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Fifty Years Ago, This Irresistible Disco Song and Dance Craze Swept the Nation and Changed the Music Landscape
Smithsonian Magazine ^ | April 18, 2025 | Alice George

Posted on 04/19/2025 5:53:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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Van McCoy - The Hustle (Official Music Video) [HD]

This is what Smithsonian covers now?

1 posted on 04/19/2025 5:53:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I was hoping it was Disco Duck.


2 posted on 04/19/2025 5:55:35 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway
Local community house was hosting weekly disco dances in the very late 70s.

The day after Reagan was elected someone spray-painted disco is dead on the building.

No more disco dances were held.

The beginning of good times.

3 posted on 04/19/2025 5:56:00 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: nickcarraway

Thanks, now I’m going to have that insipid tune in my head for hours.


4 posted on 04/19/2025 5:58:57 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: ealgeone

Even The Rolling Stones quit disco after that.


5 posted on 04/19/2025 5:59:15 PM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Army Vet 1986-1991 unburdened by what I was burdened by before.)
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To: nickcarraway

Makes me want to try my roller skates on.
But, I’d better not.


6 posted on 04/19/2025 6:00:44 PM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Army Vet 1986-1991 unburdened by what I was burdened by before.)
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To: Larry Lucido

I will never forgive disco for killing Motown.


7 posted on 04/19/2025 6:01:06 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler
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To: nickcarraway

This was considered an early form of disco and a great tune.
The Hues corporation. Don’t rock the boat. Great tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKr9wZpjBqE


8 posted on 04/19/2025 6:01:57 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: nickcarraway

I never listened to radio stations that would play something like that. During that time I listened to Orlando radio station WORJ, an album station.


9 posted on 04/19/2025 6:02:07 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: SamAdams76

This may interest you.


10 posted on 04/19/2025 6:04:02 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: Jeff Chandler

Hell, half of Detroit was listening to the BeeGees. I met my first wife while pretending that I could dance to that.


11 posted on 04/19/2025 6:06:17 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway

50 years of gag inducing reaction.

Yay.


12 posted on 04/19/2025 6:07:57 PM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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One of the best lines I ever heard in a song is “well, disco back where you came from”

I cannot find it right now, but I will keep trying


13 posted on 04/19/2025 6:08:40 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: nickcarraway

At least people would get out and dance, now they are tethered to their phone


14 posted on 04/19/2025 6:09:55 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: nickcarraway

Back in the day, I hated disco.

Now it’s such an improvement over today’s pop and country music.


15 posted on 04/19/2025 6:12:30 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: nickcarraway

Yep. Nowadays the ball gowns of the First Ladies can be viewed by appointment only.


16 posted on 04/19/2025 6:14:05 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I will never forgive disco for killing Motown.

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Motown killed Motown when Motown left Motown.

AI...

Motown’s move from Detroit to Los Angeles in the early 1970s is widely cited as a turning point that led to its decline. The label lost its unique Detroit-based identity and culture, which had given it a distinctive sound and approach. In LA, Motown shifted from being a trendsetter to more of a trend follower, losing the tight-knit, hands-on leadership and regional character that had set it apart.


17 posted on 04/19/2025 6:15:56 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Adder

“Gag inducing reaction”? That would be a very young hardspunned attempting to chase women in a disco. TWICE, I gave it shot. Thank God, there were no personal recording devices in those days.


18 posted on 04/19/2025 6:16:43 PM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 36 monthsas)
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To: Larry Lucido

I knew it wouldn’t be “Shine Your Love”.

Whatever that means.

https://youtu.be/0869MUqUqvc?si=rCwJWhTwkSLR2bp8


19 posted on 04/19/2025 6:17:52 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sured for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: nickcarraway

It was the Democrat theme song for a lot longer than that.


20 posted on 04/19/2025 6:18:04 PM PDT by alternatives?
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