Disco Music

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Who here remembers and enjoys disco music? No I’m not talking about the immoral ‘lifestyle’ and drugs that often went with it, but the music itself. I was in my teens and early 20s when disco was at it’s peak, and I have to say that I enjoyed it very much. The strings the horns, and the words you could actually understand. It hooked you with it’s beat.

I knew people who hated disco preferring heavy metal. To me they were the ones into drugs, often. They would say “Rock and Roll is where it’s at man”. And by rock and roll they meant Metal only. They even hated pop music. If it was not ugly music they could not stand it.

I really get the idea that the haters of disco were often prejudiced, because disco was often popular with racial and sexual minorities… OUCH!

I was in college with an interacial couple, that married. But they hated disco as well. They even called me “Gaylord” just because I enjoyed disco!

Now music is all over the place. There are no longer any top 40 radio stations around here, just very specialized stations playing to particular audiences. But disco is not dead it just evolved into dance music and even rap.
 
I was a big fan, too, back in the day; I just didn’t go around admitting it.
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I really get the idea that the haters of disco were often prejudiced, because disco was often popular with racial and sexual minorities… OUCH!
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My impression, too. Some white males associated disco with women/blacks/gays and resented it for that reason, feeling it wasn’t “their” music or culture.
 
I voted hate it, but I can tolerate it… as long as it is outside of Mass! No disco Gloria please 😃
 
PietroPaolo said:
I voted hate it, but I can tolerate it… as long as it is outside of Mass! No disco Gloria please 😃
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I was not talking about mass, or liturgical music at all, and I like Gregorian chant as well.
Did you know there was a disco song named Gloria back in the early 80s? 🙂
But it was just about a girl named Gloria. I can’t remember who sang it though.
 
The only disco songs I like are heavy metal cover versions of disco songs:

youtube.com/watch?v=XseLGzmqa7c

😛 😃 😉

Honestly, I have no strong feelings against disco. Disco was a bit before my time. I do think it’s always a bit sad when people have to denigrate one form of music just to feel better about their own preferences.

I think you’re right that disco didn’t really die but simply morphed into dance music (and even rap).
 
andrewstx said:
It hooked you with it’s beat.
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As dance music, it was okay, even good at times. Its strong beat made moving your body effortless.

But, boy, some of the performances were silly. Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” was campy from the get-go.
andrewstx said:
But disco is not dead it just evolved into dance music and even rap.
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Drawing the lines between soul and funk and disco and dance is difficult for me. Heck, even techno (and its offspring) may have roots in disco. I am sure there is an evolutionary tree in there, somewhere, but someone smarter than me will have to draw it. 😊
 
Donna Summer, cool.

When Karen Carpenter and Phil Everly (separately) recorded disco, I tried so diligently to love their attempts, as I felt they could do no wrong.

They could. Disco.

Blach!!!
 
I remember going to a school dance in 1977. I had bell-bottom slacks, a burgundy velour pullover, four-inch platform heels, and a zodiac sign on a chain from Consumers Distributing. At the time: = :cool:👍 Now… = :eek::rolleyes:

I liked disco as a youth. One of the first “grown-up” records I had in my collection was Discomania. “Shame, Shame, Shame” by Shirley & Company; “Never Can Say Goodbye” by Gloria Gaynor; “Everlasting Love” by Carl Carlton; and the ubiquitous “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas.

And, of course, the ubiquitous Bee Gees.

I think that’s kind of what contributed to disco’s downfall – the saturation of radio, TV etc with it. You just got sick of it. You eventually go, “Oh, enough already! Isn’t there anything *else *on the radio?” And I think another nail in disco’s coffin was the affiliated lifestyle, with its scenes of polyester-clad coke-snorting polyamorous hedonists with the emotional and intellectual depth of a department-store mannequin.

Unfortunately, I think disco gets absolutely no respect in “serious” popular music circles (kind of like country). It gets looked down upon. Sure, a lot of it is vapid – but a lot shows great production values, virtuoso musicianship, wonderful voicework, etc. And to invoke the aforementioned Bee Gees, well, in retrospect, I am of the opinion that the brothers Gibb were musical geniuses and highly underrated.
 
andrewstx said:
Who here remembers and enjoys disco music? No I’m not talking about the immoral ‘lifestyle’ and drugs that often went with it, but the music itself. I was in my teens and early 20s when disco was at it’s peak, and I have to say that I enjoyed it very much. The strings the horns, and the words you could actually understand. It hooked you with it’s beat.

I knew people who hated disco preferring heavy metal. To me they were the ones into drugs, often. They would say “Rock and Roll is where it’s at man”. And by rock and roll they meant Metal only. They even hated pop music. If it was not ugly music they could not stand it.

I really get the idea that the haters of disco were often prejudiced, because disco was often popular with racial and sexual minorities… OUCH!

I was in college with an interacial couple, that married. But they hated disco as well. They even called me “Gaylord” just because I enjoyed disco!

Now music is all over the place. There are no longer any top 40 radio stations around here, just very specialized stations playing to particular audiences. But disco is not dead it just evolved into dance music and even rap.
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I can definetly do without it. But, to each his or her own.
 
Saturday Night Fever! What what! Sorry, I’m 25. I think it’s fun to dance to. 😃
 
Joe_5859 said:
The only disco songs I like are heavy metal cover versions of disco songs:

youtube.com/watch?v=XseLGzmqa7c

😛 😃 😉

Honestly, I have no strong feelings against disco. Disco was a bit before my time. I do think it’s always a bit sad when people have to denigrate one form of music just to feel better about their own preferences.

I think you’re right that disco didn’t really die but simply morphed into dance music (and even rap).
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thanks for the link joe. I myself would much rather listen to helloween than disco.
 
My older brother hates disco, because he thinks it replaced the good old rock and roll he enjoyed in the 60s. I don’t love it, but that’s how I voted since there was no option between indifferent and love. I was in junior high and high school during the disco era, so - for better or worse - it is the soundtrack to my youth. Get down tonight, and do the Hustle.
 
I put indifferent but every time a disco song comes on the radio my foot starts tapping! 🙂 I guess a good beat can’t be underrated.
 
All of a sudden I began to change.
I was on the dance floor, acting strange.
Flapping my arms, I began to cluck:
“Look at me! I’m the Disco Duck!”
 
cheezey said:
You are soooooo not alone on this.

👍
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Yup. I have Bee Gees songs on my iPod than I would have thought when I first got it.

My taste in music is diverse but it was still surprised. I wasn’t sure I wanted people knowing I was groovin’ to “Night Fever” but I don’t care who knows I’m listening to “If I Can’t Have You” by Yvonne Elliman. A song written by the Brothers Gibb, sung by Elliman = Perfection.
 
grasscutter said:
I put indifferent but every time a disco song comes on the radio my foot starts tapping! 🙂 I guess a good beat can’t be underrated.
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It’s got a good beat, and you can dance to it. I’ll give it a sixty-five. American Bandstand
 
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