MA-98 - Defying Disco in the 70s

The world of 1970s pop music was much more than disco!  I know, I was there.  There was the wonderful mainstream stuff like Tracks 2 or 11 to oddball comedy like Tracks 7 or 14.  And then stuff with a serious message, like Tracks 1 or 23.  Draw your own conclusions about songs like Tracks 9, 10, or 21.

01 - Don't Dictate - Penetration   1977  (2:54)

02 - (They Long to Be) Close to You (album version) - Carpenters   1970  (4:32)

03 - Computer Games - Mi-Sex   1979  (4:01)

04 - Gidget Goes to Hell - Suburban Lawns   1979  (2:03)

05 - Clap Your Hands - Bonnie St Clair and Unit Gloria   1972  (3:58)

06 - The Man Who Sold the World - Lulu   1974  (3:46)

07 - Convention '72 - The Delegates   1972  (5:07)

08 - Then Came You - Dionne Warwick and The Spinners   1974  (3:57)

09 - I Hate School - Suburban Studs   1978  (2:38)

10 - I Gotta Get a Fake ID - Barnes & Barnes with Friends   1979  (3:07)

11 - Overture from “Tommy” - The Assembled Multitude   1970  (2:30)

12 - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John   1975  (5:42)

13 - I Only Want to Be with You - Bay City Rollers   1976  (3:33)

14 - Ain't Gonna Bump No More - Joe Tex   1977  (3:32)

15 - 2000 AD - The Rezillos   1978  (3:00)

16 - Heartbreaker - Jenny Darren   1978  (3:05)

17 - The Wild One - Suzi Quatro   1974  (2:51)

18 - Baby Don't Go - Karla Bonoff   1979  (3:16)

19 - They Don't Know - Kirsty MacColl   1979  (3:02)

20 - Waldorf - Edith Nylon   1979  (2:28)

21 - Too Young to Date - D-Day   1979  (2:35)

22 - Teenarama - The Records   1979  (4:00)

23 - Part-Time Punks - Television Personalities   1979  (2:39)

Regarding Track 6 -- did you know that Lulu and David Bowie were "an item" in the 1970s?  That's Bowie singing background and playing sax.

Great music can make for great reminiscences, or new memories!

MA-98 - Defying Disco in the 70s  UPDATED 2021 LINK

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