Celebrating 1000 views of the blog, some of my favourite videos so far…from masked luddites to Aztec temples via Vegas kitsch and Hollywood hokum – it’s always about the outfits as far as I’m concerned!
Category Archives: Disco
Sunshine of Your Love/Friday on My Mind – Chilly
I can’t stop staring at that cover art…
For Your Love – Lola Dee and Chilly
Two shots of German electro-disco, both covering the same track, both released the same year…
Freddie’s Dead – MFSB and Fishbone
Philly’s finest and L.A’s craziest go Super Fly…
Tubular Bells – Champ’s Boys Orchestra
As far as I can work out this 1976 disco cover of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells was a collaboration between the French arranger and orchestra leader Hervé Roy and Patrick Bocéno, a French disco producer affiliated with Champs Disques, a super cool (in the 70s and 80s) Parisian record store. Heavily inspired by Terry Riley’sContinue reading “Tubular Bells – Champ’s Boys Orchestra”
Also Sprach Zarathustra – Deodato
Strauss meets Saturday Nietzsche Fever…
Every 1’s A Winner – The Murlocs and Ty Segall / Give Peace A Chance – Hot Chocolate
Brit disco classic gets all fuzzed up, Lennon’s peace anthem goes tropical…
Haha Hihi Huhu (Daddy Cool) – Indonesian Tom & Jerry
Helium voiced toons soundtrack Jakartan kids roller-disco…
Stayin’ Alive – The Happy Mondays
You’re twistin’ my Travolta, man…
I Put a Spell on You – Natacha Atlas / M Diggo
A single spell to compel us all…
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life – Ko Ko Mo
A masterclass in turning disco into rock… but where are all the patients?
I Feel Love – Blue Man Group with Venus Hum
Venus in technicolour…it’s all about that dress…
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