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Trust me when I say you need to watch this music video<\/a>. This playful, deliriously catchy, proto-Daft Punk hit from 1980 is a quintessential specimen of the so-called subgenre of space disco<\/a> and, in all likelihood, the greatest song ever made about being seduced by a slimy, faceless alien.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen on <\/strong>Spotify<\/a>, Apple Music<\/a> or YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n Before they became known by their own last name, the La Bionda brothers released groovy, upbeat electro-pop under the name D.D. Sound (the letters stood for \u201cDisco Delivery\u201d). The subject of this saucy dance-floor anthem has one major character flaw: She\u2019s not a disco lady. But, as the brothers and a group of backing singers thankfully clarify, it\u2019s all right. (All right!)<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen on <\/strong>Spotify<\/a>, Apple Music<\/a> or YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n The title track from La Bionda\u2019s slick 1979 album combines topical references to the ongoing oil crisis \u2014 \u201cWell you know how it feels when you wait at the gasoline station,\u201d they sing, \u201cand the radio brings a report on the state of the nation\u201d \u2014 with kinetic, feel-good escapism. It also shares a name with a then-nascent subgenre of rock-oriented dance music that would come to be known as hi-NRG<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen on <\/strong>Spotify<\/a>, Apple Music<\/a> or YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s another music video<\/a> you\u2019re definitely going to want to watch. In the early 1980s, La Bionda produced music for the Italo disco duo Righeira, who, somewhat confusingly, sang their two biggest hits in Spanish. As Michelangelo told Vulture, it was just good business sense. \u201cWe produced it in Spanish,\u201d he said of another Righeira smash, \u201cVamos a la Playa,\u201d<\/a> \u201cbecause the Spanish language is spoken all around the world. So we had a couple of Italian guys singing in Spanish and it was a huge hit single. We like to appeal to the world. With the cost of production, why not try to get the world, and not just Italy?\u201d<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen on <\/strong>Spotify<\/a>, Apple Music<\/a> or YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n Speaking of Italians making overtly Spanish-language-themed music, enjoy this title track from another 1979 La Bionda album. \u201cBandido, he\u2019s a man who moves with grace and bravado,\u201d sings Carmelo La Bionda, on a track driven by a funky guitar riff and flashy synths. \u201cThey all know him from Peru to Tampico.\u201d<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen on <\/strong>Spotify<\/a>, Apple Music<\/a> or YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n Finally, here\u2019s a deeper cut from \u201cBandido\u201d that shows off a different side of La Bionda\u2019s style. Briefly ditching their spacey, futuristic synths, \u201cWill She or Won\u2019t She\u201d is a brassy, winking Tin Pan Alley throwback, anchored \u2014 like any La Bionda classic \u2014 by an infectious, expertly crafted melody.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n3. D.D. Sound: \u201cShe\u2019s Not a Disco Lady\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
4. La Bionda: \u201cHigh Energy\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
5. Righeira: \u201cNo Tengo Dinero\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
6. La Bionda: \u201cBandido\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
7. La Bionda: \u201cWill She or Won\u2019t She\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n