Were you one of those "Disco Sucks" people?

[CatWoman]

why?

I loved disco!!!!!

BRING IT BACK!!!!!!

[benny05]

1. No I liked it

Do a little dance, make a little ...get down tonight!

[pbartch]

50. I LOVE Disco and I was really as sexy dancer!!!!!!!!

[flamingyouth]

2. Yes! I even have the single!!!

http://usuarios.lycos.es/punk/doa0.html

[Bok_Tukalo]

3. I was a punker so yes

But now I own ABBA CD's.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

13. Same here-I was a punk rocker

but I secretly loved ABBA and Donna Summer!

[Bok_Tukalo]

23. I had to rebel against my older sisters

And since they liked Kiss, I had to take The Ramones.

[Lisa0825]

4. I hated it at the time, but love it now.

I was a rocker and thought disco was goofy.

[prairierose]

55. Disco was kind of goofy......

but it had a great beat & you could dance to it! And I LOVED dancing to it!

:evilgrin:

[joefree1]

5. Were?!! Still is.

It was the death of the sixties. Thank the Gods Punk came in and killed off the Disco scene. Gave me back a reason to wear dirty jeans, t-shirts, and ear rings. Grunge was/is a Godsend too.

And then there is the new rock scene. Anybody hear, Pyschedelic Rock is back?! Wahooooo!

A lot of "Techno" and some "World" music is just Disco revisited. Bleech.

[CatWoman]

12. I bet you dance like Elaine

:P

[joefree1]

15. I slam dance like Sid

Meet me in the mosh pit, now.


Seating now available in the Smoking Section:
Politics, humor, death and the Devil - http://www.eDiablo.com

[CatWoman]

17. HAH!!!!

You wouldn't last!!!! :D

[drumwolf]

22. psychedelic rock is back?

I sure haven't seen any evidence of that, and I work at Tower Records. Most of the new rock I've heard is lame-ass pop-punk or nu-metal.

What am I missing? If psych rock is back, I'd sure like to know about it.

[joefree1]

30. NPR reported Pychedelic music is booming in San Francisco

Didn't recognize the band names. Cool sounding stuff.



on edit: "New rock" is lame? Wow, even for an old guy like me there is some cool stuff out there. ... oh, I see your post #28. You've gone Disco dude.

[joefree1]

64. More info on psychedelic rock resurgence

Couldn't find the NPR segment on psychedelic rock resurgence but did find the following:

Rock 'n' roll gets back to basicsLittle bands like the Hives at center of genre's latest resurgence

edit ...
We are in the middle of yet another rock ‘n’ roll resurgence: simple (but not simplistic) music stripped down to the elemental essentials of guitar, bass, drums, vocals and attitude (the White Stripes have even stripped out the bass); bands with short, slightly anachronistic names like the White Stripes, the Strokes and the Hives.

edit ...
“A Little More For Little You” goes all the way back to the psychedelic ‘60s for its inspiration, putting all the rhythmic weight on the offbeats in the verses, then reversing the beat for the choruses. All the while Pelle wails at the very farthest reaches of his upper register, sounding best while singing worst in the truest rock ‘n’ roll tradition.

edit ...
Candy Stripes
The Detroit duo of singer, songwriter, guitarist Jack White, and drummer Meg White, a divorced couple musically known as the White Stripes, is the most basic, stylized (lurid red and white candy motif) and most successful of the lot thus far, playing a strange blend of proto-punk, psychedelic rock and electric blues, all infused with a Wagnerian romanticism. Their fourth and most recent album “Elephant” went double-platinum, won the 2003 Grammy for Best Alternative Album, and Best Rock Single Grammy for “Seven Nation Army.” Jack White also acted in, and contributed songs to the Civil War film “Cold Mountain,” and produced Loretta Lynn’s latest album “Van Lear Rose.”
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:ySBkj3ohQK4J:www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5452205/+psychedelic+rock+resurgence&hl=en

• I am probably not the best person to ask about musical trends, considering I made up polka-electronic-death-country and jiggy-death-metal, but if it were up to me, I would like to see more blending of cultures and scenes. There's a lot cool stuff the Asian kids are doing in S.F., D.C., the E.B., and the S.B. And I like the psychedelic rock resurgence. But I really think it needs to go to the next level before it is going to pop the heater. That might be tough, though, with all the silos destroyed and all.
http://www.sfbg.com/39/16/cover_phenomena.html

[drumwolf]

66. thanks for the links

I think I was probably overstating a bit when I dismissed ALL new rock. I still do find indie (or, more accurately, indie-influenced) bands that I like, such as the Shins, Franz Ferdinand and the Strokes.

