Parodies of disco music
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- | Several parodies [[disco music]] were created, most notably "[[Disco Duck]]" and "[[Dancin' Fool]]". [[Rick Dees]], at the time a radio DJ in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], recorded "Disco Duck"; [[Frank Zappa]] parodied the lifestyles of disco dancers in "[[Dancin' Fool]]" on his 1979'' [[Sheik Yerbouti]]'' album. | + | Several parodies [[disco music]] were created, most notably "[[Disco Duck]]" and "[[Dancin' Fool]]". |
+ | [[Rick Dees]], at the time a radio DJ in Memphis, Tennessee, recorded "Disco Duck"; [[Frank Zappa]] parodied the lifestyles of disco dancers in "[[Disco Boy]]" on his 1976 ''[[Zoot Allures]]'' album, and in "[[Dancin' Fool]]" on his 1979 ''[[Sheik Yerbouti]]'' album;. | ||
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+ | Several more parodies of the disco style were created. Dee also released and "Dis-Gorilla" (1977); [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s [["Weird Al" Yankovic (album)|eponymous 1983 debut album]] includes a disco song called "Gotta Boogie", an extended pun on the similarity of the disco move to the American slang word "[[Dried nasal mucus|booger]]". Comedian [[Bill Cosby]] devoted his entire 1977 album ''[[Disco Bill]]'' to disco parodies. In 1980, ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad Magazine]]'' released a flexi-disc titled ''Mad Disco'' featuring six full-length parodies of the genre. [[Rock and roll]] songs critical of disco included [[Bob Seger]]'s "[[Old Time Rock and Roll]]" and, especially, [[The Who]]'s "[[Sister Disco]]" (both 1978)—although The Who's "[[Eminence Front]]" (four years later) had a disco feel. | ||
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+ | ==Selected list of recordings== | ||
+ | *[[Disco Boy]] by Zappa | ||
+ | *[[Sheik Yerbouti]] by Zappa | ||
+ | *[[Dancin' Fool]] by Zappa | ||
+ | *[[Disco Clone]] (1978) by Cristina | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Rockism]] | ||
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Several parodies disco music were created, most notably "Disco Duck" and "Dancin' Fool".
Rick Dees, at the time a radio DJ in Memphis, Tennessee, recorded "Disco Duck"; Frank Zappa parodied the lifestyles of disco dancers in "Disco Boy" on his 1976 Zoot Allures album, and in "Dancin' Fool" on his 1979 Sheik Yerbouti album;.
Several more parodies of the disco style were created. Dee also released and "Dis-Gorilla" (1977); "Weird Al" Yankovic's eponymous 1983 debut album includes a disco song called "Gotta Boogie", an extended pun on the similarity of the disco move to the American slang word "booger". Comedian Bill Cosby devoted his entire 1977 album Disco Bill to disco parodies. In 1980, Mad Magazine released a flexi-disc titled Mad Disco featuring six full-length parodies of the genre. Rock and roll songs critical of disco included Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" and, especially, The Who's "Sister Disco" (both 1978)—although The Who's "Eminence Front" (four years later) had a disco feel.
Selected list of recordings
- Disco Boy by Zappa
- Sheik Yerbouti by Zappa
- Dancin' Fool by Zappa
- Disco Clone (1978) by Cristina
See also