MSNBC's Toure Labels Disco Critics 'Homophobic' and 'Racist'
Appearing on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Thursday to discuss the passing of disco singer Donna Summer, contributor Toure unleashed a viscous rant against those who didn't care for the music genre: "...there was a homophobic, and to a certain extent racist, response against disco....from large group of fans who wanted to proclaim the resurgence of white male power, of rock 'n roll and punk..." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Toure began launching his absurd attack by cheering disco as "all about gay exuberance and joy." He then condemned those who criticized it: "I have never seen a movement in America to crush a musical genre in the way that the sort of almost organized anti-disco movement rose up....it reminds me of the discussion around marriage equality, that, 'You can't have this for yourself, you can't have equality, you can't be out and normalized in the public. You must be in the closest and quiet about what you love.'"
Mitchell only gently questioned his assertions: "So you think that disco ended because of sort of a political reaction within the music industry, rather than an evolution into hip-hop, rap, and the other forms of music that succeeded it?" Toure replied: "I think that's absolutely right....almost again, sort of a systematic, like, 'We're going to attack disco and push it back into the closet'....it was really sort of like, 'Let's return the power to the white men behind rock 'n roll,' sort of thing."
Here is full transcript of the May 17 segment:
1:13PM ET
ANDREA MITCHELL: And now we move on to a sad loss. The world of disco has lost its queen, Donna Summer has died in Florida, reportedly after a long battle with cancer. She was 63 years old. Toure is an MSNBC contributor. Toure, talk about her importance, her role, disco and what she meant to people with all of her Grammys and her incredible sales.
TOURE: I mean, Donna Summer had a big lush beautiful voice, she was there at the beginning of disco, one of the people who helped disco rise into prominence. Sort of a New York and Philadelphia thing that became a global phenomenon. And you know, she had an incredible song called, "Love to Love You Baby," which played for 17 minutes in the real true long version that they played in the clubs. And she approached it as if, she said, "What would Marilyn Monroe do with this vocal?" And she cooed and she sort of moaned, and you know, in some clubs, in some radio stations they were afraid to play it because it was too suggestive and too sexual. But that was the nature of disco, that was the nature of the times.
And it's sort of interesting to approach this story at this moment in politics, because of course she's the queen of disco, and disco was all about gay exuberance and joy and having this culture that was sort of centered around that sort of cultural energy that they were all about. And you know, I have never seen a movement in America to crush a musical genre in the way that the sort of almost organized anti-disco movement rose up. And people wearing "Death to Disco" t-shirts and really an attack on what Donna Summer and others were doing. And, you know, it was almost like, you know, "Get back in the closet, you can't have something for yourself." And it was – it reminds me of the discussion around marriage equality, that, "You can't have this for yourself, you can't have equality, you can't be out and normalized in the public. You must be in the closest and quiet about what you love."
MITCHELL: So you think that disco ended because of sort of a political reaction within the music industry, rather than an evolution into hip-hop, rap, and the other forms of music that succeeded it?
TOURE: I think that's absolutely right. That there was a homophobic, and to a certain extent racist, response against disco, largely not just from the music industry, but from large group of fans who wanted to proclaim the resurgence of white male power, of rock 'n roll and punk, almost again, sort of a systematic, like, "We're going to attack disco and push it back into the closet." What hip-hop did, it just started to rise up in the wake of disco, and wouldn't become a national phenomenon for several years later. So it was really sort of like, "Let's return the power to the white men behind rock 'n roll," sort of thing.
MITCHELL: And who did she influence most greatly? Which singers, male or female, who really came behind her?
TOURE: Well, when I think about it, you know, so many of the R & B singers who came after her, you know, there's definitely a debt to Donna Summer. I mean, they – we all listened to those records and that, you know as I said, that lush way of singing, that big voice, operatic almost. You know, and the joy that you heard in her songs, not just "Love to Love You Baby," but "McArthur Park" and "Heaven Knows," and you know, some of the other things, and I mean, just a really extraordinary voice.
MITCHELL: Well, she has lost that battle with cancer, but thank you for helping us remember her. Thank you, Toure.
TOURE: Thank you.
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Toure's Syndrome
Submitted by CO2Maker on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:13pm.
No music genre was as quickly and widely opposed as disco? Is this guy nuts? The opposition to rap was much more vocal and broad than any opposition to disco. Remember Tipper Gore and the outrage over 2 Live Crew and all the others? That was about misogynistic, violent lyrics, not mirror balls and glitter trippers.
John Travolta wouldn't be where he is today (well, mostly) if it wasn't for a TV sitcom and Saturday Night Fever. The Gibbs Brothers (not Robert or Leroy Jethro)? No career without disco.
So, the ongoing meme for the rest of the year is racist-gayist right wing haters. You know, Romneyites, people of Denny's.
Plan 'B'
Submitted by locomotivebreath1901 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:14pm.
Or some people simply didn't like the sukk @ss music in the '70s.
Interesting
Submitted by Shreve on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:14pm.
how somewhat of an obituary for Donna Summer turned into a discussion about gay rights.
If I am a racist homophobe for disliking disco, well, then, I'm a racist homophobe.
Disco sucks, Toure - I had a Tee-shirt that said so
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:15pm.
It sucked in the '70s, and it still sucks today.
And what is more, it's going to suck ten years from now.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Only the deranged mind of a
Submitted by rbosque on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:16pm.