I'm not a huge fan of a lot of the particular bands that are part of the current so-called "garage rock revival," like the Hives or the White Stripes. They are the more commercial end of the garage punk genre IMO, and there were a whole bunch of bands in the '90s that did that whole style of music far better and never got any mainstream recognition.

If you like the Hives or White Stripes, then check out the following bands if you haven't already.

Devil Dogs
New Bomb Turks
Teengenerate
Guitar Wolf
Mono Men
Makers
Mooney Suzuki
Oblivians
Pleasure Fuckers

[Zomby Woof]

6. yep

Still am! :P "Hey hey, my my... Rock and roll will never die... "

My favorite anti-disco T-shirt in 1979: "You Mess With The Best, You Die Like The Rest! Disco Sucks!" :D

And the best anti-disco album cover was Joe Walsh's "You Can't Argue With A Sick Mind", which featured a picture of a mirror ball. ;-)

[CatWoman]

14. another dancer like Elaine

:P

only non dancers hate Disco!!!!

[Zomby Woof]

20. hehe!

That's why I am a musician! :D

[Kahuna]

87. Amen. That's what I always say. Only rhythmless clods hate disco.

:D

[Zomby Woof]

110. If I am rhythmless

Explain my love of Ray Charles. :P

[HEyHEY]

7. YES

[lady lib]

56. Yes.

(But I secretly liked it, too. I just liked rock a whole lot more.)

[bigwillq]

8. I like disco

and it's 90's and 2000's version, vocal house music like when they mix say a Whitney Houston song to a dance beat.

[gristy]

9. Not me

I loved it too. It was happenin' in '78-'79.

[LoZoccolo]

10. Bonus points if you were one of the Insane Coho Lips.

http://www.discodemolition.com

[mopinko]

27. i was just gonna say

i liked it, but my hubby hated it. (before we met) that day was the highlight of his LIFE!!!! he still brags that he was there.

[sundog]

11. no. hell no.

The first album I ever bought was Chic's "C'est Chic" when I was 7.

[reprehensor]

16. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

o geez...

Well, you WERE 7...

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

[CatWoman]

19. I was on my first tour in Germany when that song came out

memories....................... :D

[sundog]

40. Nile Rodgers was a force to be reckoned with

Chic was his first "band" outing. Got his start in the Apollo house band.

He was pulling the strings on a lot of stuff in the 80's :
some of Bowie's pop stuff, B-52's, Duran Duran, INXS to name a few.

[CatWoman]

41. and he's still kicking ass!!!!

[sundog]

43. no kidding...

and if I talk about some of the racial undertones of the "disco hatred" movement, I'll probably start a flame war. And I don't like flame wars too much.

So I just won't say it, but you might catch my drift. ;)

[reprehensor]

44. True.

'Let's Dance' is one of my favorite albums.

But still. Chic.

OI.

[sundog]

49. Chic was actually pretty

smart disco imho.

A lot of good guitar work, the occasional jazzy excursion, killer bass lines, non-conventional arrangements. :)

In other words, all musical genres are somehow influenced by other genres. They all have strengths & weaknesses. I don't think you can write off one genre just because it isn't kosher with one segment of the music "aficionados."

You always have to look at the bigger picture: why a specific genre exists, historical influences, its primary elements, and how it has evolved. Each genre deserves analysis.

[Kahuna]

92. I didn't like Chic. They are my least favorite disco group...

too antiseptic. Not really get down, dance music. Give me, "The Devil's Gun," by C.J. and Company for some soul rousing disco dancing. That's my favorite disco song. Or, "Mighty Real," by Sylvester. How 'bout, "Love Injection," "All My Love," "Love Rescue." and "Trans Europe Express?" Heavenly!!!!! These are the songs that I used to get down to back in the day.

