I had this song on a mix tape. You know, the old school ones that don’t exist anymore! It belonged to my aunt who recorded her disco songs from the old Power 106 mixes of yore. I remember laying on her bed with my cousins while she got ready, playing the radio all day long, waiting for that ONE song to come on. She would always record the commercials too, and I would get SOO ANNOYED, because I would forget that I was listening to a tape, and I’d go to change the dial. I remember when she’d pick me up from Catechism class on Tuesday nights, this tape would always be playing! I don’t remember every song that was on the mixtape, but I definitely remember this one. The Fugees “Killing Me Softly” was on it, Lisa Lisa, “My Forbidden Lover”, “Spin It”.
Babe We\’re Gonna Love Tonight is my favorite though, because it’s so ridiculously over the top, but not in a cheesy way. It’s a declaration and promise of love! The synths are addictive and energetic! This is what LOVE is going be like when I grow up, I thought. I’m still waiting, though! A party seriously isn’t a party unless they play some disco. And not that ooh la la ’70s disco-Bee Gees-Donna Summer-Do The Hustle-shit! I definitely prefer this kind of disco.
