It’s clearly #gothfolksco. I can hear the bones of the original, but only if I realllly strain my mind’s ear. It’s crazy how you made so much of disco’s tropes non-disco just by stylistic changes — not just the beat, but some smaller things, like those ‘woah’ backing vocals. Actually a little reminded of MGMT in places, who are one of my favourite bands. This was really cool.

Gaaaa... brain is braining so hard trying and failing to find any link back to the original. How extraordinary! No word of a lie to say that like this MUCH better than the Adele tune. It's got a lot of lovely, unexpected oddness, whilst demanding that the toes tap along with it. 🤩

i like almost want to write a conference paper on this one? it transcends genre in a way that, well, first, it clearly IS disco, (nailed it with that bass groove), and disco IS syncretic, but like wow, it's americana (nice mandolin!), it's indie rock (how about those distorted vocals), little ska maybe? it's so eclectic and it all works, like putting peanut butter in the chocolate and chocolate in the peanut butter.

lyrically, this captures the feeling you get when the beat turns around? which is a tall order actually and you delivered 💯

chords-wise, the minor and major chords hit in the perfect places for maximal emotive effect, and it's wild to me that you could do that without seeing the future lyrics :)

overall this is truly impressive, i just played it twice and i might go for three :b

Very cool. I like the "disco heartbeat" idea. You get a lot of mileage out of it. It makes me feel like I'm on an outdoor dance floor under the stars. Good story.

So cool! I love these challenges because I don't think you'd ever write a song like this, Burr! Really nice #mandiscolin track! 😆 I think the song stands on it own, great lyrics, great melody, great arrangement!

Daaang this is so danceable! First time I ever heard mandolin on a disco track! Rad!

Very cool, could hear brass filling in places where it’s kinda ska beat like (of course, I always hear brass 😆). I really like the octave doubled vocals, sounds vaguely Prince-y.

When I listen I imagine a kinda Wonka chicka Wonka wah pedal, if you know what I mean lol There is a lot here, really great! Great bass part too.

Umm, this legitimizes disco in a way I wasn't sure it could be. Stripped of it's aesthetics, this still mostly feels like a disco song. The heartbeat is there. #discore.

Cute. I like the instrumentation and vocal processing. And the changes in the beat from kind of reggae to "normal" pop to disco-y.

Very cool piece. I would define this as disco, although I know next to nothing about the genre :) The bassline is very cool and the chorus just sticks to the ears. I enjoyed the lyrics both sort of telling the story of the disco days and referencing all the songs even a disco noob like me would recognize.

I've always found writer's block can be cured by listening to two very different tunes and trying to merge them. There are so many influences here, but I'm hearing Bowie and Reggae and overdriven blues microphone. So, yeah, Adele for inspiration, but that's not who I'm hearing in the demo! Sounds like a fun challenge, though. In for a repeat this year?

This is brilliant. I had completely forgotten about this challenge. Nor could I remember the original song until I read it here. Great work @burr

what a compelling beat and very uplifting! love the vocal effects. so enjoyable

Just what I needed to uplift my spirits after listening to a lot of very good but downbeat songs...great joint collab!

I couldn't guess the original song. The chord changes are very common so there was no way to get it just from that. I like the dubby, reggae feel to it but I am confused on how that meshes with disco. No matter, great effort all around and a very interesting approach to the challenge.

I wasn't here during 50/90, so I'm hearing metamorphosis for the first time. But it seems like it's a fun challenge. I would have NEVER guessed "Rolling In The Deep". Maybe the chord progression...?

The resulting song is good. This off beat makes you wanna dance while the vocals are silky smooth. It's very cool! The style of this song reminds me a lot of earlier records from the French Band Phoenix. Still no idea if they're doing indie pop or disco?!

The disco threw me off so I never suspected “Rolling in the Deep.” Now I hear it. “Super cool!” says this disco queen - lol!

@nancyrost , I was chaperoning high school dances during the disco years, big hair, lots of hairspray and go go boots. The students were wild for it at the school where I taught.

I kind of was going to guess "Zombie" by The Cranberries, but that's the chords more than the words. Great teamwork completely obfuscating the original while hewing pretty closely to the rules, in retrospect. And the result is a lot of fun, with lots of sonic candy. Pretty hilarious to hear you singing these disco lyrics so seriously, eloquent though they are.

Oh this is a BOP. The vocal effect change on the pre-chorus is just fantastic, and "Disco's Heartbeat" is such a wonderful phrase/title.

Feel-good groove with marvelous production. The lyrics are clever with some sweet earworms! Loved the keys in particular. So creative 👏👏👏

HA HA. What a surprise, and actually, sounds exceptional. The original song was Adele's Rolling In The Deep. ANd man, I had a time creating the lyric to match Adele’s song. I am so happy to hear that you were able to mash it all up in a blender, and create this.