[sundog]

97. Mighty Real

was a great one.

Still dig Chic - more laid back, yeah. I'll agree with that. But that's not a bad thing for me. ;)

[MrSlayer]

18. Yes.

Because Disco was crap music but in retrospect at least they were actual bands playing the music. I sort of respect them now compared to the no-talent samplers and Casio dance music garbage of today.

[CatWoman]

21. I think we have a Devo fan here

:D

[MrSlayer]

25. The video for "Whip It" was funny.

That's about the extent of of my Devo dealings.

[Hardrada]

31. Space Junk!!

I still have four Devo albums. Somewhere upstairs. I used to play them at odd times like when I was working on income tax.

[CatWoman]

38. WHIP IT GOOD!!!!

:D

[Hardrada]

51. But who knows where they are.

I have about 2000 stashed LP's. I don't have any disco though. Much of the collection is not my fault however. I bought them cheap from someone moving to California.

[DBoon]

24. Yes

I had neither the money nor the glib, charming personality to fit into the disco world.

I was happy when punk came about.

[reprehensor]

26. Yes.

But I was too young to hang around in THOSE kind of bars... so I had no use for this musical style...

In its place, the KISS 8-track 'Hotter Than Hell' played on an endless loop on my 'Realistic' portable player thru the late 70's.

Until I got the excellent 'Double Platinum' album to replace it, that is.

[drumwolf]

28. yes, I was, at the time.

I was only in elementary school during the height of disco's popularity, but I grew up listening to hard rock and loathing disco. And I continued to listen mostly to rock for a very long time -- hard rock and metal in high school, punk and indie rock during my college years and my twenties.

However, in the last few years I've turned into a big fan of techno, electronica, downtempo, drum'n'bass, and trance. And I can't stand most of the new rock I hear (mostly bad nu-metal and pop-punk).

And as for the original disco, I certainly appreciate it far more now than I did when I was a kid, and I've got a bunch of disco songs in my mp3 collection. There are certain disco songs I like just because I have a perverse appreciation for utter schlock ("Born to Be Alive," anyone?), but there are other songs that I think are genuinely good (like "Kung Fu Fighting").

[Indiana_Dem]

29. Yep! We always listened to WFBQ95 in Indy and

they always talked about "Disco Destroyer" time when they would gather together all disco albums and break and burn them!

We felt disco was too gawdy and fake. Classic rock was REAL music!

[CatWoman]

32. ah, Q95

wasn't that the old "Bob and Tom" station?

[Indiana_Dem]

37. Yes, it still is!

The same today as it was back then.

[CatWoman]

39. I was stationed at Fort Harrison for 8 years

most conversations revolved around Bob and Tom's antics.

Those guys were always in trouble!!!

Howard Stern hand nothing on them :D

[RUDUing2]

81. KSHE St. Louis and KAAY Little Rock were what we listened to.

[donheld]

33. I liked it then

i like it now. I did get sick of the Bee Gees for a while, but they were just over played.

[frylock]

34. there's a fine line between funk and disco..

that being said; yes, I was one of the disco sucks people growing up. I used to listen to a lot of UFO and Rush in the late 70's. Now I listen to some disco, and even have the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

[Solly Mack]

35. I was a Limelight (of Atlanta) regular up until Peter Gatien left in '83

so, nope, I wasn't one of those people

[mitchum]

36. "Can you imagine a kid wanting to grow up and play on a Donna Summer...

record?" Lou Reed
Well said, Lou.
However, discos were EXCELLENT places to cop free drugs. So, I guess the music was good for something :)

[Piperay]

42. NO

I LOVE disco :loveya: I loved to go out disco dancing!

[RetroLounge]

45. I didn't like it much then, and followed Steve Dahl / Coho Lips

as I lived in Chicago.

But I kinda like the Kitch of it now.

The problem was that rock bands felt they had to try disco to sometimes attrocious or mixed results.

