Am I hopeless? I loved both bossa nova and disco...

[CTyankee]

"The boy from Ipanema" and "Saturday Night Fever' (as did "Stayin' Alive&quot thrilled me no end.

Was I hopelessly out of date or prescient about how history would treat those two styles?

I like to think that some folks are now looking back on that whole era with a great deal of appreciation and affection...

[stonecutter357]

1. my favorite Bee Gees Videos !

[CTyankee]

3. poor Robin Gibb...

and that dance sequence was phenomenal. Travolta was amazing...

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. It's called eclectic

And something to be proud of.

e·clec·tic (ĭ-klĕk′tĭk)
adj.
1. Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles: an eclectic taste in music; an eclectic approach to managing the economy.
2. Made up of or combining elements from a variety of sources: "a popular bar patronized by an eclectic collection of artists, writers, secretaries and aging soldiers on reserve duty" (Curtis Wilkie).

[CTyankee]

4. I don't know why so many music lovers out there held them in contempt...

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. Me either...

I was mid twenties when disco was in it's heyday...I used to spend EVERY Saturday nite dancing at the best disco bar in town till it closed. It was F.U.N.!!!

[elleng]

5. HECK no, MANY of us are with you/us, yank!

[CTyankee]

7. My little grandson was rocking out in his carseat to "Staying Alive" on the radio years ago and I

could tell it just energized him to rock in his seat like that. Something basic to that music...

[elleng]

9. Yes, there IS something basic to it.

My grands like it too (and daughters LOVE it!)

P.S. Another grand coming in July, 2d grandDAUGHTER, will be near me here!

[CTyankee]

10. Congrats, grams! How many grands do you have now?

[elleng]

11. Have 3 now, 5 year old boy and 3 year old girl in NJ,

4 year old boy here in MD, so add a girl here in MD!

[CTyankee]

12. Great! i'm up to five which is where the "dynasty" ends...

3 granddaughters (one graduated from college, one still in, one going in fall) and 2 grandsons (one in Cali and one in NYC). I saw my Cali grandson (my Italian speaker, Dante) in Hollywood in late October and we toured the Warner Bros. Studio Museum and I got to hold a real Oscar (it was something they did if you wanted to "receive" one, which I thought was so cool (my dtr took a picture but I didn't know how to post it here.) My dtr is the head of the costume dept. at Warner Bros and gave me a private tour. It was very cool...

BTW, Oscars are really heavy. They weigh over 8 lbs...just a little factoid you might want to know...

[elleng]

13. VERY cool!

You all really have gone far! We're just beginning!!!

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I loved disco and have a lot of good memories associated with it.

I especially loved going to the gay bars during that era. The girls knew I was straight, the guys didn't care and I could dance with anyone I wanted to. DJ's, lighted dance floors. . . . Good times, good times.

[mitch96]

14. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...

First thing that popped into my head when I saw your post... weird, huh..
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[CTyankee]

15. I had been exposed to bossa nova music on a trip I took with my mother to Rio de Janeiro when

I was 17. I absolutely fell in love with their music and was totally wrapped up with it when it reached the US. I t was a BFD as I recall. Wonderful music...

[Corgigal]

16. This is my new dance video.

Sounds disco to me. Do I care? Nope, it's good for us to dance. Let's go.

[sinkingfeeling]

17. I loved disco dancing.