Only the deranged mind of a liberal can extract "racism" and "homophobic" from Disco.
Seriously, these people need to find their own brains again...they should look up their ass, the last place they left it.
What?
Submitted by Dave the mailman on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:18pm.
He was born in '71. So he would have been, what? 8 or 9 when the "disco sucks" backlash was going on. How does he remember what that movement was like? Why wasnt he watching "Happy Days" or some of the other nonsense like the rest of us were watching?
And who could ever forget Chicago's night of infamy
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:24pm.
Disco demolition
The Sox having to forfeit
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:49pm.
to De-troit was worth seeing all those disco records go up in smoke.
Screb this jerk
Submitted by cristo on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:24pm.
He was 7 when Donna Summers was offending the world with "Last Dance." I worked as a bartender on Long Island then and can even now remember the pounding headaches that came with the Friday night jerkiffs who drank nothing but water and danced to Last Dance as they gazed into the disco ball. My advice to Tourte is, you got the money now, buy a full name.
He's got a full name. He just doesn't use it.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:30pm.
Neither would I.
"From The Valley of the Ho, Ho, Ho, Green Giant."
Aha, so it's Valley-speak
Submitted by CO2Maker on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:54pm.
I couldn't understand the Green Giant line until I clicked on that link. That's just too weird in a strange cosmic karma kind of way.
Mr. Neblett - ho, ho, ho. Good one, SoL :-)
Submitted by nanabanana on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:25pm.
Watched the video near the end of the article - Piers Morgan (!) pretty much told him he was full of it. Wow. And - 'nuances'?! Good grief.
Come on now,
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:35pm.
Lady just passed,,,,, lets be nice
I don't think anyone is being unkind to Donna Summers
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:39pm.
But don't tell me to be nice to the jerk who just called me a racist homophobe because I think Disco sucks.
With Ms Rad*
Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:25pm.
This thread is not about a brave woman who fought a long and losing battle with cancer. This isn't about her music. People like certain kinds of music, books, art, movies. She was a popular artist among one of those groups. This article is about divisiveness, anger, hatred, bigotry and an often occuring sad event turned into a political agenda.
I never liked disco nor was I fond of hard metal. To me, they were both just noise. The choices we make in food, music or other genre's is once again being portrayed as racist because that is the current theme. Black Liberation theology is trying to find a platform now that a black is President. They should be called out for the traitorous hate filled antagonists that they really are rather than the media find ways to defend their hatefilled rhetoric. It's the same as the media finding excuses to hide the murder of Christians in Nigeria, Congo, and Egypt by blaming the US for all the troubles in the middle east. Blame the US, blame whites, blame the rich for all our wordly troubles. And now it's white Americans once again who didn't like a black woman's music that makes our country so evil.
How these idiots make these ridiculous connections is beyond my thinking. But I offer an excuse. I grew up in the 50's and 60's when there was real music....;-)
Yeah, The Mummy always went to 54 back in the day.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:28pm.
In fact, there is even evidence of her legendary partying there.
The Mummy and tastes in music
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:43pm.
I think that Andrea Mitchell was dirty dancing with Alan Greenspan in the aisles at a Johann Sebastian Bach Concert when his debut single Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor was first performed to a live audience.
Touraaay, You are one STUPID s.o.b.
Submitted by vote24 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:42pm.
Touraaay, You are one STUPID s.o.b.
This guy is...
Submitted by FistsforLiberty on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 6:44pm.
Nuts!
Wait, so, he thinks the
Submitted by LinTaylor on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 7:04pm.
Wait, so, he thinks the ENTIRETY of disco, every single song produced in that genre, was part of the gay movement?
You know, in the comedy "Undercover Brother", there's a character called Conspiracy Brother who interprets everything up to and including "Good morning" as an attack on his being black. Increasingly, I find Toure turning into a real-life, and not nearly as funny, version of this character.
Toure
Submitted by jaywl on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 7:45pm.
This guy is nuts. I was around for the Disco craze and trust me it didn't have anything to do with gays. At least anymore than eating breakfast was. It sounds like he spent entirely too much time in diversity classes, black studies, and such. Whaco.
➚ Gay Disco
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 7:48pm.
OK, it was a great time for hairdressers who could tease up a high head of hair.
Injecting Today's life experiences with a Disco Song
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:58pm.
If you could compare the job market and the economy and want to find a disco song to accompany how bad things really are under this president, then the song CAR WASH by Rose Royce should be Obama's reelection song.
It's already been said here,
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 7:54pm.
but it bears saying again. Disco sucks. Quite frankly Rap sucks. But Disco sucks. Always has, always will. I don't care what color you are.
But yeah, keep playing that stupid race card. The more it's played the less effective it is.
Love to love you baby was released when?
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:08pm.
Actually, Toure would have been about 4 years old when "Love to Love You Baby" was released in 1975 so I'm sure he knows all about Disco first hand.
Of course he knows
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:13pm.
Toure's daddies met at a Disco planning rally in 1971, and something special happened that night, because 9 months later Toure was
excretedborn.So everything anti-disco was racist and homophobic?
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:14pm.
Apparently M-BS-NBC's resident 9/11 Truther and Idiot Toure has NEVER seen the footage of Disco Demolition Night in CHICAGO, you know, OBAMA's favorite city at the old Komiskey Park.
