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Disco Never Died.

Disco marked the dawn of dance-based popular music. Growing out of the increasingly groove-oriented sound of early '70s and funk, disco emphasized the beat above anything else, even the singer and the song. Disco was named after discotheques, clubs that played nothing but music for dancing. Most of the discotheques were gay clubs in New York, and the DJs in these clubs specifically picked soul and funk records that had a strong, heavy groove. After being played in the disco, the records began receiving radio play and respectable sales. Soon, record companies and producers were cutting records created specifically for discos. Naturally, these records also had strong pop hooks, so they could have crossover success. Disco albums frequently didn't have many tracks -- they had a handful of long songs that kept the beat going. Similarly, the singles were issued on 12-inch records, which allowed for extended remixes. DJs could mix these tracks together, matching the beats on each song since they were marked with how fast they were in terms of Beats Per Minute. In no time, the insistent, pounding disco beat dominated the pop chart and everyone from rockers like the Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart, to pop acts like the Bee Gees and new wave artists like Blondie. There were disco artists that became stars -- Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer, Chic, Village People, and KC & the Sunshine Band were brand-names -- but the music was primarily a producer's medium, since they created the tracks and wrote the songs.

Disco lost momentum as the '70s became the '80s, but it didn't die -- it mutated into a variety of different dance-based genres, ranging from dance-pop and hip-hop to acid house and techno.

Info provided by: The All Music Guide
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Amen.  All those dance/house remixes of songs today, pounding along at 130 BPM - Derivative of Disco, my friend.

Now, if only this cRap craze would die down...

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Disco never died...it went through rehab in the eighties and re-emerged in the late 90s as Techno 8) ;D
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But did you like it? Do you ever play any Disco oldies but goodies?

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That's ok.  :)  Your parents didn't know any better.  j/k  ;)

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Well...what was it? That stuff you here when VH1 plays Behind the Music for Studio 54? That sounds like Techno with an afro
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Did you read my longest post on the thread? That explains the similarity between Disco and Techno.  ;)

Similar - but not the same.  :-[  Although I like Techno alright.

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I love LOVE LOVE!!!!!! disco. I listen to disco nearly every day and it always puts me in a good mood. That's usually the only thing that gets me dancing ;D
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it sure does for me.disco gets me dancing all night long! ;D :D ;) -howard-

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I know it's probably been 10 years now (yikes), but remember Rick Astley's hits?  He definitely had the Disco sound - in a time when people were still sneering at it.
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I never thought of it that way (his SAW work reminded me of Jellybean's work at the time - '87 or '88) but I agree with you.

I love disco.  I had the privelige of DJing a 'Studio 54' theme party last year and it was a blast.  I was really getting into it spinning the Hi-NRG stuff like Patrick Cowley, Sylvester, Patrick Hernandez etc...

I heard quite a bit of disco-sounding tracks back in '95-96 when I went clubbing on a regular basis.  Some songs come to mind:

"The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)" by The Bucketheads (Samples Chicago's "Street Player")
"Got Myself Together" by The Bucketheads (Samples GQ's "Disco Nights (Rock Freak)"
"America" by Full Intention (Samples Patrick Juvet's "I Love America")
"Get On Down" and "Got A Feeling" by Harlem Hustlers
"Keep On Jumpin'" by Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash
(I think Lisa Marie Experience also did the same track)
"Disco's Revenge" and "Let's All Chant" (cover of Michael Zager Band's tune) by Gusto

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it sure does for me.disco gets me dancing all night long! ;D :D ;) -howard-
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It makes me boogie oogie oogie 'til I just can't boogie no more ;)

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It makes me boogie oogie oogie 'til I just can't boogie no more ;)
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I have"Boogie Fever"! -howard- ;D ;D :D ;)

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Disco isn't that stuff you see in Dance Fever, is it?
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Yes,I guess so. ???

howard :D

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Explain to me how you can sing to "Hip Hop" music and dance to it?  Unless you had one too many, NO WAY MAN!!!!!!
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It is useful for muffling the sound during a drive-by....   ;)

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I LOVE Rick Astley!!!! THat's what disco sounded like? I thought no one remembered because everyone was high
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It's a strange one this but I don't know whether to take you seriously. I like Rick Astley's stuff (Never gonna give you up for me was the song for the late eighties) and when I admit that I like his music, people think I'm a bit wierd - I hope they don't to you Syncronos because I think you've got good taste.

SAW (Stock, Aitken and Waterman) were as disco as it got in the 80s. You hear hits from Sinitta, Big Fun (who covered The Jacksons 'Blame it on the Boogie') and Lonnie Gordon and, even though they were criticized for being called 'manufactured pop'. I thought the Hit Factory did a brilliant job in giving us great music.

Even now, you hear Steps (covered Bee Gee's tragedy) and S Club 7 (especially 'Don't stop moving') and you know that Disco will never die.

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I agree with Howard.  Disco is the thing.  This music today is so boring.  This "Hip Hop" music has got to go.  At least you sing along with the Disco songs and dance to it.  Explain to me how you can sing to "Hip Hop" music and dance to it?  Unless you had one too many, NO WAY MAN!!!!!!
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It's hard to dance to hip hop these days.You just can't into it. :P

Howard

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ME!!!

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