About this title: Disco is the music that America tried to forget. By the end of the 1970s "Saturday Night Fever" rocketed through the marketing stratosphere, Studio 54 was dominating the front pages, and the charts were controlled by the likes of the Bee Gees, Donna Summer, and the Village People. But then radio talk jock Steve Dahl publicly detonated a pile of 40 ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780822331988ISBN:0822331985
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Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Date Published: 2004-01-01
ISBN-13:9780822331988ISBN:0822331985
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Publisher: Duke University Press
Date Published: 2003
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Date Published: 04/02/2004
ISBN-13:9780822331988ISBN:0822331985
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Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780822331988ISBN:0822331985
Description: New. "At last disco gets the history it deserves. Tim Lawrence tells the story of ten years that shook the musical world with the scholar's concern for detail and the fan's concern for honor. Great tales of the humble and the ahubristic, of money, sex, an... read more
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"pretty thoroughly researched book. i haven't read the whole thing, just skipped around to the parts about things i was interested in. it's pretty nyc-centric, although there are a few good pages about the warehouse in chicago. it also collects playlists from a bunch of the dj's interviewed for the book which is kind of cool. also has some COOL PICS."
"This book was amazing. Amazingly LONG and jam-packed with information, it was hard to continue sorting through it all and still retain a sense of entertainment while reading. And though at time, it did seem just that opposite, pedantic, like you had to be a true disciple of dance culture's roots, it was ultimately an edifying experience.
Given my recent project of mastering the art of mixing dance music myself, I am infinitesimally grateful to myself that I sat down to learn all this. Thanks to this book, I feel have not only an historical grasp on what the point and the role is of DJs within dance culture, but musically, my world has blossomed. With references to every song ever with a solid four-on-the-floor beat, the mixes and mashes, I am ready to get my hands on it all.
All this because, like any other facet in life for me, I'd rather know the history behind what I'm experiencing and creating, rather than blindly going at it, playing songs for their sheer sensual pleasure. To play a song and know its history, that would be the ultimate goal in this DJing venture...we'll see how it pans out."
"As a young club kid going out at the Paradise Garage during the summer of 1986 I didn't care two hoots about the deep background of Disco or house or Garage music movement. All I cared about was the music. Anybody who was there will tell you that larry Levan was one of the best DJs in the business.
One of my most vivid memories was my first night there listening to a song entitled '7 Ways (to make you Jack)' by a guy named Hercules. The song wasn't sung, it was spoken in a deep, husky, almost sibilant hiss. There were 7 directions the dancers were to follow. I'm dancing with my then boyfriend, really freaking out over the music, the sheer numbers of people on the dance floor and the just the whole outrageous vibe of the place. When I notice that next two us was this lesbian couple. They were both tall, gorgeous, wearing black catsuits and following the directions of the song. When Hercules got to number 7 Lose complete mental control and begin to Jack, the two women did exactly that. It remains probably the stand-out moment in my young, club going life. And from there I was completely hooked into the Paradise Garage experience.
Now years later, I am older, married and with two children, I see that this book has been written that talks about the back history of not only the whole disco movement but includes its outgrowth into House Music and Garage music. Sadly, the garage closed its doors a year later and Larry Levan has passed away. But it is gratifying to read and learn about the history of the music I adore, the people who were responsible for it and to revisit, through the pages of the book a place and an experience of an entire summer more than 20 years ago when I had probably the best time of my young life."
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