Hey Toure, didn't you ever stop to think that the reason people hated disco was because most of it was CRAP at the end of the 70s? Hell, even KISS sold out and put out a disco song. But nah, IT'S ALL HOMOPHOBIC AND RACIST according to you. YOU ARE AN IDIOT.
By your logic Toure, I guess that means that George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin because of the song Disco Duck by Rick Dees.
➚ I liked some of it
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:16pm.
One-Hit Wonders, mostly.
Disco Demolition Night
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:56pm.
Nobody can NOT like music for any other reason than racist/homophobic ones.
I have seen footage of Disco Demolition Night. As I recall, White Sox games got forfeited over that. It's a shame I was too young for that. :)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Violent White Sox fans at Comiskey Park
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:34pm.
I remember watching 2 White Sox fans jumping on to the field and viciously attacking an umpire. Their excuse: It was that damn Carl Douglas song KUNG FU FIGHTING from 1974 that drove them to the brink!
Ya shoulda been dere..
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:54pm.
on the 'last' Bat Night! Yow!
Uns, I was watching that double header.
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:39pm.
It was a riot, plain and simple. The Sox forfeited the second game.
And, perhaps Toure is stealing someone else's words? Steve Mandich wrote, "A few critics even viewed the album-torching and subsequent melee as a mass exercise in racism and homophobia, reminiscent of Nazi book-burnings. As one clueless 17-year-old rioter remarked, "This is our generation's cause.".
Disco Demolition Night
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:55am.
The way I heard about this event was in 1994, when the Dodgers forfeited a game to St. Louis after fans kept throwing balls on the field during a game. At that point the last game forfeited in the majors was the Disco Demolition Night.
The concept was awesome. Poorly executed though. The people behind it had to know things could get out of hand (and they did).
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Hmmm, I may be wrong,
Submitted by nanabanana on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:17pm.
my memory not always being so sharp, but as I recall even Rock n Roll wasn't so well received. Happens pretty near every time something new comes along? Didn't like disco, really liked Donna Summer. Sorry for her passing.
➚ "Undefined" filled the void
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:26pm.
Remember there was a shift to Carole King, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Christopher Cross, Jackson Browne, Eagles. These were neither DISCO, nor Rockers.
'Undefined'
Submitted by nanabanana on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:33pm.
Ahhhh yes, thanks for the memories, Cool Arrow. :)
Denis Leary
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:44pm.
Denis Leary said that if parents can sue Heavy Metal bands for their kids committing suicide then does that give him the right to sue Dan Fogelberg for making him into a p*ssy in the 70s?
Gordon Lightfoot......remember the songs Sundown and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald? Now THOSE were some of the most RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC SONGS EVER RECORDED !!
➚ Yeah, That Fogelberg guy
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:29pm.
And it's going to be a day
There is really no way to say no to the morning
Yes, it's going to be a day-ay
There is really nothing left to say but "Come on, morning"
Think I'm gonna puke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You left out all the clasics!
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:03am.
You left out all the Classics! Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Electric Light Orchestra, Frank Zappa ( The King!), and, of course, the band with the highest selling album of all time: Pink Floyd! (Who can ever forget the Floyd Classic: Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict. THAT should be on Jeopardy!)
BTW: 15 Brownie points if you can name the album which featured "Several Species." No cheating with Google!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
➚ Animals?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:10am.
My next guess would be Relics.
OK, just Googled. Wrong on both counts.
Well, it was an early work
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:29am.
Well, it was one of their earlier works.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
I'll take a guess Cobra
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:35am.
Saucerful of Secrets or Piper at the Gates of Dawn
I don't know the early Floyd Syd Barrett. Basically all I know is everything from Dark Side on
No, sorry.
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:47am.
No, sorry, but you're close. Here's a hint: Written and performed by Roger Waters. It even had lyrics, but the Gallic accent he used made them nearly undecipherable. For years, I wasn't even sure it was an actual language. I though it was something along the lines of "Indagatadavita," which is drunken lead singer slang for "In the Garden of Edan.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
I already looked it up Cobra
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:50am.
But I'll keep quiet in case someone wants to take a stab at it without cheating
➚ I'd be cheating too
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:55am.
I had totally forgotten about that album.
Too much time in the doldrums, I guess. (not a hint)
Another trivia question:
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:21am.
Another Floyd trivia question: What were the lyrics for "One of these days." Once again, no googling! Hint: it's only one line.
It took me years to realize that those were actual lyrics in that song. A friend of my sung them once (well, spoke, for they're not actually sung) and, wow, it suddenly made sense! Prior to that, the only part i could evr make out was "once of these days..." After that it was all gibberish.
I had the same problem with Prince. I though "I've gotten serious" was "I've got diphtheria." (True story, much to the amusement of my girlfriend at the time.) That high pitched whine he used was rather confusing.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
➚ Excuse me while I kiss this guy
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:27am.
Mis-heard lyrics are fun.
I saw and heard Jimi four
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:33am.
I saw and heard Jimi four times - and he DID say that!!! He would point to Noel Redding and sing 'xcuse me while I kiss this guy'!!
Rocket man...
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:36am.
Burning up his shoes with hair cologne.
I never quite understood what that meant.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
➚ Rocket man ...
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:38am.
Bernie, I could use a hairy bone.
Got Disco Fever?
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:40am.
You're not suffering from Disco Fever, are you?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
➚ Maybe
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:54am.
I got ain'ts in mah paints and ah need to daints.
Lude-ite
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:03am.
