Comments on: Report From The Country, Part Ten: Disco Goes The Country http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/ Trash, Treasure, Oddities, Obsessions and Obligations Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Derrick Bostrom http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-9866 Derrick Bostrom Thu, 31 May 2007 16:15:38 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-9866 As a lover of pure pop sounds, I can't help but celebrate those traditionalists who made the supreme career sacrifice of chasing the "latest and loudest." It may have robbed them of some of their "credibility," but it gave some of my favorite cheesy pop songs a distiguished home! As a lover of pure pop sounds, I can’t help but celebrate those traditionalists who made the supreme career sacrifice of chasing the “latest and loudest.” It may have robbed them of some of their “credibility,” but it gave some of my favorite cheesy pop songs a distiguished home!

]]> By: Rev. Keith A. Gordon http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-9848 Rev. Keith A. Gordon Thu, 31 May 2007 15:00:14 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-9848 Tommy Overstreet is an inspired choice! I lived near the Overstreets outside of Nashville back in the early-to-mid-70s and got to know the family. TO was always very friendly and open, even at the brief commercial peak of his career. In retrospect, he seemed a "man out of time," a traditional Country singer forced into the role of the "new" Kenny Rogers, both in image and sound, chasing whatever pop-oriented trend that the label thought would sell that week. I think that he's doing Gospel in Branson now, which is closer to his heart, I'm sure.... Could La Costa have had a career in any decade but the '80s? An eerie foreshadowing of the Shania to come, or merely a studio-created farce to file alongside Sylvia once the hits stopped coming? Tommy Overstreet is an inspired choice! I lived near the Overstreets outside of Nashville back in the early-to-mid-70s and got to know the family. TO was always very friendly and open, even at the brief commercial peak of his career. In retrospect, he seemed a “man out of time,” a traditional Country singer forced into the role of the “new” Kenny Rogers, both in image and sound, chasing whatever pop-oriented trend that the label thought would sell that week. I think that he’s doing Gospel in Branson now, which is closer to his heart, I’m sure….

Could La Costa have had a career in any decade but the ’80s? An eerie foreshadowing of the Shania to come, or merely a studio-created farce to file alongside Sylvia once the hits stopped coming?

]]> By: Jery Foster http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1703 Jery Foster Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:06:21 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1703 Most anything Ronnie Milsap has done is great! I was shocked to not see any Donna Fargo or Charlene Mandrell on the list though! Most anything Ronnie Milsap has done is great! I was shocked to not see any Donna Fargo or Charlene Mandrell on the list though!

]]> By: Derrick Bostrom http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1667 Derrick Bostrom Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:42:02 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1667 I like BJS as well, though I have to admit that on sheer cheese points alone, I gotta go with Carver. I like BJS as well, though I have to admit that on sheer cheese points alone, I gotta go with Carver.

]]> By: Andrew http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1666 Andrew Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:45:48 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1666 Amazing country songs. Billie Jo Spears is my favorite. Amazing country songs. Billie Jo Spears is my favorite.

]]> By: Living In Stereo » Blog Archive » Blog and Response http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1660 Living In Stereo » Blog Archive » Blog and Response Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:34:49 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1660 [...] Derreck “Bostworld” Bostrom is now offering the tenth installment in his “Report from the Country” series. This time it’s “Disco Goes the Country,” a collection of mostly little known cuts that, if not exactly disco, are certainly trying to cross over with the help of arrangements that owe quite a bit to sounds found on the pop charts of the late 70s. Great stuff, but what the hey…no Kendalls?….Chris “Locust Street” O’Leary continues his site’s anniversary celebration, “100 Years in Ten Jumps.” He’s up to his sixth jump now, 1956, which was also the year that Elvis launched the Nashville Sound with “Don’t Be Cruel.” It was also a big year for Perry Como, who had a couple of number one hits in ‘56, including the one below that was side by side with Presley’s record in my mother’s 45 collection….Also, Funky 16 Corners offers “Butter Your Popcorn,” a 16-track zip file of “Popcorn” themed R&B, starting with, of course, James Brown’s “Popcorn,” “Mother Popcorn,” and “Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn,” but also featuring answer records by Vicki Anderson, Hank Ballard, and ten others, though not a later descendent to the them, New Edition’s “Popcorn Love.”….Finally, Danny “Take Em As They Come” Alexander has been counting down to Halloween with an excellent essay a day from his Monsters, Marx and Music project. Don’t miss it. [...] [...] Derreck “Bostworld” Bostrom is now offering the tenth installment in his “Report from the Country” series. This time it’s “Disco Goes the Country,” a collection of mostly little known cuts that, if not exactly disco, are certainly trying to cross over with the help of arrangements that owe quite a bit to sounds found on the pop charts of the late 70s. Great stuff, but what the hey…no Kendalls?….Chris “Locust Street” O’Leary continues his site’s anniversary celebration, “100 Years in Ten Jumps.” He’s up to his sixth jump now, 1956, which was also the year that Elvis launched the Nashville Sound with “Don’t Be Cruel.” It was also a big year for Perry Como, who had a couple of number one hits in ‘56, including the one below that was side by side with Presley’s record in my mother’s 45 collection….Also, Funky 16 Corners offers “Butter Your Popcorn,” a 16-track zip file of “Popcorn” themed R&B, starting with, of course, James Brown’s “Popcorn,” “Mother Popcorn,” and “Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn,” but also featuring answer records by Vicki Anderson, Hank Ballard, and ten others, though not a later descendent to the them, New Edition’s “Popcorn Love.”….Finally, Danny “Take Em As They Come” Alexander has been counting down to Halloween with an excellent essay a day from his Monsters, Marx and Music project. Don’t miss it. [...]

]]> By: Derrick Bostrom http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1616 Derrick Bostrom Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:14:03 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1616 Thanks Jay! Glad folks are enjoying them. Thanks Jay! Glad folks are enjoying them.

]]> By: Jay http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1605 Jay Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:14:48 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/10/25/report-from-the-country-part-ten-disco-goes-the-country/#comment-1605 You have no idea how much I love these. Made my day. What an expertly made collection thus far. Great taste and not a bad song in the mix. You have no idea how much I love these. Made my day. What an expertly made collection thus far. Great taste and not a bad song in the mix.

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