MUS 3308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dick Hebdige, Bee Gees, Ohio Players
29 May 2016
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Dick hebdige: there is a symbolic fit between the values and lifestyles of a group, its subjective experience and the musical forms it uses to. Disco is: a musical style, a performance site (you can go to the disco, a mode of participation and fandom, began as an artistic phenomenon in the beginning of the. Tailored to gay subcultures in new york. 3 main kinds of disco in the 1970s (subgenres: r&b disco: derived from styles of soul and funk. The beegees are the best example of pop disco (stayin alive - 1977) By the end of the 1970s, the focus of disco was more on. Disco was originally tied to gay clubs and black and latino artists, and spread to the mainstream radio. It moved to become a predominantly straight, white, commercial product. Beegees are the perfect example of how disco became this way. Kopkind, the dialectic of disco: gay music goes straight .