Stones : Miss You
Rod Stewart : Do ya think I'm Sexy
Blondie : Heart of Glass

RL

[Theres-a]

63. Steve Dahl

That name brings back fond memories.As a kid, I listened to his morning show everyday,I thought he was God.What ever became of him?

[ProfessorGAC]

73. He Does Afternoon Drive In Chicago

Still one of the highest rated shows in drive time around here. He's on 105.9. Buzz Kilman is back with him, too.
The Professor

[Jose Diablo]

46. Yes, Disco sucks, probably why Reagan got elected

peoples brains turned to mush.

[tjwash]

47. Back--------Back I say------------Back to the seventies with you!

There's no room for you here in the future.

[BuelahWitch]

48. Heck no! Donna Summer RULES!

She can sing rings around any of the blonde pop divas of today!

[Patiod]

74. Everything but McArthur Park - AARRRGGHHH!

:puke:

[Kahuna]

89. Are you kiddin' me? Her rendition of McArthur Park give me chills..

just thinking about it.

[Patiod]

119. It gave me chills too, but not in a good way

I was running a 103 fever, and the girl in the next dorm room (we were all in the same sorority) was blasting "MacArthur Park". I called, explained I was sick, and asked her to turn it down.

Instead, she turned it up, put the record arm over so it would repeat constantly, and left for the night, locking her door.

Bitch.

Bad memories!

[El Fuego]

52. It sucked then. It sucks now. It will forever suck.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

53. Anyone who ever wrote, "performed", or sanctioned disco

in any way, must be hunted down and beaten to death.

Especially Travolta. He simply must die.

[Vektor]

54. Admittedly, I LOVE IT.

So much.

[proud2BlibKansan]

57. Yes I was

because it did suck.

Except the BeeGees.

[Kat45]

58. Abso-fucking-lutely! I love this Frank Zappa quote about disco:

Disco music makes it possible to have disco entertainment centers. Disco entertainment centers make it possible for mellow, laid-back, boring kinds of people to meet each other and reproduce. - FZ

I had a poster of this up in my room throughout the disco era.

[Acryliccalico]

59. I loved it

but mostly into soul and R&B. Those were the days. Sly & the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, ELO, Earth,Wind & Fire, Meat Loaf, Boston, Boz Scaggs, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor, Doobie Brothers, Eric Clapton, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Three Dog Night, Jefferson Airplane, The Seekers, The Box Tops, Aron Neville, Marvin Gaye, The Grass Roots, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Pink Floyd. Captain Beefheart, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, War, Supertramp, Pablo Cruise, Nazareth, Van Halen, Rod Stewart, Santana, Smokey Robinson, Robbie Dupree, Joe Tex, Lou Rawls, Dire Straits, Peter Frampton, The Rolling Stones, Steve Winwood, Little Feat, Joe Cocker, Supertramp, Fleetwood Mac, Too many to remember but it was a wild ride and not to be missed. Oh to be in my 20s again. :party: I liked all kinds of music and that included Disco.

[RobinA]

60. I Was

I was young and innocent at the time and had NO IDEA what music suckage really was. I know now. Bring back disco!!!

[Beer Snob-50]

61. I did hate it!

it just didn't do anything for me. i also dated a girl who was really into it and dragged me to a denny terrio dance fever contest at the local disco! she won, i got laid, well maybe disco wasn't that bad!

[bo44]

62. disco, funk, and soul rule my ears

I miss the du disco parties late at night you deejayed back in the day Catwoman

70's punk and 80's heavy metal suck.

[UdoKier]

65. No. "Disco Sucks" = Homophobia + Racism + Elitism

No.

[jswordy]

77. Bullshit. It means you don't like the music. GAWD! n/t

[UdoKier]

91. No one forces you to listen music you don't like.

No one expects you to pretend you like something you don't.

But jumping on the "Disco Sucks" bandwagon was about all racism, homophobia and elitism of rock purists, whether you chose to see it or not.

[joefree1]

111. Disco promotes greed, drug abuse, and bad fashion

Yeah like you guys in white leisure suits, gold chains, and platform shoes were freedom fighters. Guess you forgot the homophobia in Saturday Night Fever?

