Disco's Influence in Very Non-Disco Music

[NiMo]

The Zep song that inspired (1973) Disco , maybe (lol)?


Around the time of Disco (1977)

 

[plusorminuszero]

I was reading the thread on Joy Division/Television and it reminded me of something I figured I'd risk my life and run past you all...

I've truly started to enjoy the guitar of some disco music. Some of it is really great (IMHO), mostly straight up funk guitar, but, well it's disco, something else.

Anyhow, I was playing stayin alive the other night (it's a super fun song to mess around with) and I stopped at some point realizing I've played something really close to it before. It took me a bit to put it together but then it hit me: Another Brick in The Wall Part Two. And it's not a little close, it's really, really close.

Ok, before slamming me, listen to both, then feel free to bring it on.

I checked the top 50 the year The Wall was released and it hit me that it would be hard not to pick up a little of that. I always felt Gilmore has a great funk right hand, and I love his playing but man, The Bee Gees influence on Pink Floyd? Who'd a thought?

Dare I ask, was disco influential to rock and roll? Any other examples like this you can think of?

As soon as I saw the thread title
I thought of Bowie's 'Fame'....and how you
could get Kewl and the Gang's 'Celebration'
from it, do a mosh up of sorts.

But does not 'Fame' predate disco by about 3 years?

This could be fun except I'm in no mood for earworms.

 

[johnny k]

The Zep song that inspired (1973) Disco , maybe (lol)?


Around the time of Disco (1977)

Some zep tunes i can enjoy ! Well actually i only like royal orleans.

 

[58Bassman]

I hated Disco when it was happening, then I found out that it's just Funk with more flashing lights.

 

[421JAM]

Did Bowie do anything that was NOT disco? At least in attitude?

Running Gun Blues?

 

[421JAM]

But does not 'Fame' predate disco by about 3 years?

No, Fame was 1975, which would put Disco at 1978. That's way too late. Disco had jumped the shark by then. It had become so mainstream by 1976 that it was infiltrated by opportunists (see Disco Duck, 1976.)

This was 1973.

 

[redhouse_ca]

As soon as I saw the thread title
I thought of Bowie's 'Fame'....and how you
could get Kewl and the Gang's 'Celebration'
from it, do a mosh up of sorts.

But does not 'Fame' predate disco by about 3 years?

This could be fun except I'm in no mood for earworms.

It's a great idea on the mash up. That intro lick took me a long time to get right. It's probably the most individually uniquely played/fingered lick in msic history - everyone plays it a little differently (the one after the repeated B flat 7th, I think that's what it is - no guitar atm, from memory).

 

[redhouse_ca]

Running Gun Blues?

And his cover of see Emily play. But besides those two, none ;-)

Actually, thinking about it, See Emily Play is pretty disco.

 

[redhouse_ca]

The Zep song that inspired (1973) Disco , maybe (lol)?


Around the time of Disco (1977)

Dang, great examples. I forgot about both songs now I have to work on forgetting about them again :>