| 单词 | disco |
| 例句 | “Well, you have great pyrotechnics. And a good announcer’s voice. And, um, a disco ball—” “It’s true!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She rests the back of her neck against the sofa and looks up at the disco ball. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z They lit patches of ground like the reflections from some tropical disco ball. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It is my junior year, 1978, when disco and Rocky movies are the cultural rage. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The pilot puts on some more disco and says, “We’re playing your favorites until midnight! Drop by the cockpit and give me a request!” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z This time, I brought a proper meal, and something to listen to that isn't disco. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs a constant disco beat throbbed, but up here in Octopussy’s Garden the music was ethereal, a kind of melodious bubbling itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Inside, a disco ball sent tiny flickers spinning around the dim lounge. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Rowan, the twins’ dad, was up front, singing loudly along to his favorite disco song. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z A mirrored disco ball descended into the Nereid exhibit, making the water dance with multicolored light. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Spotlights swept across the room and reflected off the dais, throwing disco glitter over the skeletons on the floor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Oh, oh, yes, and kittens chasing disco ball lights!” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z First, she has kind of an obsession with disco balls. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Lenny is organizing his undershirt drawer with an actual flashlight, completely oblivious to the disco dance party room that he’s in. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Baggy as eighties disco, exactly. She wore those and gave me her jeans.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He shared how noisy his new neighborhood was, and we laughed about the time we performed a dance routine to “Shining Star”—one of Dad’s favorite oldies disco hits. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Sosie did a wild Watusi in the sand while Jennifer stood next to her pointing one finger up and down in a deadpan disco. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z So, drunk with my sudden power, I pulled off some lame disco dance moves that sent the place into hysterics. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I notice the way his dress shirt stretches across his chest as he does his disco moves. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The ride down to the zoo took nearly two hours, with Uncle Bill singing loudly and off-key to disco songson the radio. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z It was rather like someone’s dad turning up at the school disco and jiving awkwardly with the kids. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I love how the Spanish disco thumps out from windows, and how the people propped halfway out still jiggle and dance in the sill and frame. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the disco light, I can make out Lenny shaking his head. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “By using stuff like fireworks and disco balls?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z You look a total wally if you dance too early, but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don’t. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z A sign at a health club will announce, “I’ts party time, on Saturday 24th May we are have a disco/party night for free, it will be a ticket only evening.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z One time he got pushed about by some skinheads at a disco in Malvern Link. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But there’s something more important we need to discuss: What is it with you and disco? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They start out with ballet and move on to disco, and then break-dancing, before the subway cops catch on. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well played. The grips deal with lighting. So fiddle with the light bulbs and see what you can do with that disco ball and all those random reflections.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Different elevator music was playing since my last visit—that old disco song "Stayin’ Alive." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She has four hanging from the ceiling of her room and a disco ball lamp/clock contraption. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Arthur suggested one of those disco parties where you wear headphones and dance to songs of your choice. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It knocked over the lantern, which spun and spun on its side so that the whole treehouse seemed lit by a disco ball. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He's bearded, his kurta is unbuttoned, and three gold disco chains adorn his hairy chest. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And after a whole Sunday of that—you didn't miss much—the simple ding-dong of the doorbell this morning basically sounded like disco to me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He doesn’t care for disco music, however, and at his age tires easily. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the first quarter of 2000, the poorest 10 percent of workers were earning only 91 percent of what they earned in the distant era of Watergate and disco music. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But this year I am going to a disco party, so I think I will be Cher and my husband, James Frank, will be Sonny.” T Magazine: Trick or Treat at T 2010-10-28T13:00:00Z She’s become an impressive storyteller, a musical historian excavating frothy disco and lithe funk, and a voice reporting from the frontiers of new love, fading love and motherhood. Review: Mariah Carey's Collects All of Her Hits on '#1 to Infinity' 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Fridays became “Bounce Night,” when popular music — jazz, R&B, funk and then disco — blared from the speakers. Meet Bill Butler, the Godfather of Roller Disco 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z While disco had been bubbling up from the underground, its moment to shine came with the release of the movie and soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever," which premiered in December 1977. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z It creeps along right at 88 BPM, too slow to be disco but hovering right at the edge of danceability. Movement makes bedroom music that can also move a dance floor 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z A disco thump pushes many songs, and the arrangements are densely layered. Music Review: Neil Finn Plays a Career-Spanning Set at Town Hall 2014-04-09T21:28:16Z Speaking of disco, why not go straight to the source with this blissful, weightless 1979 hit? 11 Songs That Will Make You Want to Move 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z A disco ball hung from the brown ivy roof. TS Eliot's The Waste Land 2012 – a multimedia walk 2012-07-30T11:14:00Z Taking a Detour Time was, all gay roads led to Twist, the multistory disco near the end of South Beach. Where to Party at Art Basel Miami Beach 2011-11-25T21:45:43Z Six months ago, an unusual version of Whitney Houston's disco staple I Wanna Dance With Somebody appeared online. Fleet Foxes Sing ? 2012-02-11T00:03:00Z Amid a pastel palette, dazzling production numbers abound, the best at a glittering pizza palace roller disco. Review: The ‘Trolls’ Embark on a High-Haired Rescue Mission 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Today it’s the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, but in the 1990s, it was a disco, Club Expo. 50 years of 'Cabaret': How the 1966 musical keeps sharpening its edges for modern times 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The “front man for California’s first roller disco” also appears late in the book. Books of The Times: ?Unreal Estate,? by Michael Gross - Review 2011-11-30T22:40:44Z Or is just going through poses, like a self-conscious teenager at an outdoor disco in 1980s Italy? Why Call Me By Your Name should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The “ARTPOP Ball Tour” blends disco, cabaret and pop in a heady, colorful tour de force. Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, from pals to divas | Concert preview 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Now we are being asked to associate youth with the sloppy, slinky gestures and volumes of the disco era: raglan sleeves, palazzo pants, platforms. | Halftime Report 2010-09-27T15:56:00Z House, disco and pop is the order both at Kraak and their occasional boat parties. Manchester raves on: the city's 10 best club nights 2013-05-27T10:49:19Z In the Sahara Tent, DJP offered a more optimistic gesture as he spun a great reggae disco version of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough." Coachella 2015, Day 1: Early arrivers face heat, massive caterpillar 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z I read that she had a disco ball installed in her New York town house ” "She was someone I knew about," says Byrne. Imelda Marcos inspires disco musical 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z It's not too late to eulogise it, of course, especially now that disco and funk-pop are back on the agenda. New band of the day: Breakbot (No 1,516) 2013-05-21T10:55:57Z The 2001 Odyssey nightclub, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the disco contests — it’s all there. How Broadway Keeps Trying to Get the Disco Beat 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z It also wasn’t uncommon to hear disco, glam rock, and punk music on the same night, in the same venue. Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and the punk rock myth of “Death to Disco” 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Melancholy punk duels with euphoric disco in New Order’s music, but that wasn’t the only source of tension when the British band played a sold-out concert at the Anthem Tuesday night. Review | Nearing 40 years together, New Order’s sound is still thrilling 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z It’s an amorphous term, redolent of Chex cereal or disco floors or cocktail bars, and not easy to define in the context of books journalism. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z And disco was finally seen for what it truly was: the foundation for all pop music that would follow. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z As some disco stars started to fade by the early 1980s, Ms. Summer ended her partnership with Moroder and tried to reinvent her sound, exploring pop-rock and new-wave beats on her album "The Wanderer." Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63 2012-05-17T23:47:03Z This smart anthology captures that moment via songs that follow the template of that foundational hit: casual, slick boasting over live bands playing disco licks. Pop Music Gifts, All Bundled Up 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z It has captured the imagination of the entire public, and that's a disco thing. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z In the new film “American Hustle,” a fictionalized account of the Abscam scandal at the height of the disco era, the looks are over the top. Scene City: Bradley Cooper and Amy Adams Attend the Premiere of ‘American Hustle’ 2013-12-11T21:14:53Z Yet the Las Vegas singer makes it work for him, showcasing it on his unique blend of disco and house music. A look at how they lived the Sweetlife (Festival) 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Garcia plays Gloria, a bespectacled 58-year-old divorcee whose children have left home and who goes out to singles night discos, where she dances and flirts and refuses to retreat quietly into the old age. Chilean film "Gloria" cheered at Berlin festival 2013-02-10T12:49:58Z So much disco revivalism translates as either smug or naïve, too desperately in thrall to the calculus of taste. Playlist: Look Back at a Legend, Then Revisit Disco 2011-04-01T21:50:45Z The Ramones went on about us "going disco", but it was tongue-in-cheek. How we made: Heart of Glass 2013-04-29T15:27:00Z I'd always loved the orchestral flourishes in Gamble and Huff's disco classic The Sound of Philadelphia. Easy as ABC 2013-01-21T17:30:01Z Then there's Once Upon a Time in New York, which first aired in 2007 and explores how the city spawned punk, hip-hop and disco. Home Movie Roadshow 2010-08-06T05:44:00Z He's dealing with a risky gap of almost 40 years, which he hopes will not have quashed the interest of the original disco queens and punk pioneers, or put off today's young cinemagoers. Youth culture movies: how soon is too soon? 2011-08-18T21:00:01Z “Love Spent” – the rare disco track to prominently feature a banjo -- addresses the divorce: “Love me like your money … I want you to take me like you took your money.” Album review: Madonna, 'MDNA' 2012-03-24T23:24:00Z “The name of this latest epidemic of the dancing sickness is disco.” Over (Organic) Dinner, These Fitness Studio Competitors Work It Out 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Their store, stocked with imports and cutting-edge music, became the world epicenter for boundary-pushing artists who bridged disco, electronic music, rock, and the avant-garde. Wax Trax! label to celebrate legacy with all-star concert at Metro 2011-02-15T18:21:31Z She was a queen, the Queen of disco, and we will be dancing to her music forever. Pop mourns Donna Summer 2012-05-18T01:02:00Z Since then, he's done anything but sit in a pigeonhole, embracing everything from cosmic disco and mellow breaks to the more melodic end of German techno. Clubs picks of the week 2013-03-30T06:00:19Z “I know we can come together,” Michael sings in his masterful blend of pop, disco, and funk, “I Want Your Sex.” George Michael, a queer guide for the straight guys 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Hinrichs dances ecstatically to the disco classic before singing a song by Schubert. Review: Byronic Heroism Can’t Save ‘Sardanapal’ in Berlin 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Note the word "disco", not "club", the venue for most modern day R&B bangers. The top five modern disco tracks 2012-05-21T18:07:04Z This soundtrack earned flamboyant musical director Bappi Lahiri the sobriquet "Bollywood's king of disco" and rightly so: he sprinkles flute, harmonium, strings and Hindi lyrics over dazzling, pulsing synthesisers. Top 10 Indian cinema soundtracks 2013-07-25T16:02:25Z Couric also tells of an embarrassing night downing shots at a disco where she got so sick she ended up in the hospital. In memoir, Katie Couric writes of feeling betrayed by Lauer 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Rubell and Mr. Schrager were sentenced to three and a half years, but their time was cut in half after they gave information about the finances of other discos. A History of Studio 54, This Time Told by the Quiet Partner 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z In person, he comes across less like the mac daddy of disco, and more like its avuncular Mr. Magoo. Giorgio Moroder Still Feels Love at 77 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z But then the audience hardly needed more disco after a set that very effectively emphasized the dynamics and propulsion of folk-rock that, at least on this evening, was closer to Kraftwerk than Fairport Convention. Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley supply Drinks at U Street Music Hall 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z The Horrors were a dark delight with their krautrocking drone disco, and the xx kept things nice and chilly, if not chilled, with their icy dubstep pop. Latitude festival 2010-07-18T20:29:00Z The peculiarities of British titles kicked off a day that began with the pomp and circumstance of old royalty and ended with a bow to youth: disco dancing at the reception in Buckingham Palace. Sealed with 2 kisses 2011-04-30T05:15:58Z Across the waterfront, LCD Soundsystem founder James Murphy played a solo DJ set that dug even deeper into his archive of rediscovered disco edits and jubilant vintage house. Live: Night falls on CRSSD Fest as fans take to the sea 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z The track sounds like polite disco, albeit with more of a thump than her more recent work, and lots of lovely laser noises gliding around. Will Kylie's new album Aphrodite save pop? 2010-04-20T11:59:00Z It had a Jacuzzi, a sauna, a gym and private disco. Whatever Happened to Ghislaine Maxwell’s Plan to Save the Oceans? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Photograph: Rex Features The Sex Pistols exploded onto the music scene in '77 as an antipathy of disco; and it had never felt so good to be so bad. Readers' panel: Sex Pistols 2012-06-01T10:32:26Z It was the end of the 1970s, disco fever was in full swing, and crowds of predominantly Black and gay Brooklynites had spent the decade dancing and skating at Empire. Meet Bill Butler, the Godfather of Roller Disco 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z And while most of the videos show Beyoncé in elaborate designer luxury with dancers and actors, she also appears among ordinary people on Coney Island, in Brazil and at a Houston roller disco. Music Review: Beyoncé’s New Album is Steamy and Sleek 2013-12-14T00:01:10Z Alongside guests like the much-missed Domu, they push the boundaries of what could be termed soul, coupling house, disco and boogie with more familiar fare. Clubs picks of the week 2011-02-26T00:07:49Z Compiled by a group of the magazine’s writers and editors, the list is the result of months of heated debate and one really, really long email chain about disco. Coming Soon: The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-21T08:45:38Z Heading an ensemble called the Manhattan Swing Orchestra, he blended “Cherokee,” “Sing, Sing, Sing,” “A String of Pearls” and other big-band standards into a tasty disco stew that cracked the Top 40. Larry Elgart, Who Kept Swing Up to Date, Dies at 95 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z With the same spirit of my daughter asking to come with me, I grew curious about the kiddie discos my new best friend SRG would tell me about. Why I'm sheltering my kids for as long as I can 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z And despite 70 acts on three stages, plus comedy, a headphone disco and campfire singalongs, the tickets are among the cheapest of the summer. Far from the mainstream festival crowd 2010-05-20T20:30:00Z Like beneficiaries of a musical witness relocation programme, Billie Jean and Into the Groove were disco records in all but name, as were the early Hi-NRG productions of Stock Aitken Waterman. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z Although disco had emerged from Black music and Black and gay clubs — as the documentary takes pains to point out — the Bee Gees, smiling in their silvery suits, became disco’s pop figureheads. How the Bee Gees Stayed Alive 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Her first hit was a 1977 cover of Edith Piaf’s “La Vie en Rose” and she became a disco sensation in that genre’s waning years, then a new wave singer. Grace Jones has been a star for 40 years, and there’s still no one quite like her 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z But as the sole surviving original Bee Gee, he is one of the principal interviewees in Frank Marshall’s documentary on one of disco’s most famous groups. The Best Films and TV Shows to Stream Over the Holidays 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z In interviews he has cited Disney and the disco music his babysitters listened to as important influences. Art Review: Like Living, Only More So 2011-06-23T22:30:31Z Released in 1975, a breakthrough hit for Summer and for disco, it was a legend of studio ecstasy and the genre's ultimate sexual anthem. Disco Queen Donna Summer endured after era faded 2012-05-18T10:35:09Z And for “First We Take Manhattan,” a thumping beat and flashing, circling stage lights — suddenly active after hours of more restrained use — brought the show a moment of disco. Music Review: Leonard Cohen at the Barclays Center 2012-12-22T00:28:21Z Farewell, then, LCD Soundsystem, the Brooklyn outfit through which soppy disco curmudgeon James Murphy refracted his record collection and caustic apercus. LCD Soundsystem: This is Happening 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z James Darrah’s staging is striking, with the locked room a frightening terrarium and the club a sea of low-hanging disco balls. Cataclysmic Suffering Sprawls Through the Prototype Festival 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The designer has long used fog to set the mood on his avant-goth runways, saying last season that he was drawn to the “mysticism” and “disco hedonism” of it. Who Doesn’t Need a Portable Fog Machine? 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Legs – from 1983's smash album, Eliminator – adds a sequenced disco pulse to the rock'n'roll, and sees Gibbons and bassist Dusty Hill donning square, fur-covered instruments. ZZ Top – review 2013-06-25T16:51:17Z Embraced as a modern Josephine Baker, she relocated to New York and became a ribald disco sensation at Studio 54 and a habitué of Andy Warhol’s Factory. The Power of Grace Jones 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z That not everybody across a population finds candles and jasmine perfume romantic—that some people prefer the kinetics of the disco, say—becomes an unsolvable problem. Trump, the University of Chicago, and the Collapse of Public Language 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Maybe it will be psychedelic disco's turn to achieve world domination next. Goldroom No (1,512) 2013-05-14T17:27:47Z It seems that, just as with other styles of dance music, it's simply catching up, utilising cheap technology rather than expensive bands and studios, just as disco became house and reggae became dancehall. Scene and heard: Electro champeta 2010-08-12T15:26:00Z At her shows, after she sings and gyrates to a set of disco numbers, she slips backstage, emerges in the tuxedo, picks up the guitar and blows everybody’s mind. The Brilliance of Charo 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Godmother of freestyle Anna Jones developed the dance form in the early 80s from the ashes of disco, which is why it's often known as "disco dancing". The wild world of freestyle dance 2011-07-11T20:00:00Z Michael Kors, celebrating 30 years in business, reprised his feelings for the ’70s, disco and nubile women in halters and charmeuse pajamas, on a recreated sidewalk on Wednesday at . Fashion Review: It?s a Tough Town, but It Dresses Well 2011-02-17T01:11:32Z The televised spectacle of rioters, mostly young white men, storming the field in Chicago, sent shock waves through the music industry and accelerated the demise of disco as a massive commercial force. The Day Disco Was Demolished 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z But the young Smith had started running school discos and then began broadcasting on hospital radio. Mike Smith: The high-flying host 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z A friend of mine was at the London College of Fashion and we used to go to discos with that crowd. Pet Shop Boys choose their 10 all-time favourite dance tracks 2013-07-11T18:00:00Z Flutes is a terrifically chilly robotic workout, These Chains blends doe-eyed R&B and disco to fine effect. Hot Chip: In Our Heads – review 2012-06-09T23:05:31Z The singer won 5 Grammy Awards and defined the disco era with hits such as “Love to Love You Baby,” “I Feel Love,” “Last Dance,” “Hot Stuff” and “Bad Girls.” Donna Summer dead at 63 2012-05-17T15:58:00Z "I tell my friends it's a disco musical," says the former Talking Heads front man. Imelda Marcos inspires disco musical 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The words “Some of this actually happened” appear on screen, and then we’re off, in a whoosh of nylon shirts, yellowy light and disco music. ‘American Hustle’: one fun scandal 2013-12-18T23:30:54Z Two years after Knuckles arrived in Chicago, disco was sinking fast. Frankie Knuckles: His Chicago sound was heard around the world 2014-04-01T23:22:00Z They tell of the birth of jazz, rock and roll, disco, rap. 90 Years of TIME Cover Stars: The Celebrities Who Defined a Century of Entertainment 2013-02-28T00:55:23Z Sticky Fingers Brownies began as party favors at the height of disco extravagance and then changed along with the city. I grew up in an underground cannabis bakery during the AIDS epidemic. Yes, it is essential medicine 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z A dance in 3/4 time, it moves elliptically through disco’s 4/4 beat. A Walk in Their Heels: Meet the Hustle Evangelist 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Through it all, the show’s protagonists wander through fire-limned streets in slow motion, carrying their looted haul from the disco club, Les Inferno, that represents everything they’re agitating against creatively and spiritually. ‘The Get Down’ on Netflix: A Superhero Fable About the Birth of Hip-Hop 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The players look like refugees from a 1980s disco party. At the French Open, Adidas Courts Controversy With Camouflage 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Taking his inspiration from the city's 1980's party scene, he showed a colorful collection with influences from disco, punk and sci-fi. Designers Carolina Herrera and Jeremy Scott reveal new collections 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Playing four hours each they treated the slow-moving crowd to a gorgeous selection of funk, soul, disco, house, breaks and reggae. Beat-Herder Festival diary: Nile Rodgers rocks the Ribble valley 2013-07-17T12:24:23Z Later, the crowd is a younger mix of museum guests and foreign students, with the occasional boomer-era disco mama reliving her youth. At the Museum of Sex, a Bar Where You Can Boogie Oogie Oogie 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In 1978, the older kids and the young adults were all about disco, thanks to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, the year's best-selling album. The best No 1 records: John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John – You're the One That I Want 2012-05-31T20:34:00Z "The show," they said, "will open with a big choreographed morris dance number set to a disco adaptation of William Blake's Jerusalem". Noises off: commodification, chess and Foolishness 2010-04-08T10:17:00Z Partygoers took in the artfully lighted courtyard, complete with Romanesque fountains, danced in an indoor disco room and drank from the many bars serving whiskey and Champagne. Party Love at Cirque de Cannes 2011-05-16T22:16:49Z We didn't want to describe them as drone-rock when they're conceivably about to go disco, so instead we're going to do another girl group, this one solely comprising females, called Teen. New band of the day – Teen (No 1,359) 2012-09-26T14:00:35Z He furthers his gospel at Output alongside François K, the local disco superstar. Pop & Rock Listings for March 11-17 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z As disco declined in popularity, artists were no longer able to afford the lush sounds of a full orchestral backing, forcing a reliance on cheaper, synthetic sounds. Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for "Renaissance" 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The drummer adapted well to everything from the disco of “Miss You” to the jazzy “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” and the dreamy ballad “Moonlight Mile.” Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Unlike many disco producers then and many dance producers since, Mr. Adams had little regard for beats and loops. Patrick Adams, Master of New York’s Underground Disco Scene, Dies at 72 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Much of the choreography looks like a line dance, studded with some modern dance and postmodern, some African, some disco. Dance Review: David Dorfman?s ?Prophets of Funk? at the Joyce Theater 2012-01-25T23:51:50Z Stuart Murdoch was on fine, self-deprecating form, and he turned the stage into an indie disco by inviting up audience members to dance. Latitude festival 2010-07-18T20:29:00Z Her first event for the queen was a disco at Windsor Castle for Prince Charles, then 15, and Princess Anne, then 13. Queen Elizabeth’s Party Planner Is Proud to Wear $35 Shoes 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z The video, which released Monday morning, is a typical Gaga space oddity, disco sci-fi for the masses. Lady Gaga tries to make the gayest video ever 2011-02-28T19:05:00Z But "Planet Earth" is great because it feels like a response to trends — punk, disco, Krautrock, Bowie — not a direct replication of what had already been done. "Planet Earth" at 40: The perfect debut single that boldly launched Duran Duran 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z The highlight was "Seething Mass," a heavy slice of synthesizer-driven gothic disco. Concert review: Flexions at the Crocodile 01/19/11 2011-01-20T18:04:05Z The building, which cost about $1 million to build in the Jazz Age, had sold for just $62,500 in the disco age of 1975. The Interloper on Avenue B 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z I imagined it being presented in a giant warehouse disco. Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z In some of the earliest articles published about the nascent disco subculture, Aletti described Mancuso as an “introvert” who happened to like “bringing people together.” The First Days of Disco 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z For all their troubles, this remains a band that can rub up against floor-tickling disco and oddly sonorous country-soul as enthusiastically as it can pitch itself headlong into the wide-open dream-pop ether. TV On The Radio keep heart despite nine types of trauma 2011-04-11T09:00:00Z Inside, a D.J. spins within high-five reach of the crowd bouncing on the spring-loaded dance floor, which is spangled by lasers refracting off a disco ball. Boite: Verboten, a New Dance Club in Williamsburg, Opens 2014-05-01T00:05:57Z Some dubbed the sound “industrial disco,” an umbrella term that included Ministry, Front 242, Underworld, KMFDM, and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, underground acts who went on to sell millions of records. Wax Trax! label to celebrate legacy with all-star concert at Metro 2011-02-15T18:21:31Z The title track, this album’s lead single, is set to around 1980, when funk and machines were doing some of their earliest dances, and when black pop was still teeming with disco exuberance. Review: Bruno Mars Delivers Decades of Funk in ‘24K Magic’ 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z New York’s nightclubs and roller discos put “Rock Your World” on heavy rotation. By Day, Richie Weeks Sorted Mail. At Night, He Was a Disco Mastermind. 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Among Mighty Clouds of Joy’s most popular songs were “Time,” which crossed over to the R&B charts in 1974, and “Mighty High,” a 1975 disco hit. Joe Ligon, frontman for Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, dies 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Its sweeping instrumentation recalls bands like Yes and concept albums like Rick Wakeman’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” but set to a throbbing disco beat and punctuated with warbly outer-space synthesizer effects. ‘War of the Worlds’ Shape-Shifts Onto the London Stage 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z The show touched on the many phases of a career that produced the disco hits “This Is It” and “You Stepped Into My Life,” which received perfunctory performances. Music Review: A Voice, Something for Flinging Around 2011-04-27T21:39:58Z The album's success allowed other underground disco artists to penetrate the culture ... How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z It shined on the restrained pop-house of “In the Club,” and also the Kylie Minogue-esque disco of “Stay Together” and the winning “I Love You.” Music Review: 2NE1, Korean-Pop Group, at Prudential Center in Newark 2012-08-19T21:54:02Z His destination is the daytime disco for the elderly in New Hyundai Core. In daytime discos, South Korea's elderly find escape from anxiety 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Their ritualistic dance creates an antic mood, with its moves from hip-hop, Greek folk dance and disco, set to an often booming, electronic score by the Belgian musician Brunk. Dance: ?Supernatural Wife,? a New York Dance Premiere 2011-11-27T05:10:08Z Nearly all of the songs were underpinned by the cyclical pulses originally devised for 1970s disco; sometimes these rhythms took priority, as Robyn offered what sounded like live versions of remixes of her originals. Review | As crowd roars, Robyn dances on her own at the Anthem 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z According to interviews in the summer, both Jackson and Langmaid have been listening to funk and Italo disco, chasing "natural bass". La Roux: electro-pop is over 2010-10-28T09:47:00Z In “The Get Down,” he takes that film’s strivers, spitfires and gang bangers, moves them a few miles north and repurposes them as rappers, drug dealers and disco queens. ‘The Get Down’ Is ‘West Side Story’ With Rappers and Disco Queens 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z And where there’s a trend, there’s an emoji: the disco ball version was released by Apple in March. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z And in the brilliantly executed final story, set in a Bulgarian disco, “An Evening Out,” he deals with shame: “the shame I was accustomed to, the shame that felt like home.” In a Dying Country, Garth Greenwell’s Narrator Comes Alive 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Live bands played alongside D.J.s, and the D.J.s tended to refuse to play straight-up disco, though many kept things danceable, even before beat-matching became standard among club jocks. ‘Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor’ Charts a Kinetic Scene in the Early ’80s 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z From new noise-makers Mazes, Odd Future and Salem to grunge, girl groups, classic rock'n'roll and disco, the playlist is decidedly pick'n'mix, but no less worthy because of it. Clubs picks of the week 2011-07-22T23:07:50Z Though I came of age in the time of ironic 70s disco nights, I was never tempted, perhaps because my daily outfits were often mistaken for fancy dress. Fancy dress is great role play – as long as you’re under 10 | Eva Wiseman 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z By this point, Summer was America's undisputed disco queen, so this version of the lugubrious ballad made famous by Richard Harris was a brave diversion. Remember Donna Summer: listen now to five classic songs 2012-05-17T20:33:10Z The show is described as an "indie disco special", although I'm not sure there were too many 80s indie discos playing Public Enemy. Radio Catchup: Noel Coward, Vic Galloway and Chart the Week 2010-07-22T10:46:00Z How do you feel about the scene of Oscar Isaac disco dancing—something that’s fairly incongruous with the general mood of the film—and the degree to which it’s become an internet favorite? Ex Machina Director Alex Garland May Be Summer's Most Inventive Filmmaker 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z This time, the presentation even felt like it was set in a disco, with stealth lighting, Donna Summer on the soundtrack and a line at the door. On the Runway: Halston's Disco Revival 2011-02-16T00:43:04Z Euro disco beats pummel your senses; handsome young men usher you to reception counters decorated with silver sculptures of words like “whatever.” Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: W Paris-Opéra 2012-06-01T19:32:43Z And elements of jazz remained throughout his Stones career, providing Watts with a wide stylistic versatility that was critical to the Stones' forays beyond blues and rock to country, reggae, disco, funk and even punk. How Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts infused one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands with a little jazz 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The string of hit singles that followed – Could It Be Magic, Last Dance, Hot Stuff and, most notably, I Feel Love – revolutionised 1970s disco. Pop mourns Donna Summer 2012-05-18T01:02:00Z Instead, Mr. Williams delivers a gut check of pared-down R&B and disco with almost military rigor. Pharrell Williams Takes a Stand on Cheery Musical Ground 2014-02-26T18:08:14Z Guests can purchase V.I.P. tickets, which include access to the “disco den,” a balcony overlooking the action and admission to an after-party. Spare Times for March 30-April 5 2012-03-29T21:33:05Z For some reason, Belgium found itself at the forefront of the noughties cosmic disco revival. Belgian music now: from Antwerp to Waterloo 2012-07-03T11:45:19Z Wearing a gold-sequined suit that glitters beneath a disco ball, she dances through the audience, pre-social distancing, before climbing precariously over a stairwell, landing on a platform near the crowd and roaring in triumph. Cracking Jokes Right Before the World Turned Upside Down 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The truth: A followup album of ghoulishly glossy death disco a la Contact Sports would be a classic. New band of the day ? No 915: Patrick Kelleher and His Cold Dead Hands 2010-11-23T17:08:00Z Again, not in itself a bad thing, especially if you're up for some downmarket disco with the manic high energy of low-budget machine pop, which we generally are. New band of the day: YYZ (No 1,462) 2013-02-28T17:53:00Z So the slowdown of the disco movement didn’t really touch me that much. Giorgio Moroder, the father of disco, finds the limelight again 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z He loved dancing and was occasionally seen in discos. Edoardo Sanguineti obituary 2010-05-26T17:23:00Z A gleaming silver and blue tinsel heart hung suspended above the stage like a disco ball. A ‘Titanic’ Parody Show That Draws Fans Near, Far, Wherever They Are 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z No, they don't put said failure down to homophobia or a prevalent feeling among US rock audiences that disco still sucks: "Dave Grohl really likes us!" Scissor Sisters: 'Sexuality is a universal thing' 2010-06-17T20:30:00Z Daft Punk’s disco song “Get Lucky” slid to No. 4, but remained strong on charts of radio play and dance music. ArtsBeat: Jay Z’s ‘Magna Carta’ Holds at No. 1 2013-07-24T19:13:12Z This soft disco number is plenty pleasant, and in its own way, effective. The Playlist: Mary J. Blige Sings of Self-Empowerment, Kendrick Lamar Raps About Power 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Records, it's a boldly inventive pop experiment that moves from lush disco to sweaty R&B to crunching hard rock with the idiosyncratic logic of someone working in a makeshift home studio. Kimbra feels life reverberate in 'The Golden Echo' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Related: When New York danced to disco's beat – in pictures So why is this particular period in New York history so popular? The golden years of romance and rebels: TV taps into turmoil of 1970s New York 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z AM "It felt to us like Nazi book-burning" said Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers, after a radio station's promotional stunt in which a pile of disco records were blown up in a Chicago stadium in 1979. TV highlights 10/08/2012 2012-08-09T18:59:01Z This movie’s first image is of a disco ball; the first song on its soundtrack is Donna Summer’s 1977 “I Feel Love.” ‘Monday’ Review: A Year of Love and Its Hangovers 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Trump himself would dance in an idiotic way to "Macho Man" and "YMCA," classic disco tracks about gay life in the 70s by the Village People. Rush Limbaugh captivated dads like mine and created America's modern fascist aesthetic 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z They would single out girls at student discos and serenade them with Unchained Melody. Acceptable in the 80s 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z “We were basically scorched by the whole ‘disco sucks’ thing in the summer of ’79,” Rodgers told The Post. The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Ford didn’t speak to reporters after the show to explain his disco bride. Tom Ford wraps NY Fashion Week with a show of disco glam 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z The spare set and disco costumes by Harry Nadal allow the performers to shine unobtrusively, while the lighting design by Lucrecia Briceño seamlessly transports us from the traffic jam to the characters’ minds. Review: ‘¡Guaracha!,’ Jubilantly Reclaiming Its Roots 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The balls allowed them to decorate on a tight budget, and as disco music became more popular, so did the disco ball. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z DB: I read somewhere that she loved going to discos. Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z The last night in the disco was lively, despite the empty dance floor. Playing Cupid for a Gay Friend on a (Mostly) Straight Cruise 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The concentrated drawing sticks in the memory in ways the chain-link spider webs, elaborate disco mirrors and cascading silk flowers rarely do. Loss permeates Jim Hodges' art; prepare for heartbreak 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Also featuring smooth disco from Australia, beat experimentations from Los Angeles and two very different takes on experimental noise rock. Your week in Seattle music: Brandi Carlile, Cold War Kids and more 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z “This was in the disco era, and my mom was as far removed from disco as Katharine Hepburn.” 2010-01-12T06:45:00Z She will be joined by Grace Jones and Nile Rodgers, bringing a disco theme to the event on 21 June. Kylie to headline Hyde Park festival 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The background: We've always been partial to disco, ever since, well, disco. New band of the day ? No 1,090: Fabian 2011-08-23T16:57:49Z Mr. Cave, 59, who trained at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater before becoming a visual artist, was inspired by his own disco days, which propelled him through college and graduate school. Nick Cave Wants You to Work It Out on the Dance Floor 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Milk & Honey is a quirkily constructed Björkish sea shanty, while the shimmery white disco of All Around and Away We Go has been compared to 1976 novelty hit More, More, More by Andrea True Connection. New band of the day ? No 862: Twin Sister 2010-09-07T16:06:00Z If puberty had not yet struck, disco's seductive power was a mystery. The best No 1 records: John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John – You're the One That I Want 2012-05-31T20:34:00Z Freeman’s scenes range in chronology from juke joints to discos, and in geography from the United States to Brazil. Review | In the galleries: At three venues, modernist art that looks to the past 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z There was a dance floor and a disco light. Timeless Portraits of L.A.’s Arcades 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z The uptempo track features disco beats and a positive message, as Sparks and Houston sing lyrics such as "I'm going to celebrate, celebrate you." Whitney Houston's last record released for "Sparkle" 2012-05-21T20:53:43Z He moved into anachronistic disco for “Allen,” which showed Allen Ginsberg and other major Beat writers clowning on a Factory couch in 1964. ‘Exposed,’ Musical Accompaniment to Warhol Silents at BAM 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z I began the 1990s doing something very specific at a disco on a highly anticipated end of primary school camp in Cornwall. The 1990s: ‘It was a decade in which women could offer reason: people still talk about the Scully effect’ 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “Move,” the next track, includes a feature from Grace Jones — disco royalty, just in case anyone wondered where Beyoncé may be coming from. Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Embodies Decades of Dance Music. Here’s a Guide. 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z And Greenwood’s music is as crucial to the story as disco and “Sister Christian” were to “Boogie Nights.” Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead?s Runaway Guitarist 2012-03-10T20:47:20Z It was at Lagerfeld’s place and in outposts like Le Drugstore and the ineffably seedy disco Club Sept that Mr. Lopez seemed best to fulfill his role as a creative catalyst. Drawn Again to the Images of the Illustrator Antonio Lopez 2012-08-29T22:01:48Z Opening track Silver Constellation appears to nod to Silver Machine Hawkwind, with a beat that is almost tribal: "future disco", Line of Best Fit called it, alluding to the similarities between dance music and psych. New band of the day (Jupiter Lion 1,560) 2013-07-24T14:21:00Z One recent Saturday, in the empty morning-after of a U Street disco, Rodden faces the eager drummers with a variety of hand signals and encouragements. A sisterhood of drummers, 80 strong, keeping time to a Brazilian beat 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Watch Mr. Campbell’s Pig rush through the gamut of an entire alphabet of disco moves, in a trance of self-infatuation that fades into the realization that everyone around him is laughing at him. Review: Dancing to Destruction in Enda Walsh’s Fierce ‘Disco Pigs’ 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z And more recently, indie rock and classic disco have been embraced with a vengeance — and with a uniquely Serbian bent. Next Stop: Belgrade Music Scene: Pop, Folk, Electronica and Politics 2010-06-10T18:37:00Z The success of those tunes — closely linked to the popularity of the movie, and the power of the disco movement — changed their lives forever, giving them a string of number one hits. Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dies at 62 2012-05-21T13:45:00Z The Bee Gees had more than 30 UK top 40 hit singles The Bee Gees, whose founder Robin Gibb has died, had hits spanning five decades in genres from disco to country. Bee Gees 'on a par with Beatles' 2012-05-21T15:36:29Z The New York group offers art-damaged interpretations of house and disco; it’s a lean, synth-driven sound, comparable to what LCD was doing before its breakup. Your week in Seattle music: Sam Smith, Elton John and more 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z There were colorful bumper cars parked around the dance floor, hand-strung Christmas lights and, of course, disco classics like “Turn the Beat Around” and “Native New Yorker.” Disco Pioneer Nicky Siano Hasn’t Lost the Beat 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z The outdoor bar has a new shape this year, and the disco ball now has a motor. Fringe Festival happens in a lot of places The sex, drugs and disco are long gone. 54 Below, Restaurant-Nightclub Under the Former Studio 54 2012-02-05T22:46:57Z Rodgers and Edwards wrote and produced Sister Sledge's 1979 album We Are Family, which three massive hits – the album's title track, He's The Greatest Dancer, and this irresistible disco classic. 10 essential Nile Rodgers songs: a beginner's guide 2013-05-03T16:38:00Z He was familiar with Russell’s left-field disco hits such as “Go Bang #5,” but things changed when disco great Walter Gibbons gave him a copy of Russell’s immersive single “School Bell/Treehouse.” More than 20 years after his death, Arthur Russell’s music is more relevant than ever 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z But Mr. Vernon’s score, which draws from the period’s disco, soft rock and glam sounds, is solid — which is important, since the evening essentially consists of “all about me” songs by the staff and patrons. Review: A Gay Nightclub Tragedy, Decades Before Orlando, in ‘The View UpStairs’ 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z We don't think of Palestinians as people who can disco dance, which seems a little unfair. Fastest! Tallest! Marxist! The visual art of Phil Collins 2011-02-06T22:29:00Z He discussed staging a disco exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles with the museum’s director, Jeffrey Deitch. Pop: James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem: ‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’ 2012-07-07T04:51:37Z Friends of Deitch say he's tired of being criticised for placing pop art or shows about disco culture ahead of cutting-edge art. LA artists fight for soul of cultural landmark 2012-07-21T23:06:12Z Over his left shoulder hung Mars, reddish-brown and heartbreakingly small, while to his right, the much grander Jupiter was lit up like a disco ball. The Planets, the Stars and Brad Pitt 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z But a spike in infections linked to Seoul’s Itaewon nightlife district in early May led to shutdowns of discos and bars across the country, after weeks of nearly no new domestic coronavirus cases. 'I miss dancing': Elderly South Koreans lament loss of 'playground' as senior discos shut 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Even disco was teetering on extinction by then. Alas, mere 'Shadows' 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Lambert, wearing a shiny sequined dress she compared to a "walking disco ball," drew some of the night's loudest cheers when she showed up with her fiance, Shelton. Fans lift Carrie Underwood to 2 CMT Awards wins 2010-06-10T05:36:00Z Insomnia by Iraqi Bodies portrays a search for tranquility within an uncertain world, while Le Cris is a duet that creates a trance-like state to music combining Arabic chanting, Maria Callas and disco beats. Dance picks of the week 2010-04-30T23:19:00Z That was the first disco sound I produced, but I was always interested in the idea of disco songs. Giorgio Moroder Is the Godfather of Modern Dance Music 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z There is also a golden spinning disco ball, “Nefertiti — Miles Davis,” in the shape of the Egyptian queen. Beyond Beyoncé Fame, Awol Erizku Expands What Black Art Can Be 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Of course, there’s more than a little irony in the fact that a club scene born of working-class disaffection and built in opposition to corporate disco is now getting a slick commercial repackaging. Next Stop: A New Act for Manchester 2011-04-29T19:37:03Z Add a chandelier made of at least 20 disco balls? Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Opera, disco, rockabilly, soul – the band's sound mutated as quickly as Mercury's onstage wardrobe. Review: 'We Will Rock You' totally misses Queen's mercurial nature 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z So, is this really the summer of disco? Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z "If you're a disco, you can have your music thumping until 4 o'clock in the morning." | Nicaragua 2012-11-16T14:00:37Z A favorite act of the era was A Taste of Honey, a funk/disco/R&B band from Los Angeles led by two guitar-toting divas. Music Match: If You Like A Taste of Honey, Try Little Dragon 2013-01-29T23:35:21Z The music takes influence from new wave and disco, as well as Paul McCartney and Benjamin Britten. The Gritty Club at the Heart of ‘This Ain’t No Disco’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z That mid-calf length complements the fluid and flowy dresses from the disco era. NY fashion forecasts easy, breezy spring '11 2010-09-17T23:01:00Z “Breaking Fun” flirts with a disco beat and twists it into something far more sinister, Adele’s wordless harmonies like distant laughter that feeds the disgust of Paterson’s narrator. Album review: Sons and Daughters, 'Mirror Mirror' 2011-07-11T04:18:00Z The first two Cut Copy albums were trustworthy pieces of solid dance music, heavily informed by '80s new wave and electronic disco. Cut Copy breaks out of dance mold Tuesday at Showbox SoDo 2011-04-07T19:31:08Z Thousands of fans amped up on disco hatred stormed the field, the riot police were called in, and the second game was canceled. ArtsBeat: The Small and Pleasurable World at the Track 2013-05-03T14:00:48Z Chic’s association with disco became detrimental in the wake of the “Disco Sucks!” movement of 1979. Dance into the fire: A close look at Duran Duran’s low-key red-hot tour of the summer 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Mom didn’t practice monogamy in the disco era. Review: In ‘Father Figures,’ Ed Helms and Owen Wilson on a Hunt for Dad 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Donna Summer, an icon of the disco ‘70s and early ‘80s, died Thursday at age 63, according to the Associated Press and other sources. Donna Summer dead at 63 2012-05-17T15:58:00Z “We weren’t a disco band,” he said, without rancor. Nile Rodgers?s New Music Memoir Is ?Le Freak? 2011-10-19T23:27:51Z But even as Chic’s records were being sampled on the burgeoning hip-hop scene, the backlash against disco turned “Good Times” into a last hurrah for the group. Nile Rodgers — defender of disco 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Haring was an artist inspired by the street — by graffiti, by rap, a particular disco. Ingrid Sischy’s Genius: Portraits of Contemporary Culture 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Keep going: roller skaters gyrating gracefully or wildly to disco music. Robert Caro Relaxes by Listening to People Drum in Central Park 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z They call their yearly makeovers “Acts”; each one is ushered in with an over-the-top “disco” that matches the theme of the latest collection and is held in their studio showroom. This Design Studio Knows How to Party 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The original Green Lantern has no cosmic connection: Alan Scott was a 1940s crimefighter armed only with a disco collar and a supernatural magic ring. After Chris Pratt’s galactic triumph, which other sitcom stars should become heroes? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Inline skates introduced a better product, but in exchange for efficiency we traded the last vestige of the fabulousness of the disco era. Jackson Heights, Roller Skates 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Soon after, some local producers attempted to replicate the suave and heavily orchestrated sounds of disco with drum machines and synthesizers. Honey Dijon Steps Up From Dance Music’s Underground 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Fans of disco balls also suspect that a resurgence of 1970s pop culture, fashion and music has led to this moment. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s now considered one of the foundational albums of New Jack Swing, a genre marked by a synthesis of rhythm and blues, hip-hop, funk, disco, and pop. Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation 1814” Wanted Us to Dance Away Our Differences 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Performances in the international lineup include “Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker,” a dance and music spectacle featuring confetti and disco lights; and “Depart,” the cemetery-set piece, which brings together electronic musicians, chorus singers and circus performers. Iggy Pop in England and Rauschenberg in China: Global Arts Guide 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Burton could have hosted flawlessly while juggling disco balls and directing a trio of dancing poodles. "Jeopardy!" is likely naming this man you never heard of as host – apparently the job was always his 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z It was disco, I realized as I got closer. Jackson Heights, Roller Skates 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Every Monday night, she entertains about 1,000 people at the Hula Kula club, smashing stereotypes and empowering seniors as she plays everything from disco and rock to samba and ballads. Jiving eighty-year-old DJ parties in Poland 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Like punk puncturing disco, the exhibit energized what was still an insular American architectural community by offering an alternative to the Reagan-era pop neoclassicism of Postmodernism. Zaha Hadid Was Just Getting Started 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z “When he has a big idea,” Mr. Falchuk said, “his brain tends to activate in a way that’s like a disco floor.” ?American Horror Story? to Begin on FX 2011-10-02T17:00:33Z But it’s hard to sustain a disco groove when the music keeps speeding up and slowing down, making the Bee Gees sound as drunk as the couple listening to them. Review: Hungarians Bare Their Dark Side in ‘Our Secrets’ 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z By the disco era, Halston was a regular at Studio 54, later designing costumes for the famed choreographer Martha Graham. Ewan McGregor won’t soon forget his fashion turn as Halston 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Who won Saturday night's big disco playoff: Earth, Wind and Fire, Chic or closers Kool and the Gang? Camp Bestival: how was it for you? 2012-07-30T12:22:20Z Unlike clubs, these disco gatherings often feature diaper-changing stations, and unlike playgrounds, they usually have snacks and bars open for adults. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 23-29 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z While enrolled at Alton Convent School in Hampshire, England, she sang in the choir, and in her early teens, she listened to disco and dressed like a punk, a look she said was “really unfashionable.” Alison Goldfrapp Dials Up Her Own Disco Fantasy 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z "Fjord" highlights include flirtations with dub reggae — letting rhythms shudder and reverberate on "Half Pint/Real Shallow" — and disco, with the gothic dragon-roar of "Seething Mass." Review roundup: five local, late-summer albums of note 2011-08-19T19:01:15Z A relentless hard disco loop with an incessant, maddening vocal refrain: “I’ve got to find the answer to the question.” The question we came to dread: ‘Are you going for a second child?’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Of course there’s some disco in the show and moments that point towards certain stylings of the era. Tales of Maupin, This Time With Music 2011-05-06T21:00:46Z For Goldman, the answer was disco, the dance club as Dionysian mother ship, but a year later disco died of derision and white male hetero backlash. Reality Stars Are Just Like Us 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Though hustle faded in popularity along with disco, a small group of devotees have kept it alive. A Walk in Their Heels: Meet the Hustle Evangelist 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Mr. King never duplicated his early success, but he had a few minor R&B hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including popular disco tune in 1975, “Supernatural Thing, Part I.” Ben E. King, soul singer of ‘Stand by Me,’ dies at 76 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z First there was the brief, brilliant reformation of sleaze-pop giants Suede, and now this, the one-off revival of glam trash disco Stay Beautiful. Clubs picks of the week 2010-04-16T23:09:00Z The disco legend Nile Rodgers, talks about Chic's first ever festival and what it's like playing Manchester Warehouse Project, in this Q&A. They've just played Parklife Weekender in Manchester and RockNess in Scotland. Lovebox 2012: festival preview 2012-06-12T10:49:25Z Unlike clubs, these disco gatherings often feature diaper-changing stations, and unlike playgrounds, they usually have snacks and open bars for adults. Spare Times for Children for March 27-April 2 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z That prompt in the late ’60s was what Kool & the Gang — a jazz group with a crack horn section that evolved into funk, then transitioned to disco — needed to get moving. Kool & the Gang Get the Dance Floor Moving. Have They Gotten Their Due? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z But one of the company’s most beloved accessories is its Disco Gnome, which combines a folklore image with glamorous disco ball-inspired materials. Small-space living: No room for a Christmas tree? Embrace the unexpected. 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z But it's Bollywood meets disco – how could it be otherwise? Readers recommend: songs about dance styles ? results 2011-07-28T15:08:29Z Dansbands, whose popularity peaked in the 1970s and 1980s, would roam the country and play mainly pop, rock, disco and the cheesy easy-listening known as schlager with one goal in mind: Get people to dance. A Bus Journey to a Time Before Abba 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z I did not perform rhythmic epilepsy at an all-night silent disco. Festivals are no place for children 2010-08-27T10:33:00Z About 100 nightclubbers of all stripes, many of them regular patrons of the East London disco where the test was to be shot, were invited, and presumably instructed to act naturally. Review: Dim All the Lights, Again: ‘Will You Dance With Me?’ 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the music is not the classic disco of Moroder's I Feel Love. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z The bar’s manager Andrew Walters said the disco is indeed an attraction. Silent Discos Let You Dance to Your Own Beat 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z If the silent disco craze has subsided in the past few years, here comes an exciting, if potentially dangerous upgrade. T in the Park: what to look out for this weekend 2013-07-11T15:21:00Z He also tried to persuade Lacretta Nicole, who plays a former disco diva carrying a dog in her handbag, to include a howl at the end of her big first-act number, “Knock on Wood.” Seth Rudetsky, Broadway’s Go-To Guy, Flirts With ‘Disaster!’ 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Many step out of their limos sparkling like disco balls in formal grown encrusted in beads and sequins. Here for the right reasons: Why "The Golden Bachelor" is already our favorite edition 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Despite their disco roots, they resisted pressure from their label to turn this slow song into a dance number. Music Match: If You Like A Taste of Honey, Try Little Dragon 2013-01-29T23:35:21Z Farrell was famous for dancing and lip synching for the disco band that rose to prominence in Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union with songs like "Ma Baker," "Rivers of Babylon" and "Rasputin." Boney M frontman Farrell dies in Russia: agent 2010-12-30T12:51:31Z There are touches of piano balladry, disco and other genres, but over all the record is more concerned with conveying a mood than with the head-spinning theatricality of Fiery Furnaces efforts. ArtsBeat: Popcast: Beyonc? Grows Up, Half of Fiery Furnaces Gets Nostalgic 2011-07-01T18:00:51Z At gunpoint, most people could probably name a maximum of three S Club 7 songs, and even then only because they'd just been to some sort of hideous, ironic student disco night. Why an S Club 7 reunion show needs to happen 2013-05-30T14:26:24Z As far as I was concerned, disco was part of R&B, which I'd always liked. How we made: Heart of Glass 2013-04-29T15:27:00Z “One of the things that I think is cool about disco was that disco is American urban music and in a lot of ways New York music,” Mr. Russom said. Pop: Disco Revival in New York With Crystal Ark and Escort 2012-11-18T02:23:03Z Parson said the context of disco — “an ecstatic dance form that tips quickly into despair” — is intentionally ambiguous. Everybody Dance Now! ‘Here Lies Love’ Dictates Your Moves. 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z As he did last year with Dua Lipa in “Cold Heart,” he has reclaimed hooks from his old songs over a plush disco track, then enlisted a headlining duet partner. Britney Spears and Elton John’s Mash-up, and 8 More New Songs 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Downstairs, there's a disco pounding away, while up on the Mainstage, new acts appear every five or 10 minutes. SuttonBeresCuller at OtB: fun scene, mixed bag 2011-09-16T17:29:03Z When the sun goes down, especially on weekends, discos blare reggaeton and salsa, and shops stay open well into the evening. Three Sides of Ecuador 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z Martin Gimenez, lead sound designer, was inspired by the audio tours by docents in museums and the "silent discos" where people gather and listen to music by headphones. What's that whisper? Wireless headphone opera in busy train station 2013-11-18T17:33:45Z Mr. Davis entered into a promotion and distribution deal with Philadelphia International, which moved the company into R&B and disco, with great success. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z But his luck ran out with 1980's "Can't Stop the Music," in which he tried to package the Village People for mainstream consumption just at the moment disco died. Looking back at Oscar's biggest goof 2010-03-02T07:42:00Z Within two months of the riot, the US top 10 had been cleansed of disco. Various: Disco Discharge: Pink Pounders, Digging Deeper, European Connection, Disco Boogie 2010-06-17T14:30:00Z A DJ in a baseball cap plays dancehall classics while disco lights rotate around the room. Squat party: how the gym became the new nightclub 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Inside, it was quiet except for some old-time disco music. Vienna is cited as the world’s most livable city. Most exciting? Not so much. 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The store captured the hedonistic zeitgeist of the disco era like no other—walking through its doors felt like entering the coolest nightclub in town. Retail Legend Elio Fiorucci Dies at the Age of 80 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z I was lucky because when disco died, I was already doing movies. Giorgio Moroder, the father of disco, finds the limelight again 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Hercules & Love Affair should be the perfect Big Chill band, their savvy take on classic New York house and disco enhanced by a stocky, gay frontman in a tie-dye smock and a leapord-print turban. The Big Chill: day one 2011-08-06T11:29:53Z Today, she is straight out of the last days of disco: her high-waisted, flared jeans are tighter than tight; her vertiginous velvet platforms are encrusted with coloured crystals. Saoirse Ronan: ‘I’ve played a lot of weird people. I have!’ 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z In 1980s New York club culture, it was nearly impossible for female D.J.s to make a name for themselves outside of the gay disco realm. Reflecting on Anita Sarko, Influential D.J. of the New York Club Scene 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z We knew that “I Feel Love” would have to be on the wedding disco playlist. From Donna Summer to Derek Jarman: gay stars reveal the artworks that changed their lives 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Depression-era swing and 1970s disco responded to listeners’ yearning for a danceable beat and an uncomplicated, upbeat message to propel them through hard times. Music: Want a Hit? Keep It Simple 2010-12-31T19:49:03Z There were whispers among audience members that the hall, called the Sonic Sphere, resembled a spaceship, Epcot, a disco ball or the Death Star. Enter the 50-Ton Concert Hall That Hangs Like a Disco Ball 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z This idea might not work in a home with pets, but if you don't have any creatures with claws running around, go wild with balloons and disco balls all over! 10 DIY decorations for your New Year's Eve party 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z A disco ball glittered overhead — and in walked the most powerful woman in Congress. Why Nancy Pelosi was hanging out at a D.C. gay bar watching ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Other cuts nod to disco, reggae and heavy metal even as they showcase the old-fashioned guitar-god skills that link White indelibly to AC/DC's Angus Young. Jack White bridges the genres at Coachella 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The song used for the sequence is the disco banger "You Should be Dancing." How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Under the spinning disco ball, Maldonado gives Swain last-minute pointers on how he needs to swivel his arms around his head while his hips are banging like a clapper in a bell. On ‘Pose,’ dancing isn’t just about self-expression. It’s a survival skill for trans women. 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Well before MTV, she recognized “Saturday Night Fever” as a new sort of musical, writing that the “sustained disco beat keeps the audience in an empathetic rhythm with the characters.” ‘Saturday Night Fever’ at 40: You Should Still Be Dancing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z They haven’t made a disco video yet, but the sisters keep dancing. Moving the Haim Way: ‘We Love Feeling in Our Bodies’ 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z I wanted him to come to pick me up from discos, so my mother didn’t have to go out alone in her pyjamas at night to get me. Aisling Bea: ‘My father’s death has given me a love of men, of their vulnerability and tenderness’ 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Following the release of "Saturday Night Fever," disco was rock. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z For a solution, they looked to the Out of Doors festival’s previous silent disco events, in which participants dance in relative quiet while listening to D. J.s on personal headphones. ‘Rocky Horror’ at Lincoln Center, With Headphones 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z As a synthesizer blared and lights pulsed, the singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad twirled her arms skyward, unveiling a huge cape decorated with gold and fire red feathers, while she sang the slow-burn disco of “The Visitors.” Abba Returns to the Stage in London. Sort Of. 