RABid Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 First, let's get this out of the way. I'm a child of the 70's and graduated high school in 1977. I was practicing drums 4-5 hours a day and taking piano lessons. Tried out and was accepted at a major college, my choice, percussion or piano. ... Deep into music. That's the background. Now, today. Had a HUGE stack of dishes in the sink. Stuff that would not go in the dish washer. Needed some motivation. Was feeling a bit nostalgic. ... No. ... Was feeling a lot nostalgic. So I plugged in the HomePod Mini and said the words. Yes, those words. I admit it. I said it. I lived it. ... ... ... "Hey Siri. Play 1970's disco." So, Siri starts spitting out songs. Songs that I had never heard. Formulistic crap based on a very bad formula. Where did this come from? It is not the music from my high school days. Not the music from that two year period when we thought disco was cool. This sounded like bad 1970's porn music. Music that you imagine the artist got paid 20 dollars for writing and recording. What is this crap? I wanted Cool and the Gang, Average White Band, Chic, Earth Wind and Fire. I got, well, I don't know what it was. Than, EPIPHENY! I knew what to do. How to fix it. ... "Hey Siri! Play 1970's funk music". ... ... ... The world was good again. Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Lobo Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 The best of disco: Quote These are only my opinions, not supported by any actual knowledge, experience, or expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Is it disco? Funk? Blues? Even the bands name is confusing. [video:youtube] Quote FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 The best of disco: Yep. I was in a Motown Tribute band playing casinos and the BL said "Let's all learn Disco Inferno." At first, I was all "Really, we play all those beautiful Motown hits and now we gotta play Disco Inferno? But I kept it pretty much to myself and did my homework. I knew our bassist was a monster but he drove Disco Inferno to the Moon and back. Dance floor was full, everybody was going nuts and the BL nodded at me to solo out for a bit to keep it going since it was our last song of the set. I eased into groove that went total shred and BL smiled and waved me on. I went full-on dissonant and poly-beat on the Universe, I will always come back to the 1 eventually. Bassist was laughing so hard he almost fell on the floor but he kept up the assault and the dance floor stayed packed. We came around into Burn Baby Burn and I had a new favorite song. I still like it! Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 The best of disco: The Sound of Philadelphia a lot of great stuff came out, all the MFSB studio cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 The funk song I always wanted to play and never got to. [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiAIjBpsjV8 Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Lobo Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 One of the best episodes of Live At Daryl's House is the one with the O'Jays Quote These are only my opinions, not supported by any actual knowledge, experience, or expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Lobo Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 One of my faves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj8SBcGNRWc Quote These are only my opinions, not supported by any actual knowledge, experience, or expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (Kept on lookin' for the sun in the middle of the night...) You misbegotten so-and-so -- now that's gonna be my earworm all night. Quote -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookie Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 WHOA.......!!!!! Man did these take me back in a flash! Same age, graduated HS in '78. I had already started playing that dance stuff, funk,disco, whatever got 'em up and dancing. Man do I miss those times, so simple, so fun. While I was playing weddings and dance clubs starting at age 17, I couldn"t get enough of Kansas, Boston, REO, Styx, Chicago, etc...etc....MAN do I miss those times! I haven"t said 'man' so much since....well... the 70"s! Quote Yamaha C2, Yamaha MODX7, Hammond SK1, Hammond XK-5 Heritage Pro System, Korg Kronos 2 61, Yamaha CP4, Kurzweil PC4-7, Nord Stage 3 73, Nord Wave 2, QSC 8.2, Motion Sound KP 210S, Key Largo, etc…yeah I have too much… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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