What's the deal with Disco Music?

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Posted by stevieboy32808 on Dec-30-2005 06:19:

What's the deal with Disco Music?

Disco is the root of all dance music and it's rarely if ever talked about on TA. Is it too shameful to talk about or what's the deal? Most people I talk to automatically give me the same stereotypes as trance music that it's for gay people, drug fests, and so forth. I happen to be a fan of this type of music who believes that without its inception in the 70's there would be no EDM as we know it. So what are your thoughts on this music? Do you secretly like it or is it just too radical a music to lisen to?

DISCLAIMER:
For you elitists out there I know there are other forms of dance such as the foxtrot, swing, jazz be-bop, but what I'm reffering to is modern dance music. That is a huge genre of its own.

Posted by sfean on Dec-30-2005 06:49:

I bet many people never thought about this. Its probably a very good topic to talk about.

Posted by Radagast on Dec-30-2005 07:02:

Re: What's the deal with Disco Music?

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Originally posted by stevieboy32808
Disco is the root of all dance music and it's rarely if ever talked about on TA. Is it too shameful to talk about or what's the deal? Most people I talk to automatically give me the same stereotypes as trance music that it's for gay people, drug fests, and so forth. I happen to be a fan of this type of music who believes that without its inception in the 70's there would be no EDM as we know it. So what are your thoughts on this music? Do you secretly like it or is it just too radical a music to lisen to?

A lot of people don't talk about stuff here.

quote:

DISCLAIMER:
For you elitists out there I know there are other forms of dance such as the foxtrot, swing, jazz be-bop, but what I'm reffering to is modern dance music. That is a huge genre of its own.

Someone who would point out that "dance music" is broader than your narrow view is an elitist...riiiight.

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Dec-30-2005 07:15:

Re: Re: What's the deal with Disco Music?

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Originally posted by Radagast
Someone who would point out that "dance music" is broader than your narrow view is an elitist...riiiight.

He probably meant anal people who'd rather argue over technicalities than sticking to the point.

Posted by havokddg on Dec-30-2005 08:27:

disco is tight. I'm down with almost any beegees song ^^ My mom has hella vinyl of them and we bump it once every year

Posted by Ishkur on Dec-30-2005 17:05:

No one's dissing disco. It's just that dance culture tends to have a short-term memory, so virtually everything more than a few years old (save for some timeless classics) is completely wiped out in the collective memory of the dance consuming populace.

Without fail.

Posted by Floorfiller on Dec-30-2005 17:55:

i love disco and funk...grew up on that stuff. i don't think many people around here talk about it because well...i don't think people know that much about it.

Posted by crackity jones on Dec-31-2005 02:37:

Well, I think there's still a lot of hostility towards the glitz and overwrought stylings of disco, a remnant from the "disco backlash" in the 80s. It certainly isn't too "radical" to listen to in my book, but then again, almost nothing's too radical for me. Personally, I've come to appreciate disco much more after studying the bass guitar, coming to understand the mechanics behind building a floor-moving tune.

I do think that modern EDM is infinitely indebted to disco. Hell, some of the sequencer/bass lines from disco tunes could be (and are) recycled into modern dance songs. I think the genre, though it's basically dead, can still teach us a great deal about making music and what makes a good tune. And heck, some of the stuff's still fun to listen to.

Posted by Psy-T on Dec-31-2005 03:05:

disco just does not have my kinda groove, and rarely the kind of sounds i'm into. i dont have a reason to learn more about it than what i already know by chance...

Posted by Mebot on Dec-31-2005 05:02:

If you Ring My Bell, I'll be your Dancing Queen.

Posted by The 3am Junkie on Dec-31-2005 05:21:

I kinda like Disco but I dont listening to it much, and I will proudly admit I like it. The documentary "Pump Up The Volume" gives an explanation about the influence of Disco into the whole House scene (Chicago) and House in general. You can find it at the mixing bowl.

Posted by Sykonee on Jan-01-2006 01:00:

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Originally posted by Ishkur
No one's dissing disco. It's just that dance culture tends to have a short-term memory, so virtually everything more than a few years old (save for some timeless classics) is completely wiped out in the collective memory of the dance consuming populace.

Without fail.

Must be all the drugs.

Posted by dellboy on Jan-01-2006 07:23:

My two cents......
Dance music on disk started with disco which begat funk which begat house....all black dominated because of the FUNK in the beat. The off-beat. The one. See James Brown.
As electronics made sampling and looping easier so the nerdy white guys (Krafwerk) took the sound to new levels, good and bad.
I believe the most interesting sounds today are made by those who still feel the funk. Desyn and Sander for two.
The Vangelis/Yanni/Oldfields make soppy muzak for strictly white people.
Long live the funk.

Posted by noikeee on Jan-01-2006 16:56:

It certainly had heavy influence in a lot of what we listen to today, but personally i don't like it.

Posted by Greedy on Jan-02-2006 03:06:

i would say funky house music resembles disco the most and its very popular.