[sundog]

112. you're absolutely right, disco promotes drug abuse

[UdoKier]

113. All of those apply to Rock n' Roll as well.

And Saturday Night Fever's soundtrack was not very representative of popular disco music. The overhyping of that movie certainly hastened the demise of the genre, though.

[bobbobbins]

79. Disco just sucks dude, get over it

[UdoKier]

93. I've NEVER said (insert genre) SUCKS about anyone else's favorite music.

The fact that disco alone gets singled out for this "sucks" crap proves my point, IMO. - It's an ugly, self-aggrandizing, divisive sentiment.

[bobbobbins]

118. No, it just sucks

just because you never said anyone elses favorite music sucks, doesn't make disco suck any less...and there are plenty of other genres that suck just as bad...im not singling disco out, its just the topic for this thread

[bettyellen]

84. and jeaslousy and they were stuck w/ gals who were throwbacks to '72

in kneesocks, bright blue eyeshadow, clogs and really sad hair.
while the cute, stylish girls were into going out dancing with all sorts of gay and ethnic types!

[UdoKier]

94. LOL.

Nice point.

[bettyellen]

101. i liked yours too, Udo.

[Kahuna]

88. Yeah right. Um hum....

:crazy:

[sundog]

90. I hear ya

Consider the funk influence in disco and combine that with the gay culture of the 70's. Also note that a large portion of disco performers were African-American.

Now, consider pop *mainstream* radio as an institution of wasp America.

As disco grew increasingly popular on mainstream radio, it might have possibly been seen by the "majority" (either on a conscious or subconscious level) as an invasion of "blacks" & "homos" on white America.

So in a sense, a good portion of the anti-disco sentiment could be perceived by many as the "get back where you belong" movement that ushered in the Reagan era.

Also note the splintering of genres in the 80's.

Here are a couple of good articles:

"The social setting created by the advent of discos was something that is very unsettling to racists (both Black and White). The very idea of a legitimized place where "race mixing" might occur is something that this country wasn't quite ready for. Of course it was this very fear that led to the artificial separation between Black & White music in the first place leading to the creation of the "artificial sub categories" known as "Rock" & "Soul". The FUNK (jazz, blues, soul & rock n' roll) brought it all back together once again, creating a positive & universal groove that created the atmosphere for the emergence of disco."
http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/lee_at.htm

"One of the positive things about "disco" was that with a few exceptions it did manage to fulfill one of the objectives of the Civil Rights movement.
It brought the races closer together..!!
For the first time there were truly integrated venues where Blacks & Whites "co-mingled" freely. Although "disco's" did in fact lead to the downfall of the "inner city FUNK HOUSE" and while it's true that a few of them practiced "racist door policies". For the most part you could get in, dance and socialize across racial barriers."
http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/disco1.htm

[UdoKier]

95. Thank you.

"Disco Sucks" is the most blatant expression of how people have chosen musical genres as an expression of the "tribe" they belong to, as well as their socio-political viewpoints.

I like just about every genre, with the exception of the Mississippi Delta style Blues music. But I don't run around saying "The Blues SUCKS!" I get no sense of superiority from not liking it. The "Disco Sucks" folks, however, are different. It either validates their ethnic and economic superiority, or their idea of their own virility, or simply their own superior "understanding of and taste in music", which is, of course, completely subjective...

[sundog]

96. what I was trying to say yesterday...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2504248&mesg_id=2504970&page=

[blondeatlast]

67. I LOVE disco, and it was a big influence to many '80s bands, even

if they never admitted it (some did).

[blue neen]

68. I loved it!

I'm going to go dance to "Don't Leave Me This Way" right now!

[ProfessorGAC]

69. A Mixed Bag, Cat

I went to the discos because i loved to dance. I met my wife in a disco! From that night, i never went out with another woman and we got married 19 months later. So, i have a fondness for the memories of the disco era.

There were songs at that time i liked quite a lot. Remember Santa Esmerelda? Man, i thought those guys had IT. (Their version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" was superb.) I always liked "I Can't Stand The Rain" and the 'not really disco' stuff like Parliament and Earth, Wind & Fire.

