I remember this...sort of...

[charliesmum]

Disco Sucks.

I don't remember the DJs or the record burnings; not really, but I remember the Death of Disco.

One year in grade school - I forget which one; 2nd or 3rd, maybe, we learned how to 'do the hustle' in gym class.

When I was in the 5th grade, my birthday party was a 'disco' party. This boy from down the street who knew how to dance came over and showed us how do do some moves.

I actually owned a read satin jacket in the 6th grade, and my class would spend rainy lunch hours dancing to Donna Summers.

In 7th grade, however, Disco was Persona Non Grata amongst those I thought of as the 'cool kids'.

Pink Floyd's The Wall was standard issue, I think, and 'Led Zepplin Rulz' was inked onto many a boy's binder, right next to the words 'Disco Sucks'.

I remember someone had 'disco thinks rock stinks, but rock knows disco blows' on his notebook.

Because I was rather obsessed with being a cool kid; something I was decidely not, I jumped on the 'Disco Sucks' bandwagon. Wasn't a big leap, actually. I was already sliding towards the love of all things Punk/New Wave anyway. And secretly preferred the Monkees.

However, when I hear those disco songs from the 70's today, they make me smile. They were a huge part of my childhood's soundtrack, after all. I'm not running out and downloading "Donna Summers' greatest hits, but I won't pretend I don't know at least some of the words to 'Bad Girls'.

As an aside, in 7th grade - 1979 - 80, when we were waiting for some rally or something to start this kid, Floyd, got in front of the microphone and started singing, or rather 'rapping' a song; although I don't think the term was coined then. I am totally blanking on the song right now, but it was really novel, and completely devoid of any kind of gang violence. Just sayin'...

Comments

On rap..

[jeffxandra.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of a discussion I had with a friend on how we got from from Grandmaster Flash's "White Lines" (perhaps the ultimate anti-drug rap song) all the way to Dr. Dre & Snoop Dog on "Ain't Nuthin but a G Thang" and how you can trace the increasing frustration and sense of powerlessness in the black community from "White Lines" to Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" to NWA's "911 is a Joke" and began to realize just how much hope was lost during the 80s.

Sometimes I really don't miss the Reagan era.

[wolfma.livejournal.com]

I remember my mother reading me the Riot Act because I was singing "Bad Girls" in my room. :)

I remember when Disco started sucking too. It's just that we all watned something new.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

Was it Rapper's Delight, maybe? That came out in 1979 and was one of the first (maybe the first?) mainstream hip-hop hits.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

That might have been it. I'm not sure though. It will probably come to me in the middle of the night.

[sing1118.livejournal.com]

LED ZEPPELIN DOES ROCK. Pink Floyd, too. I was driving my dad's Mustang with the top down earlier, Led Zeppelin turned way up :D

[photodiva02.livejournal.com]

I remember the days of disco and smile, too. I remember my blue satin jacket and my "faux" jeans, as my mom thought jeans were "sinful". There was such an innocence to that time. Now, with Hailey, they are soooo grown up!