Disco: Blessing or Abomination? 💃🏼🕺🏼

[Floyd R. Turbo]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Both. It's kind of awful but it was fun to dance to.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. What does that mean?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

32. Dance, dance, dance! 💃🏼🕺🏼

[MissMillie]

38. My sentiments exactly

Disco, for the most part, was a producers medium. Song writing and musicianship didn't factor in much. So to listen to it was pointless.

But if you want to "Shake Your Bootie," it was great fun.

[Binkie The Clown]

3. The BeeGees RULE!!! nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[MissMillie]

39. They are one of the exemptions to the producer's medium model

And they were so monumentally talented that they cannot be denied.

[MustLoveBeagles]

40. ...

[CTyankee]

101. When my grandson was a baby he rocked out in his carseat to "Stayin' Alive."

My son and his wife were a bit chagrined as they kinda looked down on disco. I had to laugh...

[ailsagirl]

134. They certainly did

[MiltonBrown]

4. There's some really good stuff

Check out this crazy white guy in this video. Dude just get's me rolling!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[MountCleaners]

25. Shame, shame, shame is awesome

I was a huge fan of Chic and Donna Summer. There were loads of great, funky disco singles. Was suspicious of the hate. The music is just r & b.

[MiltonBrown]

45. For sure. Shirley in this video is the gal that sang with Lee on 'Let the Good Times Roll' back in

the 50s. I like dancing and even a guy with 2 left feet like me can have fun dancing to stuff like this.

[MustLoveBeagles]

33. That dude's a trip!

I love the song. Donna Summer was awesome. I loved the BeeGee's too.

[MiltonBrown]

46. I'm really attracted to music that is full of joy and that guy and Shirley are full of joy here.

[MustLoveBeagles]

49. ...

[trixie2]

5. I still have my D.R.E.A.D. card

Detroit Rockers Engaged in the Abolition of Disco.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. 👍🏻

[Guilded Lilly]

6. Loved loved loved the actual dancing (non-stop...

Lighted floors, partners in each other’s arms having a helluva fun time to a simple beat that could get complicated for those wanting to go there)
Hated hated hated polyester shirts on guys!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

17. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[dawg day]

53. Imagine sweating in one of those shiny shirts-- ick.

[Guilded Lilly]

71. I went for silk (heh), the guys werent so lucky!

[TexasBushwhacker]

136. Trivia - Gene Siskel owned John Travolta's white suit

from Saturday Night Fever. He bought it at a charity auction. The shirt was sewn to the pants so it wouldn't come untucked.

[Guilded Lilly]

139. Cheat!! Heh. Fun fact, thanks :)

[thbobby]

7. Disco - Rocker war

was really a fairly big deal in late 70's. I liked Blondie and had friend berate me because she was Disco.

I was more on the rocker side. But, good music is good music. I have never seen Saturday Night Fever nor do I want to.

Was a silly thing to care about.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. Saturday Night Fever is actually a good film

Not just because of the dancing and music.

On what planet was Blondie disco? They were punk and new wave.

[thbobby]

18. Blondie's

Heart of Glass was often called her Disco Song. It had a strong 4/4 beat.

Saturday Night Fever is, I am sure, a good movie. I was still stuck on Travolta being on Welcome Back Cotter. Perhaps I will watch it someday. I am a nerd and really like documentaries best.

[TexasBushwhacker]

24. Travolta was nominated for an Oscar for SNF

He's definitely no sweathog. The sequel, Stayin' Alive was pretty bad though.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

19. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[dawg day]

57. Blondie was sort of hard-rocker-disco

An unexpectedly good mix.

And Saturday Night Fever is a good film. There's this funny subplot about John Travolta's older "perfect" brother, who became a priest, thereby fulfilling their mother's dream-- she calls him "Father Frank Junior"-- and the priest is thinking of leaving the priesthood, and has John Travolta and his buddies take him to discos. It's poignant and funny.

[thbobby]

58. Many friends have told me Saturday Night Fever is good

I probably should watch it and may. I really like shows about Cambrian Explosion or Quantum Mechanics. I am a hardcore nerd and even worse, am proud of it. Blondie did great music. I still listen to her quite often. I do like comedy movies though. Thanks for your input.

[RandomAccess]

111. I didn't care for it -- found it quite dark

He (John Travolta) took advantage of the young woman. Very ugly.

[jberryhill]

8. It's all about the icks cocks for me

[Laffy Kat]

10. That is hysterical.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[Kali]

113. !

[montana_hazeleyes]

116. Oh my, this is so funny!

[Laffy Kat]

9. For that time, in that space, it worked.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have fun because I did. Just glad it's over now.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

21. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[LeftInTX]

11. I like to dance, so I like disco

I owned the Hooked on Classics tapes and when they wore out, I ordered the Hooked on Classics CDs. I then converted it to mp3s and I've got Hooked on Classics to go...along with a bunch of other disco tunes.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

22. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[Runningdawg]

12. Only fun at a club

when you were 1/2 drunk and thought you could dance. The rest of the time - nope.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

23. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[Irish_Dem]

27. It was so great, so much fun. nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

29. 🕺🏼💃🏼

[Thomas Hurt]

28. I think that the clothes made it an abomination....might have been decent without those...

polyester suits and platform heels for dudes.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

30. 🕺🏼💃🏼

[msongs]

31. before music denigrated women as bit***s and h*s, no calls for death to gay people, hardly any

cheap profanity that I can recall

[MustLoveBeagles]

36. +1

I remember listening to an all disco radio station.

