Disco Arrives. See Ya'

Coincidently, just after I quit playing in bands, Disco music came on the scene. I was, and, still am grateful for the timing. I reached a point where things were not working out for one reason or another. It makes me appreciate the good times had in most of the bands I was in. Despite the lack of big time success, I have lasting positive memories.

Now, on to the business of why Disco was successful. Rock music had lost it's aggressive nature. Super bands like the Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Cream had become tremendously wealthy, and naturally complacent. It's hard to sing about teenage angst, and the man keeping me down, when you own castles in England, and mansions in Martinique! No doubt, the break up of the Beatles, and the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and others, played a part.
Right around 1976, young people started becoming narcissistic. Dressing better, or so they thought. Remember Leisure suits? Dancing lessons, Cocaine, and turning their back on Pot, and the whole "stoner" mentality, was now "IN". Club owners caught on right away. With their patrons so self absorbed, why should they pay for a band? How about bringing in some guy to play his music collection, for a fraction of the cost?
Thus, the 'Disc Jockey' was born. Not to be confused with disc jockeys on the radio.
These clowns, began to think they were, "Show Biz" personalities, developing their own styles. You know, part of the show.

On July 12, 1979, Rock fans could take it no more. A Chicago radio disc jockey, Steve Dahl, and the Chicago White Sox Baseball team staged a "Hate Disco Night". Fans were asked to bring in disco records to be blown up between games of a doubleheader played against the Detroit Tigers.The result was chaos. Hundreds of fans brought records. Some blew the records up themselves. Fires were started. The field was so trashed, it became unplayable. The White Sox had to forfeit the game to the Tigers.
We know now that Disco was an aberration, a fad. However, the music world today is...... Discuss amongst yourselves.
Bye for now. I'll be back. Perhaps with new topics.
Thanks for reading,
Rocky