A Logical Reason For Disco
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Last night as I was in bed wearing headphones listening to Donna Summer’s classic, almost 30-year-old, continuous-track greatest hits album On The Radio - Greatest Hits Volumes I & II (What? Do summin’!), I finally understood the logic of the creation and popularity of disco. It’s big four-on-the-floor, bass-bass-bass-bass beat and slow, barely-fast-enough-to-dance tempo was created for one reason and one reason alone: so white people had a fighting chance to actually look good on the dance floor.
Saturday Night Fever, anyone?
Listening to: “Common People” - William Shatner
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March 12th, 2008 at 10:45 am
I would just like to go on record as stating that I pink puffy heart Donna Summer.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I knew it! You are gay.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I feel love is STILL one of my all-time favorite disco tracks. I went on iTunes and downloaded like 18 covers of it and created a whole “I Feel Love” iMix!
March 12th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Cool! Where is the iMix? And I can’t believe there it was remade that many times.
March 12th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Because Bossy supposes if Disco didn’t work, the next popular music trend would have been interactive and included Frying Pans to the back of the head.
March 12th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Ooo, I can think of several that I want as a dancing partner now!
March 12th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
This post is so anglophilic! I just pulled that outta my very white ass, not even sure if it’s a word. But I have many memories of boogeying around Skateland to, “MacArthur’s Park.” Gotta go, I left my cake out in the rain…