[Irish_Dem]

37. We loved that look, was so cool. And the higher the platforms the better.

Short short skirts.
High high heels.
Big big hair.
The music and dancing were wild.
We owned the world.

Ah, those were the days.

[MustLoveBeagles]

34. I love it

I even love the goofy clothes on the men. I liked the dresses the women wore.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

35. 🕺🏼💃🏼

[jalan48]

41. Some great dance music that's still great today.

[MustLoveBeagles]

42. I like them too

[jalan48]

43. One of the best ever I think.

[MustLoveBeagles]

50. I agree

[LeftInTX]

61. Love that one!!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

63. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[Nay]

44. I loved disco when it came out, and I STILL love it. Now, I also like Mexican taxicab

music too, so many of you will look askance at my taste. . .

I especially love Donna Summer.

Is there any certain CD someone could point me to that would have all or most of the best disco songs? I need something to drive away the gloom I've felt since that goddamn election.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

66. 🕺🏼💃🏼

Enjoy!

[Nay]

90. Thank you, Floyd!!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

91. My pleasure!

[steve2470]

47. blessing

with that, I am out, because of all the hate I am sure that is in this thread. Good day.

[MustLoveBeagles]

48. Actually most seem to like it, myself included

[LeftInTX]

60. I own the entire Hooked on Classics collection......

Which I think is the ultimate disco.'

Classics put to disco.

Love any type of energizing dance music.

I even love this. I've got this on mp3

Any type....

[Floyd R. Turbo]

67. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[applegrove]

51. Great to lift one's mood and dance to.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

68. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[dawg day]

52. My opinion has changed...

In the actual disco era, I thought it was processed, shrill, boring. (Compared to punk, Springsteen, etc of the same era.)

Now it sounds pretty good. Donna Summers was wonderful.

The techno dance music, that heavy bass beat and the awful repetition ("Well, if you're on Ecstasy, it's great!&quot now, sounds primitive and stupid in comparison.

Donna Summer really is great--

And you know, "Hot Stuff" would be a great song to play at my funeral.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

69. 💃🏼🕺🏼

Hopefully not too soon!

[CTyankee]

103. Remember Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand singing "Enough is Enough" in a kind of

competition...fun stuff...

[mithnanthy]

54. I LIKE FUNK!

Sorry ..Disco doesn't do it for me.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

70. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[Eugene]

55. Somewhere in between. I didn't care for most of it at the time

but it did produce a few musical masterpieces.

Get up and boogie. Get up and boogie... Really, really deep.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

72. 🕺🏼💃🏼

[FuzzyRabbit]

56. I did not like disco. I thought it was lame. At the time.

But now I appreciate disco songs like these:

I'll bet you can't stop tapping your feet to this one:

And who doesn't love:

[Floyd R. Turbo]

73. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[RandomAccess]

110. 3 of my absolute favorites

especially I Will Survive. I was newly divorced. Needless to say it was my anthem. AFAIC, that one song can carry all of Disco for me. But there were other favorites.

To me, Disco not only has a great dance beat, but it's full of fun and excitement. A really exubeeant "let's party" vibe.

Also loved It's Raining Men (even tho it wasn't!!) LOL

[TexasBushwhacker]

137. It's Raining Men is one of my faves

Co-written by Paul Schaffer.

[RandomAccess]

138. That's right

He's a hoot, isn't he?

[LuckyCharms]

59. Love it now, hated it then. n/t

[Floyd R. Turbo]

74. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[LeftInTX]

62. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up

[Floyd R. Turbo]

75. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[CTyankee]

64. I loved disco!

Some music folk thought it was terrible but I thought it was fun...

Loved the Bee Gees, too!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

76. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[CanSocDem]

65. A blessing. (eom)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

77. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[HopeAgain]

78. Disco Sucks

Wore a T-Shirt that said that from about '77-'79. I've come to appreciate that there were some talented disco artists, but never came to appreciate the genre.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

80. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[dewsgirl]

79. I grew up in the 80's and 90's, I've always thought disco looked kind of cool.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

83. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[Eliot Rosewater]

81. These guys thought it had its virtues

[Floyd R. Turbo]

84. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[mithnanthy]

99. Thanks for THIS!

I STILL love the Stones and I watched Soul Train for YEARS....yea, I'm 71 but I can still BUST IT!

