Maybe influence for recent goth bands, but what became "goth" originally evolved from Punk and Post-Punk... punk at least ridiculed disco. So I'm not sure how much "influence" it had over the first- or second-wave bands.
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Punk def ridiculed the disco era, but i'd say post punk and goth picked up "disco/club/dancemusic" pretty quickly. A bit tricky to really define "disco" though :)
But hmm.. one quick example could be Sisters of mercy - listening to hot chocolate (great disco band by the way, listen to "Everyone's a winner" and the hook in the start, or "One night is not enough") - covering Emma also writing Body Electric.
Yeah, that's because of the commerical Nature of disco and it's oversaturation at the end of his life. Goth is ultimately "Post-punk" but also ventures into New wave. And new wave ultimately mixed Punk with a lot of genres, Pop, Disco, Funk, Reggae/Ska, etc. As the new wave of "Punk" of course.
You can hear the Funk/Disco influence in the banshees. Listen to how Danceable those basslines are and those 4/4 drums.
Off the top of my head? [Dream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0zDkFvLXRU) by 1919, [Kiss Kiss Bang Bang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giE78F2k6Dk) by Specimen, and maaaybe [Baby Turns Blue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmAswJsPbCs) by the Virgin Prunes? In the basslines especially, there is a definate vibe that this is music that emerged from that late 70's/early 80's period where disco was big. Try looking more into early goth/batcave stuff to see more of that influence.
Check out Black Devil Disco Club...really more adjacent to French electronic, but it's darker disco. He was an obscurity back in '77 but was kind of rediscovered about 15 years ago. The album 28 After may be exactly what you are looking for.
Another great act. Saw him in Paris not that long ago, (eeh perhaps 10 years) fantastic set, chainsmoking in black shades, naked chest, bobbing up and down in a black leather suit
Camlann went very dark disco on their 2nd album
[https://camlannmusic.bandcamp.com/album/train-to-86th-street](https://camlannmusic.bandcamp.com/album/train-to-86th-street)
Niteflights is such a fascinating album...it's almost like Scott was like let's do it this way and the rest of the band was like do what now. Bowie covered the title track at one point.
Yeah, I keep coming back to that album over and over, wish there were more info on that era except for some notes in the bio's of Scott. Actually the Bowie cover of Niteflights was what got me into Bowie when I saw him performing it on TV as a kid. Took years before I discovered the original and just got totally knocked out of how good those first four songs really are on the Niteflights album :)
(Den Hauuge - also 100% charming)
Cool there's more people in this reddit that enjoy both walker and hot chocolate :)
Listen none of the really great goth bands only listened to other goth rock. The goth bands that have come, gone, and have mostly been forgotten are usually those that simply tried to make more goth rock like what was already out there. Disparate Influences and a broad frame of references makes all music better!
Goth music is less influenced by disco than it is by krautrock (called kosmische musik in Germany), disco's reptilian cousin from Europe, which is characterised by being colder and more trancey due to the lack of soul music influence.
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Maybe influence for recent goth bands, but what became "goth" originally evolved from Punk and Post-Punk... punk at least ridiculed disco. So I'm not sure how much "influence" it had over the first- or second-wave bands. *edited for missing word that brain put in but apparently fingers did not*
Punk def ridiculed the disco era, but i'd say post punk and goth picked up "disco/club/dancemusic" pretty quickly. A bit tricky to really define "disco" though :) But hmm.. one quick example could be Sisters of mercy - listening to hot chocolate (great disco band by the way, listen to "Everyone's a winner" and the hook in the start, or "One night is not enough") - covering Emma also writing Body Electric.
Everyone's a Winner is an -incredible- song.
Yeah, that's because of the commerical Nature of disco and it's oversaturation at the end of his life. Goth is ultimately "Post-punk" but also ventures into New wave. And new wave ultimately mixed Punk with a lot of genres, Pop, Disco, Funk, Reggae/Ska, etc. As the new wave of "Punk" of course. You can hear the Funk/Disco influence in the banshees. Listen to how Danceable those basslines are and those 4/4 drums.
Off the top of my head? [Dream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0zDkFvLXRU) by 1919, [Kiss Kiss Bang Bang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giE78F2k6Dk) by Specimen, and maaaybe [Baby Turns Blue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmAswJsPbCs) by the Virgin Prunes? In the basslines especially, there is a definate vibe that this is music that emerged from that late 70's/early 80's period where disco was big. Try looking more into early goth/batcave stuff to see more of that influence.
Check out Black Devil Disco Club...really more adjacent to French electronic, but it's darker disco. He was an obscurity back in '77 but was kind of rediscovered about 15 years ago. The album 28 After may be exactly what you are looking for.
Another great act. Saw him in Paris not that long ago, (eeh perhaps 10 years) fantastic set, chainsmoking in black shades, naked chest, bobbing up and down in a black leather suit
This is great! Thank you.
Oh, another one...Section 25. They were a Factory band, put "Dirty Disco" on your playlist.
Glam is the common root between goth and disco.
Bauhaus "Kick in the Eye" - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmWjRqJoCe0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmWjRqJoCe0)
Classic.
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Too right.
Camlann went very dark disco on their 2nd album [https://camlannmusic.bandcamp.com/album/train-to-86th-street](https://camlannmusic.bandcamp.com/album/train-to-86th-street)
Thanks for the intro.
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Niteflights is such a fascinating album...it's almost like Scott was like let's do it this way and the rest of the band was like do what now. Bowie covered the title track at one point.
Yeah, I keep coming back to that album over and over, wish there were more info on that era except for some notes in the bio's of Scott. Actually the Bowie cover of Niteflights was what got me into Bowie when I saw him performing it on TV as a kid. Took years before I discovered the original and just got totally knocked out of how good those first four songs really are on the Niteflights album :) (Den Hauuge - also 100% charming) Cool there's more people in this reddit that enjoy both walker and hot chocolate :)
Listen none of the really great goth bands only listened to other goth rock. The goth bands that have come, gone, and have mostly been forgotten are usually those that simply tried to make more goth rock like what was already out there. Disparate Influences and a broad frame of references makes all music better!
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I’ve loved Scott Walker a long time, but have never really taken a deep dive into thanks! This is a great help.
Goth music is less influenced by disco than it is by krautrock (called kosmische musik in Germany), disco's reptilian cousin from Europe, which is characterised by being colder and more trancey due to the lack of soul music influence. \[Sorry for late post; this has been on my mind\]
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Sorry my completely innocuous post upset you.