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z President Obama has joined a host of showbusiness luminaries in paying tribute to Donna Summer, following the disco star's death at the age of 63. Obama leads Donna Summer tributes 2012-05-18T08:59:34Z There were sweeping Victorian ruffles and bourgeois tweed lunching suits; granny glasses and piles of Elizabethan curls; ruffles and crosses and disco zebra stripes and sequins and floral sweatshirts. Gucci Has a Rave in a Cemetery 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z At times the crowded lawn turned into one giant middle-aged disco mosh pit. Review: Legendary Earth, Wind & Fire came to party, and fans obliged 2010-08-28T21:18:00Z Travolta rehearsed for months to perfect his dance moves, and his white-suited disco dancer became one of the enduring images of the 1970s disco scene. You could be dancing ... on 'Saturday Night Fever' disco floor 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z While Mr. Cornelius had somewhat reluctantly but warmly embraced disco on his show, he had more misgivings about the advent of hip-hop and rap, which he thought were degrading. Don Cornelius, Host of ?Soul Train,? and His Muted Legacy 2012-03-09T23:44:45Z Between games of a Chicago White Sox doubleheader at Comiskey Park, Dahl exploded a pile of disco records, which set off a hugely destructive crowd rampage. How the Bee Gees Stayed Alive 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z In casual-dress workplaces, I have seen more male chest hair than at a disco full of yetis. @Work Advice: The case of the offensive cleavage 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Then you start dancing again: the power of disco indeed. Lovebox – review 2012-06-18T12:57:51Z Even Chic guitarist and disco icon Nile Rodgers, who later topped off “The Other Boys” with a lively guitar solo and appears in the new video, was a little overwhelmed by the collaboration. Watch NERVO, Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers' New Video 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z At the time, Meisler was mostly shooting in the clubs and discos of New York. Backstage at the Ringling Brothers Circus, 1977 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z I Was Born This Way was released at the peak of disco – the musical form most associated with gay visibility. Lady Gaga's new gay anthem 2011-02-14T06:01:00Z It quickly turns into a danceable, slick club tune as the video drifts on, one long and hypnotizing tracking shot through an endless labyrinth of grimy discos. Zayn's 'Cruel' Video Is a Trip Down the Nightclub Rabbithole 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z But this landmark disco record isn’t about getting language across. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Ska, samba, chanson, mambo, disco and even an occasional waltz are all in the hands of a rhythm section that mixes electronics and live playing. Where to Catch Music and Comedy on New Year’s Eve 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z "You're probably too young to have been there for disco, but I can tell you: When a scene starts to become a caricature of itself, people have no choice but to discard it." John Lyons readies Avalon Hollywood for whatever's next in dance music 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Back then, music was developing at a fast pace – disco towards rap and hip-hop; funk and reggae towards world music; punk into post-punk. My favourite album: Closer by Joy Division 2011-08-18T10:29:33Z With the decline of punk and disco in 1981, British and American new-wave artists filled the gap with songs driven by synthesizers and programmed dance beats. The Story Behind Joe Jackson’s ‘Steppin’ Out’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z I remember that I didn’t want roller disco to end. Perspective | Olivia Newton-John, the pop angel who guided us to the forbidden zone 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Miss Behave, who hosts an evening billed as a “game show, variety show, and disco” will perform; as well as the Circus Firemen, whose acrobatics act includes fire juggling. What's on This Week Around the World 1456-12-25T05:00:00Z These packages are adorned with mini disco balls to mimic the topper and tied with the same ribbons that cascade down the tree. 86 Fresh Christmas Ideas 2010-11-19T19:59:00Z What records would you play at their wedding disco? Clare Maguire, Katy B and the Pierces: pop's new queens in waiting 2010-12-23T22:15:02Z It involves a father and son who run disco tours. Fall Movie Release Schedule 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Like the times that spawned “Fortress,” the music of the ’70s and early ’80s — funk, punk, disco, minimalism — felt to many at the time odd, transitional, questing. ‘The Fortress of Solitude’ Arrives as a Musical 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z At one point, the 41-year-old artist traded dance moves with a pair of giant robot arms; at another, an image of a silvery alien dancer in heels hovered over a disco ball. Beyoncé Returns to the Stage With a ‘Renaissance’ Spectacle 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z A disco ball bespittles the circular screen with a thousand points of light, while the click-and-clack of the slide projectors provides a beat. A Countercultural Dreamland From Tokyo Flickers at MoMA 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z His fifth full-length release - self-produced in his home studio - is an 11-track homage to the funkadelic days of 1970s and 1980s disco pop. Review: Jamie Lidell revs up the funk on new album 2013-02-19T19:31:12Z The neighborhood is about three city blocks, Ling says, and it’s decorated with pride flags, rainbow spirals, disco balls, and “a bronze statue of a dapper man with a flowing coat and a walking cane.” “Uncover: The Village”: A Serial Killer, Toronto’s Gay Community, and a Podcast That Transcends True Crime 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Last weekend, producer Giorgio Moroder discussed his work with Donna Summer and contrasted the backlash against disco with the charts in 2012: "It's really funny because dance music now is pop music." Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z Though Ware says she was inspired by Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” when recording the Dev Hynes disco jam “Want Your Feeling,” making dance songs was never the plan. Jessie Ware's New Album is Bolder Than Ever 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Get on the bandwagon with Baz Luhrmann’s genesis story of hip-hop, when some teenagers brought something to the disco era while fighting gang culture. What’s on TV Wednesday: Archie Panjabi on ‘Blindspot’ and ‘South Park’ Hits 20 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Referred to as "Disco Demolition Night," 50,000 people showed up to a baseball park in Chicago to watch a crate of disco records be blown up. Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for "Renaissance" 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Tighter clans – say, self-policing punks marshalling the moshpit – know how to behave around one another, but clubbers often have to share their space with part-timers in need of a lesson in disco etiquette. The new rules of the dancefloor 2012-11-09T14:00:00Z She jokingly attributed the fracture to “tricky disco dance moves.” Roger Ebert Hospitalized with Fractured Hip 2012-12-06T13:53:59Z “Same Place” is a cheerful time capsule that begins with “The Hustle,” the 1975 dance hit of the moment, attached to a disco version of “Where or When.” Music Review: Donna McKechnie in ‘Same Place: Another Time,’ at 54 Below 2013-01-03T21:17:02Z Sometimes he celebrates Ms. Goulding, turning her into a disco diva, and other times he steps all over her, cutting her vocals into pieces and looping them, robbing her of her authority. Music Review: Sweet, Ecstatic, Petulant and in Control 2010-10-04T21:07:00Z Near the end, she ascended in an orb of rotating silver rings, like a disco angel. 2010-01-21T09:05:00Z A theatre company by trade, the nabokov collective are tonight rounding up the troops for a cross-platform party where drama meets disco head on. Clubs picks of the week 2010-03-20T00:08:00Z She’s reluctant to name disco as an obvious influence, instead insistently aligning herself with punk. Review | In her memoir, Debbie Harry gives an unvarnished look at her life in the punk scene 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The previous tenant was a cocktail den called The Chapel, which Roberts categorizes as "the closest thing to a German disco this side of the Rhine." LCD screens announce the multitude of brews at The Pine Box on Capitol Hill 2012-06-12T21:25:04Z If anything, an obsession with "realness" exists in disco circles that is as fierce as anything in rock: an insistence on remaining true to the original sound by the proponents of disco past and present. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z Entering their final month, the last offering of disco, house and techno is on 27 December with Steve Bug and Âme. This week's new clubs 2010-12-04T00:07:00Z There’s another spoken word outro here, too, and it’s equally as inexplicable and uncomfortable; at one point, a minor key disco guitar is introduced just by Timberlake saying “guitar.” Justin Timberlake Overreaches on His 20/20 Follow-Up 2013-10-02T09:45:12Z The song’s original mix, by the disco producer Walter Gibbons, lacked Strafe’s low-end contribution because, according to Strafe, the born-again Gibbons felt “that bass was an instrument of the Devil.” The 808 Heard Round the World 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z But in 2020, disco isn’t an outlier — it’s been saturating nearly every corner of the pop universe. Róisín Murphy, a Disco Queen Ruling Her Own Galaxy 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z There, people are free to express themselves however they see fit while tearing up the dance floor under disco lights as D.J.s spin underground electro with ballroom influences. Cape Town’s New Masculinity 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z But the great thing about disco is, whether in organic or synthetic form, you know as soon as you listen whether or not it's disco. Goldroom No (1,512) 2013-05-14T17:27:47Z There will also be three silent discos, during which dancers will move to music through individual wireless headphones. Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center to Kick Off June 23 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Peep the video below for Flexions' "Seething Mass," and listen above to "Her War" — disco and punk, two of the band's many chambers. Seattle's Cairo Records launches with "Golden Fjord" by Flexions 2011-06-15T16:43:07Z The thumping impact of "crash, clash, bing, bang" has become too familiar: many of us grew up dancing to something not unlike the Rite in our village discos. Stravinsky and the modernism that still stirs 2013-01-03T07:30:01Z But her apartment already housed a coronavirus disco ball she made earlier in the year. A birthday during a pandemic is a bummer. But two birthdays? Ugh. 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z It’s worth noting that I grew up unnaturally terrified of bees, and throughout my childhood even the most harmless flyby from a honeybee would send me in to a wind-milling disco move. An adrenaline-starved adventure traveler looks back at five close calls 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The cinema, a Chinese meal or a disco. My life in sex: ‘I fantasise about Davy Jones, David Cassidy and David Essex’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z After their set, he encouraged Ward to move to New York, where he later played with the successful funk/disco band B.T. How John Coltrane’s Seattle recording of ‘A Love Supreme’ was found, thanks to 2 local saxophonists 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z A thumping disco beat kicks in on "I Will Survive," and then — this was Franklin's idea — it segues into Destiny's Child's "I'm a Survivor." Aretha Franklin shows how to sing the 'Great Diva Classics' 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z In her early life she’d modeled, streaked famously across Mumbai’s beaches and founded that city’s first disco. Inside one of the few places where dancers still perform, founded by a glamorous disco impresario 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Since then, Belgian producers have taken disco to new levels of lushness. Belgian music now: from Antwerp to Waterloo 2012-07-03T11:45:19Z During this period, Summer released an audacious remake of Jimmy Webb’s baroque pop epic “MacArthur Park,” and the valedictory “Last Dance,” in many ways the capstone of the disco era. Donna Summer dead at 63; more than just a disco diva 2012-05-17T19:44:00Z The giant disco ball that hung over the main plaza last year, also designed by Ramos, will be back too. Lincoln Center Revives Summer for the City, Hoping to Draw New Fans 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z He seemed to like everything, from syrupy pop to hard rock to country to disco. As radio and pop culture splintered, Casey Kasem was keeping it together As at a disco, those standing can dance as they like. Everybody Dance Now! ‘Here Lies Love’ Dictates Your Moves. 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Ah, sweet memories of indie discos and uncoordinated flailing. Readers recommend: songs about dance styles ? results 2011-07-28T15:08:29Z "Cootie", "disco" and "FAQ" are also in the mix, so if you've any ideas then do get involved. Can you make a defining contribution to the Oxford dictionary? 2012-10-08T12:08:14Z There’s more of that here, most strikingly on “The Neighborhood,” which borrows a strobing piano part, a disco beat and eventually an electric bass line from the LCD Soundsystem song “All My Friends.” New Music: Iggy and the Stooges, Darcy James Argue, Kenny Chesney 2013-04-29T21:31:45Z There are artificial trees, made of steel rods, blossoming with pink or orange lights and the plastic roof of Khan Shatyr now joins the display, lit from within with a spectrum of disco colours. Astana, Kazakhstan: the space station in the steppes 2010-08-08T00:59:00Z It was really, really elaborate - like a disco tin man. Arcade Fire: Dressing up and falling over 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z It was disco fries every time, the diner’s “famous French fries smothered with brown gravy and shredded Cheddar cheese.” Oven Fries by Way of Bahrain, New York and London 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Or foreseen that he would spike the punch to near-lethal levels, then want to bust some disco moves. ‘Bill’s 44th’ Review: Where Are All the Party People? 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Many perceive the disco nature of “Random Access Memories” as a pointed move away from electronic dance music. | Daft Punk’s Secret Weapon: Producer Todd Edwards 2013-05-14T22:04:30Z We can't even agree to hate the same thing anymore, as we did with disco in the 1970s. Why I miss the monoculture 2011-09-29T00:01:00Z Nights On Broadway from 1977 is rendered so faithfully it's a wonder the audience don't actually start disco dancing, but otherwise she still seems to be forever reworking and reappraising. Candi Staton ? review 2011-07-11T15:37:17Z By night, Leeds Arena becomes an 80s disco extravaganza, with slanting lines of light running along its facade. Leeds Arena: giant mint helmet or technicolour dreamboat? 2013-04-25T11:23:00Z By midnight, as a fog machine clouded the air and disco thumped, the club was packed with a raffish crowd that included a sprinkling of stars like Chloë Sevigny and MC Spank Rock. Scene City: A Feverish Warm-Up to the Art Fair 2011-03-02T19:07:38Z Then, the furniture gets cleared, the dancing starts, and the D.J.-spun music — soul, disco and house — explodes. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Lyon, France 2012-04-12T15:55:32Z Period pastimes include Punch and Judy puppet shows, arcade games, lawn croquet and a roller disco. Friday’s Travel News and Tips 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The three shot the breeze for about five minutes, then did a dancing game during which Mr. Elgort clearly outshined his two hosts in the areas of hip-hop, disco and swing. Is There Anything Ansel Elgort Can’t Do? 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Sounds like a school disco and a half. White Lies: Ritual ? review 2011-01-13T23:20:00Z According to Rodgers, what enraptures listeners – and you can hear it, he says, on the Daft Punk album – is disco's "complex simplicity". Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z At the time, disco was mostly relegated to the African-American and gay communities. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Pouring a glass of water, Gunter argues that the wellness industry and the anti-abortion industry are, if not exactly dancing together, certainly at the same disco. Jennifer Gunter: ‘Women are being told lies about their bodies’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z There was dead air, officials consulted, and, despite the disco, nobody danced, or even swayed. The R.N.C. on TV: Another Unbelievable Evening 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Once dubbed by Newsweek “the Ziegfeld of the disco age,” Mr. Stigwood made a fortune by managing and promoting musicians before turning to theater and film. Robert Stigwood, impresario behind Bee Gees and other star acts, dies at 81 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Let's just say this has a scene in which Dracula and Susan St. James hit the disco floor to "I Love the Night Life" and leave it at that. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'Breaking Dawn' 2011-11-17T13:54:18Z They go to the mosque on Friday, at least sometimes, but they also go to discos, and there's no talk about God or the Quran. "When We Leave": A Muslim wife breaks away 2011-01-27T01:30:00Z Ciani, often photographed tangled up around various wires and switches, worked on projects such as the Xenon classic pinball machine, Skittles adverts and Meco's disco version of the Star Wars theme. Tim Jonze On Shuffle … Experimental music 2012-06-29T23:05:00Z It’s bulbous, throbbing disco, ecstatic and free, recalling the band’s 1980s peak, in sound if not in sentiment. Review: Duran Duran, Yet Again, With ‘Paper Gods’ 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s when Bob Dylan found Jesus and started making ecumenical disco. ‘The essence of life is kind of a nostalgia anticipation sandwich’: Philosophy 101 with Julian Casablancas 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Butler’s style of skating, jammin’ — which is built around rhythmic dips, spins, crisscrosses and turns — is now seen by fellow skaters as the beginnings of roller disco. Meet Bill Butler, the Godfather of Roller Disco 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Relying heavily on a groovy rhythm section with drums and bass, the rediscovered synths and Polly's vocals add up to something between disco and New Wave, and has been met with critical acclaim. February's best music from across the MAP 2013-02-15T09:17:22Z But they soon split, and the vocally dazzling Jean became a Philly R&B star, disco diva, and eventually revered sample-source for hip-hop artists. Doug Carn/Jean Carne – review 2012-06-24T17:30:01Z The New York couple of “Step” ignores NYU art school punks while drinking champagne and admitting in embarrassment to the actual origination point of some disco tapes. Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City Lives Up to Title 2013-05-14T09:45:57Z She sold about 5,000 disco balls within a year, Ms. Rasmussen said, and business is still booming. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Songs like "Rock The Boat" or "Boogie Shoes" had enough pop qualities that both the mainstream music press and Top 40 radio didn't feel compelled to use the word "disco." How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z If developing a Studio 54 musical — which includes disco anthems like “Y.M.C.A.” and “Stayin’ Alive” — on a Florida campus seems strange, even more surprising is that the scene has seldom been dramatized. Tommy Tune Recalls Studio 54 Glory Days in New Show 2011-11-15T23:13:43Z “What I think is so special about disco balls is they kind of have this aliveness to them that you can’t really recreate in any other way,” they said. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Recent releases by Beyoncé, Lizzo, and even the up-and-coming new act Say She She have incorporated aspects of disco music into their songs. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Both their plan to open a roller disco overnight and their forbidden love are threatened by Clio’s wicked sisters and further complications, which send them all up to Mount Olympus for a showdown with Zeus. | New Jersey: Greek Gods Under Disco Lights 2011-07-17T03:00:27Z More importantly, opportunistic bandwagon-jumpers or not, the Bee Gees had an innate understanding of disco's complex emotional dynamic, the undertow of melancholy lurking beneath the dancefloor euphoria: their songwriting had always tended to the lachrymose. My favourite album: the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack 2011-08-02T18:03:22Z “Let me in!” he sings repeatedly in the chorus of “Attitude,” which begins with foot-stomps and handclaps and a percolating disco bass line. Playlist: New Music From Mark McGuire and Twin Sister 2011-09-24T22:15:07Z At the time, disco didn’t describe a specific sound or a unified scene. The First Days of Disco 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z This is a beaming, technicoloured affair, keen to parade its influences – from disco to slow jams – but never at the expense of a joyous melody. The best albums of 2012 (so far) 2012-06-14T19:00:06Z Disco heroes Chic and Nile Rodgers, dressed like a disco demi-god in white suit and beret, appeared on Friday night. Beat-Herder Festival diary: Nile Rodgers rocks the Ribble valley 2013-07-17T12:24:23Z The self-described “female alpha’s” chutzpah and disco exuberance was rewarded with a glowing reception that solidified her stardom in unusual times. Justin Bieber, pending COVID recovery, leads wave of pop stars coming to Seattle 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z It's become something of a cliché: the indie band who want to achieve the polished perfection of Michael's disco apotheosis. Kinema (No 749) 2010-03-18T17:56:00Z Referencing disco, funk, house, techno, bounce and more, the generally upbeat songs draw from a wide array of writers and producers, with some tracks crediting more than dozen people. Beyoncé’ Unveils ‘Renaissance,’ the First of Three New Projects 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z When roller disco came in, Ms. White could be found skating nightly at Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace, where one evening her cigarette accidentally burned a foreign-born princess in a Ted Lapidus suit. Carrie White: Remembrances of a Hollywood Hairdresser 2011-09-23T22:14:43Z Like, sure, I didn't go to high school here, but did you know Louisville used to make like 90 percent of the disco balls in the United States? Was the cheeseburger actually invented in Louisville, Kentucky? 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z "Let’s see if Craig can hot tub time machine the room back to the disco period," Rodgers told guests. Oscars 2015: Heidi Klum turns heads at Elton John's Oscars Viewing Party 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Improbably enough in this era of international superstar D.J.’s Mr. Russom’s vision may have found its moment in New York, where disco also had its initial splash. Pop: Disco Revival in New York With Crystal Ark and Escort 2012-11-18T02:23:03Z Pop music has always been susceptible to fads but disco's imperial phase is the closest it has ever got to the irrational exuberance of a stock-market bubble. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z But a triumphant run through 1976 disco classic Young Hearts Run Free somehow sums up her indefatigable longevity – it's been reworked to declare "Young hearts … like Candi." Candi Staton ? review 2011-07-11T15:37:17Z Also on Saturday from 10 to 11:30 p.m. will be a “silent disco” with recorded disco music delivered to dancers via headphones provided by Silent Frisco. Spare Times for July 6-12 2012-07-05T21:22:12Z Out they waddle for a bit of disco penguin action. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Mini disco balls are tiny reminders of the topper. 86 Fresh Christmas Ideas 2010-11-19T19:59:00Z “This is not an orchestral show — it’s a show with disco music,” Mr. McQuinn said. Broadway Union Takes on ?Priscilla? Over Music 2011-05-15T22:00:31Z Cara's voice is the film's connective thread, as resonant in the emotional piano ballad "Out Here On my Own" as in the rousing title track with its disco beats. Irene Cara was the voice of ambition – both its power and limits 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Lauper's catchy, pop-rock 15-song soundtrack ranges from the ballad "I'm Not My Father's Son" to the pulsating "The Sex Is in the Heel" and the disco "Raise You Up/Just Be." 'Kinky Boots' wins Tony Award for best musical 2013-06-10T03:05:09Z The fact that disco music connects with her life, how she sees herself, that’s significant. Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z But we had nothing to do with those things and still loved disco. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z By day, the two, clad in Pepto-Bismol-pink tops and shorts, conduct walking tours of landmarks of dubious Los Angeles disco history for gullible tourists. Review: ‘The Greasy Strangler’ Pairs Father and Son in Tours and Gore 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Whilst the song itself is an insanely catchy slice of disco house, it's the video that throws up the most WTF moments. New music: Duck Sauce ? Barbra Streisand 2010-09-29T13:32:00Z The song, which used the break from Chic’s disco smash “Good Times” as a foundation, became a radio staple soon after its release in 1979, reaching No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. Big Bank Hank, an Early Star of Rap, Dies at 58 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z As a producer Avicii isn’t the pummeler that many of his peers are; he’s concerned with vocal melodies, striking piano arrangements and disco dynamics. Pop Music Choices for New Year?s Eve 2011-12-29T23:59:04Z The open-minded disco crowd proved hospitable to artists living within the gaps that existed between traditional styles and genres. The First Days of Disco 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Ferry Corsten that transforms the Adagio into an upbeat disco track, incorporating arpeggios that speed the tempo. An Adagio for Strings, and for the Ages 2010-03-05T19:18:00Z His second gallery, on West 15th Street, included Passerby, a small fully functioning bar with a disco floor by Mr. Uklanski. Galleries Shift Shape to Survive in a Changing Art World 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z This is not a picture about which extravagant claims ought to be made; it really is, in the end, an hour and change in a London disco in 1984. Review: Dim All the Lights, Again: ‘Will You Dance With Me?’ 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z At this point she abruptly stops giving a hoot and, whipping off her gloves, letting down her hair, she conjures up an ice fortress, a snow demon, plus a cool new frosty disco dress. ‘I must have watched it 50 times’: a Frozen dad prepares for the sequel 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z There’s a relaxed Las Vegas disco party, where Rick has trouble relaxing. Terrence Malick’s “Knight of Cups” Challenges Hollywood to Do Better 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Yet it was with her disco anthems that she would have the most impact in music, and it's how she was remembered Thursday as news spread of her death at age 63. Disco Queen Donna Summer endured after era faded 2012-05-18T10:35:09Z Highlights include tap dancing, a disco song about gravity and a heartfelt lament for Pluto. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Eric Idle’s the Entire Universe’ and Dolly Parton 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Like the Ting Tings - and, to be fair, bazillions of bands before them - If the Kids are squaring the circle between punk and disco. New band of the day ? No 984: If the Kids 2011-03-11T16:07:06Z Some soundtracks transcend their movies, like this disco classic. The rebirth of the compilation album: now that's what I call a surprise! 2013-04-28T18:00:01Z One of the easiest ways to signal your bar’s fun-loving nature is to offer a series of goofy disco drinks rehabilitated with craft cocktail techniques. Disco drinks to pre-mixed Manhattans: what we'll sip in 2018 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z I think he was a bit stunned by my taste for strong cocktails and disco classics in the kitsch bar we went on to. Blind date: ‘He was stunned by my taste for strong cocktails and disco classics’ 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Stigwood asked the band to add some songs to the soundtrack of a movie he was producing about the flourishing disco scene in Brooklyn. Review | In HBO’s magnificent Bee Gees documentary, broken hearts — and icon status — can finally be mended 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z “The America I’d dreamed of through the ’60s seemed like a bad joke,” she wrote in her 1991 memoir, “with Nixon in the White House and the black revolution replaced by disco.” Review: ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’ Documents Nina Simone’s Rise as Singer and Activist 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z “Aphrodite” is part of a pop moment that’s reviving dance beats from 1970s disco on into the 1990s, perhaps calculating that dance music thrived in past economic downturns. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New music from Alejandro Escovedo, 3OH!3, Kylie Minogue 2010-07-04T21:55:00Z It looked and felt like an all-ages version of a 1970s disco. The Last of Manhattan’s Original Video Arcades 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Mostly, however, that success was tied to the Bee Gees disco hits and the related success of the film soundtrack for “Saturday Night Fever” rather than the American roots music Clark was exploring. Birthday salute this weekend for Byrds founding member Gene Clark 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Following their sell-out enhanced presentations of Bugsy Malone and Casablanca, the team behind Secret Cinema are very much on trend here, adding some interactive glitter to the defining disco movie, Saturday Night Fever. This week's new film events 2013-06-15T05:00:18Z Is it just disco nostalgia and a yen for this broad, unfanged brand of camp? This season, Broadway flouts its grit (and some glitz) 2011-06-03T18:24:03Z Citing disco, gospel and rock undercurrents, and the influence of Tame Impala’s psychedelic pop, Maxwell called the music “progressive soul.” Maxwell Is on His Own Timetable 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Though its success was eclipsed by Donna Summer's disco version 10 years later, it is Harris's interpretation that remains the standard. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2010-06-03T22:22:00Z The piano, which should be the heart of the show, gets eclipsed by a disco ball and you no longer feel like you're watching a musical murder mystery. Without a real killer, this 'Murder' a misdemeanor 2011-05-17T21:08:00Z However Eugene Cho, leader of Escort, does concede that EDM, in a strange way, may have paved the way for the growing appreciation of disco we are witnessing today. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z Unlike traditional rock or punk or metal or hip-hop, disco music has had a tumultuous history. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Early discos and punk clubs often coexisted in the same downtown neighborhoods and occupied similar kinds of spaces: lofts, storefronts, basements, and bars. Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and the punk rock myth of “Death to Disco” 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z The soundtrack to our school discos that summer was Fight for Your Right and No Sleep Till Brooklyn. My 10 favourite Beastie Boys tracks 2013-05-04T09:00:00Z Then, a couple years later disco came back feeding into rave culture. When we all smelled like teen spirit 2013-04-21T19:00:00Z It was a giant converted warehouse, with bars encircling the dance floor and the biggest disco ball in Austin. ‘My First Gay Bar’: Rachel Maddow, Andy Cohen and Others Share Their Coming-Out Stories 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The designers cleverly expanded on the armor theme so the more literal interpretations that opened the show moved into swinging metal mesh dresses that were more disco than Dark Ages. Special Report: Fashion: Fluidity and Form 2010-10-01T18:50:00Z Crowds began forming outside Acme at night, and if people got past the door, they descended into a dark grotto where a disco ball presided and tiny cramped bathrooms invited irresponsibility. Millennial Nightlife Swanks Up 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z A founder of Chic and a disco trailblazer, Mr. Rodgers will reunite with a host of old friends and collaborators for a massive, glittery dance party in Queens. Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 7-13 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z What hip-hop needed to stand on its own fully was a sonic jolt, a sound that would give it escape velocity out of disco’s orbit. Larry Smith, Hip-Hop Producer, Dies at 63 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z “But it all happened at the time of the ‘Disco Sucks’ movement, and the rappers soon learned that they shouldn’t say they liked disco. Nile Rodgers — defender of disco 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z But it was a smart precaution considering the stage’s massive lighting setup, which looked like a disco spaceship landed on the Parade Grounds stage during the Mexico alt-rock vets’ after-dark time slot. THING review: How successful was the first year of the intimate festival created by the founder of Sasquatch? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Ana Matronic delves into her disco record collection for a four-part series while stage and screen star Hancock will explore Music with a Message for two programmes. BBC drama Line Of Duty to return 2014-04-08T15:20:56Z Stephen Fasano was once part of Aeroplane, now he makes enchanted disco and house under his new alias The Magician. Belgian music now: from Antwerp to Waterloo 2012-07-03T11:45:19Z The sale will include disco balls, shoes, hats, belt buckles and jewelry of that pioneering period, as well as Polaroids of Herc and friends, and numerous awards. A Rapper’s Delight: Hip-Hop Memorabilia Goes Up for Auction 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The medieval war between Cornwall and Ireland is rendered as a disco dance with a body count. Kneehigh Theater's ‘Tristan & Yseult’ 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Madrid authorities investigating the tragedy are probing whether the venue's maximum capacity of 10,600 people was exceeded on the night of the disco party that starred American DJ Steve Aoki. Spain's Halloween dance stampede claims 5th victim 2012-11-29T15:39:08Z Mighty Mouse, like Aeroplane, Villa and the C90s, are keeping it alive, investing it with contemporary relevance or giving current-day artists some disco lustre. New band of the day ? No 860: Mighty Mouse 2010-09-03T16:18:00Z When the fire marshal reopened the arena before Todd Terje's mesmerizing set of thumpy disco, the cavernous room quickly filled back up. FYF Festival has new venue but old headaches 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z But Hurts claim their sound is actually inspired by an early-90s Italian genre called disco lento, which according to its Wikipedia page, featured "heavily electronic, slow emotional ballads". Hurts: Happiness 2010-09-02T14:29:00Z The venue was abandoned as a legitimate Broadway theater after 51 years and later suffered disrepair, becoming an adult movie house, a disco and later a dance hall. Stephen Sondheim honored with a Broadway theater 2010-09-16T03:46:00Z The disco disc is closer to eight minutes, and its remix is more like 15. