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Saturday Night Forever
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Author : Alan Jones
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-06-17
Saturday Night Forever written by Alan Jones and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-17 with Music categories.
If all disco means to you is records like 'I Will Survive' and 'YMCA', tacky fashions and glitter eyeshadow, this book will be a real revelation. For Alan Jones and Jussi Kantonen, disco was an essential soundtrack to their lives. They loved its total hedonistic excess, its drive, its punch and its sweet, catchy melodies. For every chart hit that pounded into the public's consciousness, countless other better tracks were causing hair-raising highs on dance floors where Alan and Jussi and thousands of aficionados like them were strutting their funky stuff. Disco started in obscure underground clubs as a glamour-filled reaction to the plodding, self-indulgent rock music of the late '60s and really took off in the excitement-parched early '70s. Created by people marginalised by their colour (black), race (Latino), sexuality (gay) or class (working), the music and its attendant lifestyle inevitably became watered down and distorted once it slipped from the control of small independent labels and became a worldwide craze. The massive popularity of films such as Saturday Night Fever and the accompanying Bee Gees soundtrack led people to believe that this was disco. But the authors, by exploring such diverse strands as Eurodisco and roller disco, gay disco, and disco fashions, drugs and clubs, show this to be untrue, and instead uncover the magical, multi-layered genre in all its shining, strobe-lit glory. They believe in mirror balls.
Disco
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Author : Johnny Morgan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Disco written by Johnny Morgan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Disco music categories.
A guide to the disco phenomenon, featuring photographs and memorabilia from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, pays tribute to the performers and portrays the lifestyle that influenced everything from music and dancing to movies and fashion.
Turn The Beat Around
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Author : Peter Shapiro
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2015-06-23
Turn The Beat Around written by Peter Shapiro and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-23 with Music categories.
A long-overdue paean to the predominant musical form of the 70s and a thoughtful exploration of the culture that spawned it Disco may be the most universally derided musical form to come about in the past forty years. Yet, like its pop cultural peers punk and hip hop, it was born of a period of profound social and economic upheaval. In Turn the Beat Around, critic and journalist Peter Shapiro traces the history of disco music and culture. From the outset, disco was essentially a shotgun marriage between a newly out and proud gay sexuality and the first generation of post-civil rights African Americans, all to the serenade of the recently developed synthesizer. Shapiro maps out these converging influences, as well as disco's cultural antecedents in Europe, looks at the history of DJing, explores the mainstream disco craze at it's apex, and details the long shadow cast by disco's performers and devotees on today's musical landscape. One part cultural study, one part urban history, and one part glitter-pop confection, Turn the Beat Around is the most comprehensive study of the Me Generation to date.
Legends Of Disco
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Author : James Arena
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-04-06
Legends Of Disco written by James Arena and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-06 with Music categories.
In this candid retrospective of the disco era, 40 men and women who reigned over the dance music industry of the 1970s and 1980s recall their lives and careers before, during and after the genre's explosion. Artists interviewed include Alfa Anderson, formerly of Chic ("Good Times"); Ed Cermanski and Robert Upchurch of The Trammps ("Disco Inferno"); Sarah Dash ("Sinner Man"); producer John Davis ("Ain't That Enough for You"); Janice Marie Johnson of A Taste of Honey ("Boogie Oogie Oogie"); France Joli ("Come to Me"); Denis LePage of Lime ("Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonite"); Randy Jones of the Village People ("Y.M.C.A."); Rob Parissi of Wild Cherry ("Play That Funky Music"); producer Warren Schatz ("Turn the Beat Around"); Debbie, Joni and Kim Sledge of Sister Sledge ("We Are Family"); and many more.
To Disco With Love
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Author : David Hamsley
language : en
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date : 2015-11-24
To Disco With Love written by David Hamsley and has been published by Flatiron Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-24 with Music categories.
Over 250 Disco-era album covers-from sexy to silly, elegant to outrageous-that brings alive a time when fashion, politics, and sexuality all converged in harmony on the dance floor. Paging through To Disco, with Love is like catching Saturday Night Fever all over again. From Diana Ross and Donna Summer gazing fiercely from their chart topping albums to the Village People's trademark costumes and the Bee Gee's blinding white jumpsuits, To Disco celebrates the days when the dance floor ruled the world. Gathered together and presented chronologically, these striking covers tell the story of a moment in time when art and photography, music, and dance changed the world. We see a rapid evolution, from the early days when Disco's roots were firmly planted in Soul, Latin, and Jazz, all the way to the digital revolution of the 1980s. Like fleeting moments caught in the strobe, these covers vibrantly capture our takes on fashion and beauty, wealth and status, sex, race, and even God. As the hair gets bigger, bell bottoms wider, and platform shoes steeper, the vibrancy and energy of this moment in music history is brought back to vivid life. Accompanied by insightful, spirited descriptions that showcase the evolving trends in photography, illustration, and design, To Disco, with Love charts the history of the music and the industry during its groovy heyday.
