Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!dartvax!merchant From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Disco rears its ugly head Message-ID: <2651@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Dec-84 13:56:13 EST Article-I.D.: dartvax.2651 Posted: Sun Dec 23 13:56:13 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Dec-84 02:42:13 EST References: <616@ccice5.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 23 > 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