[Soxfan58]

82. My buddies and I

Would say "Disco Sucks" unless there was a young lady involved then we were out there shaking our ass with everyone else!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

85. 💃🏼🕺🏼😏

[irisblue]

86. Blessing 💃💖💸👑

A lot of dancing, club soda with lime was 50 cents at the 3 Sons plus 1
Lots of flirting. Good memories.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

87. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[ariesgem]

88. I loved early disco...

I was a kid coming up in Queens, NY during the birth of disco.. Loved it in the beginning, it was a cool sound on the streets. It was played at the barbecues and block parties. That was our "rap". When it caught fire, it got WAY too commercial for my taste. I moved on and fell in love with funk.

These were some of my favorites.

We Cha' Cha'd our asses off this one..

Couldn't play this around my parents. This was the cut.

This one brought the house down.

This was a jazz/disco favorite

Anything by Chic.. they had a funk vibe. Loved the Bee Gees, Rose Royce, Taste of Honey....

[Floyd R. Turbo]

89. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[irisblue]

92. all good choices💖

[OxQQme]

93. Chic

Fun watching Travolta.
That coulda been me. I was a slender 6ft 4in then, and had the same bell bottoms, satin shirt, fancy boots.
LOL
Small town, pop. 4,000. Disco lessons in the high school gym with my new wife.
One (there were only 3) of the 'night clubs' even had a stainless steel dance floor there in that tiny town.
With fog machines and disco balls.

OMG
Thanks for the memories.

Meanwhile...Watergate.
Gas prices tripled in one of those years.
Four 24/7 lumber mills laid off workers down to 1 1/2 shifts due to interest rates killing the housing market.

But the stainless steel floor beckoned.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

94. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[lastlib]

95. ABOMINATION!

Cannot STAND that sh&it!

Charter member of the Rock & Roll Army here. Once broke a record over my knee in a record store b/c they committed the OBSCENE BLASPHEMY of doing a *DISCO* version of "Stairway To Heaven" (The greatest song of all time!) BLASPHEMY, I say! DEATH to DISCO!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

96. Yikes! 💃🏼🕺🏼

[Miles Archer]

97. When it was actually HAPPENING, I couldn't wait for it to GO AWAY.

It was still sort of hanging on by a thread when Van Halen's "Eruption / You Really Got Me" started blasting out of radios across the USA. It was then that I realized how much I wanted disco to GO AWAY and rock and roll to COME BACK.

It stopped growing, it was endless repetition, and things like the abominable "Sgt. Peppers" movie with Frampton and the Bee Gees only deepened my thirst for rock and roll.

Decades later, I see it as a goof, something fun, mainly because I can listen to it whenever I'm in the mood, rather than hearing it everywhere music is played.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

98. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[BlueTsunami2018]

100. In retrospect, some of it was pretty good.

Real musicians playing instruments and writing original songs has a lot to offer when you compare it to the electronic and sampling crap that’s out today.

Lots of great players in disco bands.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

117. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[MaryMagdaline]

102. Last Days of Disco one of my favorite movies

Presents a strong cultural justification for Disco.

I have also read that the backlash had much to do with anti-women, anti-gay trend.

[lunasun]

109. That was part of the mix strong women singers gay fans with big dance bars . Could be...

Closing time comes at the end of the night ...now what was that song ?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

118. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[lunasun]

104. A Disco Ball and Strawberry Letter # 23. What else is needed ?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

119. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[dlwickham]

105. blessing

[Floyd R. Turbo]

120. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[benld74]

106. Abominable

[Floyd R. Turbo]

121. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[kimbutgar]

107. Blessing, it got people moving and dancing

Which is good for the soul.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

124. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[raven mad]

108. Off to the greatest -

I didn't think either - just that it was FUN!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

125. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[TomSlick]

112. It was fun at the time but it got old.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

126. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[El Supremo]

114. Beats the hell out of rap....

or hip-hop or whatever they call that shit now.

[ailsagirl]

123. That "music" is V-I-L-E

Last edited Mon Jan 29, 2018, 06:08 PM - Edit history (1)

At least, IMO

[Floyd R. Turbo]

127. 💃🏼🕺🏼👍🏻

[TexasBushwhacker]

135. Gotta agree with you on that, but then I'm 61 n/t

[Kali]

115. fun at the gay bars

rock and roll for listening otherwise

[Floyd R. Turbo]

128. 💃🏼🕺🏼🏳️‍🌈

[ailsagirl]

122. A few songs were good...

Last edited Mon Jan 29, 2018, 06:09 PM - Edit history (1)

the rest are, truly, an abomination

IMO

[Floyd R. Turbo]

129. 💃🏼🕺🏼

[LenaBaby61]

130. OP, you first have to address the ...

simmering racial undertones of Disco, and then maybe we can really talk about what it meant and didn't mean in a meaningful way.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

132. Feel free to do so in your own thread!

[LakeArenal]

131. My husband somehow wound up managing a disco bar

(Refuse to call it a “lounge”).

Old hippie rock n rollers.

However, the kids there were having the time of their life. It was colorful, energized, and downright fun. They danced and dressed to one up each other.

Dancing makes people thirsty and hungry.

Everyone came out winners. What’s not to like???

[Floyd R. Turbo]

133. Cool! 💃🏼🕺🏼🍔🥤🌭🍕🍺🍸🍹🥂🍷💃🏼🕺🏼