Music You've Been Listening To

Always got a massive Pretenders vibe from this one, with its jangly guitar sound and the natural tremolo in both singers’ voices.

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I’ve been on a big 70s run the last few days…maybe because it was the time where I really started getting into music, but for me it was the most magnificent period in music…so many superb albums were released…including this one that I’m currently listening to.

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70s… been having a disco morning
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Disco was never really my thing…but I did have a listen to K.C. and the Sunshine Band’s self titled album the other day (part of my ongoing journey of listening to albums I’ve never heard before) …it brought a few memories back…songs that I’d completely forgotten about. :slight_smile:

Disco is very much not my thing, however…there are obviously tracks that transcend the genre, I Feel Love, Stayin’ Alive…

Crossovers like I Was Made For Loving You (but Not the Stones).

And lots of guilty pleasures like Born To Be Alive and I Love The Nightlife or whatever it is.

Well, I’ll be…
You made me go and look up Patrick Hernandez. There I was thinking he’d gone to the great discotheque in the sky years ago, but no… turns out he’s still kicking (77 laps around the sun apparently…)

He’d be one of the great one-hit wonders, wouldn’t he? I have legitimately never heard another song by him. Without Googling I’m not even familiar with even the title of another of his songs.

It’s a toss-up between him and Promises as to which is more ā€œone-hit-wonderyā€ā€¦

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Wash your mouth out with soap you Philistine.

Such a reaction clearly shows you were too young to appreciate the ā€œqualitiesā€ of Promises :grin:

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Just go see them live.

Boy oh boy is one of their shows worth it.

and everyone loves Rattlesnake!

There’s no way I would spend money on going to see them…I’d never know what they were going to play…a lot of their stuff is crap (imo).

When only two of (now) 28 albums of theirs that I’ve listened to have made it to my playlist, it’s pretty clear that I’m just not a big fan.

What do you like?

just posted in the gig thread. I’d give my left nut for an all them witches side show out of good things.

you get one in Melbourne ya lucky buggers.

They certainly had a pair of very endearing ā€œqualitiesā€ā€¦

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Hardest working pair of suspenders in the history of mankind :grin:

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Are you specifically referring to King Gizzard or generally?

If King Gizzard, then the answer is in the post you quoted.

I thought you would like disco given some of the 80s dancier songs you’ve mentioned and I hear the connections sonically that come across.
For me it’s all discovery and it’s probably music that never came to Aus unless it was a poppy hit.

Well said mate…the more you listen to, the more new stuff (worth listening to) you find.

I’m currently listening to a band called ā€œVon Hertzen Brothersā€ who I’d never heard of until this morning when they were mentioned in an article I was reading.

Their album ā€œLove Remains the Sameā€ is the 446th first time listen for me this year (so far).

Of those 446, I’ve only added 23 to my playlist…but that’s ok as 23 is better than none. :slight_smile:

Not many great disco albums … all about a banging single

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Ever wanted to hear disco versions of Money, Have A Cigar or One Of These Days? Has to be heard to be believed… :rofl:

@Mods…pleas permaban @BAAKKEERRRR for posting the above monstrosity!!!

This goes alright if you like DSOTM and dub/reggae.