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Friday Dance Party: Romeo Void – Girl In Trouble

IMHO, one of the best songs of the 80s.

According to a documentary about the group, the sax player recounted them playing a club and being told that Clive Davis (Arista Records) was coming to see them and talk about a record deal. The moment Debora came out on stage, Clive and the rest of his group got up and left. The sax player said he’d never forget the look on Debora’s face. Clive and the others like him are the reason we now have an industry filled with “faces” who can’t actually sing.

Remember how Christopher Cross’s popularity plummeted once the public saw the face behind the music? Same thing…

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Saturday Dance Party: THP Orchestra – Dancing is Alright

THP Orchestra’s third LP, aptly titled THP 3 is one of my all time favorite dance records. The summer of 1979 was awesome in terms of the music coming out. And then “disco” died, but after a brief hiatus, reincarnated as “dance music.” (I remember how my DJ friend Steve used to roll his eyes at the term.)

When I first heard Patrick Cowley’s Megatron Man in 1981, I knew the genre—whatever you wanted to call it—was back, stronger and better than ever.

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Friday Dance Party: Le Pamplemousse – Le Spank

Continuing on the Rinder & Lewis groove of the past few days…

Back in the day, a DJ acquaintence of mine from the Gay Students Organization at the University of Arizona used to mix this with some audio tracks he lifted off a gay S&M porn video.

Let’s just say it worked.

I often wonder whatever happened to the guy. At this point I don’t even remember his name, but I was wicked jealous of his gear. (No, not that gear, you dirty birds—although I know we hooked up at least once—even if I have no direct memory of the encounter beyond going to dinner and ending up back in his bedroom.) I mean his stereo gear.

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