Oh, disco!
Did you know I worked at Studio 54 as a hat check girl? Yes, I did. I checked Mick Jagger’s bowling bowl and saw his wife (or ex-wife, I forget) ride in on a horse. Tons of loose cash was kept in the basement and a filthy comic book about Roy Cohn made the rounds in the disgusting theater seats.
Absolutely hated that job but a dear friend got it for me and I needed the money to stay in my sublet. And indeed, it was cocaine, amyl nitrate and herpes. A good friend of mine was one of the first to die of AIDS - needless, to say, a regular at that dump.
Does Whit Stillman’s “The Last Days of Disco”hold any special meaning for you?
https://www.google.com/#q=%22The+Last+Days+of+Disco%22&tbm=vid
I got to Manhattan right after Studio when punk was still hot
Max’s was closed but OMFUG was still kicking
The Palladium and Limelight were huge....Ritz and China Club...my friends....and the Cat Club
The Tunnel too
But I missed 54
Like I said though I went to Disco for the girls....
When the Stones did Hot Stuff and the Dead did Dancing in the Streets
Lord.....a bad memory