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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Disco rears its ugly head
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Date: Sun, 23-Dec-84 13:56:13 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 23 13:56:13 1984
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> I don't know about other parts of the country, except for MTV,
> but radio and dance clubs around here are going disco very
> quickly.  All one can hear anymore is Madonna, Chaka Kahn,
> Billy Squires (he is "Carribbean Queen", right?) and the like.
> When the dance clubs start their "oldies" set of Donna Summer
> and Gloria Gaynor tunes, the dance floor is flooded.
> 
{ Death Before Disco }

Well, Dance clubs were never known for playing anything other 
than dance music.  And for all the nasty things you can say
about disco, it is outrageously easy to dance to.  The rhythm
jumps out and hits you over the head.  As a friend of mine so
well put it, "Yeah, it's a good dance tune.  So would a 
recording of me hitting a hollow log with a stick."  Of course,
he's working for IBM now.

By the way, it's Billy Ocean who does "Carribean Queen" (originally
titled "European Queen").  Billy Squier is a somewhat loud pop-
rocker who did "All Night Long", "She's a Runner", and "The Stroke"
among others.
--
                                   Peter Merchant