#eurodisco

[bitter69uk]

Possibly born on this day 85 years ago (18 November 1939): fashion model turned Salvador Dali muse turned Roxy Music album cover girl (For Your Pleasure (1973)) turned Dietrich-voiced disco chanteuse turned TV presenter turned Playboy centrefold turned perennial gay icon and byword for Continental hedonism and glamour - Amanda Lear! Or was she? Some sources list her birth date as 18 June. (See also: Charo, who has multiple potential birthdays). And Lear’s birth year has variously been reported as 1941, 1946 and 1950. (Unsurprisingly, Lear herself prefers the latter). Look, Lear is an international woman of mystery whose precise origins, real name and even gender at birth are shrouded in secrecy (she’s widely assumed to be transgender). Would we want her any other way? I’ve seen Lear perform just once when she did a personal appearance at The Fridge nightclub in Brixton in the early nineties. I remember her throatily warbling a hi-NRG disco interpretation of the standard “Lili Marlene” in her foghorn voice, flanked by baby-oiled bodybuilders in posing pouches. Probably the campiest thing I’d seen up until I saw Ann-Margret’s nightclub revue at The Stardust Casino in Las Vegas in 2005. Anyway, Lear (who’s romantic partners have numbered Brian Jones, David Bowie, and Bryan Ferry) was reportedly the inspiration for the character of Patsy Stone on Absolutely Fabulous and her sleek 1978 disco single “Follow Me” soundtracked the recent Chanel Coco Mademoiselle perfume campaign. (The song still slaps hard). Pictured: portrait of Lear by Pierre et Gilles, 1979.

[canmking]

D o n n a S u m m e r

[death-by-mercury]

Thank you @hammill-goes-fogwalking ❣️💗and @milkyway-ashes 💗✨

This is so so so cooooool ✨

Sarah, I know Maustetytöt is so cool but I had to pick that classic Fireball! Just so classic and cool like you! 💎✨

Setia, I picked the Yes album, cause this vibe is so good 🥹 it had to be the one bit honestly Queen II is my favourite Queen album, I used to listen to it almost daily so it’s a tough pick…

Tell me what you picked and why <3

Tagging @shamanbluesss @mrs-venus-beaufort @lock-my-feelings-in-a-jar @boozilla-valentina @greensleeves2107

[ongawdclub]

D o n n a S u m m e r

[astralbondpro]

Dschinghis Khan // Dschinghis Khan

[guerrilla-operator]

SPARKS AND GIORGIO MORODER

[singeratlarge]

SUNDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: “All Things Are Possible” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoSD0WHu7gw  …to those who believe*… I’m going into a dance-techno groove, with words about rising above adversity, distraction, and naysayers. One night I heard St. Etienne, a London-based group that combines retro-soul and Europop with dance club culture. Their song “Nothing Can Stop Us Now” inspired me to write “All Things Are Possible.” I imagined if Donna Summer sang a Star Trek soundtrack with Weather Report as the backing band + Brian Auger on organ solo. The steller vocal improvs are by gospel singer Monette Newsuan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoSD0WHu7gw  

*Luke 1:27, Phillippians 4:13.

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[dustinthew]

Spatial Vox - The Voice of Selene (Official Video)

[electroquirkmusic]

Latin Rose, 1986: "Everybody Is Gay"

[music80s90s00s]

Modern Talking - No.1 Hit Medley

[3rd-world-enby]

me and my bf was having a saturday night session of eurodisco videoclips and it randomly poped out a man dressed like kim

[canmking]

D o n n a S u m m e r

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[mitjalovse]

The European versions have some strange side effects. For instance, they can do something that was probably not intended as hilarious, yet the latter quality still happens. Check the tune on the link. Sure, the piece might be one of the cheesiest Eurodisco anthems, but there is a smart postmodernist play going on in here. I mean, the introduction seems so eerily similar to a famous tune by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes you ask yourself – was that intentional? Are they somehow positioning their song as a female point of view of that tune? Moreover, the lyrics have a sharp edge with one of the verses tearing down the fourth wall. Of course, you are correct – we can't be certain they intended to do all of this. Still, remember what Eno said about the errors being the hidden intentions.

[cavalierzee]

Chase