But, a lot of the overly syrupy strings and quarter note kick disco was pedestrian and boring. Even if i liked it then, i wouldn't want to hear it now. (Think Donna Summer or Barry White.)

So, i have reasons to look back fondly, there were songs i would still like, but much of it i don't care about anymore.

And, even though i was a huge Steve Dahl fan at that time, i didn't buy into his Disco Sucks stuff. Really, he didn't even dislike it that much, but when WDAI switched to an all-disco format, and minimized personality radio, he got mad at them & took it out on the genre. He admits that freely now.
The Professor

[Phentex]

70. I still love disco!

[blue neen]

71. Remember "Solid Gold"

and the Solid Gold Dancers? It was on Saturday evenings, and I HAD to watch it!

[DinahMoeHum]

72. Yes, and I loved Frank Zappa's and The Who's attitude toward it

The Who - Goodbye Sister Disco
Frank Zappa - Dancing Fool

:evilgrin:

[Kat45]

75. Don't forget Zappa's "Disco Boy"

:-)

[jswordy]

76. Zappa's "Dancing Fool." I have the LP at home...it is called...

Sheik Yarbouti.

ROFL! No shit!

I didn't like discos, but loved the girls. And when I listen to the rock from back then, I am now amazed at how disco influenced it was. Listen to "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones.

[DinahMoeHum]

78. You're right, only it wasn't done to a disco beat like the others. . .

"Disco Boy, that's the way it goes,
so wipe your nose and try again,
to get a little lay tomorrow...
Disco Boy, no one understands,
But thank the Lord that you still got hands
to help you do the jerkin' that'll blot out your disco sorrows..."

- Disco Boy (Zoot Allures album)

:evilgrin:

[RUDUing2]

80. Absolutely...Disco SUCKED...I listened to Segar, Brown, Skynard, etc

btw I know of what I speak...I graduated HS in 1979....

[Wisc Badger]

82. I like Disco

[bettyellen]

83. no, but i remember certain people who listened to nothing but Tommy

and the same fucking led zepplin album for like 8 years....... and felt somehow morally superior. lotta ugly dudes stuck in a time warp if you ask me.
but in the bronx, the disco sucks thing was extremely racist and homophobic, not really anything to be proud of.

[alexisfree]

85. bring it back!!

[Kahuna]

86. People who hate disco can't dance. THAT'S why they hate it...

Disco is great dance music. Poor disco haters, had to sit and watch everybody else having a good time. So they invented, "disco sucks" as an excuse for their lack of agility and rhythm. :P

[sundog]

98. lmao

:bounce:

[bettyellen]

102. yep, a total lack of ass shaking ability.

[sendero]

114. That is half true...

... but the other half is that disco killed the local live band scene. Clubs that used to hire local bands could replace them with a record player.

That is where the original "Disco Sucks" idea started, in the music business.

[Seabiscuit]

99. Absolutely. It sucked then and it still sucks.

I just wish that "rap" and "hip-hop" disappeared as fast as "disco" did.

[CatWoman]

103. damn, you're one dimensional, aren't you?

[Kahuna]

106. I gotta agree about rap and hip hop. I think..

it's a travesty that rap and hip hop has lasted so long. :shrug:

[sundog]

107. I rest my case

;)

[pbartch]

100. i am the 100th person that loves disco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CatWoman]

104. LOL

Shake shake shake
shake shake shake

shake your boo-ty
shate your b-o-o-o-o-ty :D

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

105. I love Disco! n/t

[Lady Effingbroke]

108. No - in fact I am listening to the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack

even as I type - you should be dancing, yeah!

[BornaDem]

109. Yes, I hated it then and still do now. Yuck!

[HEyHEY]

115. Even says so on my business cards

[BiggJawn]

116. A whole CLOSET full of Quiana shirts, and 4 pair of "dancing shoes"

Those were the days....

[ariesgem]

117. Growing up in NYC in the mid 70's

I liked early disco. Some of it was kinda funky. My favorites: Fly Robin Fly; The Hustle; More, More, More; Love to Love you... disco songs with a funky down beat or cha-cha groove. After a while I wrote disco off because it all started to sound the same and I converted to hardcore funk and rap music.