Time to pop a lude, man!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
On A Dark Dessert Highway.....
Submitted by bigdaddy on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:33pm.
....Cool Whip In My Hair...
LOL!
Submitted by Rukus on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:57pm.
.
One Of These Days...
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:58am.
ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'M GOING TO CUT YOU INTO LITTLE PIECES.
And I didn't even scroll down, for the record.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:51pm.
Congratulations!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Floyd:
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:01am.
Here's my Floyd trivia question:
The English soccer fans of what city's team are featured in Pink Floyd's "Fearless"?
No cheating, either. No Google, no nothin'.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
No Idea.
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:52pm.
I have no idea. I'm not even going to try to guess.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Uns,
Submitted by Trix Rabbit on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:02pm.
Liverpool fans (man, I despise them) singing "You'll never walk alone"
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
Ian Anderson "Wind up"
Points to Trix
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 9:23pm.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
(I had no idea about that until I saw English Premier League highlights, quite by accident, on SpotsCenter. Then the fans started singing, and I freaked. "That's 'Fearless'"!!!)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Awsome,
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 10:37pm.
Always figured it was a soccer game chant of sorts, just by the shear number of voices.
Ummagumma
Submitted by djwolf12 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:24pm.
Ummagumma was the Album. I listen to that album when I get pissed off.
Ummagumma front to back live in concert.
Submitted by djwolf12 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 9:54pm.
Wow. Just Wow. I would never have thought I'd live to see the day when a band would cover Ummagumma from start to finish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL_2yU3JlQc
Was Eugene
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 10:34pm.
Careful with the Ax?
Great 70s music:
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:53pm.
Rush
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Judas Priest
Yes
Genesis
Deep Purple
Boston
(feel free to add more)
Toure, you're an idiot. Shame on you for using the passing of a musician to pursue your political agenda.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
More great music from the 1970s
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:04pm.
Neil Young
CSNY
Robin Trower
The Kinks
ZZ Top
Heart
Eric Clapton
Electric Light Orchestra
Fleetwood Mac
AC/DC
Elton John
Harry Nillson
Traffic
Steely Dan
The Rolling Stones
The Who
Now there is a list that I
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:34pm.
Now there is a list that I can relate to, as well as the others......................I thought disco sucked pretty much myself, although there are a few catchy riffs floating around the disco world, so I'm not going to disdain it totally. But I think the point is - there was a lot of other music going on back then besides disco...............so it wasn't just a 'disco world'. And the blues guys were still layin' down the law and singin' the blues.............hell, they probably didn't even know what disco was.
We had a pretty good band back then too - and we sure as hell DIDN'T play any disco music!!! We played loud, hard, and with passion - and we had good harmonies, good material, and good looks!!! Hahahahahaha!!!
Oh, and let's NOT forget the up and coming Bob Marley and the Wailers, who were on their way to becoming a world wide phenomenon.
Killa
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:06am.
I was in Jamaica when No Women No Cry was big there long before busting out in the US. The whole island rocked to Bob Marley and the Wailers. Good times.
One of the few songs that
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 3:06am.
One of the few songs that Marley DIDN'T write!!!
AC/DC
Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:05pm.
Skynyrd
Sabbath
Aerosmith
Nugent
ELO
Foreigner
Bad Company
Styx
That's what I'm talking about
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:13pm.
See, I knew I left some off.
(How the F*** did I forget Black Sabbath?????????)
Thanks guys.
:)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Let us not forget Rush...
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:18pm.
and Kiss, still being denied R&R Hall of Fame.
Or to be more accurate, "100% Liberal R&R Hall of Fame, Now Featuring Rappers."
Skynyrd
Submitted by Rukus on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 3:07am.
The greatest live song EVER!!
Genesis Queen UFO Sex
Submitted by Trix Rabbit on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:21pm.
Genesis
Queen
UFO
Sex Pistols
King Crimson
Alan Parsons Project
Blue Oyster Cult
Moody Blues
Bad Company
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
Ian Anderson "Wind up"
Trix
Submitted by TempusFugit on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:39pm.
You left off the band quoted in your signature: Jethro Tull.
I would also add Three Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad, Foghat and the Steve Miller Band to a list of great 70s music
Great. Another Jethro Tull fan.
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:03am.
But we are talking about GREAT 70s music.
:)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Surprised you don't like
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:05pm.
Surprised you don't like Aqualung.
Cannot get into them
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 9:28pm.
That is the ONLY album they are known for, IMHO.
"Ian Anderson, ON....THE FLUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Locomotive Breath?! C'mon My Brother!
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:52pm.
I felt the same way about the zither/autoharp/whatever till I heard Second Hand News by Fleetwood Mac. Same with Anderson's flute on the album. It works.
Locomotive Breath - A tour de force in Rock history. (pun intended)
Tull and Memory Lane
Submitted by Unsane on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 12:12am.
Sorry, I just cannot understand the fascination with Tull.
Now, Fleetwood Mac, on the other hand, is ingrained in my brain. Blame Unsane's mom. She played Mirage NONSTOP when that album came out to the point where I was recalling "Gypsy" with crystal clarity in my second grade class.
Unsane's mom likewise spun Rumours over and over again on the turntable. I think I knew everything about the album, save the lineup of the band, by the time I turned 5. Not that it's a bad thing; Rumours is a classic. But just to give you an idea of the home I was brought up in.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Fleetwood Mac
Submitted by stratman on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 10:16am.
