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https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/07/05/when-disco-died-in-my-heart-temporarily/
Anybody else old enough to remember when Disco music was something to fight over?
#Culture, #Music, #1970s, #AnitaWard, #BeeGees, #Blondie, #CherylLynn, #Chic, #Disco, #Foxy, #Kool&TheGang, #LippsInc, #PatrickHernandez, #Peaches&Herb, #RoseRoyce, #Sylvester
@Woodchaz Yup! My t-shirt said "DREAD: Detroit Rockers Engaged in the Abolition of Disco". A local rock radio station was handing them out. But that same station had the Chic rip-off "Another One Bites the Dust" in heavy rotation so whatevs LOL 
@7sleepersmusic
DJs trying to keep their jobs I imagine. That's what sparked the thing in Chicago. The DJ was pissed because his rock station switched formats to disco.
@Woodchaz As a callow youth, I was of the "disco sucks" faction. But Henry Rollins breaking down "Funky Town" caused me to reconsider.
@Enema_Cowboy
I think the word funky gets to the heart of it. When disco got too formulaic, it quit being funky. I like #Kool&TheGang in general, but their earlier funkier stuff had a longer shelf life for me.
What did #HenryRollins have to say?
@Woodchaz It was on VH1 one hit wonders, but I cannot find a video or transcript. But this captures the spirit.
@Enema_Cowboy
I love that guy. He's so smart. Saw him do a spoken word show in '11. The fact that he never mentioned #OWS is how I knew it wasn't the revolution. He would've said something. 
@Woodchaz I love almost every kind of music. There was good disco, there was awful disco, and there was phenomenal disco.
Donna Summer
https://youtu.be/7ul_eiDQy68
@Barbramon1
Oh yeah I loved Donna Summer and that song in particular. How about this one? #Electronicmusic in '76 before it was a thing:
https://youtu.be/yEbaeLv-aOo
@Woodchaz Recently watched "Love to Love You", a biography of Summer by her daughter. Definitely worth a watch. Lots of music! I had forgotten how many great hits she had. Was also unaware of how many songs she wrote. Massive talent.
@Woodchaz @Barbramon1 this one is getting overplayed here lately, with the Moroder sounds! https://youtu.be/6uU9ikIg8FU