I think that discos are/should make a comeback.

[Klarkashton]

Aren't people ready for dancing and whatnot?

[wcmagumba]

1. Yeah for Pogo's and the lighted floors and mirror balls...went there (Wichita, KS) as a youngster...

[Pisces]

2. I agree!

[Bread and Circuses]

4. And let's bring those 70's Drinks !

🍸🍹🥃🥂

https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/1277/cocktails/1970s-cocktails-and-disco-drinks

[Silent Type]

15. Just got sick thinking of Tequila Sunrises and similar.

[walkingman]

3. As a young person in the 60s, we were all wishing the "disco duck" would end......no thanks.

However, I think it would be better than the raves or whatever you call today's weird scene where everyone is jumping up in these huge crowds. 😁😁😁

or was it "Macho Macho Man" 😎

[Trueblue Texan]

25. But the ballroom standards never get old...

And you will never learn all there is to learn in ballroom dance. LOVE IT!!!

[cbabe]

5. Oh yea

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[CTyankee]

43. Aviator sunglasses!Wonderful!

[cbabe]

45. And loving the polyester. Cheers.

[Klarkashton]

6. No phone allowed discos

[Coventina]

36. Some clubs have started banning cell phones from the dance floor.

It's actually a popular policy!

[rampartd]

7. thats is why "people" demanded a studio 54 style ball room

i'd just like to see the vip room.

[ZDU]

8. Yes, please

[msongs]

9. disco era was fab. something to do in clubs besides drink and smoke and hunt for action. plus free exercise. Now ppl

sit in clubs and stare at tv screens.

[Dave Bowman]

10. Disco Stu agrees with you.

[chicoescuela]

11. I'm up for returning to the 70s. Can I get my hair back too?

[Trueblue Texan]

12. I think ballrooms with big bands should make a comeback ...

Waltz, Foxtrot, Viennese waltz, quickstep, nightclub two-step, east coast and west coast swing, rumba, bolero, cha cha...yessssss!

[cbabe]

21. And tango! The most down right fun you can have upright.

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[Trueblue Texan]

23. Oh! I forgot about Tango!nt

[rsdsharp]

13. Oh, please no. Disco should have been knocked on the head with a platform shoe,

and buried with a stake of double knit polyester driven through its heart to ensure it wouldn’t rise again.

I have nothing against the clubs, per se. There was one in Des Moines that had three levels: The dance/bar area, an arcade and a movie theatre. It was cool. It’s the insipid music I hated. It sowed the seeds of its own destruction within less than five years.

[Captain Zero]

14. Remember White Sox Park and disco day?

If we could have that again when we get tired of it, I might go for it.

Although when discos were hot I could find 4-5 folk music clubs at the same time with singer-songwriters LOCALLY who were terrific. And laid back people for company.

[CTyankee]

40. OH NO! I LOVED disco.

I loved the beat. I loved the silliness of it. And I LOVED dancing to disco songs in Jazzercise classes!

I have lovely memories...

[rsdsharp]

41. I was working in radio at the time. I have memories of wanting to drive knitting needles into my ears.

Plus, disco killed Top 40 radio. I will never forgive that.

[CTyankee]

42. I dunno how it could kill anything. But it was dance-able or many people thought it was.

And then there was "Saturday Night Fever." It was awful in such a great way!

[rsdsharp]

44. FM was just becoming popular. Most major market FMs chose not to go head-to-head with the AM powerhouses

which were playing Top 40. Top 40 radio was not a musical format; it played whatever was selling, whether it was rock, pop, Motown, country, big band, show tunes, jazz etc. It was largely a melting pot; most people listened to it because there was usually something on that they liked.

FM started niche programming. Disco was the niche of the moment. People who loved disco went to the FM stations that were playing it nonstop. AM Top 40 stations tried to counter by adding more disco. That pissed off the people who hated disco, and didn’t attract the disco lovers, because they could listen in stereo on FM. Top 40 stations lost listeners from both ends of the spectrum.

By the early 80s, many Top 40 stations were changing format, ironically, at the same time disco was flaming out because people were getting sick of how repetitive it was.

[Silent Type]

16. I think they should reinstate prohibition so that we can have Speak Easys, dark and secret.

Heck, recriminalize weed. Loved the feeling of hiding with friends, breaking the law, etc.

[Phoenix61]

17. I so miss dancing. I feel sorry for the generations that

don’t even know how to dance. Businesses thought they’d make more money with more tables and the dance floors vanished. Now there’s nothing to do except drink and play on your phone.

[cbabe]

20. We had wonderful suspended wood floor dance

halls. All torn down now for ratty cheap condos.

[Trueblue Texan]

24. Even the cruise ships are minimizing the dance floors. bummer. nt

[cbabe]

30. I had a buddy who traveled the world as a cruise ship dance partner. Had a great year round tan.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. My Wife & I Met At The Disco

June 2nd, 1978.
Right at the height of the disco scene in the Midwest.
We won a few disco contests, even qualifying for a big event in Chicago. We got smoked up there, though.

[cbabe]

19. Van McCoy - Do the Hustle (1977)

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[OldBaldy1701E]

35. This is one of my favorite sweatshirts. I wear it whenever I can.

[cbabe]

37. Do the Hokey Pokey. That's what it's all about.

[OldBaldy1701E]

38. And, now you are talking about my bathroom art.

[cbabe]

39. I went to a Hokey Pokey fest at my state fairgrounds motor speedway. Trying for a Guinness record. Couldn't find one

friend to go with. And no Guinness record. But it’s one of my best stories. That’s all.

[Niagara]

22. Buffalo has the World's Largest Disco

https://theworldslargestdisco.com/


I've never been because it's way too crowded for my liking.

[bucolic_frolic]

26. I thought Disco collapsed with Xanadu

my bad.

[flvegan]

27. Define "whatnot" here.

I think discos had all sorts of reputations (good/bad left up to the individual) for "whatnot" in their day.

[Traildogbob]

28. Well we got

The “Peoples Ball Room” coming soon, AI will make amazing computer venerated music, like original, and Don can provide the Coke that they seize from small fishing boats from Cartels.
Trump and Maxwell can stand to the side scouting little girls, biting their lip while swaying, and Kegsbreath can stand in for Epstein.

[kimbutgar]

29. I met my husband at a disco

And young people now miss out on the experience of meeting people without online meetups. Dancing was fun !

[Klarkashton]

31. That's what I mean.

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32. Bob Seger speaks for me.

"Don't try to take me to a disco, you'll never even get me out on the floor
Ten minutes I'll be headed for the door..."

I hated discos in the 70s and I haven't changed my opinion. Flashing lights trigger migraines, so it's a hard pass for me.

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[Torchlight]

33. I'm like that about fedoras.

Ballcaps look silly to me. Driving caps would be a nice comeback too.

[OldBaldy1701E]

34. I have three fedoras.

I also have a leather racing cap as well as a leather 'Greek fisherman's hat'!

I do have several ball caps, but they are for working and doing things that I don't care about damage. (Except my company ball cap that I had made... that one I wear often.)

Being bald sort of makes one a hat aficionado...

[Upthevibe]

46. Klarkashton...........

HELL NO!

IMHO, Disco was a disgrace to music. Having said that, there are a couple of songs I like and this is one:

In the late 70's or early 80's (I can't remember exactly when it was) two friends of mine went up to the Bay Area to be in another friends' wedding. Those were my REAL partying days. Anyway, we were driving around and ended up in a beautiful little town, Mill Valley.

We stopped off at a club (day - drinking) and Sylvester was on stage. Well, during the break we ended up going outside and smokin' a J with him. It was a blast!