MU121 Chapter 9: 9 Disco- The Return of the Producers and Critiscm of Disco
Document Summary
By mid 70s, music industry had given over much of production authority in rock to musicians themselves. Popularity of disco represented return to the authority of producers. Disco records made according to brill building or motown models. Produced american acts using european style of disco. Eurodisco was more rhythmically precise and not as funk based as underground dance music. Disco connected to the more intricate aspects of prog rock. Rise of disco caused violent reaction within parts of rock music community. Anti-disco rally held by chicago rock dj steve dahl in 1979. Disco was largely music that facilitated meeting members of opposite sex at bars for quick one night stands. Another explanaton: disco viewed as threat in rock community. It stood as direct confrontation to hippie aesthetic. Disco not about listening to music but dancing to it. Disco not about the specific artists but about the beat in general, sometimes provided by a machine.