I think I "discovered" Heroes Are Hard To Find first and then found Bare Trees and Mystery To Me.. Heroes was the last of the Bob Welch albums before he left to make some hits of his own and Buckingham and Nicks then came on board. Also, Heroes had Sneaky Pete Kleinow on pedal steel. Tasty. Since we're not talking Country Rock, I'll save those bands for a different day.
Damn, do we ever need a "Like" button
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 10:56pm.
And a "Thumbs Up" button would be really cool, as well.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Great 70's music...
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:39am.
Greta 70's music, do the Monkeys count? Oh, wait, that was the 60's. Never mind.
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Where is
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:45am.
Steven Guitar Miller?
Travers, Trower, Marino, Asia, Zappa, oh and The Grateful Dead
Asia (John Wetton, Steve Howe, etc...)
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 9:45pm.
Well, I guess one could argue Asia is a 70s band because it basically was a partial reformation of Yes. But they didn't release their first album until 1982-1983.
The spring of 1983. No TV, so radio and music were IT for entertainment. This is when I first hear "Heat Of The Moment". :)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Aaah, those college memories...
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 9:48pm.
Anyone ever hear of a band called Orpheus? Late 60's I believe, only one or two albums, but a different sound.
Disco existed on the fringe
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:04pm.
Disco existed on the fringe of the music world. Toure and mitchell didn't even make it to the fringe of the world of intelligence. They're on the outside looking in.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Ehhh
Submitted by Ars21689 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:08pm.
Is this serious? Please tell me this is a gag. Because I don't like listening to someone whining "Ah ah ah ah staying alllllliiiiivvvvveeeee" I am homophobic and racist? This is why that lady was right about black studies being a sham. It fries your brain.
I am WHITE, from the SOUTH,
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:20pm.
and I was raised by lower middle class white parents who listened to Motown and Deep South Blues musicians.
Old school R&B
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:12pm.
Responding to your post is a pasty dude from Texas who has, on his iPod, old school R&B. Stuff I grew up with that I thought was pretty damn cool.
I still have to laugh when some guys start perusing the bands I have on there and start freaking out over some of the songs I have. If it's good, it's good!
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Old school
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:37pm.
Old school R&B................Stax/Volt Records...........some of the better Motown stuff...........the Memphis Sound..............Chess Records...........Chicago Blues.................Texas Blues....................Zydeco...............it goes on and on, and it's STILL great!!!
And let's not forget Ray Charles - who was great in ANY era!!!!
Ah yes, another LIE from the media
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:14pm.
I always thought that Gloria Gaynor was proclaimed the "Queen of Disco". Those lying bastards!!!!
yes dwolf*
Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:36pm.
We were such southern racists back then. Some of our favorite music.
Etta James, Irma Thomas, Barbara Lewis, Jimmy Reed, Clarence Henry, Guitar Gable, Cookie and the Cupcakes, Fats Domino, Bill Withers, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Lloyd Price, Lil Bob and the Lolipops, Garnet Mims, Clyde McFadder....and on and on
Cajun,
Submitted by Trix Rabbit on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:42pm.
There was also Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, "Son" House, and Charley Patton.
And to think: a white Jew like me likes that stuff. But I am still a racist.
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
Ian Anderson "Wind up"
Hey Trix*
Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:52pm.
This one is for Toure'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqdPhtie1-Y
I am going to derail this thread. Uh oh, this one is a white girl...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPy-Memj0vE
Cajun
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 10:59pm.
Timo Yuro. I was not familiar with the song or her. Nearly cried listening to her singing. Just wow.
For you stratman*
Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:20pm.
As cajun gets old, I learned that music has an important place in our lives...enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvuyradfFGY
Thank you Cajun. Pretty song
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:40pm.
Thank you Cajun. Pretty song and the lyrics speak a truth.
➚ Trisha Yearwood
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:50am.
I was partial to this one.
another one Cool Arrow*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:03pm.
There is more to the lyrics than the obvious. Listen carefully. Some of the older artists actually wrote poetry unlike the naughty vile garbage of today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMN3R4IGE5E
Patty
Submitted by Rukus on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:28pm.
I don't even have to see her to know she is hot, her voice is so perfect, thank you.
Here is one for ya, Trix
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:55pm.
Classic Bo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQyu0BaZkjU
All you guys and gals are
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:43pm.
All you guys and gals are KILLIN' the Killa!!! This is MY kind of thread!!!
And, hey, Turret............or whatever your stupid name is...................did you know that Chester Burnette - AKA Howliln' Wolf, wrote and recorded a song called 'First Coon on the Moon' - back when we actually had a space program and put a man into space??? Pretty 'racist', coming from a sharecropper who spent years looking at the south end of a northbound mule, huh?? You little faggy twerp - I'll bet you would've had to change your pink panties if you ever met 'da Wolf'!!! He was big, rugged, intense, straight-forward..............and he didn't suffer fools, regardless of their color!!!
ok killa*
Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:55pm.
Couldn't leave you out so this one for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoW9AzCkyjE&feature=related
maybe this one is better for killa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=ZM7e-7QNYnE
Who luvs ya???
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:02am.
Who luvs ya???
Must be my racism
Submitted by panzerakc on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 10:11pm.
that causes my fondness for folks like Duke Ellington, Louie Armstrong, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, etc.
Wonder if Mr. Toure knows anything about Billy Strayhorn, the black composer/lyricist who worked with Ellington? Among other things, Strayhorn composed "Take The A-Train", and was an openly gay man back in the 1930's.