Did Disco Suck The Life Of A Musical Genre
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Author : Antje Lehmann
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2008-08
Did Disco Suck The Life Of A Musical Genre written by Antje Lehmann and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08 with categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, LMU Munich, course: Proseminar "Popular Music & American Society, 1955-Present: An Introduction", language: English, abstract: The term "genre" is often confusing. When asked to categorize certain songs or groups into musical genres, many people will probably have trouble to do so. There are many genres, and not all of them are accepted or even known by everyone. Some genres are hard to tell apart for many people. One of the more widely accepted genres is disco. Most people would, however, not regard it as one of the most important genres in music history. Common associations with disco include the Bee Gees, the Village People, and the movie "Saturday Night Fever". Disco, for most people, is easy-listening and has a slightly tacky image. But why was disco so successful during the 1970s? And how come that with the disco revival of the 1990s, the shadowy existence of disco during the 1980s was exchanged for retro reminiscence? The fact that disco is not considered an important part of music history is shown by its rather stepmotherly treatment in literature. Of the literature used for this work, the books Just My Soul Responding by Brian Ward (though containing a fairly short section on disco) and A Change Is Gonna Come by Craig Werner, both proved to be very useful regarding the evaluation of disco as a product of its time. The books Hot Stuff by John-Manuel Andriote and Saturday Night Forever by Alan Jones and Jussi Kantonen are less scientific, but in exchange they both offer very enthusiastic inside views by people who seem to have lived for disco in the 1970s. Both are thoroughly researched and full of interesting additional information. The purpose of both books is to raise awareness of the importance disco had on the music industry, and on the people themselves, back in the 1970s. The lack of literature on disco is in a way compensated for by many
When Rock Met Disco
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Author : Steven Blush
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-04-01
When Rock Met Disco written by Steven Blush and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-01 with Music categories.
Disco began as a gay, black, and brown underground New York City party music scene, which alone was enough to ward off most rockers. The difference between rock and disco was as sociological as it was aesthetic. At its best, disco was galvanizing and affirmative. Its hypnotic power to uplift a broad spectrum of the populace made it the ubiquitous music of the late '70s. Disco was a primal and gaudy fanfare for the apocalypse, a rage for exhibitionism, free of moralizing. Disco was an exclamatory musical passageway into the future. 1978 was the apex of the record industry. Rock music, commercially and artistically, had never been more successful. At the same time, disco was responsible for roughly 40% of the records on Billboard's Hot 100, thanks to the largest-selling soundtrack of all time in Saturday Night Fever. The craze for this music by The Bee Gees revived The Hustle and dance studios across America. For all its apparent excesses and ritual zealotry, disco was a conservative realm, with obsolete rules like formal dress code and dance floor etiquette. When most '70s artists "went disco," it was the relatively few daring rockers who had the most impact, bringing their intensity and personality to a faceless phenomenon. Rock stars who "went disco" crossed a musical rubicon and forever smashed cultural conformity. The ongoing dance-rock phenomenon demonstrates the impact of this unique place and time. The disco crossover forever changed rock.
Hot Stuff
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Author : John-Manuel Andriote
language : en
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date : 2001-03-06
Hot Stuff written by John-Manuel Andriote and has been published by Harper Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-06 with Performing Arts categories.
You either love it or hate it. But one thing's for sure: rumors of its death are premature. This fast paced yet in-depth look at one of the most outrageous eras in musical -- and cultural -- history discusses the fashion and the freaks, the music-makers and the celebrators, to uncover why disco was so revered and reviled. In its early days, disco was dismissed by the public as producers' music made by studio musicians. But this amalgam of African-American rhythm and blues, soul, and funk soon caught fire, bringing together gay and straight, black and white, young and old in a way no other popular music has before or since -- a phenomenon that is still reverberating through the culture. As it takes you from the history of dance halls to the rise of impossible-to-get-into clubs; from the reigning queens (Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones, and Donna Summer among them) to the wanna-bes (including Dolly Parton, Frank Sinatra, and even Ethel Merman!); from the political mayhem of the Vietnam era to the party-all-night eighties, Hot Stuff will make you want to dust off those platform shoes, dig out your mirrored ball, and shake your booty all night long.
Disco Years
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Author : Ron Galella
language : en
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Release Date : 2006
Disco Years written by Ron Galella and has been published by powerHouse Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Celebrities categories.
The definitive visual diary of the New York club scene in the 70s, Disco Years presents an astounding collection of photographs from America's premier nightlife photographer, Ron Galella. His candid shots of the era's fabulous fashionistas, indulgent rock idols, outlandish artists, mystical muses, jet-setting socialites and fantastic freaks reveal the delicious decadence that defined the decade. Disco Years brings viewers the high life, literally and figuratively. It takes people back to a time when skiing was an indoor activity, velvet ropes were high security, and incredible style was the only requirement.
The Last Days Of Disco
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Author : Whit Stillman
language : en
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Release Date : 2000
The Last Days Of Disco written by Whit Stillman and has been published by Farrar Straus & Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fiction categories.
During the last days of the disco era, in the early 1980s, a popular dance club becomes the center of nightlife for a group of not-quite innocent young people new to Manhattan.