Various Artists [32 Dynamic Disco Hits]This was one of the very first things i ever bought on Ebay, i owned a double cassette of this, so i bought the double disc set to replace it, it's a great set of famous tunes if you love Seventies Disco music, while sitting down it wanted to get my feet moving, at least i was twitching and snapping my fingers, almost a perfect set of 32 tunes, play real loud!.
The tracks that really hit me were 1, 3, 6, 11-12, 15 & 32, and i must admit that i seem to gravitate to those songs that are a little over the top, and in a way almost seem like parodies of the Disco era, or was it just the naivete of the time?, so tracks 6, 15 & 32 were the ones that i would pick as the triptych that i would like to give a summary of,
6 Edwin Starr - Contact, the vocal stylings of Starr on this track are nicely over the top, it starts with a huge instrumental intro [0:00-1:35], which start as a sort of jungle bongos, and then the chorus of rhythmic clappers start up [0:08+], the rhythm changes to something more funky [0:52+], and i guess the same clapper chorus are the shouters of contact! throughout, with the most improbable story line of two lonely people making eye to eye contact through a maze of disco dancers, and the excellent Starr goes over the top, 'ow ow oh yeah' [2:11 & 3:17], and the laughs! [2:31], 'my heart was beating like a drum, as i fought my way over', yep, i can just imagine him with an invisible machete, slashing away the jungle of disco-ees to reach his beloved!, the laugh near the end is fantastic [3:42] 'hahahahahahaha-haaaar!', life's a jungle safari, glad Starr captured his prey.
15 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music, another over the top vocal styling, sounds like he's high on drugs, i've mentioned before that i always thought he was black, he sounds so much like a black guy, but he's white, he got the idea of the title of the song when they were playing a gig, and the drummer shouted 'play some funky music white boy', with twangy guitar vibes at the beginning, and the spoken intro from the singer 'heyyyyy do it now' [0:06] is excellent, and almost on the end of every line he overemphasizes the last word, plus he speak comments on his own singing lines from time to time, at the end of the chorus he adds 'till you die, ohhh till die-high' [1:20 & 2:48], there's a screaming guitar solo in the middle [1:27-1:45], i like the lines 'i'm funking out in every waaaaay' [2:07], done really over the top, and right at the outro his says 'plaaaaay that funky music' [3:06], haha, it's not meant to be a parody or anything, it was the real thing back then, but now it sounds such a spoof, i love it more than when it originally came out!.
32 Change - Searching, a lovely intro, nice hits of the drums, and a rolling wave rhythm, i can almost feel myself on an inflatable bed out on a hypnotizing ocean roll, in the chorus the girl in the song says 'she said, stop, stop, stop, get out your heart, what i've got's hot stuff, the night is ours' [1:15-1:29 & 2:31-2:45], also there's an alto sax solo that takes us outro [2:47-3:13], another great song that i appreciate more on this listening.
6 Edwin Starr - Contact, the vocal stylings of Starr on this track are nicely over the top, it starts with a huge instrumental intro [0:00-1:35], which start as a sort of jungle bongos, and then the chorus of rhythmic clappers start up [0:08+], the rhythm changes to something more funky [0:52+], and i guess the same clapper chorus are the shouters of contact! throughout, with the most improbable story line of two lonely people making eye to eye contact through a maze of disco dancers, and the excellent Starr goes over the top, 'ow ow oh yeah' [2:11 & 3:17], and the laughs! [2:31], 'my heart was beating like a drum, as i fought my way over', yep, i can just imagine him with an invisible machete, slashing away the jungle of disco-ees to reach his beloved!, the laugh near the end is fantastic [3:42] 'hahahahahahaha-haaaar!', life's a jungle safari, glad Starr captured his prey.
15 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music, another over the top vocal styling, sounds like he's high on drugs, i've mentioned before that i always thought he was black, he sounds so much like a black guy, but he's white, he got the idea of the title of the song when they were playing a gig, and the drummer shouted 'play some funky music white boy', with twangy guitar vibes at the beginning, and the spoken intro from the singer 'heyyyyy do it now' [0:06] is excellent, and almost on the end of every line he overemphasizes the last word, plus he speak comments on his own singing lines from time to time, at the end of the chorus he adds 'till you die, ohhh till die-high' [1:20 & 2:48], there's a screaming guitar solo in the middle [1:27-1:45], i like the lines 'i'm funking out in every waaaaay' [2:07], done really over the top, and right at the outro his says 'plaaaaay that funky music' [3:06], haha, it's not meant to be a parody or anything, it was the real thing back then, but now it sounds such a spoof, i love it more than when it originally came out!.
32 Change - Searching, a lovely intro, nice hits of the drums, and a rolling wave rhythm, i can almost feel myself on an inflatable bed out on a hypnotizing ocean roll, in the chorus the girl in the song says 'she said, stop, stop, stop, get out your heart, what i've got's hot stuff, the night is ours' [1:15-1:29 & 2:31-2:45], also there's an alto sax solo that takes us outro [2:47-3:13], another great song that i appreciate more on this listening.
