The Best Disco in Town

[jawnbc]

Several months ago a concert tour was announced for Australia and compulsively ordered tickets for me and querrelle. Without asking him. It was sure to be the hip, happening, kewl event of the year--and damn I wanted to be a part of it. You down with OCD, yeah you know me me me me me...

Anyway tonight was the night, and it turned out to be awright. We were pleasantly surprised that a special opening act had been added to the already full bill:

Bjorn Again. Yup, ABBA coverband extraordinaire! Mammia Mia, Dancing Queen, and the Sydney Entertainment Centre was going off!

The tech crew was great, and within minutes the band I came to hear was on the boards: Boney M. And they were the best of the lot. 3 gorgeous Caribbean divas in red, blue or gold sequineed gowns, a cheeky bloke with silly putty hips, all very good singers. They started did Sonny, Daddy Cool, Brown Girl in the Ring, Rasputin, and my all time favourite Rivers of Babylon. They were great and gracious and the SEC was a big ole bucket of Ja luv!

Next was Errol Brown, the lead singer of Hot Chocolate. Some of his songs I hadn’t realized were his (You win again), but the 2 biggies (Everyone’s a Winner and You Sexy thing) were what he finished with. Very good, if a bit....tame.

And then her royal fabness, Gloria Gaynor took the stage. She wen for the big’un immediately (Never Can Say Goodbye, I am what I am), and finished with a 10 minute bringing down da house version of I Will Survive. Wow!

A 10 minute set change and we were back in the land of clones and harmony. Ya mon, the Village People. They look tired (except the new leather guys, who’s hawt. And str8). Sang well, did Macho Man, In the Navy, some Milk song, You can’t stop the Music, and In the Navy. Oh, and before they did YMCA, they taught us how to do the arm thangs properly. Very funny, very catty. Then they sang the song well.

And then....we were tired and decided to skip KC and the Sunshine Band.

Comments

[moroccomole.livejournal.com]

Is Gloria Gaynor a big Bible-thumping homophobe, or is that just an urban legend?

[beastbriskett.livejournal.com]

You may be thinking of the stupid and ungrateful Donna Summers.

[moroccomole.livejournal.com]

No, see I think that's the urban legend, and that Donna Summer suffered for years over something she never said. But I think Gloria's the one who cashes our checks and gives us Jesus bile in return. Can we have a disco expert weigh in please?

[jawnbc]

Summer is on record as being a Xtian. I don't think Gaynor's a homophobe--just googled and got nuthin' except lists of gay gigs she's played.

All the Disco experts are gone. Except Disco Stu of course.

[danbearnyc.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I went to Miss Summer's wedding. Really I did. She was marrying that Italian fellow from the group Brooklyn Dreams, and his first cousin was an R.C. priest assigned to my aunt's parish in Bellmore, St Barnabas. One morning I got a phone call from auntie asking who Donna Summer was, as she was getting married that day at her church. I was there before auntie could hang up the phone. Festive! Fun!