Like stars shining

Disco videos are seldom dull. Most of them were made in the glitzy late 70's when everyone went disco, with very little self-criticism, so the results are usually pretty hilarious from today's stand point of view. Here's three video takes whose glamour time has ripped apart, loosely lumped together by the theme of flying and stars.



I just had to include this one in. Wade Nichols aka Dennis Parker was an adult entertainment performer and a regular actor who went disco with Casablanca Records. The song is actually quite good (and has been recycled numerous times), but the video is even better. There's so much feeling in his mustached performance, look at him wave around and claim the skies!



Dee D. Jackson's Automatic Lover videos usually have a soft focus lens Barbara Walters would be proud of. This video is all dreamy fantasy, even if some suggest it's a song about vibrators... Anyways, look at the pants of that robot, he's packing a hefty personal robot tool in there. The main vocal melody works really well. BTW, the Finnish cover of this is in demand, so be very happy if you happen to have a copy.



This is rather bizarre. Apparently it's a disco choreographed version of the main Star Wars theme and the Mos Eisley canteen tune. Not one but four Darth Vader's doing spins to a disco beat - win.

Have a good weekend,
- P-Funk

More video madness

One of the top videos I know:



The hand gestures! The sheeplike greasy hair! The Freaks Anonymous hotline! The zoom-in shots of Egyptian Lover, dangerous as ever, seal the deal.

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- P-Funk

Sexy mess of a video

You gotta love this one. One of the biggest songs of the last year, with a defo video.

Duck Sauce "aNYway" (Surface To Air version) from A-Trak on Vimeo.

- P-Funk

"Best lover 50 miles around"

One thing I love about (euro)disco is it's kitchsiness. I've noticed that I've especially drawn to old erotic disco with sexy moans, clumsy metaphors and singing about lovemaking. Oh, the careless 70's when people started to discover their right to take pleasure in their body, and not just freak it up sexwise for reproductive means. A big time for gay liberation, too.

A lot of people expect their music to deal with sexuality with irony and distance. And a lot of people poke fun at the explicit corporal aspect of disco lust. But I have found the erotic disco somewhat inspiring, and not only in a detached, comic sense. I mean, shouldn't expressing your love/lust be a little bit fun for the participants too? And this definately is. (I hope I'm getting this message somewhat through)



"Cause the love / the love I will give you / Is sweeter than anything else in the world.
Sweeter - than anything else / In this world / Sweeter - really sweet
I am a love machine in town / The best you can get / 50 miles around."

Love the straight face he puts up. And yeah, who knew he comes from Germany...

- P-Funk