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?


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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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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.

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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.

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