Remember the old days? (Mainly for Gen X and boomers, I guess…)

[Ovation]

Depends on where you were. I was in Jr. High and High School and I heard my share of racial or sexuality related slurs aimed at people who performed or liked disco.

As did I.

 

[Noname Given]

...But I still don't remember racism being applied to disco...

It was applied to a number of non-white artists and groups Disco efforts. This was the 70s.
(And yes, all types of racist and sexual orientation slurs were used.)

 

[Forbin]

It was applied to a number of non-white artists and groups Disco efforts. This was the 70s.
(And yes, all types of racist and sexual orientation slurs were used.)

I guess I was too busy with art school to notice.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

It was applied to a number of non-white artists and groups Disco efforts. This was the 70s.
(And yes, all types of racist and sexual orientation slurs were used.)

I was in high school, and I missed that part of it entirely. I only saw "Disco sucks!" coming from the kids who wanted to be cool and tough. They wanted to be seen as defiant, rebellious rockers, while disco had an upbeat, sincere enthusiasm about it. That's all it was in my home town.

I remember being confused by the Disco Sucks movement, because so many disco songs were inarguably great fun. I didn't get it at the time.

 

[J.T.B.]

Disco sucked and ALWAYS sucked.

If you can say that about this groove then I have no hope for you.

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[Noname Given]

If you can say that about this groove then I have no hope for you.

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I can and still do. I enjoy 60s and very early 70s Rock. Once the Disco influences start appearing...

 

[BillJ]

I never had an issue with Disco music. A lot of great songs that I still listen to today.

 

[Steve Roby]

I can and still do. I enjoy 60s and very early 70s Rock. Once the Disco influences start appearing...

Below is a list of the albums I've listened to in the last week. I enjoy a lot of music. (Now playing: Sally Shapiro's 2022 album Sad Cities. Moody Italo disco/synthpop.)

Spoiler: List of albums

Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor
Madonna: Confessions II Icon Edition
Nite Jewel: Liquid Cool
Santigold: Master of my Make-Believe
Kelela: Take Me Apart
Joe Ely: Honky Tonk Masquerade
Luke Bell: Luke Bell
Zach Top: Cold Beer & Country Music
Alan Jackson: Here in the Real World
Alan Jackson: Don’t Rock the Jukebox
Alan Jackson: A Lot About Livin’ (And a Little ‘bout Love)
Randy Travis: Storms of Life
Randy Travis: Always & Forever
Ivy: Traces of You
Cyrus (Random Trio): From the Shadows
Boxcutter: Oneiric
Machinedrum: Rooms
Sepalcure: Sepalcure
Logos: Cold Mission
David Sylvian: Secrets of the Beehive
This Mortal Coil: It’ll End in Tears
New Order: Movement
Modern Eon: Fiction Tales
Gambit of Shame: No Bounds (1979-1982 Recordings)
Paul Roland: House of Dark Shadows
Chapterhouse: Whirlpool
Swervedriver: Raise
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Darklands
Let’s Active: Cypress
R.E.M.: Murmur
Siouxsie and the Banshees: A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
Siouxsie and the Banshees: Hyaena
Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday’s Greatest Hits
Kay Starr: I Cry by Night
Julie London: About the Blues
Lola Albright: Dreamland
Morcheeba: Moog Island

 

[FredH]

A tangent, but I guess it relates to both being Gen X/an 80s teen and listening to music: Is it weird that I suddenly seem to be getting into synthwave? (I gather this was seen at one point to have been somehow co-opted by the hard right, but at this point what hasn’t been?)

 

[Nerys Myk]

A tangent, but I guess it relates to both being Gen X/an 80s teen and listening to music: Is it weird that I suddenly seem to be getting into synthwave? (I gather this was seen at one point to have been somehow co-opted by the hard right, but at this point what hasn’t been?)

Is that music by Soong-type androids?