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Why do (did) people bag on disco so much?
Posted on 5/2/26 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 5/2/26 at 1:01 pm
Many of the songs are catchy and the dance moves were generally on point.
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Posted on 5/2/26 at 1:09 pm to weagle1999
It jumped the shark and then it was fair game.
For the record, there's lots of disco that I like/listen to....
For the record, there's lots of disco that I like/listen to....
Posted on 5/2/26 at 1:35 pm to weagle1999
I've always been a Donna Summer fan.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 1:36 pm to weagle1999
It’s the “me too “ syndrome.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 1:42 pm to weagle1999
It's definitely vastly overdone. There is a lot of truth to the (now much better understood/remembered) backlash at the time having been based on race and anti-gay sentiment.
There's a lot of good disco music and I think it's dumb to just say "disco sucks".
There's a lot of good disco music and I think it's dumb to just say "disco sucks".
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:10 pm to Lonnie Utah
The Steepwater Band did a good job syncing up their song to Soul Train:
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:52 pm to weagle1999
It was the phaggy/guido culture more than the music itself
but don't go overboard simply b/c it's preferable to rap
quote:some were
Many of the songs are catchy
but don't go overboard simply b/c it's preferable to rap
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:58 pm to weagle1999
It was music for simpletons
Posted on 5/3/26 at 4:23 pm to weagle1999
As someone who was young at the time, I have thought about this a bit.
At the time, it seemed like disco was taking over, permanently. It was pushing out all other rock music and becoming the dominant force at the time. Many people didn't like that and responded by "bagging" on disco.
The reason disco is looked back on with more affinity is many fold.
One, time has filtered out a LOT of the crap disco. What is left is often the better examples of the genre. It has stood the test of time.
Two, disco can now be viewed as one genre of a varied landscape instead of the thing pushing out what came before. Another way to put it, it isn't threatening to music before and after its heyday.
Three, people look back through rose-colored glasses. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. When listening to disco now, many may be reminded of better times (for them), simpler times, and often people they love that may not be here any more. Often, like point one above, filtering out the struggles of the time, leaving the better memories.
None of this is unique to disco. I often hear young people say music from the 80s was awesome. And IMO, it was and is. But as someone who lived it, there was a TON of crap too. Most of that has mercifully disappeared in the mists of time.
At the time, it seemed like disco was taking over, permanently. It was pushing out all other rock music and becoming the dominant force at the time. Many people didn't like that and responded by "bagging" on disco.
The reason disco is looked back on with more affinity is many fold.
One, time has filtered out a LOT of the crap disco. What is left is often the better examples of the genre. It has stood the test of time.
Two, disco can now be viewed as one genre of a varied landscape instead of the thing pushing out what came before. Another way to put it, it isn't threatening to music before and after its heyday.
Three, people look back through rose-colored glasses. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. When listening to disco now, many may be reminded of better times (for them), simpler times, and often people they love that may not be here any more. Often, like point one above, filtering out the struggles of the time, leaving the better memories.
None of this is unique to disco. I often hear young people say music from the 80s was awesome. And IMO, it was and is. But as someone who lived it, there was a TON of crap too. Most of that has mercifully disappeared in the mists of time.
Posted on 5/3/26 at 5:20 pm to johnqpublic
I was born as disco was winding down so I didn't live it. But to your point about only the good Disco being replayed since then, being pretty much the only Disco I've ever heard, I still don't like it. Nile Rogers being the exception.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 11:03 am to weagle1999
I compare it to Hair Metal.
There was a lot of good Hair Metal bands and music. But then it just became a caricature of itself.
There was a lot of good Hair Metal bands and music. But then it just became a caricature of itself.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:46 pm to Zappas Stache
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It was music for simpletons
Exactly. It was empty. Devoid of any interesting ideas. There's a lot talent to it but it was wasted on an empty art form.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:36 pm to midnight1961
That was awesome. thanks.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 7:15 pm to weagle1999
Lotta monster bass lines in some of those disco songs.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 7:43 pm to weagle1999
I lived through it and it was okay. I actually preferred songs that were on the early tip of disco like "Rock Your Baby" by George McRae and "Rock The Boat" by The Hues Corporation.
Blondie's forray into disco was sort of the beginning of the end, but it did give us Debbie in her prime.
Blondie's forray into disco was sort of the beginning of the end, but it did give us Debbie in her prime.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:26 pm to Mizz-SEC
To begin with, many soul, funk, and r&b songs were played in discos. As the era progressed, disco music became distinguishable by the cymbal , usually hi-hat, on the upbeat. That is what got old for me and others. I still liked EW&F, Parliament, etc...
Dammit Debbie. She killed disco and begat rap.
Dammit Debbie. She killed disco and begat rap.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:37 pm to Mizz-SEC
quote:Pioneers who never got their due
I actually preferred songs that were on the early tip of disco
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