The soundtrack album captures everything that I loved about disco, and most (not quite all) of the tracks are fantastic.
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There is an obscure movie about the end of the disco era called The Last Days of Disco. It was produced by Fonce Mizell and Larry Mizell for Sky High Productions and included the number one pop, soul and disco classic 'Boogie Oogie Oogie'. Cos were gonna boogie oogie oogie till you just cant boogie no more, boogie. No idea what that was doing there but I took it anyway. A Taste of Honey is the debut album by the American rhythm and blues group A Taste of Honey. And ' A Team of Rivals ', a biography of Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet members. I mentioned earlier that were books in the cast-off box. Verse 1 Dm Bb/C If you're thinkin' you're too cool to boogie Dm Bb/C Boy oh boy have I got news for you Dm Bb/C Everybody here tonight must boogie Dm Bb/C Let me tell you You are no exception. So I'm glad I got this today, a little blast from the past. There was too an element of phoniness attached to the whole club scene but dancing to these songs played at extreme volumes was fun and the women were sexy and inviting. It was written by band members Janice-Marie Johnson ( lead singer and bassist) and Perry Kibble ( keyboardist ), and produced by the Mizell Brothers. Always felt Disco got a bad rfun There was a lot of crap to be sure but what was good was very good I thought. ' Boogie Oogie Oogie ' is a song by American band A Taste of Honey from their 1978 self-titled debut studio album. Listening to these songs brings back a lot of memories. Lead singer Hazel Payne admonished them from the stage: 'If youre thinking that youre too cool to boogie, weve got news for you. The single went on to top the American pop, soul and disco charts, and it became the first certified platinum single in the history of Capitol Records for selling over two million copies. It was a tough crowd, and the audience was not responding to their songs. Taken from their 1978 self-titled debut album, BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE was released as A Taste of Honey's debut single in the summer of 1978. Im glad to report that it was just a phase. A lot of the usual suspects are present ( Ring My Bell - Anita Ward, I Love The Night Life- Alicia Bridges, Boogie Oogie Oogie- A Taste of Honey, I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor, That's The Way I Like It - KC and The Sunshine Band.) lyrics Songfacts®: The band got the idea for this song when they played a show at a military base. It could get dangerous, dodging each others feet and getting tangled in twirling or twisted arms, beneath one of those blinding, spinning disco balls. Spent many a night at the clubs cherchez la femme.Īnyway.am playing this CD now and enjoying same. Get thi sen down to the Working Mens for a good dose of the old skool craic. I was in my early 20s when Disco ruled and living in Montreal, surely the Disco capital of Canada.
There were about twenty CDs but the only one of interest to me was a compilation called ' Disco Fever ', a collection of 21 songs. I always enjoy seeing these potential treasure treats! Lee,' ' Iko Iko,' ' Shame, Shame, Shame.' But though a couple of other songs here, notably 'Distant,' indicate that their pan may flash again, late converts are advised to seek out the single and wish they could buy the disco disc.On my way to work this morning I saw someone had put out a box of books and CDs for garbage pickup. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Those who cite 'Boogie Oogie Oogie' as definitive disco dumbness should reread the lyrics of ' Tutti Frutti' and think about the great tradition of the left-field girl-group novelty-' Mr. It was produced by Fonce Mizell and Larry Mizell for Sky High Productions and included the number one pop, soul and disco classic " Boogie Oogie Oogie". A Taste of Honey is the debut album by the American rhythm and blues group A Taste of Honey.
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