That's part of it.  Of course, a lot of people also hated it because they just thought the music was horrible.  One friend of mine complained that he thought it had no soul to it.

That reminds me...one of the things I find amusing about "Saturday Night Fever" is that John Travolta and his little gang come across as so tough and macho, and they're all rather racist and homophobic, and yet they dance to music comes from both black and gay subculture.  Go figure.  Another funny moment was in the movie "Detroit Rock City," in which those kids on their way to a KISS concert in 1978 have a run-in with a couple of macho disco guys, and the KISS kids beat them up and put KISS make-up on them, and once disco guy says to the other, "You got the fag make-up on."  I wonder if any disco fans who were like that back then ever noticed the irony.

Lil' Pete said:

I'm too young to appreciate disco's hey day but from what I've read, a lot of anti-disco mentality at the time had to do with society being rather racists and homophobic since disco was born of the two subcultures in America.

I'm too young to appreciate disco's hey day but from what I've read, a lot of anti-disco mentality at the time had to do with society being rather racists and homophobic since disco was born of the two subcultures in America.

That is a very cool story you just shared with us:)  Thanks.

anarchistwood said:

i loves disco - good music is good music - doesn't matter what genre - there's shite disco, there's shite garage - but when it's GOOD it's GOOD. and I love dancing too....

I was introduced to disco at 'school discos' in the late 1970s when i lived in West 'by God' Virginia in the good ol' USA. I was a weird skinny Londoner, and my American school mates used to ask me if I knew the Beatles and could I talk Engerland Talk, which did used to freak me out a lot.

I got SO into dancing in 1978 - Freak Out! So Chic, Jackson 5, ... please don't talk about love to night.... and danced to the very late hour of NINE PEE-EMM! I dressed in terry toweling yellow shorts with go faster stripes and a rainbow boob tube. not that i had any boobs at that point. they made a (startling) appearance a bit later.

being from a girls convent school in Bromley, which is practically a suburb(ish) of South London, and being the only non Catholic at the place meant i was used to being a bit different and a batting for the 'other side'. At the school in the Eastern Pan Handle of West Virginia there were fairly strict divisions in seating it seemed between the white kids and black kids. I was fairly oblivious to this when i first joined the class and sat with anyone. it seemed rather strange now i look back that this arrangement was so strict and i am happy that in London at least these boundaries are not as obvious in most of the schools I have taught in over the last 20 odd years... is it still the same in the USA?

about the disco - having been hanging out with african-american kids in lessons (myself being mixed celtic/judaic and of pale skin) i easily joined my friends at the disco, whereupon i learned that they had the best dance moves and learned to shake my bootie in many new and fabulous ways... i think this tutelage held me in good stead as in later years i did stage dancing in London at big raves - and i owe it all to the 8th grade moves of my pals like Leroy Brown & Loretta Washington, Saturday Night Fever and multiculturalism.

 

Cool picture:)  It really sums up a moment in pop culture history.

kopper said:

I liked a lot of the songs from the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, especially "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees.  I also liked "Last Chance" by Donna Summer and "Disco Round" by Alicia Bridges.

Joanie Lindstrom said:

I certainly remember it and was fairly anti disco.  Living in Kenmore Sq. Boston, there was the legendary Rat on one side of the street and Narcissus on the other and it wasn't a happy mix.  But I always liked a few songs (i.e. Love Hangover - Diana Ross) and loved Sat. Nite Fever, both way back and now.   Disco has become kind of a cool thing to play these days (some friends spin it out around town and on local radio) but for me, a little goes a long way.

A lot of stuff ends up becoming amusing later on:)  I know how you feel.

rocknpunkdad said:

I hated it back then, but find it amusing nowadays.

i loves disco - good music is good music - doesn't matter what genre - there's shite disco, there's shite garage - but when it's GOOD it's GOOD. and I love dancing too....

I was introduced to disco at 'school discos' in the late 1970s when i lived in West 'by God' Virginia in the good ol' USA. I was a weird skinny Londoner, and my American school mates used to ask me if I knew the Beatles and could I talk Engerland Talk, which did used to freak me out a lot.

I got SO into dancing in 1978 - Freak Out! So Chic, Jackson 5, ... please don't talk about love to night.... and danced to the very late hour of NINE PEE-EMM! I dressed in terry toweling yellow shorts with go faster stripes and a rainbow boob tube. not that i had any boobs at that point. they made a (startling) appearance a bit later.

being from a girls convent school in Bromley, which is practically a suburb(ish) of South London, and being the only non Catholic at the place meant i was used to being a bit different and a batting for the 'other side'. At the school in the Eastern Pan Handle of West Virginia there were fairly strict divisions in seating it seemed between the white kids and black kids. I was fairly oblivious to this when i first joined the class and sat with anyone. it seemed rather strange now i look back that this arrangement was so strict and i am happy that in London at least these boundaries are not as obvious in most of the schools I have taught in over the last 20 odd years... is it still the same in the USA?

about the disco - having been hanging out with african-american kids in lessons (myself being mixed celtic/judaic and of pale skin) i easily joined my friends at the disco, whereupon i learned that they had the best dance moves and learned to shake my bootie in many new and fabulous ways... i think this tutelage held me in good stead as in later years i did stage dancing in London at big raves - and i owe it all to the 8th grade moves of my pals like Leroy Brown & Loretta Washington, Saturday Night Fever and multiculturalism.

