this song has been sampled many, many times which is a testament to it's awesome gay anthem-ness. you might know the writers and producers better as kid creole and the coconuts- august darnell and andy hernandez. they were also a relatively successful big band disco group- dr. buzzard's original savannah band ("cherchez la femme") who have been sampled a great deal by a vast assortment of hip hop artists(' sunshower').
this is the legendary machine 'there but for the grace of god go i'- well known and loved by all the Legendary Children. nearly 3 decades on( released in 1979) it is still instantly recognizable on a dance floor of those who have any sense of dance music and it's history and close association with teh ghey.
kid creole et al were staples of the 70's/80s new york music scene-darnell produced miss kitten precursor cristina ('is that all there is' and 'disco clone'. siouxsie used the former - playing cristina's banned version at the end of all her shows in the later half of the 90's.). they appear as oddly named disco bands here and there- my very favorite being don armando's 2nd avenue rhumba band- "deputy of love". if you don't know if you've got teh ghey or not, you do if you like this song-( and saturday night fever had horrible music that pales next to real disco like deputy of love but it is still a good film.)(" are you gonna be a nice girl... or a pig?")
endicott by kid creole. i am always surprised at the people who know and love this song. darnell definitely has his minnie the moocher moves down. that's andy hernandez in the kiddie pool.
On the subject of "teh ghey disco", how shocked was i to find that this song was used in Grand Theft Auto IV?!
And of course there's this
And this
i think the skatt brothers was part of casablanca's whole good vs evil scheme of things as in kiss bad/ angel good. village people good clean gays vs. the skatt brothers evil nasty sex doing gays. but frankly i've never seen a picture of them and none look capable of that big scary leather daddy from hell voice. if that's the song they're using in that game i am speechless. i was even shocked that obscure boston band tribe is featured in one of those horrid rock star interactive games- then i recalled when they split up several of the band members went on to write music for video games. they probably put it in there themselves.
you know when you have an alternative lifestyle you often HAVE to write that youre a man ( sort of) on your jacket or none of us would know it. i can smell the poppers through the computer screen as i type.
I used to have one hell of a disco record collection. I started to collect these records shortly after the move, because I had easy access to really cool record shops in my neighborhood, and beyond. My parents frequented discos back then; on the weekends. They told me about other songs they heard while out having fun. I'd run out and buy them asap. I recall spending a lot of time in a little hole in the wall shop on 23'rd and 3rd. I also frequented Sam Goody and J&R Music World. Goody's was actually an incredibly good store back then. They had a lot of obscure stuff, and disco records. Later on, I hit up the indie stores; Rocks In Your Head, The Golden Disc, and Bleecker Bobs, for punk/new wave records.
I spent ALL of my allowance on music.
I really love reading your posts about music. It just figures that Brad would comment on this, too. :) He's SUPER cool, and I don't think he realizes just how cool and interesting he is; at least to me.
there was a strawberries in boston on boylston street that had a downstairs dance music section that was astounding. one of my uncles was friends with master fucking amazing boston dj danae from chaps so we had access to all the club music. the first time i heard prince it was because they were playing ' head' in all the gay bars and one of my uncles dragged to home . this was years before prince got massive radio play. and when everyone started ripping off all the old gay divas i knew the original songs. my favorite was the very best version of ' i never can say goodbye'- gloria gaynor :