Hi-de-hi-de-hi!!!!!
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:45pm.
Hi-de-hi-de-hi!!!!! Hi-de-hi-de-ho!!!! And ol' Cab was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of his time - doing 'Minnie the Mooch', which is about Mooooooooochelle (Imelda) Obama!!!
The death of disco was more
Submitted by balboa on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 10:31pm.
The death of disco was more about, you know, disco being a fad. Plenty of black musicians had careers after it was gone. What a knob.
You're right about that, Bal.
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:40pm.
You're right about Disco being a fad. It was like the Macarena. How many people still do the Macarena? Or the Ackey Breaky dance, for that matter?
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Speak for yourself,
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:48pm.
Speak for yourself, Cobra............me and 'da boyz' were doing the 'jerk' AND the 'swim' today on the jobsite!!! In fact, when our Pandora tunes played Ike & TIna's version of John Fogarty's 'Rolling down the river'...............we became the Ikettes and were bustin' some serious go-go dancin' moves!!!!
My Eyes! My Eyes! I can't see!
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:54pm.
Killa doing Go Go dancing? My God, the world is coming to an end!
Be honest, you're still grooving to Pink Cadillac. Or was that Hot Rod Lincoln?
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Hell, Cob............I could
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:01am.
Hell, Cob............I could even dance while playin' my gee-tar!!! And I heard 'Rumble' today - by Link Wray....the song that made me poke a hole in my amp speaker to get that dirty sound!!! Much to the dismay of my friends, by the way!!! In fact, I remember one guy that I used to jam with - way back when - who got aggravated with me because I was learnin' (or attempting to learn) the blues - as played by Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, Elmore James, and others. He thought I was a sell-out!!!
I hope you stayed away from Chuck Berry!
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:11am.
You sell out! I hope, at least, that you stayed away from Chuck Berry. I just don't to think about you playing around with My Ding-a-ling.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
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Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Although that sumbeeyatch
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:28am.
Although that sumbeeyatch was/is a weird and intense guy, he WAS an American original, and he has his place in rock'n'roll history.............and I had ALL of his Chess 45's!!!
➚ Lazy Elsie Molly
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:17am.
Hooka Tooka my soda cracker. Who you callin' cracker, Chubby?
Wow! The memories that pop into the head.
Hot Rod Lincoln?
Submitted by UpNorth on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:14am.
Did someone mention Hot Rod Lincoln?
Only a
Submitted by pug lover on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:42pm.
Only a liberal kook can take the death of a pop singer, and turn it into something racial and homophobe. Toure did nothing but talk out his butt, while idiotic Andrea Mitchell, smiled and nodded in agreement. My dogs' crap piles have more brains then these two.
Disco was gay?
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:47pm.
Since when was Disco considered gay? I always considered it as clownish. Besides, I find it rather hard to believe that all those women, with their push up bras, their high heals, and their spandex outfits, were looking for gay men in the local discotheque.
And racist? Please! KISS did Disco (once, to their undying shame)! Was THAT racist?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
I think that one thing that
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:06am.
I think that one thing that should NOT be forgotten - with regards to the subject matter of this thread - is that MOST, if not ALL, of this music that we are talking about is 100% pure AMERICAN!!!! Either in it's origins or it's influences. It didn't come from some moooooooooooooslem country, or Kenya, or some high-falootin' snobby European mentality, or from some commune out in the wheat fields of the Ukraine. It came from HERE!!!! It is US!!!! And even Boy Baraka and the lib/progressive/Dem propaganda machine will NEVER be able to take that away from us - like they have tried to do with so many other American things.
I'm such a racist and homophobe
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:09am.
I guess I'll have to toss every CD of black music I have in the garbage can because I'm told I'm a racist and homophobe since I never liked disco. Into the garbage go my Temptations, Four Tops, Supremes, Ojays, Spinners, Sly & the Family Stone and War CDs. The most difficult to part with will be my Bob Marley greatest hits, since I consider him to be one of the top musical geniuses of the 20th century. I guess my jazz CDs by black artists will have to follow. Thelonius Monk, Oscar Peterson, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly. Probably should chuck my Latino and Tejano music as well, just to be safe. And definitely my Queen and Judas Priest CDs, because I'm homophobic. My Jethro Tull CDs should probably go, since one of their band members is now a transsexual. Tourettes tells me I'm racist, so who am I to argue. I can only listen to music made by straight white guys from now on. I'll have to go through every one of my 1,000 CDs and make sure every one does not feature a minority or LGBT on it. Got a lot of work to do tonight. I hope I have something left to listen to
I wasn't looking for any deep meaning to the music...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:22am.
I was looking for women. And there were a lot of knockouts that frequented the discos. So I took dancing lessons and pretended I was involved in a dynamic art form. If it had been fifty years earlier, I would have been learning the Lindy Hop for the same reasons.
Jer
Tell the TROOF,
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:46am.
Tell the TROOF, Jer.....................did you wear a lime-green disco suit - with an open chest to display your manly hair - and have a gold chain with a coke spoon hanging from it???
Three piece, light-weight wool, flared trousers, with tie
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:32am.
or open collar and unpretentious gold chain, tightly-rolled C-Note in pocket. Occasionally, polyester with platforms.
Jer
Classic, Jer!!!! And the
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:37am.
