Were the Disco-driven late 1970s cool or repulsive?
By Carl Halling
@CarlHalling (3617)
United Kingdom
3 responses
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Dec 06
Every generation has music its own music style. Mine was the 70's. I loved much of the music. The Bee Gees were wonderful. What a come back they made!
My kids loved a lot of the music of the 70's and still do. I do not think it was repulsive or immoral. I was fun, lively music. Now don't even get me going on some of the dance moves. : )
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
8 Dec 06
I agree with you about the Bee Gees; they were magnificent songwriters. It's a shame the way they are seen as icons of a supposedly "tasteless" decade. Not true: Barry Gibb suited the 70s look; no way did he look ridiculous. Some people did; some didn't. It was a flamboyant age. I never learned the dances though...:o) I just did my own thing!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Dec 06
Ever try to do the bump when you were 3 sheets to the wind! I knocked someone off their feet!
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@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
8 Dec 06
No, I was pretty terrible at the Bump, because I only knew one move, which is the basic bump of hip to hip; so I just developed my own style based partly on Travolta, and the kids from dismal faceless suburbs I knew back then who came alive on the dance floor. It worked for me.
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@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
18 Dec 06
Yes, it was a great time. I had many Soul/Disco favourites. I dust them off from time to time, and dance to them in my bedroom, grooving as if it was still 77!
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@beautyoperater (1890)
• United States
7 Dec 06
I grew up in the 70's and I think some of the stuff is coming back. I thought the 70's where cool. Just loved disco. I loved to listen to the bee gees, andy gibb, leif garrett.
The movies were great back then to. I wish it would all come back.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
7 Dec 06
Thanks for writing, and I agree, the Disco era produced some beautifully written and played music. Around '78, I was a musical snob, heavily into Punk and New Wave, but also into Soul, as distinct from Disco. The Bee Gees weren't cool to me, but I loved the OST to "Saturday Night Fever". I don't recall liking Chic; but now I love the music Nile and Bernard produced for Chic and Sister Sledge: beautiful melodies, vocals, rythyms, I could listen for hours. Andy Gibb was a romantic icon; but only later did I learn to love his music: the LP "Shadow Dancing" is a neglected masterpiece of the sweetest romantic Soul and Dance. Leif was another romantic icon, and "I was Made for Dancing" still sounds great! Thanks again...:o) Carl
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