Classic 80s stuff: Autograph - Turn up the Radio

 

Spain I assume. Sounds like a good move, si?, but like much else I guess, it's pros and cons... I wonder if the internet lasts another 10 years and, if so, in what way.

 

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I might have called it, Duck Pond, but maybe toucans sound more like that.

 

Seems to have become a bit of a classic (the girl can swing a good hip)...

You know those little black felt bulletin boards that hold plastic letters with prongs on the back side of them that you push into the lined creases in the felt to form words? Well, I got one of those for free at a garage sale end-- a small one, maybe a foot by a foot with a little bag of those letters. Currently, for the past couple of years, it has been sitting on the top of my cupboards in the kitchen with the words spelled out,

"I love the nightlife, I've got to boogie, on the disco round, oh ya!"

...Well what was I supposed to write? It has limited space and selection of letters.

 

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Here's a songs for you @Sackbut, for your great story and love of disco:

Patrick Cowley - The Ultimate Master Megamix

Spoiler: TRACKLIST

TRACKLIST
Intro: Menergy/Lift off/Get a little/Tech-no-logical world
1.- Sea hunt 0:01:48
2.- They came at night 0:03:05
3.- Get a little 0:03:54
4.- Tech-No-Logical world 0:06:00
5.- Goin home 0:07:40
6.- X-Factor 0:10:50
7.- If you feel it 0:12:44
8.- Thank God for music 0:13:56
9.- Lift off 0:16:21
10.- Right on target 0:20:14
11.- Megatron Man 0:23:02
12.- I wanna take you home 0:26:41
13.- Shot in the night 0:30:02
14.- Menergy 0:33:36
15.- Do ya wanna funk 0:38:45
16.- Die hard lover 0:42:28
17.- I feel love 0:45:55
18.- You make me feel 0:53:38
19.- Dance (Disco heat) 0:57:09
20.- Lucky tonight 1:02:16
21.- Love´s on the line 1:06:07
22.- Without your love (Paul Parker) 1:10:45
23.- Mind Warp 1:13:58
24.- Invasion 1:17:38
25.- Without your love (Cut Glass) 1:20:50
26.- Pushin too hard 1:27:38

PAUL PARKER - THE COLLECTION

Spoiler: TRACKLIST

CD1 - 1992
00:00 01- Right On Target
06:18 02- Love's On The Line
12:29 03- Shot In The Night
18:35 04- Too Much To Dream
24:27 05- Baby You Can Have My Lovi
29:11 06- Travelin' Man
33:30 07- Nighthawk
39:06 08- Tech-No-Logical World
46:29 09- Desire (Remix)
55:10 10- Lift Off
1:01:32 11- Right On Target

CD 2
1:05:19 01- Desire
1:13:57 02- Stranger In A Strange Land (with Pamala Stanley)
1:19:50 03- Running Around In Circles(with Pamala Stanley)
............ 04- Body Talk COPYRIGHT
-----..--- 05- Abracadabra COPYRIGHT
1:25:41 06- From Here To Eternety
07- Ready Or Not
1:39:22 08- Don't Play With Fire
1:42:29 09- One Look Was Enough
1:55:30 10- Time After Time

 

Thanks. I would go easy on the 'love of disco', though. There are a few tunes, sure, but the above bulletin board thing was a bit of an out-of-the-blue silly inside joke sort of thing at home here. Nevertheless, that song's ok, as were a few others of the genre/era...

But I should ask you and this forum in general if they know of a song that I can't seem to find that is barely-recalled (some spotty words and tune) that seems to be sort of in that genre and/or era. It goes something like this (female vocals)...

"I get the feeling when you rock and roll me
You don't hold me like you used to hold me...
...
...like anybody...

[toward the end of it:]

...You know you know you know
I've done everything I can
Get away..."

And then she sort of sings something like "Mm-mm-ah, mm-mm-ah... to leave you..." and maybe repeats that a few times.
Of course I can't sing the tune in text format, but in any case, I'll be damned if I can find it. Any ideas?

