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atari 2600 · 06.13.2007, 10:54 AM

My disco faves are probably the Rolling Stones/Grateful Dead/Kraftwerk versions of disco stylization, and the funky disco dance numbers by The Gap Band and Kool & The Gang.

Of course, Blondie's "Heart of Glass" from '78 and "Pop Muzik" by M (formerly a punk band) from '79 are two biggies that were equal parts new wave and disco that each really helped to usher in new wave; in '80 there was the soundtrack hit, "Call Me" by Blondie also.
By '81, Soft Cell's smash hit cover (#1 in seventeen countries) of Gloria Jones' "Tainted Love" had sealed the deal and defined new wave as more of a synthpop affair...which, no doubt, made Ben Orr of The Cars happy hehe, the rest of the band and their fans, not so much.

06.13.2007, 10:54 AM	#50
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	My disco faves are probably the Rolling Stones/Grateful Dead/Kraftwerk versions of disco stylization, and the funky disco dance numbers by The Gap Band and Kool & The Gang. Of course, Blondie's "Heart of Glass" from '78 and "Pop Muzik" by M (formerly a punk band) from '79 are two biggies that were equal parts new wave and disco that each really helped to usher in new wave; in '80 there was the soundtrack hit, "Call Me" by Blondie also. By '81, Soft Cell's smash hit cover (#1 in seventeen countries) of Gloria Jones' "Tainted Love" had sealed the deal and defined new wave as more of a synthpop affair...which, no doubt, made Ben Orr of The Cars happy hehe, the rest of the band and their fans, not so much. __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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