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z I used to go to the disco and the cinema. Haiti survivors 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z The 120-passenger ships with black hulls and neon signage will host shipboard activities like silent disco parties and mixology classes. Not Your Typical Cruise Ship 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Jumping from guitar-heavy indie hits to disco funk dance-floor tracks, the boys from Northern England say the varied sound of the album is down to their "lack of identity." Review: The 1975 mix it up on debut album 2013-09-05T13:23:59Z “The Secret Disco Revolution”: A documentary that presents the rise and fall of disco music and culture in the late ’70s as a form of counterculture protest. Cars, food and pride | Weekend Preview 2013-06-26T21:15:52Z In typical South American style, the partying goes late, with dinner at the Hotel Portillo served after 8 p.m., live music nightly at the bar and post-midnight shimmying at the disco. 12 Months of Skiing, From Chile to China 2012-12-07T17:07:45Z At one school disco, the girls took it in turns to come up, ask me where I'd got my dress, then dissolve into giggles. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z “Under the Sheets” coasted on a disco bass line from Mr. Ketley. Music Review: Sweet, Ecstatic, Petulant and in Control 2010-10-04T21:07:00Z A disco ball spins above her head casting tiny lights on tablecloths your nan would dismiss as a being a bit fussy. Beach House and the curse of the big time 2012-05-18T23:01:00Z I mean, this was a person who, at the heights of funk, disco and glam rock, recorded six country-esque albums, throw pillows for your ears. Olivia Newton-John: That Headband Was a Crown 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z In America, we had huge bonfires and threw disco albums in them and ran them over with bulldozers. Giorgio Moroder, the father of disco, finds the limelight again 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Fact is, if you're talking proper big disco – not house, not techno, but disco – hits, in the last 30 years only Kylie Minogue has managed one, with Spinning Around. New band of the day – No 1,285: The KDMs 2012-06-11T15:37:56Z Toni Morrison dancing at a disco party in New York. Toni Morrison Dancing: Photos of the Author at Work and Play 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Whereas disco is this thing that was in New York and very glamorous, funk was perceived to be sort of a gritty, kind of dark, black thing. Funk was the black answer to “Star Wars”: Take the trip with “Tales From the Tour Bus” 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Impishly glossed by video imagery and disco pulsation, "Too Beaucoup" boasts choral unity, but with more quick-changing phrasing and pop chic. Intensity, drive energize Hubbard dance program 2011-03-18T17:19:00Z Today, it is a raucous B.Y.O.B. backyard party, with disco and doo-wop, and tree stumps for seats. Overnighter: On Connecticut’s Quiet Coast 2012-07-19T19:52:28Z In 1977, Stigwood asked the trio for some songs for the soundtrack of a movie he was producing about the disco scene in Brooklyn, Saturday Night Fever. Robin Gibb obituary 2012-05-20T22:54:00Z But the fun part of McCall's work is the sci-fi haze, the sense that light has been made solid and the way spectators get caught up in the mist – like dancers silhouetted at a disco. How the Hayward Gallery's Light Show monkeys with your eyeballs 2013-01-28T18:33:05Z Bomb, globe, Christmas tree ornament, disco ball: Its surface shined to a mirror, this orb can be anything you project onto it. Review: ‘Doctor Atomic’ Brings the Bomb Home to New Mexico 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Breakbot's music seems to equally venerate the polished disco of Quincy Jones and the airbrushed hits of 70s and 80s FM radio, with an extra doff of the cap to classic American TV themes. New band of the day: Breakbot (No 1,516) 2013-05-21T10:55:57Z In the early 1980s, after Bob Dylan had gone electric and folk music had been shunted aside by disco and punk, Mr. Hardy helped found a musical cooperative for like-minded folkies. Jack Hardy, Folk Singer and Keeper of the Tradition, Dies at 63 2011-03-13T04:45:04Z But their combined sound, which incorporated populist elements of disco and singalong bands like Coldplay, went international. The D.J. Maestros Axwell and Ingrosso Aim to Shake the Rafters 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Hearing "Studio 54," it’s hard not to conjure images of glitter, disco, and Grace Jones in face paint. Dallas welcomes a sophisticated shop from designer Emily Summers 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z She works from home and her disco balls usually catch light around 4 p.m., as her work day is ending. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z He'll get some practice at Below 54, a club in the cellar of what was a notorious, coke-fueled disco in the 1970s. Dee Snider promises a very twisted nightclub act 2012-12-19T10:59:08Z It features disco, Western choral music and Native American field recordings from the Dust Bowl era. Nina Simone and Ritchie Valens Songs Added to National Recording Registry 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Gloria Gaynor’s disco classic is one of 25 new additions to the library’s National Recording Registry, which aims to preserve sound recordings that have great cultural and historic importance to the United States. Gloria Gaynor, Metallica Songs Added to Library of Congress 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The communal freewheeling conversation barreled through topics from most embarrassing email addresses to disco naps. Imagine Spider-Woman With a Crochet Hook 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Jagger would insist however, that “Miss You” wasn’t simply a disco song: “‘Miss You’ wasn’t disco disco. How the Rolling Stones went disco: Inside the making of “Miss You” 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z There are other disco songs performed by artists like K.C. and the Sunshine band and The Tramps. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z A brass band lends historical gravity to “Red Hill Mining Town,” while “Two Hearts Beat as One” — with lyrics that insist, “Can’t stop to dance” — gets a wry disco makeover. U2 Revisits Its Past, in the Name of … What, Exactly? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Which brings me to the thought of the word disco. Q&A with Barry Gibb: Loving country music, the feeling before going onstage and why he can’t watch the Bee Gees documentary 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Outside, the United States was upended by massive cultural shifts: the Great Depression catapulting into the second world war; the civil rights protests and Haight-Ashbury fever sweating out its fury into disco decadence. That Summer: the story behind the 'other' Grey Gardens documentary 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Occasionally, disco songs managed to break into the mainstream. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z She escaped the one-hit wonder typecasting so prevalent in the disco era. Donna Summer dead at 63; more than just a disco diva 2012-05-17T19:44:00Z Rhythms, dynamics, melodic contours, vocal inflections and other ideas from Latin music have repeatedly catalyzed mainstream musical evolution: in jazz, rock ’n’ roll, psychedelia, disco, electronic dance music and hip-hop. In 2022, Latin Pop Thrived on Innovation. Again. 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z In a ruefully funny piece of reporting, he writes about a Boston disco that was sued in 1976 for barring most blacks from entering. Review: In ‘Jackson, 1964,’ Calvin Trillin Reports on Race 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z A disco revival gathered momentum during the pandemic years, as musicians and listeners found themselves yearning for the joys of sweaty, uninhibited communal gatherings. Best Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Prince Rama's self-referential sleeve Prince Rama's apocalyptic disco album cover is not an awful Top of the Pops sleeve but a knowing reference to those old pieces of tacky magnificence. The worst album sleeves of 2012? Our art critic thinks they're fine ... 2012-12-21T14:50:27Z Squeaky-clean pop is fading, and disco is waiting in the wings, but for these kids, it’s Edwin Starr and Frankie Valli who offer escape from sausage factory futures and nagging parents. Review: ‘Northern Soul’ Shows ’70s England Through a Music Lens 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z “Mrs. America” is a disco ball packed with TNT, a pop-literate political drama that’s not too cool to be optimistic, not too triumphalist to lay down a challenge to its country today. ‘Mrs. America’ Review: The Voice of an E.R.A. 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z And it was not only an honor, but an incredible pleasure to play drums in Nirvana, because those songs, all they required was like disco drums on crack. Q&A with Dave Grohl: On why he began writing after Nirvana, admiring Stewart Copeland and who played that solo on ‘Medicine at Midnight’ 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Skream believes that dance music has been crying out for some of disco's pizzazz for some time. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z The 1980s was powered by synth-pop and club music, but disco became a word you didn't dare speak. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z The cancellation of disco was not total, but it hit Chic hard. The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The actress, rendered unfamiliar by a dark wig, was similarly shot looking for victims in a disco. David Cronenberg's 'Scanners,' in a Blu-ray/DVD Edition 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Sound Only moderately loud, despite a fondness for disco and 1970s funk. Without Calling Itself a Wine Bar, Cervo’s Acts Like One 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Is it because they invent new units of measurement – "half a yard" – or model provincial disco clothes, or talk drivel about "role models"? Tony Hall, take a long knife to the parasites the BBC calls managers 2013-04-02T05:59:01Z Lythgoe said that contestants would no longer be made to sing different genres each week, like country, disco or rock, but would be encouraged to perfect their own original style. Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez join revamped "American Idol" 2010-09-23T01:11:00Z The new record is a familiar mix of their brand of disco meets funk and hip-hop, with more than a smattering of eighties balladeers Halls and Oates. Chromeo 'trying to work all angles' 2014-02-03T07:44:42Z “You need that length to go full disco,” he said. It’s Holiday Time. You’re Not Supposed to Look Natural. 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z It is difficult not to enjoy the karaoke stalls and the kitschy 1980s disco room whose flashing dance floor invites moves to the strains of “Dancing Queen.” Summer, Reimagined — Minus the Gridlock. Five Alternatives 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z But as a history of the singer-songwriter phenomenon, which evolved out of folk music and crested during the lull between the Beatles’ breakup and the rise of disco and punk rock, it is frustratingly sketchy. | 'Troubadours': Recalling the Reign of Taylor and King 2011-02-01T23:08:01Z For this performance, she will showcase songs from her solid second album, “The Valley,” which blends party-starting jams like “Some Kinda Wonderful” with dazzling disco tunes like “You Can Cry Tomorrow.” Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Under the bar snacks is one I defy you to read without feeling a spasm of curiosity: “Turkish disco pistachios.” Hunger and Desire, Stripped of Window Dressing, at Prune 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Lead the Way is discombobulated disco, like Pavement meets Parliament, all nagging keyboard lines over awkward time signatures. New band of the day: Naytronix (No 1,363) 2012-10-02T16:23:25Z "Aphrodite" features 12 tracks that highlight her uplifting dance-floor roots mixed in with disco beats, and it discards any ballads like those that appeared on previous albums. Kylie Minogue, sexy as ever on "Aphrodite" 2010-06-30T19:24:00Z Out September 9 on Communion Records, the LP blends catchy classic rock riffs with an indie pop sensibility and a dreamy lo-fi disco sound. Tennis Brings the Goods to "Bad Girls" Video: Premiere 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z A quasi ode to the new days of disco, it made dancing on the lip of a volcano — or a table, for that matter — look like a great idea. The New Days of Disco 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z He wore an afro wig and held up a speaker blaring disco music on Saturday as dancers bounced along Broadway near 46th Street. Cornelius remembered in NYC as inspiring, generous 2012-02-04T21:56:15Z For her efforts, "Idol" played her bizarre new video, which unfolded like a disco apocalypse. 'American Idol': Did Haley's fall help her? 2011-05-19T02:29:07Z I assumed people had ceased hating Yoko, along with calling for death to disco and ditching the home phone. Why Yoko Ono doesn't deserve the hate 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z And then there’s his 21st-century musical style; he’s not doing a disco revival, a Laurel Canyon revival or a grunge revival. Grammys Snubs and Surprises: Bad Bunny, Rosalía, Zach Bryan and Abba 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z By then his mentor had renamed him Max Martin, a drab, forgettable disco name that is almost as bad as Denniz PoP. Blank Space: What Kind of Genius Is Max Martin? 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Coming in I was greeted by Club Med staffers in My Little Pony costumes dancing to disco music and serving coffee spiked with Tia Maria, which was another new experience for me. At a Club Med Ski Resort, Learning to Love the Apéro 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Their first platinum album, in 1980, was “The Whispers,” which included the disco hit “And the Beat Goes On.” Nicholas Caldwell of the Whispers Dies at 71 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The flashing disco ball and the name-checking of notorious dictators among the guests? Theater Review: ‘Master and Margarita’ Is Staged at Bard College 2013-07-19T19:48:20Z The group performs this set with a “disco orchestra,” which presumably involves many synths. Pop & Rock Listings for Dec. 18-24 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z This spring, Jepsen unleashed “Dedicated,” her first album in four years, wielding disco sheen and effervescence in near-perfect pop songs, however one feels about Top 40 radio. 10 Bumbershoot 2019 artists to watch, from Lizzo to Tyler, the Creator 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z There was a disco streak at Moogfest: not just with Mr. Moroder but with Chic, whose arena show defied the prevalence of machine-made music. Critic’s Notebook: Moogfest 2014 Unfolds in Asheville, N.C. 2014-04-28T22:13:11Z "My favourite bit of filming was going on holiday. We filmed disco and karaoke and parties." UK online series to air on Oprah 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z It's a great a cappella disco in here and I almost start dancing around my shoulder bag. A piece of performance art set in darkness made me see the light 2012-06-14T16:16:32Z Grier worked at a Häagen-Dazs ice cream store in the Upper East Side of Manhattan and often after his sticky shift would go across the street to a disco. David Alan Grier is getting lots of kicks on Broadway 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z After all, disco was about adventure and hedonism, but it was also modern, embracing technology. Readers recommend: songs about space ? results 2011-08-18T14:35:12Z Although wildly successful, the parties presented too many logistical problems, prompting the shift to an approach that’s more salon and less disco. Weekend Miser: In Weekend Miser, Lez Zeppelin and Saung Budaya 2013-01-03T22:24:39Z Banks of spotlights flashed behind the band, and not one but two disco balls were lowered for an encore, “Everlasting Light.” Music Review: Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys at Madison Square Garden 2012-03-13T22:19:08Z In his review, Ben Brantley calls the work an “exciting new poperetta” in which “all the world’s a dance floor, and all the men and women merely disco rats.” In Performance: Kelvin Moon Loh of 'Here Lies Love' 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z And Jennifer Hudson, of all people, brought a surprising fierceness to “Walk It Out,” which recalled the unforgiving disco thump of Grace Jones. BET Awards 2014: Nicki Minaj provides a refreshingly vicious jolt 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z A defiantly gay Los Angeles band making proto punk and oddball disco through much of the 1970s, Smokey gunned for mainstream success while remaining totally unwilling to hide their truth. Throwbacks: Summer reissues of strange surf music, gay proto-punk, 'Robocop' and more It's weird how disco, once unarguably the unofficial soundtrack of the nation, has now become a cult curio for arthouse hipsters. New band of the day – No 1,285: The KDMs 2012-06-11T15:37:56Z It exudes melancholy even as the beat fires up; it's our old friend, sad disco, something to dance to even as you ponder the vapidity and meaninglessness of frivolous self-expression. Trophy Wife (No 876) 2010-09-28T15:47:00Z The albums that Knutson and Lee have released are loosely organized by genre: lovelorn folk, mutant disco, New Wave, sweeping instrumentals. The Word-of-Mouth Resurgence of Arthur Russell 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Borden makes a more vivid impression as Gerry, Edward's proudly promiscuous, noncommittal boyfriend, especially when this rake momentarily stops cruising and goes into full disco mode. 'Cloud 9' is a time-tripping feminist classic nimbly done by Antaeus Theatre Company 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Featuring designs by the artist and museum educator Gregory Corbino, the frolic will turn the building’s second floor into a haunted cityscape inspired by the disco era. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z "House told deep stories, emotional stories, in a different way than disco did," Butler explains. How the midwest won over the dancefloor 2011-03-03T22:10:01Z The first single, “Dour Percentage” is a psychedelic, disco dance song. Of Montreal's Paralytic Stalks is Really Weird. We Like It That Way. 2012-02-14T16:00:30Z The group’s music has combined delicate interiority with expansive Springsteen-esque rock ’n’ roll, and pulled from classical, disco, chamber music and Haitian rara. How Arcade Fire Found a Way Back 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The choreography took up where Bombay Dreams had left off, developing a new stage language of show routines and kathak disco dance. Sophiya Haque 2013-01-18T13:33:01Z “We’re English, we do silly games like murder games and disco night, and the level of detail and amazing costumes they brought to it,” Ms. Wintour continued. Baz Luhrmann Is Ready for Rhinestones, Cadillacs, Dr. Feelgood and a Svengali 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z In other clubs, discos throb and drag kings and queens strut their stuff in shows. In Berlin, the party goes on despite threat of club closures 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Probably the most credible enthusiast, though, is Skream, a serious disco head who has just put a mix dedicated to the genre online and is issuing a disco single this summer called Rollercoaster. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z Its current Baroque exhibition, curated by Luc Tuymans, puts Caravaggio alongside contemporary art, and a new slanting tower, by Rem Koolhaas, delivers acres of gallery space and the disco of my dreams. The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z As in recent years there will also be late-night silent discos. Midsummer Night Swing Unveils a Season Including Septeto Santiaguero 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z A room complete with wainscoting, booths, checkerboard flooring and a disco ball is the setting for a long list of drinks, notably beer cocktails inspired by street food. Fresco by Scotto Reopens With Sidewalk Seating 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z But it’s also an album about pleasure, full of pulsating disco beats and cool pop choruses that feel like Ms. Gainsbourg’s birthright. Charlotte Gainsbourg Finds Her Own Voice 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Newer artist Laura Steel also sings before resident DJs take the crowd through till 3am with a mix of pop and chart, either in the main room or next door at the headphone disco. Clubs picks of the week 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z The Troxy in East London will be staging Saturday Night Fever with a replica of the 2001 Odyssey club and all the "disco balls, amazing cocktails, DJs and dancing" you could want. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z The title of “The Music Never Stopped” might suggest an almost forgotten ’70s disco musical with Bruce Jenner, but the film is actually an unabashed pitch to geriatric flower children. | 'The Music Never Stopped': ?The Music Never Stopped,? by Jim Kohlberg 2011-03-18T06:03:01Z Grooving through the decades, this entertaining documentary aspires to prove that the Bee Gees were more than a hitmaker for disco nightclubs. ‘The Bee Gees’ Review: Night Fever, for Decades 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z But Esquire has already survived the Great Depression, World War II, disco, yuppies and the dot-com bust. As Men Are Canceled, So Too Their Magazine Subscriptions 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z They joked he was like the “old guy at the disco”—still there when he shouldn’t be. Watch Barack Obama 'Slow Jam the News' With Jimmy Fallon 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Later in that decade, there was an attempt to squeeze an extra ounce of juice out of his greatest hit when he released a disco version titled Sunny '76. Bobby Hebb obituary 2010-08-05T17:13:00Z Guests danced to Oasis beneath the disco ball while others chain-smoked beside space heaters in the host’s bedroom. The Last Days of Beckett’s, a Smoky New York Literary Salon 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z A relaxed, sometimes slurred affair, it often sounds like a wildlife and weather report delivered by a half-baked man with a passion for disco and obscure records found in local charity shops. Clubs picks of the week 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z Hunter worked as a lifeguard, in the mailrooms of an insurance company and an accounting firm, as a disco dancer performing at parties, and as a phone-sex worker. Hunter Reynolds, Artist Who Dressed Up AIDS, Dies at 62 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Facing financial ruin, Ms. Robinson got an inspiration when she heard Lovebug Starski rapping over the instrumental breaks in disco songs at the Harlem World nightclub. Sylvia Robinson, Pioneering Producer of Hip-Hop, Dies at 75 2011-09-30T04:57:17Z When most think of disco these are some of the images that come to mind. Lesser-known stories from the disco era come to light in ‘amber’ 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Aguilera and Ms. Hudson have agreed to salute Donna Summer, the star from the disco era, who is being inducted posthumously. ArtsBeat: Mayer, Hudson and Aguilera Among Performers for Rock Hall Ceremony 2013-01-23T14:00:20Z Since its beginning in the late 1970s, recorded hip-hop had largely been a stepchild of disco, but a more aggressive sound was coming to dominate clubs in the New York area. Larry Smith, Hip-Hop Producer, Dies at 63 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z He and his crew were as nimble as their hosts, in service of an efficient set of king-size disco and funk hits. Review: Movable Roots Jam Brings a Philadelphia Festival to New York 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z As the camera swirls and splotches of yellow light flare, Early, sweat glistening under a disco ball, loses himself in reverie. John Early Brings a Deliriously Over-the-Top Sensibility to Stand-Up 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Then again, Keep Shelly in Athens excel in one of our favourite musical genres: melancholy disco. New band of the day ? No 949: Keep Shelly in Athens 2011-01-19T16:22:46Z This special Sunday session boasts a lazy 3pm start, allowing plenty of time for a gradual descent into good-natured disco pandemonium. Clubs picks of the week 2013-03-02T06:00:17Z There are songs about seeing a favorite band or about losing oneself in disco, and the new single, “I’ve Got Your Music,” is a euphoric valentine to that 1980s musical sidekick, the Walkman. Possessed: Sarah Cracknell of Saint Etienne Chooses Form Over Function 2012-06-29T19:11:43Z He remained active as the ’70s progressed, even as the Sound of Philadelphia was being eclipsed by disco and rap. Thom Bell, a Force Behind the Philadelphia Soul Sound, Dies at 79 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The festival runs through July 12, and includes evenings of African and Cuban dance music, disco, Latin and classic rock, with dance lessons in the style of the evening at each performance. ArtsBeat: Midsummer Night Swing Offerings Range From Afro-Cuban to Classic Rock 2014-04-23T16:55:42Z Upstairs areas were transformed into disco or folk clubs, while the ballroom was decorated like a circus, with trapeze artists and two stages, on which Bellowhead alternated with the Newcastle group the Baghdaddies. Bellowhead/Baghdaddies ? review 2011-01-04T23:00:01Z In the end, the joke was on anyone who couldn’t see beyond the disco shirts, bad hair and occasional public awkwardness to the talents that underpinned decades of success as performers and songwriters. Robin Gibb, Bee Gees Co-Founder, Dies at 62 2012-05-20T23:31:02Z For many years, the east and west coasts got disco and house music but for the masses that was just music for black people and homosexuals. Andrew Weatherall: 'Never take the Guardian on to a building site' 2013-02-06T16:50:00Z He chatters warmly as he performs my ultrasound: about his time living in London in the days of disco, the fact that English women never cook. I flew to Greece and began solo IVF. Then the world shut down 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z “She looked gorgeous, but she seemed like a disco queen selling a socialist movie.” Spring Break at Cannes 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z “The Mudd Club had a darker edge than any other disco.” The Gritty Club at the Heart of ‘This Ain’t No Disco’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z “I was a teenager in the disco era of the late ’70s,” he said. Accordions, Étouffée and Nonstop Dancing in a Zydeco Capital 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Words lexicographers currently want to trace include cooties, disco and Bellini. Dictionary traces blue-arsed fly 2012-10-05T13:02:59Z Minimal staging, just gym bleachers on either side of the stage and a disco ball looming high overhead. Olivia Rodrigo’s Punky Heartbreak Revue 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The bright young women of the 1970s, dreaming of Studio 54’s disco ecstasy, had no time for the Barbizon’s drab single rooms and curfews which, by now, seemed horribly dated. Waking up to New York: secrets of the world's most famous women-only hotel 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Like silent disco revelers stuck inside their headphones, they may have shared music and space, but they were disconnected. Frida Kahlo meets John Coltrane in electric dance homage 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z He also recently received a call from a well-known production studio requesting a silent disco for a scene in an upcoming film. Silent Discos Let You Dance to Your Own Beat 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The dance duo asked the Italian musician to narrate his life story on a bubbling disco track, called Giorgio by Moroder. Giorgio Moroder records with Britney 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Unlike some other stars of disco who faded as the music became less popular, Summer was able to grow beyond it and later segued to a pop-rock sound. Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dies at 63 2012-05-17T17:08:08Z It was a strange and magical occasion—a sudden announcement—under a disco ball at a club in the meatpacking district, with Harry Belafonte and others in attendance. My Most Memorable Cultural Moments of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Hagel, who is known for his crossover projects — like setting “Don Giovanni” in a disco and orchestrating “The Magic Flute” in the Berlin underground — said that he immediately proposed Bach. In Berlin, Break Dancing to Bach 2010-04-22T10:00:00Z But only one of those — a disco pastiche called “Booth Love,” with lead vocals by the guitarist Jake Cinninger — made it into Thursday’s show. Music Review: Umphrey?s McGee at Brooklyn Bowl - Review 2011-09-09T23:42:12Z According to Charlie Watts, “Miss You” was “heavily influenced by going to the discos. You can hear it in a lot of those ‘four on the floor’ rhythms and Philadelphia-style drumming.” How the Rolling Stones went disco: Inside the making of “Miss You” 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Subdued salsa shifts into clubbier disco, hip-hop and electronic music as the night wears on and partyers arrive. Tulum Hot Spot Plants Itself in SoHo 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z It’s really up-tempo, it’s kind of got a vintage, kind of disco vibe to it.” The Magic Formulas Behind the Set Lists at Afropunk Fest 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z On my album there are reggae tracks, deep-reggae tracks, dirty drum'n'bass tracks, and there are some tunes that sound like disco. 'Dirty and wobbly' 2010-05-26T11:28:00Z He was bold enough to break the news of his HIV diagnosis on stage, during a guest appearance at a gig by disco/house collective Hercules and Love Affair. John Grant: Pale Green Ghosts – review 2013-03-07T15:29:01Z Facing financial ruin, Ms. Robinson got an inspiration when she heard people rapping over the instrumental breaks in disco songs at a party in Harlem. ArtsBeat Blog: Sylvia Robinson, 'the Mother of Hip-Hop,' Dies at 75 2011-09-29T17:57:35Z I’d been accused of making only dialogue films, so I thought it would be beautiful if we shot a whole film in a disco. How we made: The Last Days of Disco 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Helping to strike just the right note of disco decadence are key pieces by the American furniture designer Paul Evans. Tommy Hilfiger's Vibrant Miami Home 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z “We didn’t get together and say, ‘Let’s make a disco song.’ How the Rolling Stones went disco: Inside the making of “Miss You” 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z On Mr. Ferguson’s reciprocal visit, he performed a monologue in French and disco danced with Arthur. An American TV Star Tries to Shine in the Hall of Mirrors 2011-06-17T16:18:37Z “Repast” ’s coda, “a song of paradise,” raises the men of these poems to heaven on the wings of disco lyrics: D. A. Powell’s Unruly Elegies 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Samurai Del, “Till Death” This indie electronic producer has steadily honed his craft over the past few years, culminating with this songs-oriented set dabbling in disco, future bass, trap, wavy electro-pop and more. The best Seattle albums of 2020: Critics choose the top releases of the year 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z With its full-band soul arrangements that hark back to disco and before, “Blurred Lines” is a loud reminder of the fundamental conservatism of white soul. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Blurred Lines’ Makes Robin Thicke White Soul’s Leader 2013-08-02T22:17:15Z Music sounds better, they decided, with filter disco. New band of the day ? No 761: Nightbus 2010-04-07T16:03:00Z It may be the band’s most unabashedly romantic record yet, powered by a sleek, midtempo dance pulse and a vibe that the guitarist Laurent Brancowitz said recalls “summer and Italian discos.” Phoenix’s New Album Arrives in a Darker World, but the Beat Goes On 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, in a disco circa 1978, we find a more positive spin on gossip in Rumour Has It, in which a girl hears word that her fantasy man is looking for her. Readers recommend: songs about gossip ? the results 2011-03-03T13:03:50Z “Treasure” evokes the disco and funk bands of the mid-1970s, while “Money Make Her Smile” is cribbing notes from Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana.” Critic’s Notebook: Bruno Mars’s New Album, ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’ 2012-12-11T19:11:57Z The likelier explanation is that the authoritarian appropriation of rock and disco and hip-hop is just another power play. Rush Limbaugh captivated dads like mine and created America's modern fascist aesthetic 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Forget them — the only essential moments here belong to Yachty, who casually talk-raps, hitting unlikely cadences that challenge the song’s disco rigidity. The Playlist: The War on Drugs and Lana Del Rey Deliver Two Kinds of Reveries 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z SO HOW CAN a bunch of male-female duets, in ballroom drag, set to mostly cheesy Sinatra songs, watched over by a spinning disco ball, be anything but a giant cliché? Beyond Ballroom: Twyla Tharp’s American Classicism 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “Tito Puente and that kind of stuff, Tito Rodríguez, all of that was my favorite music back in New York. The mambo and the cha-cha was the same as disco in the ’70s.” Cimafunk’s Quest to Create One Nación Under a Groove 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Look upward, into the candy-colored glow, and you might spot a disco angel rappelling from the ceiling on golden cables. Perspective | Is Tiësto the Wayne Newton of the 21st century? 