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I have often dipped my toe into Italo/French-disco without getting too far so any recommendations would be welcome. "Change", however I love, especially this, which grabs you by the throat from the first note:


Back to Chic, here's a couple more of their off-piste efforts I love:


Norma Jean


Diana Ross


Sister Sledge - love the way he doesn't pick it up at 5'23 but let's it drift for 5 seconds of bliss

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dss said:
This Coryne - I am feeling Vanessa Paradis here is it.

Good cheekbones and abundant hair do not always relate to the ability to carry a tune or involvement in interesting musics there. Can the French ever do Disco Pop?

DS
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Hi,

What about one my faves, Patrick Juvet.

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and

Patrick Hernandez

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Dean
 
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I have all those, my man Hernandez is tops, esp, the 12" extended version of "Born to be Alive", with a extra bit of twangy guitar loop frenzy in the middle is it.

Juvet does have the cheekbones and hair though.

DS
 
Do you know Ronny, Vangelis's disco beard? I had her two 12 inchers, 'Compare Me With The Rest'

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and 'If You Want Me To Stay'?

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but would love to know more...
 
That has confirmed that I was right in the 70s - disco was complete crap!

What a shame that two great musicians like Nile & Rogers chose that style to play.
 
Amanda Lear, that's where we need to go next is it, for our contrived French disco chick (?) entertainment.



DS
 
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What was I doing? I forgot one of the top iconic French disco acts in my considerations is it:



She is Disco

DS
 
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And also this one is it:


Much copied and worked over.

DS
 
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Rogers & Hammerstein - whatever.

(OK - I got the names wrong, my bad; I didn't think it was worth googling.)
 
The spirit of Sheila goes on in this sincere tribute from Sweden is it:


DS
 
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Now we have moved across the border, how about this one is it:

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DS
 
I do have those Noel's and Divine's all good stuff is it.

So, I will have to go thermonuclear on this:

The Disco to end all discos


DS
 
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