Classic, Jer!!!! And the tightly rolled C-Note?? That was for what?..........................
Would you believe cab fare
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:40am.
after one too many vodka tonics?
Jer
A C note?
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:04am.
100 dollars for a cab? How far away from the Discotheque did you live? Heck, back in the 70's, I could have took a cab all the way to Florida with nothing more than a 8-ball and a few bottles of Ripple.
Oh, wait, was that racist?
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Cobra...fifteen bucks including tip would cover it
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:37am.
when I could remember where I lived.
Jer
I must admit, Jer...
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:56pm.
that I've had a few nights like that. Lately, it seems those days are retuning, even though I quit drinking over 12 years ago. "Why did I come into this room" is a question that I've been asking myself more and more lately.
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Let's see, Cobra...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:26pm.
I believe it will be eleven for me this December
Jer
Keep up the good work, Jer.
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 3:28pm.
Good for you, and I mean that! I'm just glad we're not called "teetotalers" any more. I prefer my coffee! Caffeine and sugar! The great American breakfast! Woo Hoo! The said part is, at my age, I actually need it!
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Same to you, buddy...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 5:13pm.
One day I was guzzling my customary bottle of cheap wine, and the next day was the first day of never drinking another drop.
Jer
➚ The C-note
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:42am.
That was in case you had a Sophie's Choice over Victoria Principal.
Very touching when the BeeGees got together at Andy's funeral to sing "Staying Alive"
Rather ironic, wasn't it?
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:46am.
That was rather ironic, wasn't it?
Staying alive, staying alive. Not not not not staying aliiiiiiive.
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I still can't imagine
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:03am.
I still can't imagine choosing blow over Victoria Principal!!! What a little queebie!!!
And I'll bet that Boy Baraka wished he still had the blow, instead of Moooooooooooooochelle!!!
To all the Homophobic, Racist, Disco haters out there...
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:25am.
To all the Homophobic, Racist, Disco haters out there, I offer this tribute to you.
I'd love to see the Hip Hop crowd try anything like that today!
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Great video Cobra
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:45am.
Wish those boys'd get back together. They put on a great show
They were the best.
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:54am.
They were the best. Ever see "Live at Pompeii?" Here's the band, live in the Pompeii amphitheater, performing for souls of those who died there so many centuries ago, for they were the only ones in attendance. That was AWESOME!
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Relax. Relax. Relax. The Vet is here. Settle down na.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:35am.
First of all, disco never died. It lost it's place at the top of the charts because it was played everywhere, all the time, non-stop, oversold, with nothing else getting in a word edgewise. No music genre can last in that state. The American music listening public is a fickle bunch and their tastes moved on. There was a second British invasion, new wave, that the American public glommed onto. It was cool. It had a beat. It was new. That is where the new in new wave came from.
Second of all, disco never died. It just exploded into a hundred different genres. House. Trance. Euro-trance. Italo disco, Eurodisco, Space disco, Disco polo, Nu-Disco. Fusion. Disco-punk. Manila Sound. Acid house. Ambient house. Balearic bea.t Diva house. Microhouse. Pop house. Progressive house. Electroswing Dream house. Tribal house. Disco house. Electro house. Vocal house. Hardbag. French house. Alternative dance. Ambient house. Deep house. Funky house. Electronic rock. Ghetto house. Hip house. Latin house. Liquid funk. Neo Soul. Detroit Techno. Tech house Eurodance.
Third of all, disco never died. It warped and split into genres that were just as good if not better. And loved by the public just as much. Dance pop. New Jack Swing. Tell people that Madonna and Rick Astley, Bananarama, and others did not have a beat your could dance to. And more importantly, if you say the most influential man in music of the last 50 years, Bobby Friggin' Brown, and his New Jack sound was not the greatest gift to mankind, in the presence of a large crowd, you may get very badly hurt my friend.
And finally, disco never died. It just got embarrased by the globules that thought they could make a buck off of it despite having no musical talent. Disco looked at the mess that was "Disco Duck" and moved to Italy for a while.
Oh and PS:
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:45am.
Disco was gay? Funny no one mentioned this back in the '70s. This might be another reason America is so turned off by the gay movement with their perpetual grievances. This is the most self centered bunch of people this planet has ever seen.
Now gays may have been attracted to the Disco/Dance scene. They may have even thrown their hat in the ring with their own group, the Village People, but for the love of Gawd, they did not own an entire music genre. Wait. Wait. We can give them Broadway Show Tunes. No, on second thought, no, they can't have that either.
Gay people just need to shut the hell up for a while. What a whiny bunch.
➚ The Village People
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:04am.
Those were some serious homophobes, weren't they?
➚ Laura Branigan
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:06am.
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playing Desolation Row
On the radio
Nice invocation, Cool
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:15am.
Now there's a gateway to memories. My mother loved Laura Branigan. I can still remember her songs as my mother played her cassettes every night back in the day. Not to mention hearing "Gloria" playing on the radio every time I turned it on as a quite young lad in 1982.
I was quite bummed when she died.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Yeah, it was Gay
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:36am.
Just because Neal Sedaka made a comeback and Barry Manlover was on the radio 24/7.
Andy Gibb kicks Victoria Principal to the curb for that spoon that spoon that spoonful.
And we were still stuck with The Carpenters for a few more years.
Yeah, Cool............I could
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:43am.
Yeah, Cool............I could never figure out why Andy Gibb would trade a babe like Victoria Prinicipal for some blow!!! And then die doing it!!! JEEZ!!!
