xp Ned mentioned it in the RIP thread
Classic song obv.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 14:18 (four years ago) link
Pulp certainly did rip off a Laura Branigan song for "Disco 2000" - but it was "Gloria", not "Self Control".
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
I love "Gloria" and "Self Control". What other songs get this vibe? "You Keep Me Hanging On" is a great one. I'd add Donna Summer's "Protection" and Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out For a Hero" from a few years later. Other suggestions?
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 18 July 2019 10:28 (four years ago) link
Tell It To My Heart?
― Siegbran, Thursday, 18 July 2019 10:39 (four years ago) link
"Gloria," there seem to be a lot of aerobic '80s songs that fit that vibe. "Self Control" is darker and more mysterious. So vibe-wise, along with the usual Italo disco suspects, there's stuff like, I dunno, "Send Me an Angel," by Real Life, maybe?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 July 2019 12:11 (four years ago) link
I don’t know the usual Italo suspects!
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 18 July 2019 12:21 (four years ago) link
Stuff like this, I guess:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcwYp0musC8
Also, this one (not Italo) is very "Self Control:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMPR6Ujop4k
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 July 2019 12:31 (four years ago) link
You can also look for stuff by Scotch and Kano, I guess, among other Italian disco suspects. Other people here know that stuff better than I do.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 July 2019 12:34 (four years ago) link
I think 'Don't Pretend to Know' by Tapps kind of fits?
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 18 July 2019 12:35 (four years ago) link
hmm, I dont really agree with most of these suggestions. What I dig about Self Control is the hard rock/quasi-goth sound spruced up by 80s electro. There's a relentlessness to it that makes it super badass. I dont think Visage or Taylor Dayne have that hard sinister vibe.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 18 July 2019 12:43 (four years ago) link
Hazel O'Connor, Eighth Day?
― The Pingularity (ledge), Thursday, 18 July 2019 13:13 (four years ago) link
(a bit less rock, a bit more goth - see also Drowning in Berlin)
― The Pingularity (ledge), Thursday, 18 July 2019 13:18 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Thursday, 18 July 2019 13:18 (four years ago) link
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim CarnesSunglasses at Night - Corey Hart
― enochroot, Thursday, 18 July 2019 13:19 (four years ago) link
Sandra - In The Heat Of The Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4kHR5SNB5Q
― Br. Des Shadows (NickB), Thursday, 18 July 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
How about Matia Bazar’s *Ti-Sento*?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4JwenFloWk
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 18 July 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
Sandra is a good suggestion (although clearly not as great as Self Control).
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 18 July 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
How about Caroline Loeb "C'est la ouate"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oyrsite2Ck
...and perhaps Gina X "No GDM"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUUlaXETebI
...Off "Electrica Salsa"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK6wglhklKg
...Propaganda "P.Machinery"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=660ZCEhvbnw
...and Eighth Wonder "I'm Not Scared":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-PYqUHfTMA
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 18 July 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
Oh christ, I'm going senile. Yes, you're right.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Thursday, 18 July 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
Ginny - “Can’t Be Serious”, maybe?
― brimstead, Thursday, 18 July 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
What a track that is
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 18 July 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link
What other songs get this vibe?
Sheryl Lee Ralph - In The Evening
That drop into the chorus...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfoKoF4o6tU
There's a video but it's too jolly and belies the vibe.
― Noel Emits, Monday, 12 July 2021 13:52 (two years ago) link
FWIW, the break in "In The Evening" synchs very effectively with the rap intro to Chaka's "I Feel For You".
― mike t-diva, Monday, 12 July 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
Pulp certainly did rip off a Laura Branigan song for "Disco 2000" - but it was "Gloria", not "Self Control".Oh christ, I'm going senile. Yes, you're right.
It's an Umberto Tozzi song, originally.
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 12 July 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
the Insane Clown Posse cover is worth checking out too
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 July 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
The Cheryl Lee Ralph video is so insane.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Monday, 12 July 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bgv54jROII
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 01:15 (two years ago) link
can't believe nobody has mentioned that one group from Detroit yet.
wanna say they wore makeup and had stage names and a devoted group of fans.
and they did this song?
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 01:27 (two years ago) link
Intersting takes - and two absolute favourites. I took the question to mean musically, but I like this interpretation of lyrically sharing the subject of the culture of the club.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 11:40 (two years ago) link
they play a prominent role in the video as well!xp
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:52 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf17bkp5EL0
the 1996 remix of "In The Evening" is the sound of every bottle of poppers ever being opened
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
I must have heard “In The Evening” every time I went to a gay club for at least a year (roughly late 84 to late 85), and it got to the point where I thought I never wanted to hear it again. But then Horse Meat Disco started reviving it in the mid 00s, and it sort of unexpectedly renewed itself; if I heard it out now, I’d be thrilled. (A similar thing happened with “Finally”, although it’s usually me who’s playing it out.)
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 22:17 (two years ago) link
I'd love to hear it out now too, it's taken on a real urgency over lockdown
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
I'm surprised Valerie Dore didn't get a look in in this thread!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ssUKt76-c
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHrsv0NVa6k
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
at the darker cruising through the city at night end of the vibe
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 28 July 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
good one
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
TIL Laura Branigan covered Falco's "Der Kommissar" with different lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=823aeo0WU_k
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 00:36 (seven months ago) link
"I...I live among the creatures of the night!"
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 00:38 (seven months ago) link