Why The Vitriol On Disco?

[OBMG74]

Generally uplifting lyrics, written primarily in major keys.
People dressed up and had FUN!

It was a nice break from the Vietnam era and the confessional singer/songwriter.
Never understood the hate.

 

[sKiZo]

The pinnacle of modern dance, never to be topped ...

 

[MuseChaser]

So, like ... what's the difference between disco and trance? Funk?

The amount of human involvement in the real-time playing of the music. Trance, "house," etc., shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as disco and funk.

 

[noogies]

The amount of human involvement in the real-time playing of the music. Trance, "house," etc., shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as disco and funk.

Preach! I like my music to be played, not programmed.

 

[MuseChaser]

Preach! I like my music to be played, not programmed.

Trance is to musicianship as ChatGPT is to Shakespeare.

 

[Late Boomer]

The amount of human involvement in the real-time playing of the music. Trance, "house," etc., shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as disco and funk.

As a listener I could not care less for the involvement of the creators. But I do care for the virtuosity of a DJ.

 

[sKiZo]

Trance is to musicianship as ChatGPT is to Shakespeare.

Oh gentle mortal, lo and behold the $500-ish FOPO S16! 'Tis a wondrous device that doth double the value proposition offered by this fair category of super-light monitors. Verily, it consisteth of two 13.3 inch monitors on a frame most rare, designed to fit as if by magic on the laptop's lid, so that they might gracefully flank the laptop's own screen.

 

[noogies]

As a listener I could not care less for the involvement of the creators. But I do care for the virtuosity of a DJ.

Well, I certainly applaud your use of "could not care less" rather than opting for the more popular common usage, "could care less".

Otherwise ...

 

[NH-MAN]

As a listener I could not care less for the involvement of the creators. But I do care for the virtuosity of a DJ.

Bertha Butt Boggie, wow been a long time; my brother had it on a 45.

 

[Mystic]

What I think we do gotz here is Vitriol On Trance.

 

[YY1]

I grew up in the disco era, so to me it was just music until I saw some of the "disco sucks" graffiti.

IMO a lot of the same arguments from the "grunge killed rock" thread could be used here, both for and against.

I like some disco. Some because it's "fun", and some because it's not bad music.

The ultimate cross-post between these two threads has got to be KISS and "I was Made For Loving You".


Of course there was also the "NO synthesizers" movement from roughly the same time period.
I personally prefer a non-keyboard heavy R&R format, but I can appreciate the tasteful use, and of course now it's not just keys, but potentially everything.

 

[Late Boomer]

What I think we do gotz here is Vitriol On Trance.

You don't know what trance is. But if you replaced it with "commercial EDM", I would agree with you.

I like me some melancholic post-disco:

Or some sophisti-pop:

Or some city-pop:

Or some synth-pop: