco-meets-bossa nova take on Edith Piaf’s signature song La Vie En Rose.
Boney M – Rasputin
10th November 2022 · UncategorisedSay what you like about Boney M, they were an entertaining fixture in the singles chart all through the second half of the Seventies.