Smackdown: Disco
Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Born in underground music clubs and raised on dancefloors, disco hit the mainstream in 1977 with the film Saturday Night Fever. Soon, it seemed that anything could be "disco": clothes, furniture, or even a Rolling Stones hit. But two years later, a cultural backlash booted disco from the pop charts and replaced it with the likes of The Knack's "My Sharona." Today: a debate on the legacy of disco with guests Eric Deggans, media and TV critic for the St. Petersburg Times, and Dave Thompson, author of I Hate New Music: A Classic Rock Manifesto.
Weigh in: Did disco really suck? What is its legacy?