Anyway, since I'm on about the era and posting, let's kill two birds with one stone and wrap it up with Chic, who seemed to inject some reasonable quality that, if others had done similarly, the genre may not have suffered as, or as much as, it ostensibly did...

 

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Maybe the AI knows something....! !

Spoiler: Source: Grok KI

Hey W.,

Haha, fair enough on the disco deep dive—I'll dial back the glitterball enthusiasm and chalk it up to a momentary lapse in judgment. Inside jokes are the best kind anyway; they keep things lively without needing an explanation. And yeah, Chic's "Le Freak" is a stone-cold classic to tie it all up—c'mon baby, don't stop the rock! That groove never gets old.

Now, onto your mystery track. Man, those half-remembered earworms are the worst (or best?)—like a ghost in your brain that won't fully materialize. I dug around a bit on lyrics sites and old-school disco/pop databases, and while nothing's an exact match to your phrasing, the closest vibe I could pin down is "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by Dusty Springfield (1966, but it had that soulful, torch-song feel that bled into early disco ballads). The lyrics don't line up perfectly, but there's a pleading "you don't hold me" kind of heartbreak in the delivery, and her vocal runs at the end have that wistful "mm-mm-ah" scatting you described. It's more '60s pop than full-on disco, but artists like her influenced the era big time.

If that's not it (and I suspect it might not be, given the "rock and roll me" bit—which screams funky '70s R&B/disco), here are a few other contenders from that golden age that echo the sentiment of fading passion and those soulful ad-libs. I prioritized female-led tracks with similar lyrical hooks or vocal stylings:


Song Title Artist Year Why It Might Fit
If You Don't Know Me by Now Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (feat. Teddy Pendergrass, but female backing vox) 1972 Philly soul with lines like "If you don't know me by now / You will never never never know me"—close to your "you know you know" repetition, and the emotional plea about not holding on. Ends with ad-libbed "oohs" and "ahhs."
Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City Bobby Bland (covered by female artists like Ann Peebles in '70s style) 1974 Bluesy R&B turning disco-ish; lyrics about lost love ("Ain't no love... anymore"), with soulful moans and "mm-mm" fills toward the fade-out.
Rock and Roll Music The Fontaines (or Beach Boys cover, but check Linda Ronstadt's '70s take) 1975 Literal "rock and roll" in the title/lyrics, with a sense of nostalgia for how things "used to be." Her version has that era-spanning pop feel and vocal flourishes.
Get Away Earth, Wind & Fire 1975 Straight-up funky disco; chorus is "Get away, get away," tying to your "Get away..." line, with high-energy female backing vocals and "ooh-ah" hooks throughout.
Love to Love You Baby Donna Summer 1975 Iconic disco moan-fest—starts with whispers about feelings, builds to endless "ahhhs" and "mm-mm"s. The "you don't hold me" vibe is in the seductive plea for more.
If none of these ring the bell, it could be a deeper cut from the '70s female disco wave (think Loleatta Holloway or First Choice—they had tons of "leaving you" anthems with those exact vocal tics). Or hell, maybe it's a one-off B-side that's flown under the radar. Drop more details if you can—like was it upbeat dancefloor stuff or slower ballad? Any instruments standing out (horns, synths, strings)? Forum folks, chime in if this jogs your memory—collective brainpower for the win.

What's your take on these guesses? Hit me with a yes/no, and we can narrow the hunt.

Cheers, Grok

 

Back to the 80s, what a decade it was!

 

Violators - Summer of 81

 

Turbonegro - Get It On

Turbonegro - All My Friends Are Dead

 

Blitz - Someones Gonna Die

 

Yea, FM has some really great stuff and the song you posted, which I don't remember hearing, is wonderful.

 

It was an excellent cover album... and still is today. They were recorded both at the same time, so it sounds like Illusion-era GNR, which I loved. It has a great live-type sound. Izzy and Slash's guitars panned left and right, the rhythm section sounds great too. It's a very cool stuff, the end of the analog era...

 

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Wimple Winch - Save My Soul

Mersey(freak)beat.

 

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