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z There are multiple disco balls, 1981 Vogue magazines fanned out atop a panther coffee table, and a boxy white TV/VCR that had been in her childhood bedroom. Dance Class Is in Session: Flail, Get Weird, Unlock Yourself 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Songs such as “More Than This,” “Angel Eyes” and “Avalon” bridged the oft-battling genres of rock, R&B and disco with elegance and grace. Coachella music fest: 10 picks out of 166 acts 2014-04-09T17:36:48Z They did triple pirouettes in four-inch pumps and knew the words to every disco song. Candis Cayne, From Chelsea Drag Queen to Caitlyn Jenner’s Sidekick 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The music is a beguilingly weird blend of oompah, disco, hair metal and techno, with songs about polar bears and red horses. Skiing the Alps, Making It My Own 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z That includes routinely importing her own DJ equipment to spin house and disco tracks for her co-stars after work. Daisy Edgar-Jones Would Like the Ingénue Phase of Her Career to End Now 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z For “Delusional,” in 1994, Atlas collaborated with her on a multimedia performance that took place on a clear glass stage over a “rat disco” of hundreds of live rats in a Frankfurt theater. Science Is on His Dance Card 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z “It was the most magical club that ever existed,” Nile Rodgers of Chic, disco’s greatest band, said in a telephone interview. A History of Studio 54, This Time Told by the Quiet Partner 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Presiding over it all — of course — was a goddess with a shimmering dog’s head that doubled as a disco ball. Weird and wonderful moments of fashion week 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The best part is the tune itself — stirring and motivating soul music, of the disco era but not disco. LeRoy Bell in Elton John video from 1979 2011-10-10T16:43:08Z Something about disco supported the coexistence of Latin sounds, white sounds, African sounds, African-American sounds, gay sounds, straight sounds, all these different things. Pop: Disco Revival in New York With Crystal Ark and Escort 2012-11-18T02:23:03Z There are over three million new album pages for you to explore – so if, for example, disco's your thing, you might want to add your own reviews , and . My favourite album: the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack 2011-08-02T18:03:22Z And on old disco tracks, the bass drum was always recorded separately, so Clem had to pound away on a foot-pedal for three hours until they got a take they were happy with. How we made: Heart of Glass 2013-04-29T15:27:00Z They threw beer and firecrackers, and stormed on to the pitch chanting "disco sucks!" Various: Disco Discharge: Pink Pounders, Digging Deeper, European Connection, Disco Boogie 2010-06-17T14:30:00Z The seeds of Midnight Magic were planted when four members of the group were in the backing band for the disco revivalist outfit Hercules and Love Affair in 2008. Pop: Disco Revival in New York With Crystal Ark and Escort 2012-11-18T02:23:03Z Moroder’s stroke of genius was realizing that the relentless pulse of disco had a lot in common with both experimental electronic music and the dreamy, tranced-out rhythms that had been coming out of German rock. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z House music, like disco, is dance music for clubs. Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for "Renaissance" 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Others, however, decried disco because it celebrated and empowered the outsider cultures from which it rose. Perspective | Documentary series ‘American Style’ embraces fashion as an art form 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z The best number is the catchiest though hardly the most adventurous song: “She Works Hard for the Money,” written when Summer, whose instincts were sharply prescient, was trying to lose the disco mantle. With 'Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,' heaven knows the Queen of Disco deserved better than this 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Her 1983 hit She Works Hard for the Money demonstrated that the queen of disco did not need a mirrorball to work her magic. Pop mourns Donna Summer 2012-05-18T01:02:00Z What was all that fanfare about her best days being as a disco queen, then? ‘American Horror Story’ Season 5, Episode 9: Wedding Day 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Rod Temperton, who wrote the 1970s disco classic “Boogie Nights” and went on to compose some of Michael Jackson’s biggest hits, including “Rock With You” and “Thriller,” died last week. Rod Temperton, Who Penned ‘Thriller’ for Michael Jackson and ‘Boogie Nights,’ Dies 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z He once told a class that he invented the disco ball. 'He said he could do what he wanted': the scandal that rocked Bikram yoga 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z La Roux set aside the bass attack of current dance music to revive the crisper, lighter beats of disco, in songs that perkily condemned lovers’ bad behavior. Jack White and Vampire Weekend at Governors Ball 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Laurent Garnier, France’s king of multimedia disco will be playing the last show of his international album tour, “Tales of a Kleptomaniac,” mixing electro with live musicians on percussion, trumpets and bass. Paris's Grand Palais Goes Clubbing 2010-10-01T10:00:00Z Also back at the forefront of the zeitgeist is disco – courtesy of Daft Punk's Get Lucky, the bestselling UK single of the year to date. Essential summer jams for 2013 2013-05-02T16:18:11Z And the album's success allowed other underground disco artists to penetrate the culture. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s a contemplative wind-up to an album that starts in the disco and finishes at home, in solitude. Album review: Madonna, 'MDNA' 2012-03-24T23:24:00Z It had been a cheesy gay disco called Shaggarama's and in fact the Punk crowd soon lost interest in it and moved on. Julien Temple on The Clash and punk 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Dancing With the DJ, their forthcoming single, nods to filter disco, the phased production and reverb-drenched vocals giving it an extra I ❤ 1978 factor. New band of the day ? No 896: The Knocks 2010-10-27T16:09:00Z At one point it was sort of a disco gold, in the ’70s, and then it was painted white.” Auto Ego: A Family?s Fellow Traveler, From Tropics to Tundra 2011-06-03T19:00:10Z But be wary not to get stuck in a disco groove. | Jil Sander Wins! 2011-01-17T17:00:50Z On “Joanne,” she traded in her signature disco glam sound for something more grounded, or at least as grounded as an artist named Lady Gaga can manage. Lady Gaga brings her ‘Joanne’ tour to the Tacoma Dome 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Critical consent holds second album Sound of Silver to be LCD's best, a collection that fuses disco sensibilities and bounteous percussion with lyrical explorations of loneliness and bereavement. My favourite album 2011-08-04T12:17:00Z Monstah: It ranges from house funk, disco and techno, a little bit of punk thrown in there. Festival Devotees Migrate East 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Visitors might catch her saucy silhouettes of legs springing into action for a project inspired by disco, courtly love, 1970s design and 1960s happenings. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-29T23:10:59Z "Daddy made you your favorite. Open wide!" he sings, beaming a headlamp's light on to a disco ball and creating a tiny whirling cosmos in his living room. Is Netflix's "Bo Burnham: Inside" our lockdown "Lemonade"? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z A Venice Beach doofus and his Greek muse team up to open a roller disco. How Broadway Keeps Trying to Get the Disco Beat 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Having mastered disco, French producers set about dismantling it and rebuilding the genre in remarkable new configurations. Sounds of France - day one: a history of French pop in 10 songs 2012-05-28T10:32:14Z After 11 p.m., when the metal gates roll down, it feels like a den of revelry with raving disco lights. Where the Party Never Sleeps 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Either way, it’s a dance party, and the guitar scrubbing away at complex chords over the neo-disco beat belongs to the disco and dance-pop wizard Nile Rodgers. Cardi B’s Gleefully Relentless ‘Up,’ and 12 More New Songs 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z If you go back and read the cultural writings of the era, you would read, "Disco is this, disco is that." Funk was the black answer to “Star Wars”: Take the trip with “Tales From the Tour Bus” 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “Random Access Memories” is, in part, a celebration of the rarely acknowledged musicality of disco, whose greatest exponents were nothing if not great players. Daft Punk Gets Human With a New Album 2013-05-15T12:00:18Z As hitmakers, that inaugural R&B crossover generation eventually gave way to Brill Building pop, the British invasion, folk rock, hard rock, disco and other pop genres that Otis the purist disdained. Johnny Otis, the Greek Godfather of R&B, Dies at 90 2012-01-19T22:30:12Z The 120-passenger ships with black hulls and neon signage will host shipboard activities such as silent disco parties and mixology classes. Coming soon: Not your typical cruise ships 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z It was tamped down by chants of “disco sucks” and bonfires fueled by vinyl recordings. Perspective | Documentary series ‘American Style’ embraces fashion as an art form 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Certainly the decade was full of music that was sold and praised on the basis that there's something inherently thrilling about genres swapping spit down at the indie disco. There's nothing new in genre-mixing 2011-02-24T22:32:01Z Later Theresa’s self-consciousness about her back is amusingly made literal by having her cavort on the disco floor with a curved sculpture strapped to her back, suggesting a twisted external spine. | 'Goodbar': ?Goodbar? at Under the Radar Festival - Review 2012-01-05T22:43:47Z "In dance music, we've always tried to combine existing genres — heavy metal and disco or funk, something that contrasts associations," Bangalter said. Daft Punk's unlikely journey into the 'Tron: Legacy' universe 2010-12-26T06:00:00Z He also revealed that as a DJ at his school in Leningrad, now St Petersburg, he would play rock music at discos, after first getting the approval of the Communist youth organisation. Purple patch: Medvedev meets his hard rock heroes 2011-03-23T19:11:42Z For the stadium disco of “Summer Night City,” it appeared in pyramids made of dazzling light, with the rings of Saturn twirling in the background. Abba Returns to the Stage in London. Sort Of. 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z “Thank God it wasn’t a story about one of those terrible German disco acts.” The Carpetbagger: At Sundance, an Instance Audience-Award Contender 2012-01-19T18:30:29Z “We are actually digging into historical disco from New York — stuff that no one has ever heard. Even Richie hasn’t heard it since he made it.” By Day, Richie Weeks Sorted Mail. At Night, He Was a Disco Mastermind. 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Beyond its general dismissal of disco and jazz as legitimate art forms, it has also demonstrated an antipop bias. Why It’s Time to Take ‘Rock’ Out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012-10-10T12:00:41Z And then came word that an exhibition about art and disco was in development. Critic’s Notebook: Hurdles Grow at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 2012-07-22T21:54:39Z Opting to fill in the emotional and sonic space of their earlier work, the pair looked to the body-friendly rhythms of disco and house music. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z And so, at 8:30 one recent night, the two friends and the rest of their group trudged up three flights of stairs, swirling with disco smoke, and into the packed theater turned nightclub. Admit One: ‘Here Lies Love’ and the Era of Audience Participation 2013-07-11T21:22:46Z Last year, Freyr was the favorite to win thanks to his song “Think About Things,” a catchy disco number about his newborn child. Second Time Lucky? Eurovision Hopefuls Try Again. 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z “The Magic Number,” from “3 Feet High,” weaves together the sounds of “Schoolhouse Rock!,” the 1970s educational cartoon, with snippets of Johnny Cash, vintage funk and disco. De La Soul’s Music Is Finally Back. It’s a Bittersweet Victory. 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The funk and disco musician Edwin Birdsong, who died in 2019, left a lasting legacy both on his own records and the next generation’s. You May Not Know These 15 Songs. But You’ve Heard Them. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Nile Rodgers' and Bernard Edwards' take on disco managed to be at once more sparse and more opulent than that of their competitors. The Chic Organization: Up All Night – review 2013-06-27T14:30:00Z The new album: It’s a sometimes uneasy mix of the group’s usual lush orchestral folk and tentative, synth-y disco, with too much emphasis on the former. Sleater-Kinney, the Decemberists and Belle and Sebastian look to add to their legacies 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The series, which will run Tuesdays through Saturdays over three weeks, will include music from salsa to disco. Spare Times for June 21-27 2013-06-20T22:57:28Z On the first Wham! album, “Fantastic,” from 1983, they poked around in styles from disco to rap. George Michael’s Pop Paradise 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Then I read that she had a disco ball installed in her New York town house. Imelda Marcos inspires disco musical 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z What looks to be that final track on the album, Fall Back 2 U, is an epic disco number, with its surging string section and solo sax. Chromeo 'trying to work all angles' 2014-02-03T07:44:42Z None of which would have mattered if she hadn't made some of the most exciting and exotic disco music of the era. Models and music: looking good, sounding dreadful | Ben Myers 2010-03-29T11:35:00Z There is no disco here, no museum, no boutique shops or galleries, just one or two beach vendors and a tiny souvenir store. Costa Rica’s ‘biologically intense’ Osa Peninsula is truly wild 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Yet while disco’s polyglot spirit has been continuously percolating in New York clubs, live dance music remained a rarity. Pop: Disco Revival in New York With Crystal Ark and Escort 2012-11-18T02:23:03Z He would position himself under the disco ball and raise his hand and the glove would sparkle in a beam of light. As Studio 54 Boogies to Brooklyn, Its Denizens Look Back in Wonder 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z This is a place for drinking draft Heinekens in big plastic cups, not Blue Martinis in elegant stemware; for conventional disco music, not silent, frenzied dancing to ear-piercing rock and rap. At La Perle in Paris, a Clientele Shift After Galliano 2011-09-28T15:12:46Z Drinks are served in eye-catching vessels: a mini disco ball, a small metal watering can, a cocktail glass with a pencil-length stem. In the watering holes of Tokyo, the highball reigns supreme 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z And now, thanks to Daft Punk, Goldroom's chillwave disco, which would previously have been just a hipster critics' choice, has a good chance of gaining a mainstream audience. Goldroom No (1,512) 2013-05-14T17:27:47Z If you like it live, with rich instrumentation, there’s Escort, New York’s disco big band. Where to Catch Music and Comedy on New Year’s Eve 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z You could like a little bit of rock and roll, you can like disco, you can like whatever. Biz Markie was the "essence of hip-hop": Hailing the rapper who made us laugh as hip-hop turns 50 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z But there was a time when disco wasn't so readily embraced. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z From the 80s onwards, it was having to accommodate the styles that succeeded it – such as disco, synth-pop, hip-hop and dance music. There's nothing new in genre-mixing 2011-02-24T22:32:01Z Though equally stylised, their brand of brittle disco is engrossing and strangely infectious. New music: Cosmetics ? Sleepwalking 2010-08-11T10:40:00Z Historical Society archives amid a remarkably varied set of holdings, from a sewing machine used to create the first rainbow flags to the sequinned outfits worn by the disco star Sylvester. The Moving Revelations of Gay Home Movies 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The novel flickers between the horror of the situation and the romantic overlay with the stylized dizziness of a disco ball. Girl, Interrupted 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z For this gig at Schimanski, Mr. Moroder was celebrating the birthday of Ms. Summer’s seminal disco classic “I Feel Love,” which, five years after her death from cancer, was turning 40. Giorgio Moroder Still Feels Love at 77 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z There was the Disco Sucks! movement, and there had even been a riot in Chicago, with people burning disco records. How we made: Heart of Glass 2013-04-29T15:27:00Z Conceived and choreographed by Ms. Barnes, a deft physical comedian, the journey gets underway at 8:30 a.m., with a disco and Motown playlist. Dance This Season: Tap, Ballet and the Inexplicable 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z “It takes all the best things about roller skating and disco and it literally rips the roof off,” he said. How New York Got a Glorious Throwback Roller-Skating Extravaganza 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Donna Summer was there at the start of Euro disco, and it's a familiar story to us in dance music: American artist becomes famous in Europe before it happens at home. How Donna Summer's I Feel Love changed pop 2012-05-18T14:35:09Z The solution to the problem seems simple, it's a quick fix - turn the opera into a silent disco and free Malevich's art to strike its chords with the visitors. Malevich: Master of the avant-garde 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z With her 1990s-era classic You Got The Love recently revived by Florence and the Machine, Staton's soul and disco has proved remarkably enduring. Candi Staton ? review 2011-07-11T15:37:17Z Now’s the time to remind yourself — to be “telling everybody,” as she sings on the first single, “Break My Soul” — that there’s no discourse without disco. America Has a Problem and Beyoncé Ain’t It 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z That's what I love about disco – you can hear people playing their hearts out. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z Ms. Lewis drew raves for her soaring five-octave vocal range and impressed listeners with her genre-hopping instincts, drawing from folk, R&B, rock, reggae, pop and — with more than a nudge from label executives — disco. Linda Lewis, British Singer Whose Voice Knew Few Limits, Dies at 72 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Every generation thinks it’s special — my grandparents because they remember World War II, my parents because of discos and the moon. Everyone is so special 2014-04-05T22:00:00Z His wife tweeted that he was "doing well", after jokingly claiming he injured himself attempting some "tricky disco dance moves". Film critic Ebert fractures hip 2012-12-07T11:02:38Z Get into SF’s disco time machine in one of the most authentic spots in town and enjoy the queer friendly mash-up dance party. Gay San Francisco: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Barry recalls that he found his trademark falsetto, later flaunted on disco hits like “Stayin’ Alive,” after a producer urged him to let loose while recording “Nights on Broadway.” ‘The Bee Gees’ Review: Night Fever, for Decades 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The serious club dancers, the kind you find in discos all over Europe, seem to be making up for lost time. Bo?te: District 36 2010-12-16T06:48:04Z In 1979, for example, Chic enjoyed the summer’s biggest single with “Good Times,” an infectious disco anthem. Nile Rodgers — defender of disco 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z To that you can add the Eastern mysticism of martial arts movies, the full glory of Travolta-era disco, and the “Ford to City: Drop Dead” days of New York’s urban malaise. ‘The Get Down’ is a lavish remix of hip-hop history — and a big mess of a TV show 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z She views it as her disco record but it comes through as a really great Patti Smith pop moment. Patti Smith: how she rocks our world 2012-05-26T23:15:26Z On a Friday night in January, Elin Hilderbrand strode into the ballroom of the Nantucket Hotel wearing a fuchsia sundress, jeweled flip flops and a smile as twinkly as the disco ball over her head. Hilderbabes Take Nantucket 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z All the vocal lines skirt rhythmically square recitative and tender arioso, sung over a subdued disco track. Review: Librettos and Ariosos Meet Video at Anthology Film Archives 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Daft Punk is one of many outfits mining disco's musical past. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z It had the vague shape of Seinfeld, but it was like watching two dads in a disco. A Seinfeld revival? Here's what they need to do to get it right 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z They helped Williams decisively break free of punk-pop, as she toyed with electronics, disco beats, glossy pop, jazzy intricacies and indie-rock introspection. Hayley Williams, All Alone With Her Memories 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z To understand the scale of disco's triumph you have to appreciate the magnitude of its initial rise and fall. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z The disco balls were spinning, the club music was pulsing, and on the dance floor, several Filipino audience members were near tears. For Filipino Audiences, ‘Here Lies Love’ Offers Emotional Rip Currents 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z It’s quite possible, and I’ve lived through this before, when disco died. RuPaul on Identity in the Trump Era: ‘Don’t Pick Battles With Your Allies’ 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z If that wasn't amusement enough, head upstairs and you'll find a den of karaoke rooms, each with a different theme: this one disco, this psychedelia, this metal. 'I know it's brilliant': Ben Wheatley and Michael Smiley on SXSW hit Kill List 2011-03-22T16:59:28Z “They’ll be playing a lot of disco and soul music — adult music that cool kids will want to dance to,” Mr. Demby said. WFMU and Superstar DJ Record Fairs - Collectors? Paradises 2011-10-06T21:30:09Z The musical drama series, set in New York in 1977, chronicles the rise of hip-hop in the era of disco. Watch a Group of Kids Try to Become Music Legends in The Get Down 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Holloway recorded several disco singles, including "Hit and Run" and "Runaway." Disco singer Loleatta Holloway dead at 64 2011-03-23T11:10:12Z With his sense of market timing — “Write Me Back” was a year ahead of Daft Punk’s disco revival — Mr. Kelly has stepped away from dance music, leaving it to his recent duet partner, Lady Gaga. New Music: New Albums by R. Kelly and Parmalee 2013-12-09T22:29:43Z Their debut eponymous album expands on this aesthetic: classic house and disco beats evoke the hedonism of more unfettered days; Azari & III build on them with dramatic, swooping arrangements and a ton of charisma. Azari & III: Toronto's dark divas of dance 2011-07-21T21:45:01Z Get Lucky, which featured producer and singer Pharrell and disco guitarist and producer Rodgers, was one of the biggest hits of 2013. Daft Punk get lucky at Grammy Awards 2014-01-27T11:42:17Z A more unorthodox way to enjoy this quintessential Budapest experience is to pop along to one of the increasingly popular night-time bath parties, if you’re into laser discos, that is. Budapest city guide: what to do, plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z A silent disco in the “Moving Beyond Earth” gallery. Night at the Space Museum: 10 Open Bars and Tons of Kubrick References 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Times review was less enthusiastic, noting with every style on the album from flamenco to blues, the "overriding influences are 70s disco and glam-rock". Lady Gaga finally hatches 'Born This Way' 2011-05-20T19:21:40Z Least likely to: Offer a better understanding of the term "filter disco". New band of the day ? No 761: Nightbus 2010-04-07T16:03:00Z That expanded to disco and synth-pop to underscore their version of New York City. And the Emmy goes to . . . music supervisor 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Chic had been a pioneer in disco music, a genre that was associated with the Black, Latino and gay communities. The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Produced by the Italian disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder, it became a sensation, 17 minutes of a woman oohing and aahing as if in a state of ecstasy. Memories of Donna Summer From Her Disco Days 2012-05-20T00:57:16Z They will light up Terminal 5’s sizable dance floor with a co-headlining set with the West Coast disco stylists of Classixx. Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 7-13 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Nile Rodgers is still fighting the disco wars. Nile Rodgers — defender of disco 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z “In the eighties, it was a lot of disco and Donna Summer and KC and the Sunshine Band,” Missett said. Jazzercise Is Immortal 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The chorus of “Miss You” offers us the Stones’ take on disco’s “oo-eeoo-ee” via Jagger’s falsetto doubling of the song’s signature guitar line, and it’s both compelling and arch at the same time. How the Rolling Stones went disco: Inside the making of “Miss You” 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Knuckles and the other gay African Americans who invented house music began the process of rescuing disco from its own excesses by stripping away the cliches and reconnecting it with its subversive counter-cultural roots. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z Well, the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project is kind of like the disco equivalent of the foreign student exchange programme, although with a lot less emotional fallout. Clubs picks of the week 2011-03-19T00:06:36Z This show began with “A Horse Called Golgotha,” retrofitted to emphasize an embedded disco beat. Music Review: Meshuggah and Baroness at Terminal 5 2012-05-24T22:31:32Z "I don't think disco has revenge in its soul," he says. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z The identification that glam gave me wasn’t to gay culture, then deep into disco, but to the throbbing new heart of rock ’n’ roll. Growing Up Gay to a Glam Rock Soundtrack 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z I'm doing a movie about the disco time. Vincent Pastore has made a career of playing wise guys, but is he tired of it? Fuhgeddaboudit! 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Dance 70 Countdown Spanish blog filled with downloads from lesser-known names of the disco era. Internet picks of the week 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Even taken outside the China Hall Tavern, away from the bustle, disco lighting, the edge of a weekend night, 100 voices singing the bits that peak – Chic can really play. Chic: 'Everybody needs a little Friday night' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-07-24T14:00:14Z On “Vice Versa,” at least four tracks integrate elements of dance, disco and house. Reggaeton and Electronic Music Have a Long History. 2021 Revived It. 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The ferry arrived just as the sun set, and the lights from a disco visible from the sea welcomed me like a signal fire. On a Small Greek Isle, Drawing to Discover and Remember 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Rock fans genuinely feared they would lose out to disco, but it is difficult to separate their fears from racism and homophobia. Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for "Renaissance" 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z It is thoughtful disco homage, replacing only the genre’s high gloss with a layer of D.I.Y. indifference. Critic?s Notebook: Ital and Kindness, Indie Acts Moving to a Disco Beat 2012-03-20T22:16:48Z For some, disco balls are inseparable from gay nightlife. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Above him a disco ball dangled from a domed 65-foot ceiling. Live Music to Return to Capitol Theater in Port Chester, N.Y. 2011-12-20T22:45:56Z Several times the sisters and their maid break into disco dancing routines. 2010-01-21T05:36:00Z In dark times, disco offers a seductive, defiant escapism. 10 of the best city music festivals in the UK 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The song was Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” a nod to disco from a French electronic duo known for kitschy robot costumes, machinelike vocals and computer-generated beats. Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ May Rule the Summer 2013-05-29T21:52:14Z What began as a disco night soon changed into something more enduring: a fashion label that developed a cult following. Bernadette Corporation: 'Don't have sex with each other' 2013-03-24T21:00:01Z And in one of the show’s culminating pieces, the drag artist Lady Bunny calls it out loud and clear to a disco beat in Charles Atlas’s video “Here She Is.” At ‘Greater New York,’ Rising Art Stars Meet the Old School 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Less bookish fans posed in front of neon lights and disco balls for the perfect selfie. Ansel Elgort and Offset Party During Art Basel 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Except ... that nobody involved in this enterprise, other than a seemingly humorless academic who doesn’t quite seem in on the joke, thinks there was anything more to disco than that relentless beat. A sparkly spin on ‘The Secret Disco Revolution’ 2013-06-27T21:14:03Z Their vocabulary, a truly Tharpian synthesis, includes disco routines and jogging as well as the jumps and turns of ballet and shimmies. Celebrating Two Birthdays: City Center and the Ailey Company 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z “It was totally disco,” he said of why the tube top caught on worldwide. Design: Who Made That Tube Top? 2012-08-23T22:35:54Z The subversive “Botticelli” swaggers with unbridled simulated sex, full nudity, unexpected disco and — why not? — soothing meaning in peanut butter sandwiches. Review | Sex, politics and art painted in broad strokes in ‘Botticelli in the Fire’ 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Riding disco bass and salsa-fied piano, “Ruin” sounds like it’s dancing on the planet’s grave. Album review: Cat Power, 'Sun' 2012-09-04T14:34:00Z He is also enshrined in disco lore for the paintings he did more than 30 years ago for New York magazine that became the visual inspiration for “Saturday Night Fever.” ArtsBeat: The Illustrator of 'I Stink!' Shows Off his More Elegant Work 2011-04-01T16:27:24Z In the years that followed, disco disappeared off the charts and glam-rock began to take its place. Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for "Renaissance" 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z “You can play some of these new songs in a disco.” Idles Are Throwing a Post-Punk Revolution, and Everyone’s Invited 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Despite her initial resistance, they share an ambiguous, tastefully staged dance of erotic engagement set to a disco beat. Review: In ‘Unseamly,’ a Woman Takes On an Apparel Tycoon 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z “Vinyl” is set in the music business in New York in 1973, that moment when the sea change happened, the birth of disco, punk and hip-hop. Behind the music on “Vinyl”: Martin Scorsese’s premiere gets the New York Dolls right — and Led Zeppelin so wrong 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z District San Juan will pack an array of entertainment options — urban zip lines, performance venues, hotels, restaurants, bars and a day-night disco — into a five-acre space. Puerto Rico puts Hurricane Maria — and the bulk of the recovery — behind it 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Apollonia was for eating, or drinking, or gossip, or the disco, but not for drawing. On a Small Greek Isle, Drawing to Discover and Remember 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z The center plans to feature more popular music and install a large disco ball, 10 feet in diameter, that will hang over a dance floor at the center’s main plaza. Lincoln Center Plans a Return to Full-Scale Summer Programming 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z “The music, and the tone of the club, went way beyond the cliché of a scowling punk disco,” said Tim Lawrence, the author of the book “Love and Death on the New York Dance Floor.” The Gritty Club at the Heart of ‘This Ain’t No Disco’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z A mannequin dangling over the dance floor began to move, its head a rotating disco ball, its limbs animatronic. A Club for Aerialists and Clowns Moves to Manhattan 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z We’d get braver and more intimate by the sip until we were enough of both to venture out into the dark night and make a disco playground out of every place we stop. Lesser-known stories from the disco era come to light in ‘amber’ 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z “Roulette” digs deeper into pulsating synth-pop melodies and “Bye Baby” is built around the funky disco flourishes currently in vogue. Despite murky origins, 'DK3' captures Danity Kane's essence 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Beyond the Bee Gees tracks at its core, Saturday Night Fever did nothing more outrageous than hold a mirror up to disco at its zenith. My favourite album: the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack 2011-08-02T18:03:22Z In Room 3, Magnetic Man's Artwork delivers his disco sermon. Clubs picks of the week 2013-03-23T06:00:17Z Under a disco ball that dangled from barnlike rafters, Spencer Burrows, the energetic lead singer of the band Frobeck, bounced up and down behind his keyboards. Next Stop: Food and Art in Sebastopol, California 2011-10-21T18:50:00Z He also revealed that as a DJ at his school in Leningrad he would play rock music at discos, after first getting the approval of the Communist youth organization. Russia's Medvedev finally meets Deep Purple 2011-03-23T13:58:06Z I also started getting into some old, obscure kind of funk disco, like B.T. Taylor Mac’s Week: Watching Bond Movies on VHS and Discovering the Banjo 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z A group of South Bronx teenagers brings something new to the disco era while fighting gang culture in this genesis story of hip-hop from Baz Luhrmann. What’s on TV Friday: ‘American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story’ and ‘The Get Down’ 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Maybe Jenny Jones from series two will swoop in out of nowhere, shout "You're like totally disco dot com!" and bonk Tom Marwood over the head with a framed David Bowie photo. Luther recap: season three, episode three 2013-07-16T21:00:02Z Ford and Ware wanted to pay homage to what they lovingly call “wedding jams,” along with Minnie Riperton soul and “weirdo New York boogie/underground disco.” How Jessie Ware Cooked Her Way Into a Musical Fantasy 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z The Swedish disco quartet won the 1974 competition with "Waterloo" and is one of the few bands that enjoyed long-lasting success after the event. With a more modern production and without platform shoes, ABBA could have been a strong contender at the Eurovision Song Contest even now, former band member Bjoern Ulvaeus says 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The 90s mainstreaming of club culture meant Mediterranean disco playlists got more credible; the rise of budget airlines meant people didn't swarm to the same few holiday hotspots. Tom Ewing 2010-06-24T22:05:00Z In a giddy homage to “Cabaret,” Burnham, in sunglasses, plays the M.C. of the internet, welcoming everyone with a decadent menu of options while disco lights twirl. Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’: A Comedy Special and an Inspired Experiment 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z This is the electronic dance music that has evolved since disco. The Year in Pop: Viral Stardom and Martial Dance Music 2012-12-28T17:07:10Z Pakistan police said on Wednesday they were investigating blasphemy allegations against a man dubbed the "disco mullah" who quit a career in pop music to become a preacher. Pakistan police register blasphemy case against 'disco mullah' 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Through textures of funk, disco and Middle Eastern avant-garde, “Mordechai” is a nostalgic LP that explores human memory. ‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right Now 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z It's raised through bucket shakes outside supermarkets, plus the occasional disco and social event. Peter Robinson's Radio Daze: L&D Hospital Radio 2012-08-24T23:05:00Z Kaya’s new album, “Watch This Liquid Pour Itself,” expands beyond the understated sonic palette of her debut with strains of disco pop and rock. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Dance music has been dismissed as mere Music About Dancing since the 60s and 70s when really the best Motown and disco songs were actually more about heartache than hedonism. New band of the day ? No 761: Nightbus 2010-04-07T16:03:00Z For this party, nothing is off limits: Not many can successfully weave the Beatles, the Stooges, Donna Summer and the disco group the Peech Boys into a killer playlist. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z “Sit still long enough to listen to yourself/Or maybe just long enough for you to atrophy to hell,” she deadpans over a disco thump with scrubbing guitars. Everything But the Girl’s Long-Awaited Return, and 12 More New Songs 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The space formerly known as Studio 54 is also owned by the company, and Mr. Bowie may have spent a night or two at the famed disco during its heyday. 8 Ways to Celebrate David Bowie’s Life in New York City 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Metallic wide leg trousers, velvet tuxedo suiting jackets and leopard-print wrap dresses with a hint of disco pay a refreshing nod to Saint Laurent’s iconic 1970s designs. T Magazine: Yves Saint Laurent: New Vintage III 2010-12-20T21:14:10Z Those who didn't understand will never understand: disco was much more, and much better, than all that. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z There are trees made of succulents; ones decorated with Polaroids, silk flowers, gingerbread and gumdrops, and even multicolored disco balls; and those with colorful decorations that flow in gradients. For this year’s Christmas tree decorations, embrace the unexpected 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z After so long being derided, is this disco's revenge? Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z Staying true to the event's disco theme, the main room showcased purple lanterns and silver disco balls hanging from the ceiling. Oscars 2015: Heidi Klum turns heads at Elton John's Oscars Viewing Party 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Helping set the stage for a music scene that remains one of the strangest and most fantastical in Europe, acts such as Alaska y los Pegamoides mixed punk, disco and horror-movie references to startling effect. A history of Spanish pop in 10 songs 2012-06-18T15:17:21Z To San Francisco, where she is creating an installation for the new Harvey Milk airport terminal, with disco balls and quotes in neon from the civic leader murdered in 1978. Andrea Bowers: Her Activism Animates Her Art 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Furthering the idea of a disco summer are two events in June. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z "Here Lies Love," the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical about Imelda Marcos staged by Timbers as a floating disco extravaganza, was so successful that it had a repeat engagement at the Public. Tonys 2015: Meet the biggest hit maker on Broadway 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Her album the next year, “Shooting Straight in the Dark,” featured the dance hit “Down at the Twist and Shout,” which did for Cajun music what “I Will Survive” did for disco. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Still Storytelling 2010-05-10T21:24:00Z By 16, she was singing with Cissy on Chaka Khan’s disco masterpiece “Clouds.” Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z The Staple Singers flailed somewhat in the 1970s, recording some inept disco tracks. Books of The Times: ‘I’ll Take You There,’ by Greg Kot 2014-02-20T13:00:01Z "We hadn't heard this before," he said of the 1977 disco anthem. Donna Summer track joins registry 2012-05-23T10:00:39Z You know when you see the Eurovision Song Contest and the Ukraine comes on, and it's some crazy gay guy shouting about Russia with a disco ball on his head? Robyn: unchained melodies 2010-06-16T20:31:00Z Once it reaches the disco era, the documentary hits a bump. ‘The Bee Gees’ Review: Night Fever, for Decades 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The prefab, gaudily costumed 1970s group the Village People and its big hit “Y.M.C.A.” are enduring symbols of the disco era. A Village Person Tests the Copyright Law 2011-08-16T22:15:27Z Even in the disco era, "funk was all over New York," Chuck D said. SXSW 2013: Chuck D-Bootsy Collins summit 2013-03-15T17:40:00Z Two years later came "The Knowledge," which in some respects is more experimental — "Rough Ride" alternates between trilling opera singing and sinewy disco beats — and in other ways embodies classic Squeeze lyrical tropes. Squeeze is no nostalgia act – the UK band is thriving four decades later with its flawless songcraft 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z By the end of the 1970s, however, disco was facing a backlash from resentful rock fans. The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Dusty crystal chandeliers and disco balls hung from the ceiling, and there was a stage flanked with statues dressed in silver jester costumes. Rihanna kidnapped me to watch her new video: A diary 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z But for the rest of the year, can the Vnyl, a 1970s-themed club that opened in September and stands for “Vintage New York Lifestyle,” capture that era without bell-bottoms, sepia shades and disco? The Vnyl, a Sprawling East Village Club, Brings Back the ’70s 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z U.S. disco band Chic, funk band the Meters and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band also received nominations for the second consecutive year. Nirvana, Ronstadt and LL Cool J nominated for rock hall of fame 2013-10-16T07:25:06Z Topping the commercial ranks are varieties of house music, with its four-on-the-floor beat — traceable to disco — now pumped up to seismic impact. Critic’s Notebook: At the Electric Zoo and Rock the Bells Festivals 2012-09-03T22:49:01Z The circular room, with its disco ball and colorful strobe lights, looked like a mirrored roulette wheel. In Ethiopia’s Capital, a Resurgent Jazz Scene 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z From other angles the circles are opaque, evoking a Modernist disco party as they bubble into the distance. Kusama Takes On the Infinite With a Sly Wink 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z In this immersive theater piece, audiences are invited to mingle with “eccentrics, hustlers, eternal youths, gods, monsters, disco queens and con men.” Theater Listings for Jan. 22-28 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Ms. Gay, who works for a health care company, tried the silent disco channels briefly, but returned the big black wireless headphones, deciding she herself was the best D.J. Silent Discos Let You Dance to Your Own Beat 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z “Night Fever” features 40 images from the era, as well as a pop-up disco featuring live D.J.s, whose mixes get a boost from an era-standard Richard Long Audio configuration. Around Town for Dec. 2-8 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z SAT Jitterbug dance lesson, no partner or experience needed, 7 p.m.; dance to rock, swing, disco, country music of 1984 with DJ, 8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z I was around 12, so this was in the time of disco. Why Do Women Love True Crime? 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z The 70s weren’t just characterised by disco fever, but also by fondue fever. From pineapples to spaghetti – every era has had its own avocado toast 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z And while Magalie will turn any location into a makeshift disco, Blandine, who refrains from a fling with a Belgian surfer, remains a stick in the Aegean mud. ‘Two Tickets to Greece’ Review: Advisory Travel 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Such time traveling allows Mr. LaChiusa to weave witty period homages into a melancholy, swirling, key-shifting score, with nods to Offenbach, Glenn Miller, Irving Berlin and disco anthems, among many others. | 'Hello Again': Web of Love, Explicitly Woven in Shades of Anguish 2011-03-21T02:01:03Z Not Madonna the disco singer, Madonna the biblical icon. New band of the day ? No 888: The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black 2010-10-15T15:33:00Z The definition of "cool kitsch", as street kid Jimmy triumphs against the odds and becomes a disco dancing champion. Top 10 Indian cinema soundtracks 2013-07-25T16:02:25Z And in recent years, his profile has assumed a new dimension as listeners and scholars excavate disco’s intersection with gay liberation. Waking the Spirit of a Disco Innovator 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Then the Red Bull Academy asked if I could talk to the students about music and said, “How about if we do a disco evening?” Meet the godfather of electronic dance music: Giorgio Moroder’s spectacular return to the spotlight 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Many people had been predicting rap's downfall, like, "Oh, this is a genre, it's a trend. It'll eventually die out, like disco did, and this is it." "He could make you laugh. He could make you think": How Biggie Smalls became a rap legend 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z A lot of it is things I found as well, like, for instance, the Jeff Wayne “War of the Worlds” disco opera that ends the second episode. Noah Hawley on ‘Fargo,’ Comic Haircuts and Living in the Coen Universe 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z In the car, I mentioned that he wasn’t the only influential veteran on the bill at Coachella; Nile Rodgers was also set to bring his disco band Chic to the youth-oriented event. Catching up with David Byrne on a road trip 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z In another room, reflections from 19 illuminated disco balls, two mounted on a revolving turntable, glimmer and flash across the dark ceiling like a sped-up cosmo-scape. With disco balls and gorgeously cinematic installations, this artist is creating deeply subversive work at the Frye 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z But then the deceptively perky Isolation was mutated disco, which pointed the way towards electro-pop and the surviving members' regroup as New Order. My favourite album: Closer by Joy Division 2011-08-18T10:29:33Z The band, which was founded by guitarist Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards, rose to fame in the disco era thanks to a string of glitzy hits. Lou Reed, The Smiths, Green Day, N.W.A. Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2015 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z In fact most people at the wedding are DJs, so we will be trying to outdo each other by playing the most cheesy music possible – some Madonna, some classic funk and disco. Polish DJ duo Catz n Dogz: 'I got my tape of Michael Jackson's Bad from the guy selling potatoes at the market' 2012-06-08T10:19:00Z Its 2021 follow-up, “Vice Versa,” took a more audacious approach; it incorporated elements of drum and bass, deep house and disco, igniting conversations about reggaeton and electronic music’s longstanding intersections. Rauw Alejandro’s Cosmic Reggaeton Takes Flight 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The current fascination for all things disco has spilled over into clubs. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z Over at the Swiss ambassador’s residence, at Time magazine’s soiree, a DJ played house and disco beats, and the sharp aroma of a raclette station drifted over the patio. At correspondents’ dinner scene, Vanderpump rules. (Too bad, Tucker.) 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Fans got discounted tickets for bringing disco records, which would be collected and ceremoniously blown up on the field between games of a doubleheader. The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z And Coco Wash, a palapa-topped waterfront disco, parties into the wee hours. Vintage Acapulco Revival 2010-04-20T21:00:00Z There are flashes of class tension, but also “It’s a Woman Thang,” which almost qualifies as country disco. In Nashville, Luke Bryan and Others Forgo Cowboy Hats 2011-08-27T04:00:27Z The steps were a mix of disco and classical ballet. Karole Armitage’s artist collaborations are revisited at New Jersey’s Mana Contemporary 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z After closing, my mother drove us to a disco a mile out of the village. 'If anyone was going to wake from a coma, it was my brother' 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Happy though these memories are — and delicious as those disco fries still are, no doubt — this is where Noor’s Bahraini background took over. Oven Fries by Way of Bahrain, New York and London 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Among the Bottega skins, however, were also skinny knits with an asymmetric weave across the bust, crystal cowled disco dresses and slick one-shouldered sheaths that curve off-center around the lower back. ‘Is It Theater or Is It Real?’ 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z But whereas punk lacks contemporary musical relevance, and rock is certainly struggling, disco is resurgent. Disco's back as Nile Rodgers tops chart again 2013-04-27T15:42:41Z The success of those tunes - closely linked to the popularity of the movie, and the power of the disco movement - changed their lives forever, giving them a string of number one hits. Bee Gees' Robin Gibb dies after long cancer battle 2012-05-21T01:52:11Z Like disco’s original flowering, this latest strain of electronic music, often called nu-disco, has strong New York roots. Pop: Disco Revival in New York With Crystal Ark and Escort 2012-11-18T02:23:03Z With some fake blood on his lips, Depp bites into the role of a wronged vampire who awakens 200 years in the future to discover disco, television and microwaves in "Dark Shadows." First Look: Johnny Depp stars in 'Dark Shadows' 2012-04-25T06:16:04Z Islanders and guests alike “put the headphones on and go mad”, according to islander Jack during the silent disco which forms one part of the broad musical programme. Turkfest: Ireland's little festival with a big heart – a photo essay 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z The song, in its original form, is a lush disco ballad, sticky-sweet enough to spread on a biscuit. Music Review: Not Exactly Your Top 40 ?Reunited? 2010-10-01T23:00:00Z There may be memories of a local teenage gang clad in ex-army parkas, or perhaps a recollection of provincial discos always setting aside 15 minutes for a run of songs by the Jam. Mod: A Very British Style by Richard Weight – review 2013-03-14T10:00:01Z It evokes Off the Wall as much as dead-on 2014, because these days disco is so trendy it practically comes pre-contemporized. REVIEW: Michael Jackson’s Legacy Gets Honored (Mostly) on Xscape 2014-05-13T13:00:13Z For better or worse they will always be considered a disco group. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Long live rock, folk and even disco. 1960's where are you? Exploring Bob Dylan’s New York 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Then he renamed it “disco fries,” an ode to the poutine-like New Jersey creation that uses shredded cheddar. Plate Lab: Local chefs add new flavors to poutine, Canada’s comfort food Cher pushed through to the end, though, then donned a crimped blond wig for the ebullient disco jam “Take It Like a Man,” from her appealing 2013 album, “Closer to the Truth.” Cher is still a survivor at Staples Center 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z When her sisters, Alana, 28, and Danielle, 31, popped up on the Zoom screen to join us, she filled them in: “I’m talking about watching mom and dad disco dance in the kitchen.” Moving the Haim Way: ‘We Love Feeling in Our Bodies’ 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The new songs rove from U2’s arena anthems to celestial ambient hymns, echoes of 1950s rock and glimpses of disco and new wave. U2 Offer ‘Songs of Experience’ to a World That’s on Fire 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z He plans to play a set from an “encyclopedia from the disco era,” along with house, funk and soul classics. Brooklyn Museum Celebrates 25 Years of First Saturdays 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The rest of the story is showroom, casino, Witch Doctor disco, unexplained fires, drug rehabilitation unit. Marine Court: Hymn to the Sun 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z She is filling her table with “T-shirts, skates, tickets, programs, photos and skate attire,” including “funky stuff from the disco era,” she said. Antiques: Horace Walpole?s London Home Is Restored 2010-04-15T21:29:00Z Ryan’s the genius of the big idea, and when he has a big idea, his brain tends to activate in a way that’s like a disco floor. ArtsBeat Blog: Don't Stop Screaming: The 'Glee' Guys Introduce Their 'American Horror Story' 2011-10-03T03:10:29Z Filled with accessible rock and even some pretty persuasive disco, it's easy to see why Lanegan is as convincing as a gang leader as he is a hired gun. This week's new live music 2012-08-17T23:05:00Z It made von Furstenberg — who married and divorced a European prince and dazzled this city’s disco society — even richer and more famous. ‘I became an icon. Now I want to be an oracle’: Diane von Furstenberg is ready for her third act. 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s true that some rejections of disco were simply sublimations of racism and homophobia. When Rent Was Cheap and Dance Music Reigned 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z That was a fallow period for my intellect admittedly, there at the dawn of disco. Breaking: “I call upon all Americans to stand together — and also to fight one another”: The Greatest Living American Writer 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Against a background of a historic London guild hall — all wood paneling and ancient crests — the designer defined the collection as a “disco Jacobean fairy tale.” Fashion Review: Sarah Burton Shows McQ, the Alexander McQueen Second Line 2012-02-21T18:19:33Z The DJ won’t play any commercial hits that are prevalent in discos. A Floating Night Club in Marseille 2012-08-13T13:00:30Z Comedy, karaoke and that disco finale are only part of the menu, though Morgan Green’s filmed production for the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, available on demand through May 23, leads with the laughs. ‘Fat Ham’ Review: A Queer, Black ‘Hamlet’? Ay, There’s the Spice Rub. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z This song, from Alice Merton’s debut album, “Mint,” due early next year, is a rousing take on centrist 1980s pop with a disco tempo and the faintest texture of Southern rock. The Playlist: Lana Del Rey’s Smoldering Return, and 12 More New Songs 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Hosted by Hot Boy Dancing Spot, the Lovely Jonjo and Hello Mozart will be bringing the sweaty house, pop and disco vibes. Clubs picks of the week 2010-11-20T00:06:00Z At 2 a.m. on a recent Saturday, the subterranean club was hopping with Williamsburg artist types in knit caps sipping pilsners and dancing to vintage disco. The New Club Kids 2010-11-19T23:56:00Z To end, Saunders upped the '70s disco fever feel with a series of fully sequined dresses in bright stripes of color: Black with blue and silver, and black with red and green. Westwood highlights gala London fashion shows 2012-09-16T21:10:14Z The band's sales took a hit with the end of the disco boom and they concentrated on solo material and producing hits for other artists before staging a comeback in 1987. Robin Gibb dies aged 62 2012-05-21T00:27:34Z “A Freak Like Me Needs Company,” the new song, harks back to the funk and disco of Cameo and the Village People; “Pull the Trigger” treats dialogue as rap-rock. music: Playing UpThe MusicIn That Musical 2011-06-10T21:10:17Z Electronic music takes the lead over the eight days, with stages under the trees, on the beach and in a large open-air disco. 20 great boutique music festivals Europe summer 2019 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z On the disco front, the show features classic hits such as “Turn the Beat Around” and new songs from veteran producer Nile Rodgers. How Baz Luhrmann captured the essence of hip-hop in Netflix’s ‘The Get Down’ 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z In any case, a disco beat doesn’t rest as comfortably in the reign-of-terror sections. Theater Review: David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love,’ at the Public Theater 2013-04-24T02:00:05Z Even as disco went out of vogue, her tracks remained a fixture in dance clubs. Pop mourns Donna Summer 2012-05-18T01:02:00Z The steep, mirror-lined staircase descends into a gilded lounge festooned with gold banquettes, disco balls, a taxidermied zebra and a stripper pole. A Party Spot Opens Near Chinatown 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Barcelona had been a very troubled shoot: one of the few happy times was when we filmed in a disco that belonged to friends. How we made: The Last Days of Disco 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z By her late teens, Houston had been a featured vocalist on albums by disco songwriter Paul Jabara and the avant-garde New York funk outfit Material. Whitney Houston 2012-02-12T02:03:31Z I remember being forced to go to school discos and outings but actually just walking the streets and returning home after pretending to have gone to them. 'I wasn't there at the end': your biggest regrets in life 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z So how does a disco song become a hit with the millennial generation? Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ May Rule the Summer 2013-05-29T21:52:14Z Descending the staircase into 54 Below, the raffish, speakeasylike cabaret in the basement of the notorious disco Studio 54, you feel a stir of excitement. Even With 54 Below and Joe’s Pub, Cabaret’s Future Is Unclear 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z I'm enjoying his compressed mixture of soul, disco and instrumental hip-hop. Beats from Mercer Island: SwampmaN's disco soul-hop 2011-06-03T18:01:05Z A largely unknown cast play the young romantics caught up in the heyday of disco, rap and punk, with assistance from Jimmy Smits and Giancarlo Esposito as elder statesmen of the Bronx. 15 TV Shows to Watch This Summer 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z There was future disco – this whole thing has been done before. Moombahton, Nu-Jungle, Future Garage? Let Herv? explain 2011-08-12T23:11:03Z Then the concert went back to the smooth, rich blend of borderline-cheesy yacht rock, disco and singer-songwriter indie fare Destroyer is known for now. Concert review: Destroyer creates new sounds at Showbox 2012-06-04T21:34:19Z The sound of this era, Corcoran said, “never gets the attention that disco and punk get.” In the ’80s, Post-Punk Filled New York Clubs. Their Videos Captured It. 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z It's great, a smash hit from that parallel universe where disco wasn't banished by a bunch of homophobic neanderthals in Chicago but continued to flourish and thrive. New band of the day (Dungeonesse No 1,489) 2013-04-10T16:04:38Z Tough and electronic, house was disco in the raw. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z Making the biggest impression on the townspeople is the unstoppable Jonathan, whose out-there dance moves to Shirley & Company's disco standard "Shame, Shame, Shame" improbably wins folks over. 'Pride' has a moving force that highlights a forgotten story 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z By the time of 2017’s “The Underside of Power,” Algiers’s sound expanded to a cinematic smorgasbord of mutant disco, post-punk, and secular soul. Algiers is a political band in a political time. But don’t try to box them in. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Deitch had been planning ambitious exhibitions, including one about the cultural influence of disco and another of work by Vanessa Beecroft, who was formerly represented by his New York gallery. Los Angeles Contemporary Art Museum’s Director to Leave 2013-07-23T20:46:02Z They gave me ketamine – it felt like a disco – and drove a short distance before transferring me via air ambulance to Coventry hospital. Experience: a car crashed into me in the bath 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Most of my friends found him charming, but impossible; most of his London friends, highly respectable South American disco dollies who liked to confine their festivities to formally licensed hours, openly disapproved of me. The one that got away: Philip Hensher 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, Mighty Mighty are a UK duo offering a convincing version of US disco. New band of the day: September 2010 playlist 2010-09-30T13:44:00Z The 74-year-old producer and songwriter is most famous for his 1970s disco anthems with Donna Summer. Giorgio Moroder records with Britney 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Lennon is glad that disco is finally being vindicated. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z The record swells with storming guitars and anthemic synths with a few disco detours creating some sonic distance from her past work’s somber rep. 8 artists to watch at Capitol Hill Block Party 2019 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “It’s like a high school disco, where we’re all hanging around waiting to dance with the prettiest girl,” he said. No Sleep for the Wicked 2013-09-06T21:51:56Z To evoke the milieu of Haring’s ’80s New York, the show will include a black light gallery that recalls disco clubs like the Paradise Garage, as well as the artist’s music playlists. Taking Keith Haring Seriously 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z If they did, Acme’s glistening disco ball awaited them, defiantly continuing to spin. Millennial Nightlife Swanks Up 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Instead of Win Butler's tortured tenor, Régine Chassagne handles lead vocals with her airy soprano, a voice built for disco. Music Monday: Arcade Fire, DoughKain, Lake House Entertainment 2010-08-02T18:51:00Z But I don’t think it’s a rebellious act of disco. | Daft Punk’s Secret Weapon: Producer Todd Edwards 2013-05-14T22:04:30Z "I can see it driving that uptempo disco sound to the forefront." Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z Both family trees trace back to disco and other, earlier, common roots. Critic’s Notebook: D.J.’s Play Where Rap, Hip-Hop and Dance Meet 2012-09-12T21:59:31Z Goldie provides delicious relief in a disco version of the cha-cha. Strictly Come Dancing makes us wait for Widders 2010-10-01T23:34:00Z When the score switched to waves and sea gulls, it was as if the setting had shifted from a disco to beachfront property. Critic’s Notebook: Trespassing on the Proving Ground of the Next Generation 2013-07-28T21:30:12Z Those disco hits now seem like anthems for these eager American conquistadors, who back in Israel produced well-received films like “I Love You Rosa” and many more disreputable titles. Film Society of Lincoln Center Lauds Cannon Films 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z In the first round the dancers performed rehearsed routines; the second called for “instant dances” for which the competitors had only 20 minutes to prepare jives to music picked out of a giant disco ball. Dancing with the Stars Recap: J.R. Martinez Earns Two Perfect Scores 2011-11-08T14:15:00Z It has a swimming pool, private disco club and sumptuous living rooms named after Roman gods. In Rome, It’s Luxury vs. Squalor 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z When we meet, it’s the day after Julia’s school disco – the first time she’s ever been properly dressed up for an occasion – and Annie’s telling me about it with tears in her eyes. Transgender children: ‘This is who he is – I have to respect that’ 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z If a contestant chooses “One Night Only” from “Dreamgirls” — the slow, emotional Effie version rather than the breathy disco one — she is a woman who is not to be trifled with. ‘You can be unapologetically black’: How Miss Black America has endured 50 years 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The problem is, his goal has fallen way short in L.A., and his "every genre of music" boast is, of course, empty; if it were true, where's the jazz, tejano, disco, polka and reggae? Made in America lineup is a vivid look at rap's competing interests 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z They were the kings of disco, but then disco died. From a fertility doctor with a god complex to "Wonder Woman," here's what's on HBO Max in December 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z The period arrangements of modern songs, like the Eurythmics’ “Love Is a Stranger” and Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” give these anthems a clumping momentum that might be described as disco polka. Review: In ‘Love Und Greed,’ Mad Jenny Doffs Her Hat to the Have-Nots 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z It's chillwave disco, shinily produced but with a nostalgic patina to convey a longing for a musical past and a sense of regret that a genre's heyday is over. New band of the day – Poindexter (No 1,393) 2012-11-12T17:17:50Z Though disco balls are associated with the 1970s, they actually go further back. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The show, based on the 1994 movie about Australian drag queens, is a so-called jukebox musical featuring well-known pop and disco tunes like “It’s Raining Men,” “I Will Survive” and several Madonna songs. Broadway Union Takes on ?Priscilla? Over Music 2011-05-15T22:00:31Z Today disco’s warm analog feel offers an alternative to the incredibly synthetic sound of mainstream electronic dance music producers like David Guetta. Pop: Disco Revival in New York With Crystal Ark and Escort 2012-11-18T02:23:03Z Disappointing news for lovers of chilling cadaverous terror; but the song itself, in cleaving fairly closely to Kylie's well-used formula of sparkly chart disco, is as flawless as her increasingly Formica-like visage. This week's new singles 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z As disco music gained momentum in the 1970s, Franklin's popularity began to decline. Happy Birthday Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul Turns 70 2012-03-24T10:45:46Z It helped that the mixer Tom Moulton inadvertently deepened the female voice when he slowed down the original for his extended disco mix. 15 Songs That Shook New York’s Queer Dance Floors in the 1970s and ’80s 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Minimal and spacious but with a massive pop chorus, the video also recalls the New York voguing scene, which melded disco and house. The top five modern disco tracks 2012-05-21T18:07:04Z Punters can rotate the heck out of a wheel and make it land on urban-flavoured categories including hip-hop, soul, jazz, reggae, disco, Motown and house. Clubs picks of the week 2010-05-07T23:12:00Z These panels reappear here and there in the galleries, refracting light, disco ball fashion, and creating distorted images of quite different works from other decades. Jim Hodges at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Throughout, rich disco grooves thaw icy keyboards; choral chants and children's laughter throw light on claustrophobic textures worthy of PiL. KXP: II – review 2013-02-07T22:00:01Z Throughout the 100-minute sensory stew, delirious fans also encountered: confetti cannons, smoke machines, light-up gongs, oversize disco balls, blinking streamers, colored balloons, and lots and lots of pastel spotlights and giant inflatable objects. The Flaming Lips bring the whole bag of props to 9:30 Club 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives , the singer who perhaps more than any other defined the disco era, has died aged 63 of cancer. Pop mourns Donna Summer 2012-05-18T01:02:00Z But now the buff heartthrob of America’s disco era is poised again to be the center of attention, in a way few fans could have imagined in 1976. The forgotten history of Bruce Jenner: How the all-American hero of the 1970s ended up here 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The clanging thump of the Araby disco reached us intermittently on breezes. Stories from a revolution: The beauty of leaderless Tahrir Square 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z It could get dangerous, dodging each other's feet and getting tangled in twirling or twisted arms, beneath one of those blinding, spinning disco balls. Music Match: If You Like A Taste of Honey, Try Little Dragon 2013-01-29T23:35:21Z Yet bowling alleys always must hustle to draw customers whether through leagues, tournaments, or through the laser beams and disco music of cosmic-bowling nights. Fit & Fun: Free games are breakfast dessert at West Seattle Bowl 2012-02-01T20:40:08Z At the end, he dresses up as Don Cornelius from “Soul Train,” a disco ball appears and his audience dances. Reggie Watts, the Tip of Comedy’s Absurdist Spear 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z On the museum’s top floors, at exhibitions dedicated to culture, community and sports, people danced to Tina Turner videos and hummed Donna Summer disco hits. Pride and Pain on Opening Day at a Museum of African-American History 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z A 565-pound disco ball encased in a glittering sun sculpture hung above the musicians, while giant glowing spheres representing each sign of the zodiac circled the dance floor. Starry, starry night at post-Emmys Governors Ball 2010-08-30T12:16:00Z The series will tell the story of Finestra as he searches for the next big hit at a time when disco and punk rock were starting to emerge, HBO said. HBO orders 1970s rock drama from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z A soundtrack to a disco buried beneath shifting sand, underneath the ruins of a demolished world. Darkside returns to lay claim to the title of best psychedelic rock band in the world 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z For Katy Perry, that song is “Chained to the Rhythm,” a half-throttle disco ditty that scolds us for dancing our nights away while the republic crumbles: “Put your rose-colored glasses on and party on.” Review | Katy Perry’s half-woke, no good, very bad album 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Recently, Baris K, a D.J. from Istanbul, mined Turkish disco and funk music until 7 in the morning. Next Stop: Belgrade Music Scene: Pop, Folk, Electronica and Politics 2010-06-10T18:37:00Z Looming like an inscrutable monolith, “Dark Side” spent nearly all of the next 14 years — through punk, disco, early hip-hop and the pop heyday of MTV — lodged in Billboard’s Top 200 album chart. After Half a Century, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Still Reverberates 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z She appeared in the disco film Thank God It’s Friday, which flopped. Legendary ?Queen of Disco? Donna Summer Dies at 63 2012-05-17T17:34:52Z It's all part of an ongoing exploration of male identity and desire by curator Vince Aletti, original Rolling Stone disco columnist and present-day photography critic for the New Yorker. This week's new exhibitions 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z Within 10 seconds, the museum became a pulsating disco, as she belted out a 30-minute set that opened with “I’m Coming Out” and included hits like “Upside Down” and “I Will Survive.” Scene City: The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles Celebrates It’s 35th-Anniversary 2014-04-02T21:27:17Z The combination of disco or pop vocals and catchy, often electronic samples laid over a pulsating beat became the hallmark of early house, a style that many Chicago producers were beginning to adopt. Frankie Knuckles, 59, Pioneer House D.J., Dies 2014-04-02T04:10:34Z Morris says he wanted to use a boisterous disco song to accompany scenes of people smoking Mandrax in South Africa, but that Vice intervened. PCP to psychedelic fish: uncover the stories behind the world's strangest drugs 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z “It shows it as a very boring, normal, mundane place — with teenagers, discos and funny neighbors,” he said. In ‘Derry Girls,’ the Lighter Side of Life in a Conflict Zone 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Her pop-oriented material suits the needs of narrative better than Summer’s repetitive disco. The Shows I’m Afraid to Look Forward To 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s also a delicious time capsule of a 1980s summer holiday, from Marion’s teased bouffant to the Club Med-style outfits that are worn to a makeshift disco at the local community centre. The 25 greatest summer films 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z They edge closer than ever to disco with the late-night grooves of “Always Ascending,” Franz Ferdinand’s fifth album and the first since the departure of their founding guitarist, Nick McCarthy. