Disco Video Mix #17: Hard Times by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band was composed of Stony Browder, August Darnell, Coati Mundi, and Mickey Sevilla; with Darnell and Cory Daye as vocals. The band itself reincarnated the big band jazz-style and incorporated it into their disco tracks.

Their first album in 1976 of the same name consists of "We Got It Made", "Cherchez La Femme", "I'll Play The Fool" and "Hard Times".

The Disney short film "Paperman" became the medium for this Disco Video Mix, paired with "Hard Times". The story behind the film is about George, who made paper planes; and met Meg while they were at the train station. The song gives these scenes a classic disco-jazz feel throughout this video.

The short film was directed by John Kahrs.

Featuring scenes from "Paperman"

Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Produced by Disco-matic Express

Disco Video Mix #16: Trouble In Paradise by Sylvester

The combination of Sylvester's track "Trouble In Paradise" with snippets from "Mommie Dearest" appears as a good Disco Video Mix. Additional clips from William Castle's "Strait-jacket" is thrown into this mix to create some action to this tribute to Joan Crawford.

Featuring scenes from "Mommie Dearest"

Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Produced by Disco-matic Express

Disco Video Mix #15: Arena by Soccer

A disco project named after a competitive sport which involves kicking the ball into a goalkeeper's net, Soccer was created by Tony Valor of TVI Records (the musician behind the Tony Valor Sounds Orchestra and Fantasy). It was composed of the Venuto brothers, with Valor as the main conductor and producer. The track "Arena" was from its only album of the same name which included "Come On Get It On" (first recorded on Salsoul Records), "Give Me Your Love" and "Dancin' Game".

The track is embedded with scenes from the 2001 martial arts-comedy flick "Shaolin Soccer", starring Stephen Chow. "Kicks" and "free goals", and a lot of humor has been added to this edit when combined with the passion in this track.

The film was directed by Stephen Chow.

Check out music produced by Tony Valor on the TVI Records website: www.tvirecords.com

Featuring scenes from Shaolin Soccer

Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Produced by Disco-matic Express Productions

Disco Video Mix #14: Hey You by Divine

Harris Glenn Milstead, a.k.a. Divine, is best known for movies such as "Polyester" and "Hairspray". He also performs songs such as "Shoot Your Shot", "You Think You're A Man", "Native Love (Step By Step)" and others.

The track "Hey You", a 1987 hit from Divine's album "Maid In England", gets parodied with scenes from the Frank Perry film "Mommie Dearest" - based on Christina Crawford's non-fiction book of the same title, starring Fay Dunaway. Imagine Divine's angry tone planted into the Joan Crawford character as it goes through this high energy track.

(Note: There is a problem with the Movie Maker, when this mix was played, it was automatically paused; causing technical difficulties with this one.)

Featuring scenes from "Mommie Dearest"

Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Produced by Disco-matic Express

Disco Video Mix #13: The Boss by Diana Ross

"The Boss" was one of the classic disco hits performed by Diana Ross in 1979, along with "It's My House" and "I Ain't Being Licked". It was written and produced by the musical duo Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, who provided backing vocals for the track, and whose song "Found A Cure" had taken over the dance chart after Ross'. It has been one of the classic disco floor-fillers, and has been remixed by David Morales in the album "Diana Extended: The Remixes".

The track "The Boss" was paired up with the Hasbro film "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls", which was based on the TV series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic". The focus of this disco opera is on Twilight Sparkle and her rival Sunset Shimmer, who are out to find ways to become the 'boss', or the princess. Their challenges in high school life, and the former's 'crush on Flash Sentry, add to the drama. The film was directed by Jaysson Thiessen, and starred Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle and Rebecca Shoichet as Sunset Shimmer. This Disco Video Mix is dedicated to restructuremix6.

Featuring scenes from "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls"

Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Produced by Disco-matic Express

Disco Video Mix #12: I'm Ready by Kano

Kano is a Milan-based disco project composed of Luciano Ninzatti, Stefano Pulga, and Matteo Bonsanto. Their track "I'm Ready" was their debut single from their self-titled album which was released in 1980. It reached #21 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart the following year, and was sampled by many artists, including Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)".

The creation of this Disco Video Mix was made possible by taking the track "I'm Ready" and the film "Phineas And Ferb The Movie: Across The 2nd Dimension" - the first feature-length film of the PnF series, which revolves around two brothers ending up in another dimension and saving the city from an invasion of robots. This disco adventure gets spiced up with some robots, and a platyborg., and some epic scenes from that movie.

Featuring scenes from "Phineas And Ferb The Movie: Across The 2nd Dimension"

Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Produced by Disco-matic Express

Disco Video Mix #11: Harmony by Suzi Lane

Suzi Lane's song "Harmony" was one of her 'one-hit wonder' tracks; along with her follow-up single "Ooh La La". Both were released from her only album "Ooh La La". Her musical career ended with a vehicular accident, but she eventually started out her career as a fashion model.

The track, produced by Giorgio Moroder (who produced tracks for Donna Summer), was a top disco hit in 1979. It reached the music charts for a week, and it remained for six months.

Thrown into this Disco Video Mix were the scenes from the Blue Sky animated film "Epic", and Suzi Lane's disco track in order to put some energy into the movie itself, which tells about M.K.'s quest at the heart of the forest.

The film was directed by Chris Wedge.

Featuring scenes from "Epic"

Disco Video Mix by Ric Robin Cagnaan

Produced by Disco-matic Express

(NOTE: This Disco Video Mix was made with Windows Live Movie Maker, and because this original track is seven minutes; the video is 6:55 in length.)