Disco sucks! Worst disco songs ever#3 Electric Light Orchestra-Shine a Little Love (1979)
@librarygeek1980 (3137)
United States
August 1, 2017 9:34pm CST
Hey guys, back with another disco doozy.. Even some of the best bands from the 1970s had to drop a crappy disco song right? While I love most of ELOs collection, (including Dont Bring Me Down, Calling America, and the Xanadu soundtrack, this one just well, no. The tune just reeks of haunted, abandoned roller disco. Let's strap on the roller skates, hot pants, and get down!
Music video by Electric Light Orchestra performing Shine a Little Love. (P) 1979 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment http://vevo.ly/vxBgvH
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@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
2 Aug 17
I don't even remember this one. But if it's as bad as you say, I'll pass.
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@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
2 Aug 17
It's not something they thought of playing at their hall of fame induction, that's for dang sure. You're wise to skip it.
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@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
2 Aug 17
@FourWalls - I'm guessing that they played "Mr. Blue Sky."
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
2 Aug 17
That would be my guess, and it was actually featured once just once on one of the local stations here as songs that used to get played at one of the roller rinks by my house back in the 70s. But ya, horrible.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
2 Aug 17
I am getting down ...I love this!!!
I saw ELO but they didnt perform this song..
I saw ELO but they didnt perform this song..2 people like this
@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
2 Aug 17
Me thinks its one they would rather stay buried and forgotten about.... not thier finest hour.... I like a lot of thier other stuff though
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Aug 17
I wouldn't really classify this as disco. I never heard this before and it's bad ELO.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Aug 17
@librarygeek1980 There was a movie "Roller Boogie"!
@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
2 Aug 17
Lol, agreed just one of thier bad ones. But hey roller disco still counts, right? Lol
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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2 Aug 17
Disco influenced a lot of bands to go out of their comfort zone. So I guess this song is "oh oh not magic"
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
3 Aug 17
True, it has back then, but try interviewing these bands now about whatever disco they did, most of the time it's one of the most regretted decisions ever made.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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3 Aug 17
@librarygeek1980 I can name a musician who kind of sold out to the disco era probably more than ELO did. Rod Stewart had an whole album of disco like songs that I hated. You don't waste a rock n' roll voice like that
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