And the skinny chick??? How the hell did that happen???
Well then, The Vet welcomes you to Gaytown.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 3:15am.
The Vet ain't never apologized for his taste in music and he ain't startin' now. The Vet's favorite album of all time contains 2 beloved elements, boogie and teh womenz. Dance Floor Divas. And what about KC, huh? Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight. Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo,oo,oo,oooo. And what about Dead or Alive, you spin me round like a record baby round round round round. That Pete Burns was one might fine hunk of...... whoops. Dang. I went too far again.
PS: Dude. I dare you to listen to Superstar by The Carpenters and not cry like a little baby.
I know what killed disco.
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:05am.
I know what finally killed Disco: The Sony Walkman! It's kinda hard to disco by yourself. That's also when head banging became so popular, NO ONE head banged together! Not unless you wanted a concussion!
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No.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:10am.
Disco + Walkman + Roller Skates = Roll Bounce.
Roller disco!
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:31am.
Roller disco! HA HA HA HA HA! Now THAT was gay! Didn't they cover that in The 70's Show?
By the way, bouncing and the Walkman didn't really complement each other. I never knew, before I bought my first Walkman, that cassette tapes could actually skip! I though it was a physical impossibility. Leave it to the Japanese to prove me wrong.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
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Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Someone shut up The Vet.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:21am.
If disco was gay, then glam rock AKA hair metal was uber swishy gay. Did you see the bands? Make-up. Teased hair. Tights. Lawd Almighty.
And don't get me started on Wham. Did you see George Michael in those shorts? Oh, and songs like " I'm Your Man" and "Father Figure" Sheesh. Yeah, technically, it was not a music genre. Hey, what do you want, I was told to shut up.
➚ And Ricky Martin
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:24am.
He and George Michael are now White House lavatory attendants, aren't they?
Well, Rickety didn't raise as
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:46am.
Well, Rickety didn't raise as much money with the gays for ButtBoy Baraka as Gorgeous George did............and I think that Barry would probably like the idea of having ol' Three-Day-Beard Michael in the lavatory of the West Wing!!! Kinda like the ol' Chicago gay club days!!!
Ricky Martin > > Mr. Shy
Submitted by MrShy on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 3:23am.
Three paltry degrees of separation. Juan Belmonte, who's producing my upcoming single, produced several major artists in the 1990's, including Ricky Martin -- and won a Grammy for it, too (one of 3, I believe :))
- shy does very straight disco
Join Mr. Shy and The 1* Percent
Heavy Metal Hair Bands.
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:27am.
"Hair Metal"
Are you telling me that Leif Garret was gay?
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➚ And Great White
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:30am.
Once lit and twice fried, baby!
Well, you know what they say...
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:38am.
The funny thing about being bisexual is that it immediately doubles your chances of getting laid.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Great, Vet
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:19am.
Thanks for bringing THAT up. 1985. Remember it well. My room was across the hall from my then teenage older sister who played Wham! nonstop. She had a huge thing for George Michael...
I was practically begging her to play her Depeche Mode and Duran Duran collection in the mornings instead as we were getting ready for school. To stay sane.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
The Vet gets serious again.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:39am.
Music morphs. Music changes. Music evolves. Someone listens to someone else and takes it in a new direction. This guy puts it much more succinctly then I ever could.
I know disco never died. Because I went overseas just as the genre spun off into a thousand different sub-genres. And I got exposed to the countries that took it up and morphed it into something more.
I LOVE it when these threads
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:09am.
I LOVE it when these threads blow up and actually discuss something that matters!!! And - although I know it won't happen - suppose that little dipshit Tourrete actually READ this thread???? That nimrod rookie might actually LEARN something!!!
This needs...
Submitted by Rukus on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 3:27am.
a forum...
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Submitted by Pinetree3 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:33pm.
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The Magical Fantasy World of Toure
Submitted by Nelbert on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:48pm.
Toure was born in 1971, so at disco's apogee, he was just a short while out of diapers. He obviously has no clue about the history of disco and why it faded.
But let's do some analysis. He wants to claim racism and homophobia as the root cause of disco's death. I guess he never heard of Queen, David Bowie, Lou Reed, the New York Dolls, or any of those bands from the 1970s that touted the fashion of androgyny. And wonder how this clueless little child explains the popularity of funk and soul bands like the Commodores or pop bands like the Jackson 5.
Those of us who were the right age to experience all this know that disco died because it was time for it to die. It was overproduced in style and vapid in content (no offense to Ms. Summers, but the lyrics to 'Love to Love You Baby' don't exactly speak deeply about the human condition). New musical styles emerged. By the mid 1980s, those new styles included the likes of Erasure, Depeche Mode, Bronski Beat and others that were pretty "out there" with their homosexuality, as well as myriad black performers like Price, Whitney Houston, Michael and Janet Jackson, Tracy Chapman, ....
In short, Toure is just plain stupid.
White people: Do the Humpty Hump.
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 3:40pm.
Well, Toure, Disco may be dead, but you still do the Humpty Dance!
In the interest of full disclosure: I actually like Digital Underground! Just grab em in the biscuit!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Cripes, do folks really want this kind of authoritative
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:54pm.
Tyranny? Pathetic dont even cover it.
Notice the operative words "may have been". I have some in my shop as I write this, how the he11 do they know where it from, or how old it tiss!