Quickwrite Thursday, November 10

1. What were 3 of the reasons that rock fans disliked disco so much?

2. How is disco still relevant to today's music scene?

3. What form of music did disco give way to, and in what ways are they similar?

quickwrite 11/10

1. What did the critics think of disco music in the 1970s?

2. Thinking back to the songs that were listed, do you feel differently to any songs after reading this??

3. Do you agree that disco was targeted towards gays and urban blacks? How do you feel about music groups now and how they are targeted towards certain groups of people?

quickwrite 11/10

1. Why was some disco considered gay?

2. Are there types of music today that appeal to certain groups rather than others?

3. Why didn't disco enthusiasts care much for rock, but rock enthusiasts cared a lot for disco?

Quickwrite 11/10

1. What are some contributing factors that you think made disco be looked down upon?
2. Do you think that if there were more technological advancements back when disco was big it would still be around today instead of similar types of music like dub-step and techno?
3. Disco became big because of "urban discotheques, disk jockeys and fan magazines" and not because of the typical radio stations. Do you think that music that gains fame this way will still be listened to years from now, or dead like disco?

quickwrite 11/10/11

What was the true difference between the rock and roll and disco that caused frictions between the two musical factions?

The reading says that Disco was supported by many minority groups during its times such as gays. According to the article the musical world has continued to move in the same fashion as Disco to a rhythm based musical style. If this is true then could it also be true that the world is moving to the same thought process as the minorities that supported disco? Please state your thoughts on this.

According to the second page what are the many reasons that disco fell out of the top 40's?

Blogpost 11/10

1. What factors do you think enable disco music to exist today and what beneficial things came out of it?

2. In the 70's, disco music had a stereotype of attracting homosexuals, how do you think it is stereotyped now?

3. Why do you think disco enthusiasts didn't have a problem with rock but rock enthusiasts cared about disco?

quick write 11/10/2011

One of my questions form the reading is, why was disco referred to cultures such as gay, black, and Latin? Disco music, as I have heard of it before was just a popular genre, so why is it suddenly being labeled as a type of music for certain culture groups. Also, why was disco claimed so homosexual, when it thrives in clubs where there are many heterosexual people? My last question is, are the rhythms in disco music similar to rhythms in African American Culture? It was mentioned in the last paragraph that they are drawn from African Americans.