Tapps....you knocked me down like a Hurricane

Toronto based Hi Nrg group Tapps are the epitome of the white Hi Nrg sound of the mid 80's.  A sound that almost seemed forced on us in D.C. when I was clubbing there as a teen, but in the end I'll have to admit that a lot of it holds a special place in my heart.

A sound that was decidedly Saint and Fire Island not Loft and Paradise Garage.  White queens ruled dance music in the 80's though so this niche sound had it's audience throughout the world.  Absolutely not urban but fun all the same.
Tapps

There first dance hit was My Forbidden Lover in 1983.  It's probably my favorite of theirs.  Though from 1983 to 1987 a danced to a few.  In 1987 there only album Turn it On was released and it served as sort of greatest hits.

I've also included a mix from 1985 which includes their single from that year Hurricane.  It included tasty morsels like Stacey Q and an alternate version of one of my favorite songs from the era The Night.

Tie Me Down Romance

I usually don't write about Hi Nrg.  At the time I have to admit I didn't appreciate it much.  I much preferred traditional disco and new wave.  But in D.C. where I was going to university Hi Nrg was huge.  So some of the songs seeped into my awareness and through their being ubiquitous I learned to love some of them.

Jessica Williams first release Queen of Fools came in at the tail end of the disco era in 1979.  She was also a member of Arpeggio who had a huge disco hit in 1978 with Love and Desire and then a few years later came back with some hi nrg releases.

But here I'm choosing to feature Romance with Tie Me Down nine minutes and twenty four seconds of infectious Hi Nrg at it's finest.  Great vocals by Jessica Williams and you have the recipe for dance floor success.  Albeit not as big as her 70's success but she got to work with Simon Soussan the Canadian she had worked with in Arpeggio and who also French Kiss and Charisma among other acts.  He was one of these controversial dance music svengali's not like Ian Levine.  Soussan also worked on the film Thank God it's Friday.

USE ME ABUSE ME TIE ME DOWN TAKE ME CONTROL ME TIE ME DOWN!!!