Posted on 07/13/2019 6:32:43 AM PDT by C19fan
On July 12, 1979, 48,000 fans packed Chicago’s Comiskey Park for Disco Demolition Night. Some spectators went out of control. "They got really, I would say, violent," says Darlene Jackson, who was 10 years old when the White Sox held Disco Demolition Night. "It was so primal and tribal." Jackson was jolted as she watched the postgame news reports.
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Are you kidding?
Urban Cowboy made country go through the roof. It was on the REGULAR charts big time for a few years AFTER that. Even in the country surge in the ‘90s, which I loved, country did not make it on the pop 40.
SNF OTOH was in the middle of the disco craze so it more punctuated it rather than driving it.
“This is WZAZ in Chicago...Where Disco Lives Forever!” *CRASH*
Yes, both of those events saved millions of lives in the long run.
They just like those Rocky movies....."ALRIGHT, ROCK-O! ALRIGHT, SLY!"
Travolta brought country music and western fashion to the Northeast, where it flourished for a few years. There was neither before Urban Cowboy.
I say, “Get the Knack” killed Disco.
No, I’m not kidding. What passed for country post UC was a pale imitation of what country was before UC. Just because it is popular doesn’t mean it is good.
You say that like it was a good thing...
I had a magnificent cowboy hat festooned
up front with a large chicken feather.
It blended right in at Parents Without Partners.
I always thought that My Sharona by The Knack killed Disco.
I didn’t see your post, but I agree $7
#70.
“The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack is better than most music produced in recent years.”
One of my favorite soundtracks. A lot of feel-good, upbeat music.
“John Travolta is responsible for the decline of both disco and country music (Urban Cowboy). Neither were the same after his movies came out.”
I used to go to Gilleys in Stinkadena before Urban Cowboy came out. After the movie, the whole atmosphere changed and the place got absolutely packed. It never was the same after.
Then a decade later, Garth Brooks put the final nail in the coffin of country music.
If “decline” means it was dying, then the very fact it got popular means it was NOT in decline.
By the same token, just because it’s popular doesn’t mean it’s bad.
Song was OK but cannot believe it was #1 for the year. Had it on my contest last year because of that. Disjointed and spastic without much tunefulness.
Pretty sad if that is what killed disco.
OTOH I think the perfect linkage between the ‘70s and ‘80s was “Funkytown”. Perfect year, and so much like disco but with the stronger syncopation and electronics of the pop/punk ‘80s.
Was great to watch an episode of “American Pickers” that had them coming onto Gilley’s. Very cool to see what it turned out to be long term.
I thought it was hysterical.....but I still love disco....and Led Zep....VH....Crue.....go figure....
You mean you are eclectic? Open-minded? Not a music snob as so many on the Internet?
There is very little music i don’t like. Not one genre I can’t find without a single redeeming piece.
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