If someone says they’re not a fan of 70s disco songs, there’s a good chance they’re not being truthful. Despite the backlash the dance genre has gotten through the years, who wouldn’t boogie oogie ...
Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...
If you lived the relatively brief era when it ruled the world in the late 1970s, it’s hard to remain unbiased about disco. For some, it was the soundtrack of their coming-of-age years. Others ran as ...
‘Disco sucks” was the war cry of late-’70s rock ’n’ roll America, but the contest was never much of a war. It was more of a skirmish. Maybe a schism. And whatever it was, the good guys lost: You can ...
Faith Prince, Kevin Chamberlin and Kerry Butler headline the cast of the new musical "Disaster!," a comedy that uses hits of the 1970s to spoof disaster movies. (Jeremy Daniel Photography) To judge by ...
Put on your best spandex and platforms because it's time to boogie like it's 1977 - an era when moustaches and chest hair were king. If you miss the disco music and nightclub action of the '70s, you ...
Disco is finally getting its due, thanks to works like 2024's PBS docuseries "Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution" and a new book by a former Detroit journalist who has given the indelible music genre ...
What was the single greatest year in rock history? As with most critical thought experiments, this is a question with no right answer, but one that’s fun and useful to argue about anyway. The way we ...
As opening movie scenes go, it’s a memorable one, featuring John Travolta as 19-year-old disco king Tony Manero in black leather jacket and red wing-collared shirt, strutting peacock-like along the ...
Hidden next to a pizzeria, just bordering Little Tokyo is one of L.A.’s sleekest new bars. Inside, flashes of hot pink neon reflect off a spinning mirror ball, a 30-foot green marble bar, a DJ booth ...
For 33 years, she has cut and wrapped mirrored glass around hollow balls to create the silvery spheres that dangle and spin over dance floors. When disco ruled, her employer had enough disco-ball ...