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Disco Sucks means I am a bigot?

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I was channel surfing last nightwhen I came across a telly show on VH1 about disco music and the late 70's-early 80's. One of the main ideas being put forth was that the 'Disco Sucks' movement amounted to being anti-gay and anti-fun. I have always hated disco music. I find it repetitive, silly, stupid and boring. Having said that, I don't hate people who enjoy the music. If I was to choose a music from that period, it would have to be punk, which is raw and energetic and powerful. I was shocked to think that these former disco people where accusing me and other disco haters as beiing biogoted against gays and disco lovers.
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Disco sucks. Do you really think you're a bigot?

How big a bigot do you think you are? Wrong!

Everything's okay. There's a bunker someplace in Idaho.

Don't waste an ounce of energy worrying about what isn't happening.

Life is too short. We are all too long in the tooth already.

Eat lots of vegetables. Try not to be your parents. Imagine heaven.

Then do everything you can to make it happen here on earth!!!

Invite me to the party when you break the champagne bottle....

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Originally posted by widget
Disco sucks. Do you really think you're a bigot?

How big a bigot do you think you are? Wrong!

Everything's okay. There's a bunker someplace in Idaho.

Don't waste an ounce of energy worrying about what isn't happening.

Life is too short. We are all too long in the tooth already.

Eat lots of vegetables. Try not to be your parents. Imag ...[text shortened]... ake it happen here on earth!!!

Invite me to the party when you break the champagne bottle....
Are you the new SVW?

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Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
I was channel surfing last nightwhen I came across a telly show on VH1 about disco music and the late 70's-early 80's. One of the main ideas being put forth was that the 'Disco Sucks' movement amounted to being anti-gay and anti-fun. I have always hated disco music. I find it repetitive, silly, stupid and boring. Having said that, I don't hate pe ...[text shortened]... ing me and other disco haters as beiing biogoted against gays and disco lovers.
Your thoughts?
My hero and posthumas mentor, Frank Zappa, also despised disco, he said it was the abandonment of all things decent about music and I agree. Sure there were a couple of tunes here and there that warrant listening too, if only for the influences they used and gave birth to. But as to a style/lifestyle of music, disco is, in my mind, for those of a shallow disposition.

As to bigotry, only you can answer that. If you equate disco with homosexuals then perhaps so, otherwise, I'd stop taking any advice/information gained from MTV without an entire Utah Salt Lake, they're hardly the font of all knowledge.

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Originally posted by Starrman
Are you the new SVW?
SVW with furry legs and a merrier disposition.

I remember being lectured by some politics graduate about not liking techno. I was an elitist snob and had no right to any tastes of my own, musical or otherwise.

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This is the first I've heard about disco being associated with gays.
Sound like a load of rubbish to me.
Just like disco.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
SVW with furry legs and a merrier disposition.

I remember being lectured by some politics graduate about not liking techno. I was an elitist snob and had no right to any tastes of my own, musical or otherwise.
Techno is for people who get so intoxicated that they don't need to think about the music, they just let their heartbeats settle into time.

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Originally posted by Starrman
Techno is for people who get so intoxicated that they don't need to think about the music, they just let their heartbeats settle into time.
Complete the sentence: You'd really like techno if you...

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Originally posted by Starrman
My hero and posthumas mentor, Frank Zappa, also despised disco, he said it was the abandonment of all things decent about music and I agree. Sure there were a couple of tunes here and there that warrant listening too, if only for the influences they used and gave birth to. But as to a style/lifestyle of music, disco is, in my mind, for those of a shallow d ...[text shortened]... on gained from MTV without an entire Utah Salt Lake, they're hardly the font of all knowledge.
Necessity is the mother of invention Starrman.


Styles of music are like stepping stones, I enjoy each style for it's own reasons. Disco is just another brick in the road of music evolving.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Complete the sentence: You'd really like techno if you...
i remember one dancing to techno and thinking "wow, this music has got a great groove, it's expressive and emotional and helps us all come together and respect each other. you don't need to be on drugs to enjoy this!"

then i remembered i was on drugs. hmm.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Complete the sentence: You'd really like techno if you...
...enjoy berating your internal organs with 120 decibels of sub-bass for 5 hour periods, whilst irreversibly damaging the high frequency response capabilities of your ears.

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Originally posted by Nyxie
Necessity is the mother of invention Starrman.
Lol, very nice, touche 🙂

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Originally posted by Starrman
Lol, very nice, touche 🙂
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Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
I was channel surfing last nightwhen I came across a telly show on VH1 about disco music and the late 70's-early 80's. One of the main ideas being put forth was that the 'Disco Sucks' movement amounted to being anti-gay and anti-fun. I have always hated disco music. I find it repetitive, silly, stupid and boring. Having said that, I don't hate pe ...[text shortened]... ing me and other disco haters as beiing biogoted against gays and disco lovers.
Your thoughts?
Why would you pay any attention to the views of people who like disco??

Nice pic, is it really you or is it a dream?

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Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
I was channel surfing last nightwhen I came across a telly show on VH1 about disco music and the late 70's-early 80's. One of the main ideas being put forth was that the 'Disco Sucks' movement amounted to being anti-gay and anti-fun. I have always hated disco music. I find it repetitive, silly, stupid and boring. Having said that, I don't hate pe ...[text shortened]... ing me and other disco haters as beiing biogoted against gays and disco lovers.
Your thoughts?
I have to agree - I don't like disco either, but I hate punk as well. I find it really unmusical. Of course, I really am a bigot. I hate just about everybody and everything.😏

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