After the jump, Marty and Nate dig through the history of rock artists making dance music, spending time with five specific albums from different eras - David Bowie's Young Americans, Liquid Liquid's Optimo EP, The Rapture's Echoes, The Dirtbombs' Party Store, and Tame Impala's Currents - to get a sense of how the idea of dance rock has evolved over the past 40 years.
Recommended Listening:
David Bowie – Young Americans (1975)
David Bowie – “Rebel Rebel (U.S. Single Version)”
Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia compilation
Luther Vandross – “Funky Music”
James Brown – “Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)”
David Bowie – Station to Station (1976)
Cheap Trick “Gonna Raise Hell”
The Rolling Stones – Some Girls (1978)
The Rolling Stones – “Miss You (Special Disco Version)”
The Rolling Stones – “Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)”
The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue (1980)
ZZ Top – Eliminator (1983)
No New York (1978)
Public Image Ltd. – “Swan Lake”
The Clash – Sandinista! (1980)
Duran Duran – “The Reflex (12” Dance Mix)”
Liquid Liquid – Optimo EP (1983)
Grandmaster Melle Mel – “White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)”
ESG – Come Away With ESG (1983)
A Tom Moulton Mix compilation
The Prodigy – Fat of the Land (1996)
Primal Scream – Screamadelica (1990)
The Stone Roses – “Fool’s Gold”
The Rapture – Echoes (2003)
DFA Compilation, Vol. 1 (2003)
The Rapture – “Sister Savior (DFA Dub)”
VHS or Beta – Le Funk EP (2002)
Radio 4 – Gotham! (2002)
The Juan Maclean – “Happy House”
!!! – "Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)"
Can – Tago Mago (1971)
Can – Ege Bamyasi (1972)
LCD Soundsystem – “Losing My Edge” b/w “Beat Connection”
The Dirtbombs – Party Store (2011)
The Gories – “There But For the Grace of God”
Kraftwerk – Autobahn (1974)
A Number of Names – “Sharevari”
Cybotron – Enter (1983)
Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)
Parliament – Motor Booty Affair (1978)
Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk – “Love Can’t Turn Around”
Tame Impala – Currents (2015)
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (2010)
Tame Impala – Lonerism (2012)
Caribou – Andorra (2007)
Jamie xx – In Colour (2015)
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (2013)
David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
Recommended Viewing:
David Bowie performs “Fame” on Soul Train
Downtown 81
Dirtbombs are my favorite band, never expected to see them up in TFO. Looking forward to the podcast on my commute (:
Posted by: Taylor | 2015.08.15 at 09:42
Great episode, gonna check out The Dirtbombs in short order. I have to say though, considering this ep focuses on dance rock/rock to dance transitions and focuses on part on Howie, I'm surprised you guys didn't bring up his Earthling album, which was basically him assimilating drum n' bass and Tricky and making this odd rock/proto-EDM hybrid. 90s as fuck, as you might guess, but there's some legitimately great tracks on there. Funny that his last time in the mainstream consciousness and grabbing for a popular audience saw him taking on dance culture yet again.
Posted by: Cleofis | 2015.08.15 at 18:34
Thanks guys! Great point about Bowie - he seems to have consistently tried to interface with current music on his own terms. I remember when Earthling came out and the consensus was that it felt like a comeback album.
Posted by: Marty | 2015.08.16 at 15:26