On NPR radio, historian Alice Echols, disco DJ in a previous life, says disco was more than glitter balls. Disco, she argues, opened up American culture for gays, for blacks, for women.
I thought the whole point was the dance floors were full. Maybe mostly full of gays, blacks and women? John Travolta was the exception? I also remember his admiration for the Latino couple in the dance contest.
The comments by listeners were fun: the musician writing,"disco spelled the disconnect between live music and subsequent generations and the high gear shift of the music machine and industry run by non musicians."
And another musician, "Something missing from this discussion is how the development of synthesizers and other electronic musical gear, studio production techniques, etc. helped forge the disco genre. It's a relevant topic that pertains to more recent and evolving musical genre."
Anyway, I printed up her set lists, and listened on iTunes, but didn't want to buy any of the songs.
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