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Rather, it’s a documentary on the disco titan Robert Stigwood, who managed the Bee Gees and was a producer on “Saturday Night Fever” and “Grease.” Winter Movies 2021: Here’s What’s Coming Soon to Streaming and Theaters 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z It’s like a silent disco inhabited by people with the oddly loud footfalls of small children. Review: A Dance That’s Just Not Weird Enough 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z When I was a kid I did all those disco dances. How John Turturro got his moves, from "Do the Right Thing" to "Gloria Bell" 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Then the '70s and Funky Town, punk rock, disco, stadium anthems. Every No. 1 single -- as one single track 2011-02-23T21:24:00Z “That was an amazing disco,” The Fast’s Paul Zone said. Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and the punk rock myth of “Death to Disco” 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Since mainstream disco regularly denied its origins among gay and African-American artists, the remix now seems a coup for the genre’s secret history. Waking the Spirit of a Disco Innovator 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z One of Edie and Eric’s few shared interests is disco, the pleasure of which Edie explains slightly apologetically: It’s the “too much,” she says, it’s “the horn section and the cheese.” In ‘Luster,’ a Young Woman Moves in With Her Lover — and His Family 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Their music is a similar mishmash of disco and psychedelia, using everything from vocoders to harpsichords, violins to double-necked guitars, and ending up somewhere between the Scissor Sisters and the Flaming Lips, with Prince-style narratives. Of Montreal ? review 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z Although we'd covered Lady Marmalade and I Feel Love at gigs, lots of people were mad at us for "going disco" with Heart of Glass. How we made: Heart of Glass 2013-04-29T15:27:00Z Other emojis that made the cut include saluting face, dotted line face and a disco ball. The Melting Face Emoji Has Already Won Us Over 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z When disco turned tacky, she abandoned it for reggae-inflected New Wave rock, sung in her signature deadpan purr. The Power of Grace Jones 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z The Psychedelic Furs’ Love My Way plays at an Italian outdoor disco and Armie Hammer lets go: eyes closed, Converse shuffling side to side, fingers clicking to no discernible rhythm. From Travolta’s twist to strobe-lit raves: 10 of the best dancefloor scenes in cinema 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z White male rock writers often turned a blind eye to disco’s subcultural leanings, or were outright hostile to the music and its fans. Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and the punk rock myth of “Death to Disco” 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z New SMC artistic director Paul Caldwell leads his first holiday extravaganza in Seattle, which promises to mix up traditional carols with a David Bowie tribute and a “spectacular disco Santa finale.” 4 classical-music events to catch this week 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Beach House clings to both the verse-chorus-bridge foundations of pop and the lessons of hypnotic repetition to be gleaned from Minimalism, disco and Kraut-rock. Music Review: Floating Through Fog, And Yet Structured 2011-02-24T23:42:02Z Mr. Hollander compared the play to a disco ball. Tom Hollander Is Starring on Broadway, Poor Guy 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Highlights are likely to include Arctic Monkeys on the Pyramid Stage, and the godlike Nile Rodgers, whose signature disco strut has helped make Daft Punk's new LP one of the best of the year. TV highlights 28/06/2013 2013-06-28T06:00:08Z The music begins at 7:30 p.m., and includes music from the worlds of funk, disco, salsa and more. Spare Times for Aug. 14-20 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Costumes were also a high point, with suits that ran the gamut from British Invasion velvet to disco leather to glam rock spandex. Blasts from the past? ‘Decades’ falls short on opening night but has its bright spots Do you think part of it is just the rock bias against disco? Nile Rodgers on Chic’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Woes: ‘It’s Just Perplexing’ 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z And a kimono inspired frock designed to take a woman from from work to disco dancing. Diane von Furstenberg believes in survival stories: The only competition, she says, is porn 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z But it speaks to the hugeness of their songs here that they are forever associated with the movie and with disco in general. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Starlight starts off like one of those long-forgotten disco troupes such as Players Association, with all the requisite elements that made disco so memorable: the shivering strings, the distracted-diva vocals over the insistent rhythms. New band of the day: Escort (No 1,506) 2013-05-03T16:34:13Z In 1986, after Qaddafi triggered an attack on a disco in Berlin, American jets bombed a tent where he was believed to be staying and killed, among others, a baby girl, purportedly his daughter. Why Libya Continues to Burn 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z "We had a disco, which was 'Moulin Rouge'-themed," he said. 'Bollywood meets Disney': Couple stages lavish 2-day wedding ceremony at Disneyland Paris 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z “We soon realized that hip-hop was a lot like disco — an underground music that suddenly became viable in the marketplace and then a phenomenon that changed the world,” he says. Nile Rodgers — defender of disco 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z “He used to design my disco outfits for me.” On the Runway Blog: Stargazing: Earning a Spot in the Front Row 2013-09-06T21:44:08Z It opened with a rustling counterpoint among reeds and brass, before Mr. Payton and Ms. Kendrick took on the melody, over a disco beat. Music Review: Words and Music: A Jazz Trumpeter Plays, Sings and Blogs 2011-03-02T22:19:39Z In the 1970s, disco balls were used by Black and gay underground clubs that didn’t necessarily have funds for high-tech lighting, said Mr. Yokobosky. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z I don’t want to hang glide, windsurf, disco dance, watch stunt planes execute pinpoint turns and stomach churning dives. Notes from a trailing spouse: This is fun Goddamnit! Abu Dhadi knows how to have a good time 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Salvador is a bizarrely prolific producer in a number of genres, from the essay, the poem and the guide book to the disco musical, and extensive extracts are included from his works. Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco 2010-06-26T23:06:00Z But where the Chip located a mainline to people's emotions, thanks mainly to Alexis Taylor's melancholic vocals and an emphasis on melodic hooks, the LCD live experience relies on extended disco jams. LCD Soundsystem at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-28T09:07:00Z In keeping with the disco spirit for New Year’s, bedazzling your nails is cheaper and probably more flattering than a Lurex pantsuit. Beauty Spots: New Nail Polish Colors From Essie, RGB and Azature 2013-12-24T23:22:58Z Then you had the south-east, who listened to disco classics and melodic producers. How the midwest won over the dancefloor 2011-03-03T22:10:01Z His own group, Bajofondo — which mixes tango, rock, orchestral arrangements, electronics and even a bit of disco — is nominated for a Grammy this year in the Latin rock or alternative album category. ‘Break It All’ Celebrates the Oppositional Energy of Latin Rock 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z That said, the song provides one last moment of weirdness: Cameron-a-likes and illuminated feather boas both roaring along, word-perfect, to a disco version of a Pink Floyd song about rock star alienation and moneyed ennui. Scissor Sisters 2010-06-23T20:30:00Z Jennifer Lopez, who walked the red carpet in a liquid disco ball molded to her singular form, has changed into a silvery something that looks a little less couture and a lot more comfortable. Is it hot in here or is it just shirtless Jason Momoa? Scenes from the Vanity Fair Oscar party. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Some sections block the dancers in disco routines in one corner of the stage or another; its energy is frenetic; its acrobatic partnering includes some sequences that always look like hard work. Dance Review: Awakening the Season With a Waft of Potpourri 2010-09-29T22:02:00Z Then there's Sky's Not the Limit, which is as catchy a mix of disco and dubstep as you could want from a song about abstaining from drugs. New band of the day: Lady Lykez )No 1,509) 2013-05-09T15:02:23Z The string of hit singles that followed – Could It Be Magic, Last Dance, Hot Stuff – revolutionised 1970s disco. Donna Summer dies of cancer at 63 2012-05-17T16:26:00Z The disco clubs reminded us of those dance marathons, where everybody dressed up and partied nonstop even when they were poor and desperate. Nile Rodgers — defender of disco 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z It wasn’t about them not liking the music; they were scared of the societal change that disco was bringing about. Nile Rodgers | This much I know 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z After Mr. Wood joined the Stones, the band had its best-selling album with “Some Girls” in 1978, kicking back at the disco and punk coming out of New York City. Pop: The Rolling Stones at 50 Prepare to Tour 2012-11-08T16:00:00Z Its 2012 release, “The 2nd Law,” cavorted in the band’s most epic spaces yet, complete with disco and dubstep interjections; the topically titled follow-up, “Drones,” is to be released in June. Pop & Rock Listings for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Offstage The musical featured jukebox classics from the disco era and was directed by Jack Plotnick, who wrote the show with Mr. Rudetsky. Anatomy of a Broadway Flop: Why These 4 Shows Failed 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Opener "Monarchy of Roses" begins with a big squall of guitar and drums before moving into a merry, chugging disco chorus that doesn't exactly scream life and death. Red Hot Chili Peppers: I'm With You ? review 2011-08-27T23:05:44Z So inextricably are Phoenix plugged into the French disco scene, it's hard to see why they would want to be in a band at all. Live music picks of the week 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z Nile Rodgers remembers performing with Jonny Marr and talks about playing this summer's festivals in a Q&A, while Dorian Lynskey's article celebrates disco and its legacy as the foundation of modern pop. Camp Bestival 2012: festival preview 2012-07-24T12:02:00Z But it’s the album’s most insistently catchy song; the beat turns into a guitar-scrubbing disco track on the way to a paradoxically buoyant chorus that simply repeats the word “nobody,” sounding far from forlorn. Pop Gives Mitski a Larger Canvas on ‘Be the Cowboy’ 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Billboard music charts, followed by Daft Punk's Grammy-winning disco track "Get Lucky." Pharrell leaves Montreux festival fans wanting more 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The Italian producer Giorgio Moroder was a disco trailblazer in the early 1970s, thanks to his work with Donna Summer on songs like “Last Dance” and “I Feel Love.” Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Last week, the Jinks delivered a tremendous selection of 80s disco and funk – featuring everything from Grace Jones to the Cure. Click to download: Spotify's banter economy 2010-06-17T22:44:00Z Liverpudlian schoolboys didn't wear platforms until the days of disco in the 1970s. Nowhere Boy is everywhere faithful to John Lennon's teenage years 2012-10-11T09:02:08Z It's definitely more infected by the 70s, the looseness of disco: hard-hitting big drums, wild guitars, outsider blues. Numero Group: the crate-digging record label's top 10 2013-06-13T16:05:50Z Mr. May’s disco, as re-envisioned on this album, isn’t quite ecstatic, his wobbly falsetto notwithstanding. Playlist: New Releases From Friends, Wade Bowen and Joey Badass 2012-07-27T16:00:00Z The artists and audiences who adored disco were forced underground, particularly the queer community, and such was the birth of house music. Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for "Renaissance" 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Paul Zone captured that performance—part of her “Rock ’n’ Rimbaud” series—with an unlikely photo that included the raggedy singer and a glittering disco ball in the same frame. Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and the punk rock myth of “Death to Disco” 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z I remember being at my first school disco and practicing the moves with all my friends. Molly on her Eurovision 'challenge' 2014-03-04T11:51:22Z Was disco a historical event that occurred, say, between 1975 and 79, ie between the release of the Bee Gees' Jive Talkin' and Chic's Good Times? New band of the day ? No 860: Mighty Mouse 2010-09-03T16:18:00Z “We’ll surround ourselves in a shimmering human disco ball each night,” the message read. Beyoncé Fuels a Small-Business Boom 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z I hated the music, the disco ball, the vibe, but I loved the attention. Modern Love: Stuck at the Border Between the Sexes 2011-05-19T21:19:57Z Inside, there were purple disco lights, pink chandeliers and “Glam Squad” staffers directing fans to free hair, makeup and nail stations as a DJ played thumping music. Wendy Williams made a lot of enemies in radio 20 years ago. Now she’s a daytime-television staple. 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z In fact, we can't remember if there ever was a big disco hit since the era was officially brought to a close in 1979 by those nice gentlemen in that park in Chicago. New band of the day ? Jupiter (No 1,269) 2012-05-16T16:11:14Z As the music pushes outward from glam to disco to freakier fringes, Fohr’s influences never feel like part of her costume. Review | On ‘Jacqueline,’ Haley Fohr sends her alter ego on a road trip 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z He also showed the ability to adapt, keeping the show relevant through the disco and hip-hop eras, even though he was not particularly a fan of either style of music. Don Cornelius: Peace, love, soul -- and civil rights 2012-02-02T00:29:00Z Even if they're literal black panthers, the political mirror that the show is trying to hold up here is getting about as readable as a disco ball. "True Blood" recap: Trust no one 2010-08-23T12:30:00Z Friday closed with Horse Meat Disco, the London club's DJs mixing deep disco with party tracks and underlining that Green Man can do a raveup as well as it does family-friendly merriment. Green Man festival ? review 2011-08-22T17:15:00Z His mother's brother had been a DJ during the disco boom. Vito de Luca of nu-disco hitmakers Aeroplane on becoming a one-man band 2010-07-29T21:30:00Z As she turned and twisted in the chlorinated water, flopping under burning Florida stars, some regular passengers wandered down from an adjoining disco party to observe. Steampunks at Sea 2014-03-14T15:50:39Z The venue, which was once a roller disco, holds around 1000 people, but people who were lucky enough to attend report that the club wasn’t even half-filled for the surprise show. Prince Plays Surprise Gig at London’s Electric Ballroom 2014-02-05T16:07:16Z Eight months in the making, his debut album aims for the sparkling disco insouciance of the Scissor Sisters and Mika, but is stymied by McElderry's perfectly characterless vocals. Joe McElderry: Wide Awake - review 2010-10-21T22:40:00Z So Josh Neff's optimistic street-corner prediction came true and will continue to be so, because disco was too big and too important and too great to let go. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z But in its live shows it was clear Escort was interested in its source material — disco in all its iterations — as process, even at the risk of a mild disorderliness. Playlist: Jessica Reedy?s Album, ?From the Heart? 2011-11-20T02:15:30Z This fantasy sequence — illustrating how Diana would rather be on a date at a disco than at a dreary classical concert — reflected the show’s unapologetic commitment to pop maximalism. In Defense of ‘Diana,’ the Show We Didn’t Deserve 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z But go ask Daft Punk, a newly re-formed Chic, and now Snoop Dogg: Something profound took hold in that era, where incandescent soul got handsy on a club floor with disco, funk and electronic experimentation. Snoop Dogg taps into the '70s sound with 'Bush' 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Casual listeners knew the Bee Gees best for the innovative disco sound they created with the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, but music industry insiders viewed the brothers Gibb as extremely versatile music makers. Late Bee Gee Robin Gibb hailed in native Britain 2012-05-21T13:11:10Z The fictionalized story of the FBI's Abscam investigation amid the disco 1970s earned nominations for best movie comedy and David O. Russell for best director. '12 Years,' 'Hustle' lead Globes nominations 2013-12-12T16:01:43Z There’s blossoming disco balls as big as eight feet in diameter, and a multitiered stage, created by the Tony-nominated set designer David Korins, who did “Hamilton” and shows for Lady Gaga. How New York Got a Glorious Throwback Roller-Skating Extravaganza 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The band is back to using synthesizers, after a three-album moratorium, and the squelchy disco sounds and vaguely Asian timbres add a haywire gloss to the proceedings. The Magnetic Fields ? love songs with a cynical undertow 2012-03-05T22:10:05Z The whole disco scene was going on simultaneously to the punk scene.” Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and the punk rock myth of “Death to Disco” 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z "Disco is not easy to make or replicate unless you sample it," he says, comparing the disco process – with its multiple layered voices and instruments, horns and strings – to purely programmed electronic dance music. Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z But what many seem to be responding to in “Get Lucky” is what lies at the heart of many disco hits: an upbeat message and danceable beat. Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ May Rule the Summer 2013-05-29T21:52:14Z As previously announced, the Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller will reprise her role as Deloris Van Cartier, the undercover nun with a disco past. ArtsBeat: Victoria Clark Joins 'Sister Act' on Broadway 2011-02-01T18:07:24Z When the execution is as supremely assured as the razor-sharp Italo disco of Go Go Yellow Screen by Digital Emotion, it's easy to ignore any lack of originality. Sounds of the Netherlands – day one: a history of Dutch pop in 10 songs 2012-06-11T12:29:01Z On one hand, it tries to present an accessible history of electronic music, starting with its outgrowth from disco, house and techno and continuing through its commercialization and fusion with pop. Review: In ‘What We Started,’ the Back Story Behind the Backbeat 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z I mean, they dress up in discos as me. David Hasselhoff: 'If we have to go with the Hoff to pay the rent, let's go with the Hoff' 2012-08-05T19:00:01Z There, they put down their vocals on the ballad “I Still Have Faith in You” and the string-laden disco of “Don’t Shut Me Down.” After 40 Years, Abba Takes a Chance With Its Legacy 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z His work on “Emotional Rescue” propelled the band’s exploration of disco. Bobby Keys, longtime Rolling Stones saxophonist, dies at age 70 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Bad disco dancing, afro wigs and drunken disgracefulness makes this Christmas party from suburban hell. Cracking the Nutcracker 2012-12-18T15:42:00Z By 1 a.m., the crowd was bumping to old-school house and disco music, while Mr. Arias had retreated into the arms of something every midlife drag queen covets: a boyfriend. Scene City: Finally, a Chance to Dress Up Again 2010-10-07T16:39:00Z The soundtrack was some sort of manic disco, a genre, it is safe to say, no one associates with this dour sphynx of fashion. American Chic on the Runways of Paris 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z They help locate much of the album’s sound in the late 1970s and early 1980s of disco, new wave and electropop hybrids. On Arcade Fire’s ‘Everything Now,’ Pop Can Reach Deep 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Having gone from disco king to aspiring chorus boy, he lives in a world closer to a backstage Hollywood musical like “42nd Street” than “Mean Streets.” ‘Saturday Night Fever’ at 40: You Should Still Be Dancing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z “I would wake up and be like ‘Mom, where’s that satin disco glitter jacket,’ and she was like, ‘What are you talking about? You don’t have that in your closet.’ Richie Rich, the ’90s Club Kid, Goes Virtual for Beauty 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z For 10 hours, Output’s world-class sound system will pulse with disco deep cuts from labels like Salsoul and Prelude. Pop & Rock Listings for July 15-21 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Sunday and a variety of country, disco, Motown and rock bands throughout the festival. Weekend highlights: Meet Seafair Pirates at Edmonds Waterfront fest; browse Seattle Pet Expo 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z So, too, will gigantic teddy bear bean bags: “perfect for an office disco nap at 4 when you just need a cuddle,” Ms. Lyall declared. British Super-Stylists Intent on Spreading Their Brand of Chaos 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z When visitors enter the basement, a disco ball lights up and the Q Lazzarus soundtrack song “Goodbye Horses” begins to play. Remember the creepy house from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’? Now it’s a vacation rental. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z It supplies artists with everything from disco balls and mannequins to buttons and beads. 11,000 Free Pairs of Shoes Will Dance Across New York 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Photograph: Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi/Guardian Strapping Christmas lights to your face and taking a disco nap is as sensible as contents insurance, compared to some of the other treatments on offer. You had me at 'vagina rejuvenation': my weird day out at an anti-ageing exhibition 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z A disco ball threw beads of light across a crowded dance floor on a recent Monday night in Lower Manhattan while old film footage rolled across a wall by the stage. Where Jazz Lives Now 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z “I knew this record needed a rhythm section steeped in disco and funk. Feel in the pocket was paramount to the drum sections we had,” she said. Yola, country-soul force of nature, plays Seattle’s Showbox Sunday 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Her rise was inseparable from disco's itself, even though she remained popular for years after the genre she helped invent had died. Disco Queen Donna Summer endured after era faded 2012-05-18T10:35:09Z He was a hard rocker, a glam-rocker and a pop star, who worked in every musical genre from metal to disco. Rebel, alien, cynic, dreamer: David Bowie’s chimerical genius, and cultural importance, go way beyond pop music 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z When disco music seemed to die about 30 years ago, roller-skating died a little too. A Bit of the Disco Era Has Rolled Back Into Town 2011-01-27T15:07:35Z The former coal miner claimed to have organized Britain's first disco and to have been the first DJ to use two turntables - a claim that has frequently been disputed. TV show claims UK TV host Savile abused children 2012-10-02T13:36:08Z They also have mad disco and fairyland projections. Clubs picks of the week 2012-05-25T23:05:21Z Several Donna Summer classics re-entered the chart following the disco star's death last week. Keane stay top of UK album chart 2012-05-21T09:46:09Z In “Echo Party,” Meath sings about “a lot of people dancing downtown,” with hi-hats and piano chords that hint at disco and house music. Sylvan Esso’s New Album of Electro-pop Challenges All Expectations 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Dahl later said that he was unaware at the time of the importance of disco to marginalized groups and that there was no racist or homophobic intent behind Disco Demolition Night. The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The soft footfalls will belie the disco energy transmitted across the dance floor. Spare Times for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z It has disco floors, indoor and outdoor seating, two sound systems and a light show. Inside the stretch limo where ‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic’s team waited for a pardon that never came 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Super Critical's lead single, Wrong Club, channels 70s disco vibes through the guitar riffs from beginning to end. The Ting Tings rediscover disco 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z In the rear, a hushed crowd sat on the floor of a dark theater space equipped with a piano and a disco ball, waiting for the evening’s entertainment to begin. The Last Days of Beckett’s, a Smoky New York Literary Salon 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z David Mancuso, a legend of New York disco, often spoke about the dance floors he commanded as fiercely egalitarian, a place where hierarchies were instantly erased and the crowd became a single, loving organism. Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation 1814” Wanted Us to Dance Away Our Differences 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z She was the disco queen, and will remain so. Obama leads Donna Summer tributes 2012-05-18T08:59:34Z Elsewhere, the defiantly positive On the Ropes is as pretty as anything he's recorded, while the title track somehow conspires to sound like a slowed-down disco number. Eels: Wonderful, Glorious – review 2013-02-03T00:05:22Z And it didn't cross over the same way disco did. Funk was the black answer to “Star Wars”: Take the trip with “Tales From the Tour Bus” 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The audience chuckled responsively, especially when it came to the disco dancing and conga-ing of the wedding party scene. Les Troyens; Le nozze di Figaro; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-30T23:07:11Z Shepheard brings with him disco playboy Tad Wily and the mysterious Iron Curtis. Clubs picks of the week 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z Ana Matronic and Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters rode a disco beat in “The Sun Is Down,” dancing across the stage in glittery shoes. Music Review | 'We Are Plastic Ono Band': Amid All That Experience, Innocence 2010-02-18T00:28:00Z His output touched on rock, disco and minimal compositions, and collaborators included the likes of the Talking Heads, Allen Ginsberg and Larry Levan. More than 20 years after his death, Arthur Russell’s music is more relevant than ever 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Beyoncé’s seventh solo album, “Renaissance,” is a rich tribute to the long history of Black dance music, from disco up through ballroom house. The Robust Return of Beyoncé 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z But we can forgive the note of cynicism when the music's as good as Chic's Le Freak, the tightest, funkiest, classiest of all disco joints. Readers recommend: songs about dance styles ? results 2011-07-28T15:08:29Z Photos of them perched on a windowsill in her home would catch her followers’ attention on Instagram and she frequently fielded questions about where they, too, could purchase disco balls. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Theater critic Charles McNulty, a devoted fan of disco siren Donna Summer, was looking forward to “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,” now playing at the La Jolla Playhouse. Essential Arts & Culture: Special Thanksgiving edition, starring Donna Summer, William Kentridge and tattoos 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z In the self-proclaimed European song championships, flag-draped fans and outrageous outfits are par for the course and contestants mix glitz and kitsch, ballads, rock 'n' roll and disco to lure the highest number of votes. German teenager wins Eurovision contest 2010-05-30T00:52:00Z A nice thread about women in the workplace wound its way through some scenes, but it was overwhelmed by random references to bowling, disco and environmentalism. Blasts from the past? ‘Decades’ falls short on opening night but has its bright spots Rodgers' fast, funky guitar strums and Chic's bubbly disco underpinnings are given a new clarity and heft. Chic releases new single, video 'I'll Be There' after 20 years 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Her gray hair was flecked with silver tinsel, like a disco ball crown, and she wore a striped dress that she had knotted low at the center, giving it an uneven, gam-level hem. Rita Moreno: Pathbreaker, Activist and ‘A Kick in the Pants’ 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z The dominant forces were percussion, bleating saxophone and an uncharacteristically funky vocal from Staples: for five believe-it-or-not minutes, Tindersticks sounded like the house band at a Brooklyn disco. Tindersticks | Pop review 2010-03-26T22:30:00Z At the wedding disco, the playlist was heavy on traditional sounds for an older audience. Nídia Is Bringing the Sound of Lisbon’s Ghettos to the World 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z He described himself as a “tasteful thief” for appropriating from glam rock, soul, disco, punk rock and haute couture. 80,000 items from rock legend David Bowie to go on display in London 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z "Rock'n'roll!" he shouts unexpectedly during Who Loves You – one of a clutch of songs from his 1970s disco renaissance – but there's nothing rock'n'roll about the proceedings. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – review 2012-06-27T16:53:50Z The groomsmen wore similar attire for the reception, wearing disco party shirts bought from Amazon. From the Start, There Were Ground Rules 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Or when she rides a Phoenix-style disco beat on “High Horse.” Review | Enter the ordinary, everyday acid-visions of Kacey Musgraves 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z For the longest time it looked as if the gatekeeping Boomers were embarrassed by the 1970s and all that it encompassed – Nixon, disco, the energy crisis, Punk, the fall of Saigon, bell-bottoms. Super sounds of "Reservoir Dogs": How this heist film changed indie soundtracks forever 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Their life story obliged the backing band to shift abruptly from a hybrid free-jazz/funk vibe to a Motown groove or a four-to-the-floor disco beat, which brought the occasional lapse of tightness. Doug Carn/Jean Carne – review 2012-06-24T17:30:01Z In the early 80s, she had hits with songs that fused disco, funk, soul, reggae and downright dirtiness – Pull Up to The Bumper must be the most suggestive song of all time. 'I'm scary. I'm scaring myself' 2010-04-16T23:09:00Z Love To Love You, Summer's first venture into a disco style, marks the third phase of her career. Donna Summer: 'the audience was groaning worse than I was' ? a classic interview from the vaults 2012-05-17T18:30:01Z This is a song for all you bigheads out there who think that disco music is lower than the irrelevant musical gibberish and tired platitudes that you try to impress your parents with. Forgive us our synths ? how 80s pop found favour again 2010-11-18T23:33:00Z It's by no means bad or unpleasant, just average indie, some of it more rhythmic than others but none deserving of the designation disco, let alone cosmic. New band of the day – Prince Rama (No 1,337) 2012-08-23T15:42:26Z A thumping beat and elastic bass line give the song a sleek disco sheen, but it’s Remy’s absurdist sense of humor that makes it unique. U.S. Girls’ Luxuriously Absurd Disco, and 9 More New Songs 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The band employed a soft, Beatles-like pop sound in their early songs, but by the mid-1970s, they were looking to reinvent themselves as a disco group. Robert Stigwood, impresario behind Bee Gees and other star acts, dies at 81 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z A parody in the manner of Savage's 1990s theater troupe, Greek Active, "Miracle!" contains a 20-minute drag segment, raunchy language, disco tunes and wigs galore. The return of Intiman? 2-month, 4-play season opens in July 2012-06-28T20:47:03Z It was the flagship sound for Philadelphia International Records, riding lush strings and big-band disco from the producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. 2010-01-15T03:51:00Z “I wanted the sophistication that disco offers, and the melodrama,” Ware said. How Jessie Ware Cooked Her Way Into a Musical Fantasy 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Following the racist and homophobic "Disco sucks!" movement, disco music all but vanished from radio and the clubs. