All I can remember of disco is “Stayin’ Alive” and John Travolta. Was there more to it than that?
In October ‘78, I finally settled down after five years of living on the road doing field engineering. The first thing I did was buy a good sound system — Kenwood LO-7 amps, Dahlquist DQ-10 speakers, Mark Levinson preamp, a Thorens turntable and an Austrian tuner (can’t remember who made it). I don’t think any Disco was ever played through that system. (I still have the Kenwood amps, too and they work great after replacing all the caps a few years back).
The stupidity reached the heights with the release of a ditty called, “Boogie-oogie-oogie.”
When I heard the title I thought, “You’ve GOT to be kidding!”
One of maybe 3 disco tunes I liked. It had a good groove and worked so well with the opening sequence of the legs walking down the street. Also, Donna Summers "I Feel Love", I can listen to anytime with its unique arrangement that was almost rock with the tempo being disco. Maybe, I have only 2 disco tunes I can actually enjoy to this day.
I was so happy to see disco die, but then came rap.