I certainly remember it and was fairly anti disco.  Living in Kenmore Sq. Boston, there was the legendary Rat on one side of the street and Narcissus on the other and it wasn't a happy mix.  But I always liked a few songs (i.e. Love Hangover - Diana Ross) and loved Sat. Nite Fever, both way back and now.   Disco has become kind of a cool thing to play these days (some friends spin it out around town and on local radio) but for me, a little goes a long way.

Here are the Sonics!!!

Yeah that Candy Snatchers LP is a classic from the first track to the last! And I friggin' love the M-80's...And yeah, the Hex Dispensers are the shit!

The Hydeouts said:

A couple albums all around the same time----punk rock/ rock n roll leading to more 60's garage and obscurity. Teengenerate "Get Action" and "Smash Hits" was crucial to my exploration into other Crypt stuff (Devil Dogs, BFTG comps, NEW Bomb Turks...**Candy Snatchers S/T LP on safe house (ya know the one where Larry's bleeding on the cover...M80s RED album--got me interested in the Cynics, tell tale hearts, vipers.***off topic--- By the way, the hex dispensers "winchester mystery house, " is the best record I have purchased since the carbonas 1st LP. UNREAL..If ya don't own it...get it.

The first garage record i ever heard was Wooly Bully by Sam The Sham & The Pharoas when i was about seven years, but then i just thought it was a funny song. Anyway, when i was 14, my dad introduced me to the Electric Prunes and the Blues Magoos. I loved 'em both, so later the same year, i got the Nuggets box, and that was really when i got into garage.

A couple albums all around the same time----punk rock/ rock n roll leading to more 60's garage and obscurity. Teengenerate "Get Action" and "Smash Hits" was crucial to my exploration into other Crypt stuff (Devil Dogs, BFTG comps, NEW Bomb Turks...**Candy Snatchers S/T LP on safe house (ya know the one where Larry's bleeding on the cover...M80s RED album--got me interested in the Cynics, tell tale hearts, vipers.***off topic--- By the way, the hex dispensers "winchester mystery house, " is the best record I have purchased since the carbonas 1st LP. UNREAL..If ya don't own it...get it.

Word! Sort of the same thing happened to me, but instead I was disillusioned with grunge and Mexican rock, or alternative rock for that matter. Punk was great, but the Mono Men's sound was a breadth of fresh air. Just straight up loud guitars and a feel good vibe.

Andrew Malcolm said:

After being disillusioned with punk scene for a few years, and not succumbing to the whole "hippie" thing that everyone was getting into, this album was a breath of fresh air. Grunge was great, but I needed something more. "Wrecker" was honest, straightforward, and simple. But at the same time it totally ROCKED OUT!!! 

The Defibulators came here a couple months back, and I missed them as well...Glad you liked this episode, though!

swt said:

Bitchen! Hisaw's been on my radio show 2 or 3 times. He's in Austin now but originally comes from Las Cruces, NM.

The Defibulators is one of my favorite country bands these days. They played here in Santa Fe a few months ago but I somehow managed to miss them/

I'm digging Glambilly too.

Bitchen! Hisaw's been on my radio show 2 or 3 times. He's in Austin now but originally comes from Las Cruces, NM.

The Defibulators is one of my favorite country bands these days. They played here in Santa Fe a few months ago but I somehow managed to miss them/

I'm digging Glambilly too.

The Ryan Bales Band--"Moonshine"

The Hells Fire Sinners--"A Little Gone A Little Crazy"

Alan King & the Beer Drinking Christians--"Muddy Water"

Pete Berwick--"Beer"

Chicken Shift--"Rusty Caddy"

Glambilly--"City Of Angels"

The Honky Tonk Hustlas--"Ed's On the Prowl"

Joecephus & the George Jonestown Massacre--"Hit the Road"

The Defibulators--"Thin Air"

Bobby Jenkins--"If You Ain't Gonna Take It Off"

Farris Garland--"Preparation X"

Arkey Blue--"Too Many Pills"

Flatt & Scruggs--"Drink That Mash and Talk That Trash"

Joe Buck--"Rock City"

Speedbuggy--"Bitter Man"

Eric Hisaw--"Albuquerque"

Chuck Wagon & the Wheels--"Asshole From El Paso"

http://www.mevio.com/episode/291334/hayride-to-hell-5

The Midnitesound of the Milkyway with the best versions of Rebel woman (George Jacks and the 12th Knight)

The complete Quagmire serie

I'm loving Spotify. I gotta bunch of playlists up: http://open.spotify.com/user/robotclaw

Here's my info, look forward to checking out your tunes!
spotify:user:mygigahurts:playlist:723vrKQKXNdBJS51Xzwq7u http://open.spotify.com/user/mygigahurts/playlist/723vrKQKXNdBJS51Xzwq7u

On a budget the new (post yr 2000) casios are sleepers - they do quite a good emulation. Such as the CTK 900. Should be able to get it for well under $200 US used.

The Pandoras and The Headcoatees

This video is great! I only wish it were in HD.

Yeah, I've got to agree with Cole. I'm from St. Louis, and I *love* to go to Memphis. Wish I could go down there more often. But I also love to visit Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, etc. Like those other places, Memphis is a great town to visit, but unlike some or all of them, it ain't the best place to live. If you really dig what they've got going on in Memphis w/ Goner Records and stuff, then my advice is to try and set something like that up in your own town. Get something going. Book shows, start a band, put out some records, do a DJ night... anything. Get involved with helping to make your town more tolerable. :)

Val C said:

I wish I lived in Memphis. Really really.