(November 18, 2014 at 7:23 pm)abaris Wrote:(November 18, 2014 at 7:16 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I loved disco as a kid, I turned on it because of social norms that came about in the 80s, but even in that rejection, there was overlap between the eras that lead me to the music I took to.
Debbie Harry and Blondie could hardly be called disco but "Heart of Glass" and "Rapture" were obviously influenced by disco. And saxophone was heavy in disco carried over to rock, in bands like Quarter Flash and Foreigner. That lead me to Styx and Reo Speadwagon, then to Metallica and even modern Jazz such as Sanborn and Candy Dulpher and Manhattan Transfer.
Well, you're mentioning a lot of blasts from the past.
I liked Blondie with heart of glass and Rapture. I guess, it also has to do with the three year age gap between us. And with the fact of me having a brother being 15 years my senior. I virtually learned to walk to the sound of bands from the 60ies.
The Bee Gees never captured me, even though I now look at Amii Stewarts rendition of Knock on Wood favorably. I guess it boils down to personal taste.
You are talking to a guy that fell in love with any female back then with big hair. Ironically I was back then in love with Frida when everyone else was in love with Agnetha, the blond of ABBA, but as time went on I was in love with Farrah Fawcett from Carlie's angels, then to Louise English one of the "Benny Hill's Angels" to Stephanie Kramer from the cop show "Hunter" to Pat Benatar in Music.
