"Disco Sucks!" Could a "Disco Demolition Night" now happen again?
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In July 1979 Steve Dahl organised a Disco Demolition Night at a baseball game in Comiskey Park, Chicago. Infuriated by disco music and its chart dominance it was the latest in a growing nationwide "Disco Sucks!" campaign. That night ended in a riot. But some have argued it also ended disco as a genre.
But now, is the distrust between a liberal elite and an embittered midwest back to where it was almost half a century ago? On this episode we look at the weird and unpleasant "Disco Sucks!" campaign and ask: "Could it happen again?"
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章节
1. "Disco Sucks!" Could a "Disco Demolition Night" now happen again? (00:00:00)
2. Introduction (00:00:20)
3. Medium Sized Dive (00:01:21)
4. The Loss of a Transcendent Culture (00:06:40)
5. The Last Days of Disco (00:08:37)
6. Disco Lives! (00:10:41)
7. Could the anti-disco wars happen again? (00:11:40)
8. Conclusion (00:15:36)
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