"over and over" is such a tear-jerker for me when it comes to lyrical subject matter but that's only one of a few reasons i love it. it's such a great fusion of live energy and disco production, feels intimate and casual, and it's sylvester at his best vocally.
― hammer smashed nagls (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:21 (nine years ago) link
The sound is so tinny and, at the same time, so intimate.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:24 (nine years ago) link
plus i imagine my friend l3roy who was a back-up dancer for sylvester stalking around and putting his arms around everyone's shoulders for the refrain. xp i don't know what you're talking about.
― hammer smashed nagls (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
oh nevermind.
― hammer smashed nagls (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Every charge I've heard leveled at "Over and Over" -- that it's too top heavy, that it's too fast -- just makes me that much more protective of it.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:35 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 26 February 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Nice backstory to this 40 year old Walter Gibbons remix of Gladys Knight that has finally been released:
http://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/music/new-releases/mythical-remix-disco-legend-walter-gibbons-finally-sees-light-day/
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 10:09 (seven years ago) link
That was posted already in a more appropriate thread:
t/s : disco mastermixers masterclass - walter gibbons vs larry levan vs francois kevorkian vs danny krivit
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 11:09 (seven years ago) link
Cheers. Couldn't search so just chose the most appropriate from my bookmarks.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 12:12 (seven years ago) link
You can still search by going to Google and putting the text site:ilxor.com and your search term to the search field. I searched for site:ilxor.com gibbons, and that thread was the 3rd Google result.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
Popped my disc of this countdown in my car recently and it's still a really well-rounded group of tunes.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Friday, 9 April 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
Still no clue how "Do What You Wanna Do" ended up top 3, but it's a great chugger nonetheless.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Friday, 9 April 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link