Comments on: Saturday Night Frazz

By: The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:13:41 +0000

People may say they hate disco, but when I have the iPod on shuffle and the awesomely stereotypical and cheesy disco comes on, EVERYONE gets up and dances - even if it’s in the office. Some day people will be brave enough to admit how much they love it!

By: mitch4

mitch4 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:04:55 +0000

I tend to suspect some measure of faking when someone says “Oh I love music so much, that I wouldn’t choose among styles … I like all eras and genres equally.” But it’s just the equally that I’m squinting at, it seems a good aspiration to say “There are at least a few things I can like in almost all genres.”

Recently I saw and enjoyed the movie “Crazy Heart”, in which Country music writing and performance are a main part of the subject. Though it’s not really a genre I gravitate towards very much, I’m glad the film enabled me to set aside that hesitation and enter into a real enjoyment of the songs themselves and their emotional meaning in the storyline. (Of course, if I were a real devotee, I probably would have had a better grasp of things like their discussion of who is “artificial country” and who is “real country”, and maybe might have distinguished the numbers written for the movie from previously-existing songs selected and put into the movie.)

By: Keera

Keera — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:39:14 +0000

Sorry about the missing .

By: Keera

Keera — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:38:54 +0000

Freezer #10, re #6: Why would that comment go to moderation? Oh, never mind.

The hate-disco thing is snobbery in reverse, IME. You know, that anti-elitist thing or whatever. I experience a similar reaction here in Norway, where most folks claim to prefer blues because it’s Real. Ironically, when I point out that country is where you can still find some darned good lyrics that tell a story, they snort and will have nothing to do with that.

By: Freezer

Freezer — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:46:38 +0000

Keera #9: I actually made all three of those comments in a row. The third automatically went to a moderation queue.

And I’m not so much a fan of disco (I’m a much bigger fan of Parliment/Earth, Wind & FIre-style funk) as I confused by the “Disco Sucks” crowd - particularly those too young to have experienced disco as anything other than pop culture history.

By: Keera

Keera — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:42:25 +0000

Freezer #6, how the heck did you slip in before both Mitch-4 and my comment? Because I sure didn’t get the impression that you liked disco based on comments 4 & 5.

Most of 70’s music had strings, and disco had the most. I love disco, still. Cheerful, upbeat music and a lot of it associated with my first car and the freedom that brought. Where I’m weird is that I can’t stand movies about disco(s). The most boring movie I ever saw (and if I hadn’t been on a date, I would have left the theater mid-movie) was “Saturday Night Fever”. I have seen it again since, to make sure my teen self hadn’t missed something, and it’s still a piece of crap. The soundtrack’s great, though!

By: Keera

Keera — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:25:55 +0000

Come on, Freezer, tell us how you really feel! Me, the strings were what I loved about disco. Hated it when they were replaced with synthesizers.

Elton John did a nod to the sound of Philly with his 1975 hit “Philadelphia Freedom”. The best part about that single was that it had an excellent B-side: Elton and John Lennon doing “I Saw Her Standing There” live at Madison Square Garden.

By: mitch-4

mitch-4 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:45:53 +0000

I’ve long wondered if the other streets mentioned in “South Street” are enough to narrow it down to specifically Philly allusions, or somewhere else?

[”You can take East Street, West Street, North Avenue, but South Street’s the best street to have a do with you.” approximately]

By: Freezer

Freezer — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:09:34 +0000

One more thing (I promise): I must restate my continuing bafflement at the hatred and disdain Disco continues to draw. It ain’t everybody’s cuppa to be sure, but to hear some say it, the stuff caused cancer.

By: Freezer

Freezer — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:04:33 +0000

Besides, what he’s talking about really was more MFSB (the aforementioned Soul Train guys) than Philly Soul in general. And when you take them away, Motown was a much worse offender.