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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Disco in the Blues Brothers movie? Nope, don’t think that would have worked at all. Unless Jake and Elwood destroyed the instruments afterwards, or as it was starting.
Lots of things are linked. Doesn’t make all bad.
The feel of the music is completely different. Disco is a smooth groove eminently danceable, and included couples dance again. Rap is just monotonous evil.
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