>Had to chime in with a "Right On!" Billy. And please let me add the
>almighty Ohio Players to that mix. And heck, I'll admit to even like
>some of the non-funky Commodores stuff: Sail On, Easy. Yeah, I know
>they're kinda cheesy, but they're also awfully well done. My recent mix
>disc of that "stuff" also included The Brothers Johnson and some early
>K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Harry Casey was one funky white man!

For the Commodore I preferred "Slippery When Wet" and a rare LP track called
"X-Rated Movie" that was a car tape favorite with my freinds in 1978. And
those
early Lionel Richie ballads have held up well. Anyone remember that Lionel
Richie video where he was in love with a blind girl and she showed a scupture
she made of him - boy it was UGLY! :)

Sho-nuff about KC!  I still rememember seeing him and his band on a TV Variety
show in 1975 and being so-surpised he was white. Not great in the lyrics dept
but the master of the tape-loop hook. His songs are surefire dance floor
fillers after 25 years. The studios at TK records were very primative (8-to-16
track) compared to what state-of-the-art Miami studios were using (Criteria,
where the Bee Gees and Clapton recorded) but the engineering and mastering on
those KC recordings are great.

BTW isnt "I Like The Way You Move" very KC-ish??

Disco Billy


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