What’s Not to Love About the Disco Era? A Blog Which Provides the Definitive List: a blog around 70s clothing, music and events.
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The 70s was a great time to be alive. Not only did we have the great music, but there were also the disco years. The disco era did not last long, it was just for a few years and then it faded out. But what is there not to love about disco?
There was the clothing that you had to wear to go to the discos back then. It was usually very bright and had lots of sequins on it. And you can’t forget about the platform shoes that were worn by both men and women.
The next thing that comes to mind is the music of the disco era. There are so many great artists who started out in this era and went on to become household names today. Some of these artists include Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Barry White, The Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, KC and The Sunshine Band, Van McCoy and many others too numerous to mention here.
Another thing that comes to mind is all the movies made in this era that featured disco music in them such as Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta or Grease with Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta again along with Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway & Didi Conn playing Frenchy, Kenickie &
I love the disco era. I was born in 1968 and grew up in a small town, so I spent my formative years listening to my parents’ music—the Beatles, the Stones, Zeppelin, Queen, etc. But even as a kid I loved the Bee Gees. The music of the 1970s is such an integral part of my life that it’s strange to think there are people who don’t feel the same way.
Some of my favorite movies are set in the 1970s: Almost Famous, Blow, Boogie Nights, The Last Days of Disco, The Ice Storm and many others. Some TV shows have also tapped into this era with great success: That ’70s Show, Freaks and Geeks and Happy Days are among those which use the 70s as a backdrop for telling great stories.
I believe the 70s were perhaps the last decade when people really let their hair down and had fun. There was no internet back then; if you wanted to find out about something you had to ask your friends or read about it in a magazine or book. People didn’t have personal computers or cell phones; they wrote letters and talked on landlines. There was no MTV; people actually listened to music instead of watching videos all day long
In the 1970s, everything was better. The clothes were brighter, the music was groovier, and the people were friendlier (and more mellow).
That’s because we were all high on drugs.
The seventies were a time of free love and free drugs. It was the era of disco, John Travolta, polyester, bell-bottoms, and miniskirts. It was a time when men had long hair, women had short hair, and everyone wore bell-bottoms.
This blog will be a celebration of that era. Each post will take you on a nostalgic trip back to the best years ever: the 1970s.
To the casual observer, the disco era was a time of mirrored balls, platform shoes, and dubious fashion choices. But to those who lived through that era, it was much more. This blog will provide a year-by-year chronicle of the events and culture that defined this tumultuous time.
For example:
1975: ABBA releases “Mamma Mia”; Studio 54 opens in NYC; first appearance of Rocky Balboa on the big screen.
1981: Prince Charles gets married; MTV debuts; U2 releases their first album.
The 70s was a fabulous time for fashion. Some of the styles were great, some were downright weird and some were down right scary. Take a look at these retro 70s costumes and find out how to recreate these looks.
With their sequins, satin, and outrageousness, who can blame them? In 1976, the Village People were one of the biggest bands in the world. Their debut album was an international hit, hitting number one in Australia and number two in the U.S., where it remained on the charts for more than a year.
The band’s second album, Cruisin’, was released in 1978. It was another huge hit–the title track went to