Why are people so embarrassed of Disco?

[mozichrome]

i still bump Abba

 

[spliz]

There was NOTHING wrong with soulful disco..u know how many fukkin classic records and groups came from disco?....shyt...Off the Wall was mostly disco and it was MJ's best album to me....

 

[yoyoyo1]

disco is GOAT and I make sure I remind people online about that shyt every so often

literally the happiest music ever

 

[Buddha Monk]

That bassline

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

you know why? two words: butterfly collars...

 

[Taadow]

1. Because Disco was dance music. People don't dance no mo', all they do is this. All they do is this. All they do is this.

2. Like other dude said in here, Disco was a fad. It came and went. As with all things that come and go, it is embarrassing if you was down with it. For example, I know some of y'all niccas got a fanny pack somewhere. And POGs.

(note to self: name next mixtape "Pogs to PAWGs".)

3. Like another dude said in here, it became closely associated with gays.

I mean come on - this song SLAP, but Sylvester was a straight-up 'mo (don't ask me how).

 

[Taadow]

some of the best basslines are from disco records....

You ain't even lyin', doe.

 

[DamonDashsRocAFellaChain]

If you guys are into disco, check out Penguin Prison

 

[Dada]

I was just talking about this the other day. Except I want a return of a Disco/Funk/Soul/Dance (Pop). I'm thinking a sound that's a combination of Sylvester's You Make Me Feel, Stephanie Mills on Never Knew A Love/Put Your Body In It, Phyllis Hyman's Under Your Spell/You Know How to Love Me, and Cameo's Candy. Three aren't even disco acts but have done disco songs while being jazz, r&b/soul, pop, and/or funk artists.

There's an audience for it. There are acts who don't even make new music and cake strictly off performing their (and other's) old songs from this era.

 

[Tom Foolery]

1. Became real cheesy.
2. A lot of homos in the disco scene.

 

[TrifeGod]

because disco uplifted the soul and positivism in the community...

 

[innocentdevil]

I love 70s music

 

[The_Sheff]

Disco gets played all the time on black oldies stations. Who cares what them white people this is corny.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

......My third-favorite genre of music. It went 'out' because Rock fans/artists got jealous of disco's popularity and started a 'smear' campaign. So, basically, 'White' people killed disco.....or at least they think they did. It just 'mutated' into Dance, Hip Hop, Techno and House.

I saw some tracks in here that aren't technically 'disco' but actually 'funk', but the genres overlapped quite a bit due to artists like Rick James, Chic and the Pointer Sisters.

Let me show you what got played in my house when I was little.......



[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35HTPHOXwis"]Rick James - Throwin Down - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDU6K02igoU"]The Pointer Sisters - Automatic - YouTube[/ame]





















Bernard Edwards created the GREATEST basslines in the history of music, IMO......



This is like one of my all-time favorites, written by Kid Creole.....



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[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

You ain't even lyin', doe.

Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved Ya (1979) - YouTube

Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music In The Street - YouTube

You but you know da' deal..... Youngin's don't dance no mo', but I still got some boogie in my feets.....











My favorite track from Unlimited Touch......




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