Boogie Oogie What??

Disco-Club-Dancing    If you’re unlucky enough to have booked a wedding (worst gig ever but the money’s good), sometime during the course of the evening a cry of “DISCO” will rise up when it’s least expected. Disco music is just boring for musicians. It’s the same beat and chord progression – over and over again. But people still love disco and it does lend an air of excitement if not overdone – six disco songs in a row will totally wear out your drummer.
But if you’re using my sequences, you don’t have to worry about a drummer dropping over from exhaustion.  As long as your voice is up to it, you can boogie all night long.  Which brings me to the song “Boogie Oogie Oogie” by “A Taste of Honey”.  This arrangement has a long intro (32 bars) which will give everybody a chance to get on the floor before you sing the first line “If you’re thinkin’ you’re too cool to boogie”.  And the first line of the chorus “so get on up, on the floor” is a blatant invitation for disco mayhem.  You’re gonna have to follow this one up with “I Love the Nightlife”, but no more than two in a row – that’s the rule.

(download the midi from the pop/rock list – lead synth is on track 9)

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