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Subject: "The Dance Cycle"
Written By: velvetoneo on 05/31/06 at 9:57 pm
Late 1979: Disco dies.
Late 1979-Late 1982: The "dark ages of dance." Mainstream audiences are terrified of dance music, instead clinging to non-dancey MTV style pop-rock and MOR.
Early 1983: Madonna, Duran Duran, and Michael Jackson reintroduce dance music via dance-pop, and Prince's electrofunk comes in. People are reacclimated to dance music as discophobia slightly fades away through tunes like "Lucky Star" and "Billie Jean." This period lasts to like 1987. My favorite dance period.
Mid 1987: Hello, Jody Watley! Jody Watley starts off the "urban dance-pop" trend that includes Paula Abdul, M.C. Hammer, and soon the doors are opened to house music. House music begins popularity.
c. 1989: Club music, house music, and urban dance-pop gain popularity. Madonna's "Vogue" starts popularity of house, as does C+C Music Factory.
c. 1996: Technomania and Ibiza Club-mania increases in the U.S.