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Title Statement | When rock met disco: the story of how the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Kiss, Queen, Blondie, and more got their groove on in the me decade / Steven Blush. |
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Author | Blush, Steven |
Publication | Essex, CT: Backbeat Books,[2023]©2023 |
Extent of Item | xviii, 280 pages |
ISBN | 9781493063895 (trade paperback) |
Other Number | pr06883689 |
Contents | The rise of disco --Discotheque explosion --Disco culture --Going disco --Disco sucks --Disco's decline. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | "Disco began as a gay, black, and brown underground New York City party music scene, which alone was enough to ward off most rockers. The difference between rock and disco was as sociological as it was aesthetic. At its best, disco was galvanizing and affirmative. Its hypnotic power to uplift a broad spectrum of the populace made it the ubiquitous music of the late '70s. Disco was a primal and gaudy fanfare for the apocalypse, a rage for exhibitionism, free of moralizing. Disco was an exclamatory musical passageway into the future. For all its apparent excesses and ritual zealotry, disco was a conservative realm, with obsolete rules like formal dress code and dance floor etiquette. When most '70s artists "went disco," it was the relatively few daring rockers who had the most impact, bringing their intensity and personality to a faceless phenomenon. Rock stars who "went disco" crossed a musical rubicon and forever smashed cultural conformity. The ongoing dance-rock phenomenon demonstrates the impact of this unique place and time."-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Rock groups--Interviews |
Rock musicians--Interviews | |
Disco music--History and criticism | |
Popular music--History and criticism--1971-1980 |