To my fellow DU'ers who came of age in the disco era...

[Neecy]

Yes, we get a lot of crap for the vacuous, empty-headed disco culture of easy dance floor drugs and casual sex, but this is the final insult:



If I see "Funkytown" being used on my television one more time to push nuclear energy I'm gonna blow! And not coke!

[SteppingRazor]

1. People make fun of you guys and all, but...

when my wife and I got hitched (both born in the late 70s), guess what the band played at our reception? (Hint: It wasn't grunge or indie rock, and it rhymes with "bisco.")

Disco may be totally frivolous (Yes, it is.), but that doesn't mean it should be totally discarded. To this day, it's some of the most get-out-on-the-floor-and-dance-like-no-one's-watching music ever produced.

[OKNancy]

3. There can never be enough "It's Raining Men" - n/t

[soleft]

6. Hey - OKNancy, how the heck are you?

Haven't seen you in ages, Old Moderater Pal!

[OKNancy]

16. I'm fine. I took a break for a while.

good to see you too!

[lapfog_1]

2. talk 'bout it! talk about it!

such a nice company too. All so some 20 somethings can prepare for a night of hot sex by dancing in a well lit living room.

nukes and mining operations are so clean and easy.

:sarcasm:

[Mabus]

11. I cringe at that commerical

and the subliminal "we talk about it, talk about it..." while they're showing nuclear plants moving smoothly into our lives. They don't want to talk about it, they want to shove down our throats.

But they tell us: Nuclear energy makes us happy and then we dance.

'cuz and we "talk about it, talk about it.." and, as the song says, we've "gotta move on, gotta move on, gotta move on..." and, no doubt, happily greet nuclear energy into our lives.

[soleft]

4. It's very insidious

What's next - a commercial to try and get us to like taxes on health insurance benefits using....Walking on Sunshine?

[slackmaster]

5. Disco still sucks

[tosh]

7. LOL, Neecy - I came of age in that era but I preferred

the dawn-of-punk/alternative scene in Athens Ga around that time. I :rofl: everytime that ad comes on reminding me of rude lyrics a friend of mine sang along with "Funkytown".

[Neecy]

9. I remember the dawn-of-punk

I like the scene, too. I spent a lot of time at the Roxy in Los Angeles and saw some really historic punk bands.

Disco drugs were better, though ;)

[tosh]

14. To the best of my memory,

those crossed venue-boundaries quite easily.B-)

[Morning Dew]

8. Disco still sucks -

but Saturday Night Fever holds up really well.

I rewatched it about a year ago ( looking for a laugh ) and it's actually a pretty good movie.

[jbane]

17. I'll say it and I'm not ashamed....

I love the Bee Gees.

[AlCzervik]

10. Sylvester, remember him? He was one of my favorites.

Mighty real
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEixh00QthE

Do you wanna funk?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Jp5ACkry8&feature=related

[Neecy]

12. oh, I loved Sylvester

Thanks for the links - what a blast from the past.

[Arugula Latte]

13. Aahhh. I recall shakin' my tush to that in junior high school.

Fun stuff.

[foxfeet]

18. And Donna Summer, until she found Jesus and turned on the gay community

who were the biggest fans of her disco-singing ass. At least she later apologized. Sort of. After her record sales dropped like Wall Street.

[mithnanthy]

15. It causes me to have a panic attack....

as I dive for the remote to press MUTE! AAAAAAAKKKK! IT DRIVES ME NUTS! It played itself to DEATH YEARS AGO! Thanks for sharing the rage!