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Hawkins' latest solo release, "Red Light Fever," is far from the disco world. Foo Fighters' Hawkins laments technology in rock 2010-07-15T15:49:00Z I think I need to drag him away from the orchestra and get him on a disco song. Playing by Johnny Marr’s rules: “I love living in the modern world, but I just don’t accept a laptop as being a band member” 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The hit single "Around the World" displayed a then-unfashionable love of disco which attracted the attention of Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers. Daft Punk: the midas touch 2013-05-18T23:05:39Z You can see the same problem in the bows, when the happy dancers try to cut loose under a disco ball. Trinity Irish Dance Company Review: Those Flashing, Percussive Feet 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z To a certain extent, it was successful in its desire to kill disco. Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for "Renaissance" 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z This Spanish island, set off the country’s east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, seems to be defined by the packed discos like Amnesia and Pacha where D.J.s spin electronic music until 8 a.m. On Ibiza’s Quiet Side, Seafood Shacks and Deserted Coves 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z “Stand for Myself” draws from the same Americana soundbook as Yola’s first record, but it’s also shot through with disco and pop. After Two Decades in Music, Yola Expands Her Powers 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z Until the late 70s the city's cultural scene was divided, with little traffic between the art galleries, chi-chi uptown discos and grimy Lower East Side punk haunts. Antony Hegarty's Meltdown: New York pioneers who walked on the wild side 2012-07-28T23:05:37Z Consider a disco nap — or, more appropriately, a techno nap — before heading out to this D.J. set from the British electronic producer Daniel Avery. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Of course, for a few years now so-called yacht rockers have been trying to essay a latterday version of the mullet funk mavens' hi-tech disco pop, but this is one of the more successful attempts. New band of the day: Night Works (No 1,398) 2012-11-19T17:40:35Z Nearby is Cucina Palm Beach, a small Italian restaurant that becomes a late-night hot spot with a disco ball and bottle service. Palm Beach Gets a Younger Groove 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Rich immersed herself in the Brooklyn disco demimonde, spending weeks soaking up the feel of the clubs and the look of their patrons. 2010-01-12T06:45:00Z Classic disco asserts itself at the album’s midway point. Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Embodies Decades of Dance Music. Here’s a Guide. 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z At night, the tent will revert to a headphone disco, presumably after a short interval to sweep up the teeth. T in the Park: what to look out for this weekend 2013-07-11T15:21:00Z With its red lighting and Hades-like smoke and fog, the lurid look of “The Big Bang” suggests a tacky disco inferno. | 'The Big Bang': A Taste for Psychedelics and the God Particle 2011-05-12T23:22:16Z Stigwood also scored with the movie “Grease,” and then it was all over: He got caught in the disco backlash, lost his golden touch. ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Review: A Producer Who Found His Groove 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The 1970s disco era, for example, drawing from gay nightclub culture and black music, was a time of sexual freedom and individualism. Perspective | Documentary series ‘American Style’ embraces fashion as an art form 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z But this newfound cool status is weird because disco was never really for the cognoscenti, not when it broke big. New band of the day: Escort (No 1,506) 2013-05-03T16:34:13Z A meandering jam trailing one song prompts Clausen to clamber into the front row and dance gingerly with fans, before halting the fun when splashing disco hi-hats kick in. Efterklang ? review 2011-02-25T19:31:19Z His music found places where Minimalism, rock, chamber music, disco and wistful private soliloquies overlapped, and his fans included Philip Glass, David Byrne and the Paradise Garage’s pioneering D.J., Review: ‘Red Hot + Arthur Russell’ Pays Funky, Introspective Tribute to a Composer and Musician 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The crowded dance floor at Studio 54 disco in New York, where Donna Summer's music was a staple, in 1981. Memories of Donna Summer From Her Disco Days 2012-05-18T19:49:54Z The secret to a good disco track is in the details. Essential summer jams for 2013 2013-05-02T16:18:11Z Their 12 Top 10 singles are funk, disco and pop classics, underpinning movies including “Pulp Fiction” and “Legally Blonde”: “Jungle Boogie,” “Ladies Night,” “Hollywood Swinging,” the undeniable 1980 party anthem “Celebration.” Kool & the Gang Get the Dance Floor Moving. Have They Gotten Their Due? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z This dreamy coming-of-age story is about a group of black and Hispanic teenagers in the South Bronx in 1977, where hip-hop is just emerging and the last glimmers of disco still hold some glittery allure. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Get Down’ and ‘The Wine Show’ 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Another influential disco act, Donna Summer, died on Thursday aged 63. Singer Robin Gibb, Bee Gees co-founder, dies at 62 2012-05-21T00:47:22Z Heart, trailblazers for women in rock music, and the producer Lou Adler were inducted, while the queen of disco, Donna Summer, and the blues guitar legend Albert King were posthumously honored. Rock Hall of Fame Embraces Randy Newman, Public Enemy and Others 2013-04-19T15:50:46Z The lounges, discos and theaters remain open even when there’s no entertainment. First time taking a cruise? Here’s what you need to know. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z When the iconic 1970s disco group Boney M rocked Ramallah this week, the local music festival prevented the band from performing one of its biggest hits. Boney M asked to skip hit in West Bank gig 2010-07-22T11:41:00Z By day, the two men lead tours of supposed disco landmarks. ‘The Greasy Strangler’: Just Maybe the Weirdest Movie Ever 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Harkening back to his singles with Kylie, Hazel Dean and Rick Astley, the song is a poptastic disco anthem, with a nod to Blame It On The Boogie in its life-affirming lyrics. Flying the flag 2010-05-28T07:43:00Z The notional New Orleans stomp on “Who Needs You?” passes for anger, and the album-closing redemption tune “Everything’s Gonna Be All Right” is pure flat-footed disco, the celebration music of more than a generation ago. New Music 2011-06-13T22:00:32Z “Night Fever” features 40 images from the era, as well as a pop-up disco featuring live D.J.s, whose mixes get a boost from an era-standard Richard Long audio configuration. 10 Things to Do Now in NYC 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z We saw a lot of those satin jackets in the disco era and things like that, but it was really important for me to distinguish the colors for each period. "Totally Killer" costumer on Molly Ringwald vibes and making '80s ensembles worthy of being stabbed 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Dating at 54 isn't just a case of meeting at a disco or a dance – it's a whole day out. Lenny Henry: This Much I Know 2012-10-13T23:06:00Z That work was the brunt of many nicknames, including “the disco inferno.’ ArtsBeat: After Stay in Gramercy Park, Calder Sculpture Pops Up in Maastricht 2014-03-13T20:24:12Z She has done this repeatedly as a way of showcasing African artists, and on Renaissance she pays special tribute to house and disco music, and especially its queer history. Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for "Renaissance" 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Best act Hercules and Love Affair Overheard "Seriously, who needs football when you've got disco?" as the dreary matter of a certain sports match caused a delay to the Hercules and Love Affair set. Garden festival 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z In a new book, “Purgatory and Paradise: Sassy ’70s Suburbia and the City,” Meisler juxtaposes photos from her Long Island Series, as she calls it, with ones from her disco days. Seventies Long Island: The Whole Mishpocha 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Hang a disco ball from the ceiling to float above the Christmas tree. 86 Fresh Christmas Ideas 2010-11-19T19:59:00Z In an early sortie, she appears in a gleaming gold dress to interpret the disco version of the song “MacArthur Park.” Review | Round House delivers knockout production of drag queens and disco in ‘Georgia’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Like his previous efforts, the new tracks are finely wrought soundscapes, samples from heavy metal bands and spoken word performances to 1950s folk recordings and classic funk drum parts from the disco era. ArtsBeat Blog: DJ Shadow Talks About His Latest Sonic Collages 2011-10-04T15:59:54Z Mars sang, showing off disco moves that were synched with lights on the stage floor. Bieber, Gaga win at MTV Europe Music awards; Bruno Mars & Green Day shine 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z A belted leather jacket with a grid of multicolored patches actually made me think of a light-up disco floor. On the Runway: Resort Looks from C?line and Nina Ricci 2011-06-14T23:08:52Z Occasionally the music works: “On Melancholy Hill” features appealingly warm filtered disco, and the National Orchestra for Arabic Music, on “White Flag,” feels grounded and alive. Critics? Choice: New Music From Gorillaz, the Chieftains and Fenn O?Berg 2010-03-14T21:41:00Z When Sparro errs towards disco, as he does on the bouncy We Could Fly and the garrulous Happiness, he sounds more comfortable and assured, and there's an amiable joy sneaking through. Sam Sparro: Return to Paradise – review 2012-06-14T20:00:01Z In 1977, when disco was at its peak, he moved to Chicago and began spinning at a club called the Warehouse. Frankie Knuckles, 59, Pioneer House D.J., Dies 2014-04-02T04:10:34Z But when she appeared on the television, dressed in a white suit and heels, she looked the same as the woman standing beneath the Nellie’s disco ball. Why Nancy Pelosi was hanging out at a D.C. gay bar watching ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z In a tweet: With their winning blend of mutant Afro-funk and township disco, Kinshasa's finest look set to become ghetto superstars. Staff Benda Bilili at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-27T19:51:00Z Beyond the rap narration, moreover, he has created a rich musical score that runs from pulsating disco to sweetly lyrical ballads and Rent-like rock anthems. Venice: A Hiphop Dystopia Comes to New York 2013-06-19T09:45:17Z The British pop singer Jessie Ware pivoted to disco on her excellent 2020 album “What’s Your Pleasure?,” but she shifts n into a higher gear on its ecstatic follow-up, “That! Feels Good!,” out on Friday. Jack Harlow Goes Deep on Race and Rap, and 8 More New Songs 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z She installed a flashing “disco full” sign outside to discourage the hoi polloi and a slide-back peephole at the door to inspect supplicants for admission to the pounding music and gold-plated glamour of her Valhalla. Régine, Whose Discotheque Gave Nightlife a New Dawn, Dies at 92 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z To imagine that feeling at 100 times the frequency, at 100 times the loss — that’s the tragedy that people were dancing away beneath glittering lights in the disco era. Lesser-known stories from the disco era come to light in ‘amber’ 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z That one is quite overlooked - it was a huge hit, but the thing about it was that it really ushered in a new rhythm and it was a key record for the whole disco movement. Bee Gees 'on a par with Beatles' 2012-05-21T15:36:29Z Set in New York in the 1970s, it will the story of a fictional record label called American Century records, exploring the drug- and sex-fuelled music business when the punk and disco scenes were emerging. Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger team up for record label drama 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, disco fever has spread to Australia and just like in 1978 when artists unexpectedly Went Disco, producers from far-flung genres such as Skream have been bitten by the disco bug. Goldroom No (1,512) 2013-05-14T17:27:47Z How were proper disco bands like Chic viewed in France? Robocall: A Conversation with Daft Punk
2013-05-21T19:21:36Z In 1999, he was a creator of “The Donkey Show,” a disco adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” that ran Off Broadway for six years. Up Close: He Puts the Maximus in the Circus 2011-05-04T18:07:02Z These progeny of '80s R&B/soul/disco seem to be more holistically involved in music than stars back /then. The Internet buys Teena Marie's gear 2012-11-15T13:24:21Z There was also a colorful punch of purple — most memorably in a glittery disco ball of a tuxedo jacket — that added to the relaxed, informal feel of the collection. Menswear on the European runways 2011-01-24T19:08:53Z The duo began in old-school mode, heavy on the beats and chants of yesterday’s hip-hop and those conga flurries disco took from salsa. DJs of Fort Knox Five play vigorous improvised set at U Street Music Hall 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z He saw disco mostly from the sidelines, as a spectacle; I was swooning in the middle of the crowd, lost in music. How Peter Hujar Defined Downtown 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z I was DJing house music and producing bits of jungle and hip hop and I was really into 90s stuff and late disco then too. Newman goes it alone 2013-10-14T07:14:44Z There were references to disco and dancers, the boardroom, the beach and the ski slopes. Designers feeling texture at NY Fashion Week 2011-02-16T21:51:22Z The club is outfitted in gilded mirrors hung salon-style, Oriental pillows and a constellation of disco balls. In Transit: Riverside Berlin Club Offers Food, Views and Plenty of Parking 2011-06-12T10:01:00Z The magic did not last, however, and with the disco era waning Robin and his brothers faded quickly into obscurity, concentrating in the 1980s on producing and writing for other acts including Diana Ross. Singer Robin Gibb, Bee Gees co-founder, dies at 62 2012-05-21T00:47:22Z Butler has a nose for detail and historical resonances, and he uses disco and house music in a way that foregrounds their gay, underground origins. Hercules & Love Affair – review 2012-08-08T16:44:23Z The 1979 observer who thought the "Shadows" only looked good because the show was so large also described it as "disco décor," not art. Alas, mere 'Shadows' 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z In the regimented club scene, a casteless society, à la the disco equalizer Studio 54, is a singular accomplishment. Frankie Sharp, Party Promoter at Westgay at the Westway 2012-10-03T20:57:02Z Their music isn't very disco, filter or otherwise. New band of the day: Juveniles (No 1,521) 2013-05-29T16:21:02Z This was post-“Saturday Night Fever,” post-Stonewall, and pre-AIDS; disco, which hadn’t yet succumbed to punk rock’s counterpunch, was at its glorious height. Bill Bernstein’s Exuberant Images of New York City’s Disco Days 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z As usual, the scope will be wide and deep: current hip-hop and dancehall and electronic music, first-generation minimalism, disco, and noise, all presented within a curatorial and historical context. Red Bull Music Academy New York Program to Include FKA Twigs 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z His daughter’s disco party earlier that year had devolved into a fog through which tiny bodies ran and screamed and the parents looked nervous. Her Party 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z The Midtown Manhattan supper club, nicknamed “Broadway’s living room,” in the basement of the former disco Studio 54, will be renamed Feinstein’s/54 Below. Michael Feinstein and the Club 54 Below Agree to a Partnership 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z As punk, new wave and disco arrived, Sweet suddenly looked old-fashioned. Glam rock bottom: why did it go so sour for Sweet? 2010-09-23T21:56:00Z We were on the crowded dance floor of a disco on the second floor of a nondescript office building tucked at the end of a little alley in Shinjuku Ni-chome, Tokyo’s gay district. A Guide to Tokyo, From an Outsider (and Insider) 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z When I was 18, I got my first job DJing in a small-town disco. Michael Mayer: 'Work in Cologne. Party in Berlin' 2011-03-15T21:59:00Z His glittery silver disco shoes peek out under bell bottoms and twinkle in the dawn light. Loving Elvis tender and true 2011-01-05T18:24:46Z But she was familiar with disco — music favored by the drag queens she watched in underground clubs. Review | In her memoir, Debbie Harry gives an unvarnished look at her life in the punk scene 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z At first, the D.J.s played “nothing but disco,” according to Eddie Freeman. From Disco to Techno, He’s Seen It on Sugar Hill’s Dance Floor 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Escort are as much a dance band doing machine music organically as an outfit offering a tour de force of disco styles, a homage to the music that was broader than people imagine. New band of the day: Escort (No 1,506) 2013-05-03T16:34:13Z So in 1973 she opened Catch One, one of the first black discos in the country. Jewel's Catch One disco's demise marks era's end for L.A.'s gay blacks 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z They wanted a proper night out, not a disco. The Stars Band: 'why shouldn't disabled people have a great album cover?' 2013-05-30T12:33:50Z We might see a shapely young arm raised to reveal a hint of armpit hair; dewy skin dappled by disco lights; girls huddled around a mirror, putting on makeup. The Lovely, Menacing Girls of Justine Kurland 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Hilariously, this august figure now prods keyboards, beefing up Yeah Yeah Yeahs' disco numbers. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – review 2013-07-20T23:07:01Z “Cabaret” transferred to Studio 54 and played there for five years; Roundabout used the proceeds to buy the former disco, now one of five stages the company owns. 50 years of 'Cabaret': How the 1966 musical keeps sharpening its edges for modern times 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z “I had to miss shows, which is unfortunate,” she said before one of her final performances in the Broadway disco musical “Here Lies Love.” PlayStation and BTS Help Lea Salonga Clear Her Head 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Simian mobile disco … Coming to a zoo near you. Readers recommend: songs about monkeys and apes 2012-05-24T21:00:01Z The space will double as a roller disco in the evenings, when a live DJ will be installed in the middle of the room and guests invited to amplify their visitor experience. Studio Job Unveils New Works at an Exhibition in Buenos Aires 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The re-creation of disco’s dark power is really, really good. Perspective | Are jukebox musicals like ‘The Cher Show’ dumbing down Broadway, or just giving us what we want? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Maybe this emphasis on queerness doesn’t work in every scene, but any interpretation that allows the choreographer Jack Ferver to chassé while wearing a disco ball cannot be dismissed. Review: A Stranger, Sexier Version of ‘Peter Pan’? It’s Leonard Bernstein’s 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z By transforming an old theater into a disco, the two men also recast the nightscape of the city, creating a club that magnetized the famous and the merely fabulous equally. As Studio 54 Boogies to Brooklyn, Its Denizens Look Back in Wonder 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Amid the disco lights, Bragg plays the song, accompanied only by his electric guitar. Billy Bragg: Barking's Woody Guthrie on 30 years of songs and activism 2013-03-26T17:00:32Z Known in the neighborhood as DJ Dat Gurl Curly, Ms. Ruiz performed house and disco sets at the park’s amphitheater for years until the band shell was bulldozed last December. Eileen Myles Watches Over an Ever-Changing New York 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The funk bounce of "Butterfly's" "King Kunta" and the disco swerve of "i" were pure joy, however. BET Experience: N.W.A, Kendrick Lamar capture L.A. hip-hop history 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Before disco, she had already reinvented herself several times. Disco Queen Donna Summer endured after era faded 2012-05-18T10:35:09Z “Twelfth Night” is sailing under the flag “Illyria” at Avant Bard, and it’s set in a queer 1980s Manhattan nightclub, disco tunes and all. Review | The hippies are back in Shaina Taub’s musical ‘As You Like It’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z There's also a rare live set from German duo MMM, renowned for judiciously hacking up old disco records and reassembling them as something closer to jacking techno. Clubs picks of the week 2013-01-05T00:06:08Z The cable network's Vinyl dug into life at an early-'70s rock label, while Netflix's The Get Down took on the burgeoning hip-hop and disco scenes at the decade's end. FX's Exploration of the Crack Epidemic Falters 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Through the rest of the disco era she burned up the charts: She was the only artist to have three consecutive double-LPs hit No. 1, "Live and More," "Bad Girls" and "On the Radio." Disco Queen Donna Summer endured after era faded 2012-05-18T10:35:09Z Creating joy at home led Christine Obiamalu, a communications professional by day and musician by night, to purchase two disco balls for her Brooklyn apartment. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s never short on action: the outdoor Paradise Grill hosts live music nightly, and on weekends the Equator Lounge is transformed from elegant hotel bar to chic disco, crammed with well-heeled locals. Next Stop: Overcoming the Past in Lively Kampala 2013-08-15T21:56:49Z Libby Rasmussen, a social media and marketing director who lives in Washington D.C., always had an affinity for disco balls. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The latter's sound – part dark, sensual US disco, part clinical, European electronic pop – could be best heard on their seminal In A Vision single and their self-titled album, after which they all but disappeared. Clubs picks of the week 2013-05-18T05:00:14Z Among the gaggle of a dozen or so people gathered Saturday night beneath a pair of mini disco balls, few were extroverts, and the site-specific piece never did jell. ‘Dead Behind These Eyes,’ a Karaoke Play 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z At one particularly tense point, Mohammed spoke to our driver in Berber and the folk music in our car suddenly changed to Gloria Gaynor’s disco classic “I Will Survive.” A retiree’s no-hurry travel itinerary: Morocco via Portugal and Spain 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Born This Way is a thumping, almost disco anthem that stomps along until the chorus crashes in with the weight of a discarded meat dress. Lady Gaga's Born This Way: first review 2011-02-11T11:05:00Z Richie’s hot and bothered about the birth of punk music, but there was a lot more money in disco. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1 Finale: As Confused as Ever 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z I ended up next to him on stage doing some awkward disco moves. Marcos musical launches new theatre 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z That a modern disco record would be made by a musician who until recently was best known as part of a noise-punk band, Mi Ami, initially scans as unusual. Critic?s Notebook: Ital and Kindness, Indie Acts Moving to a Disco Beat 2012-03-20T22:16:48Z They abandoned playing the parts themselves and relying heavily on drum machines, computerized loops and samples of disco and rock records. Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ May Rule the Summer 2013-05-29T21:52:14Z Whenever things are going wrong in my life, I press play and let this non-stop barrage of excruciating disco bilge remind me that other people have it worse. Reboot regrets: the TV revivals that should never have happened 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z It's disco pop as disco pop can be. March's best music from across the MAP 2013-04-02T15:55:27Z If You Like A Taste of Honey, Try Little Dragon If you hated disco back then, chances are you might stop reading. Music Match: If You Like A Taste of Honey, Try Little Dragon 2013-01-29T23:35:21Z About the same time, she began criticizing her earlier disco songs as "sinful." Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63 2012-05-17T23:47:03Z The two enjoy local restaurants, see an avant-garde dance performance and visit a disco, though Michael calls it a night when Tomer offers him MDMA. ‘Sublet’ Review: A Less-Than-Intrepid Traveler 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Others, like Studio 54’s study of the 1970s disco scene, seem happier to luxuriate in the details of a forgotten boomtime. From Beyoncé to Bob Dylan, why music docs are all over our screens 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z His outdoor life is full of activity: walks on the beach and discos and swimming. Floods, fires and a very reggae Christmas: how autism touched my family 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Jonathan, 38, is a founder of DFA Records, the indie label that defined a generation of disco hipsters with LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip and Yacht. In Film and Music, the Galkin Brothers Are on Their Own Together 2010-07-14T20:09:00Z This is yet another reminder of punk and disco’s common roots in the social and geographic margins of downtown New York—though only one of these subcultures was praised by rock critics. Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and the punk rock myth of “Death to Disco” 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Every few years, a rogue disco moment slips into the mainstream: Madonna’s album “Confessions on a Dance Floor.” Róisín Murphy, a Disco Queen Ruling Her Own Galaxy 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z His exit was accompanied by the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.,” a kitschy disco wink to cruising for sex, most commonly heard at wedding receptions that ended 35 years ago. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Bowie’s producer had called Kansai and asked him to come to Radio City Music Hall in New York, where, in a concert, Mr. Bowie descended the stage on a giant disco ball. Kansai Yamamoto, Designer With Ziggy Stardust as a Client, Dies at 76 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The brashest party, if the blaring music and disco lights were any measure, was held by InStyle magazine and Warner Brothers. Scene City: After the Globes Show, the Party Rush 2012-01-18T20:30:38Z In an era of disco superstars that included Gloria Gaynor, the Bee Gees and the Village People, Summer stood out for a soulful delivery that expanded her appeal beyond the dancefloor. Pop mourns Donna Summer 2012-05-18T01:02:00Z Rockabus is not a party bus in the traditional sense; there are no disco lights for atmosphere or metal poles for dancing. Take the Rockabus to the Rockaways 2013-06-05T22:07:49Z The glucose drink-sponsored YES arena will operate as a fully functioning roller disco, perfect if you want to take a breather from Ke$ha, Ocean Colour Scene or Bastille. T in the Park: what to look out for this weekend 2013-07-11T15:21:00Z The disco ball is the centerpiece of the Oasis, an outdoor stage designed by the costume and set designer Clint Ramos, that will host live music and dance parties throughout the summer. Lincoln Center Plans a Return to Full-Scale Summer Programming 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Like his best performances this one's ludicrous, lurching from camp LA street tough to falsetto disco queen. Readers recommend: songs about fools ? results 2011-08-11T14:33:14Z The teenagers, who were born two decades after disco died, started moving to the music. Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ May Rule the Summer 2013-05-29T21:52:14Z At 2 a.m., the room erupted for a “Let It Go” disco remix singalong. Icon, an L.G.B.T. Nightclub in Astoria, Queens 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Then we hear the pulse of Corona’s disco hit “The Rhythm of the Night.” Dancing with Claire Denis 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The peaks and valleys of the career that followed — which included an effective breakup, then a dive into disco — are the subject of this new documentary, directed by Frank Marshall. What’s on TV This Week: A Bee Gees Documentary and ‘Couples Therapy’ 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z At the end of that year they released I'm in the Mood for Dancing, a perky pop tune that incorporated a timely disco beat and featured a full-blast lead vocal by Bernie. Bernie Nolan dies aged 52 2013-07-04T13:17:32Z Listening to his blend of thuggish New York hip-hop and trashy European dance music is already like a visual experience, conjuring an epic bar fight at a disco. Decibel Festival and the future of electronic music 2011-09-24T15:16:03Z Probably Italo disco classics like I'm Hungry: perfect production from the era, chanting vocals, percussive whips. Lovefingers' favourite tracks 2013-07-05T17:00:00Z By the beginning of the nineteen-eighties, disco was in decline, as was Carter’s Administration. Bill Bernstein’s Exuberant Images of New York City’s Disco Days 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z As the ’80s began, she rode the end of disco into the charts with dance tunes like “I’m Coming Out.” Music Review: Diana Ross at Radio City, From Motown to Disco and Beyond 2010-05-20T21:19:00Z It chronicles the generation who revolutionised music by breaking from disco to invent hip-hop. All beat, no heart 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Its previous home Charlie's was – to put it plainly – tiny, but you couldn't blame the hundreds who used to cram in Naïve Melody to hear their highly considered house and disco soundtrack. Clubs picks of the week 2012-05-25T23:05:21Z As the years went on, Kasem progressed through disco and punk, arena rock and rap. Kasem was an island of calm in swirl of pop music 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Brilliantly staged by Alex Timbers as a dusk-to-dawn night at the disco, this show allows you to go through a whole cycle of self-destructive hedonism — from rapture to regret — in 90 minutes. Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The site is organised like a ladies' night in a town-centre disco: women can join free, men need to pay to register. From teledildonics to interactive porn: the future of sex in a digital age 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Footwork developed in the late 1980s and early ’90s in dance clubs, community centers and roller-rink discos that played house music. ‘It Taunts the Eye’: Footwork’s Fast Moves Loom Over Chicago 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Mother’s was also right across the street from a popular disco named Galaxy 21. Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and the punk rock myth of “Death to Disco” 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z In June, Chic guitarist and disco icon Nile Rodgers said he hit the studio with her and was pleasantly “shocked” by the quality of the songs she played him. How 'Paper Towns' Could Turn Cara Delevingne Into a Movie Star 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Their centerpiece track “What Else Is There?” sets a tone of romantic apocalypse, with images of “Flashlights, nightmare, sudden explosions” at a menacing disco pace. Robyn and Royksopp leave the Bowl dancing, and far from alone 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The problem is in part the jukebox form; disco music, with its skimpy lyrics and lack of development, is especially unfit for narrative use. Review: Hot Stuff Turns Cold in ‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z We also do “Margaret Thatcher Queen of Club Nights,” which is basically an ’80s disco where she brings everybody together for a big old dance. How Do You Play Margaret Thatcher? Like This 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Ridgeley added that the duo experimented with various musical genres — they fused rap with disco and then added pop — Wham!'s finished songs had social lyrics with a disco backing. "WHAM!": The 6 biggest revelations from Netflix's documentary about the '80s pop duo 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z She later dominated the disco era with the songs "Last Dance," "Hot Stuff" and "Dim All the Lights." Disco queen Donna Summer dies at 63 2012-05-17T17:39:30Z Visitors might leave pondering exploitation, dancing to a disco tune from the soundtrack, or both. Hito Steyerl Is an Artist With Power. She Uses It for Change. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z "But it scared the record companies, so they stopped signing disco artists and making disco records. So we created our own thing in Chicago to fill the gap." Frankie Knuckles: His Chicago sound was heard around the world 2014-04-01T23:22:00Z Last year’s “Prism” missed those chart achievements, but it remains the year’s most underrated big-pop record, mixing masterful Max Martin writing with vintage house, disco and power ballad productions. Katy Perry shows all sides of her 'Prism' at Honda Center 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z With observational talent in his genes, Dury relates semi-autobiographical tales of doomed holiday romances and unwanted children, set in the deliberately mundane settings of "cheesy discos" and seaside towns filled with "undesirables". Baxter Dury: Happy Soup - review 2011-08-11T21:45:01Z In 1978, the Commodores released the Richie-penned “Three Times a Lady” and many black radio stations drew the line, refusing — at the height of funk and disco — to play a waltz. Lionel Richie Wants to Teach You How to Be a Real ‘American Idol’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z “We were a party band,” helpfully offers a Village Person, puzzled by the elevation of disco to politics. A sparkly spin on ‘The Secret Disco Revolution’ 2013-06-27T21:14:03Z And Chic — whose guitarist, Nile Rodgers, was also in the backing band — performed “Le Freak,” the disco hit from 1978. Music Review: Rainforest Fund Benefit, With Sting 2010-05-14T23:53:00Z And hence the fog, with its layers of associations — mystery, nature, ritual, disco! — belched out by assorted little black machines sourced in Germany. Welcome to Now, Courtesy of Rick Owens 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Sometimes that melancholy had a political context and Scissor Sisters are unusually alert to the deeper meaning of disco. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z Following the release of "Fever," disco was rock. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z His sons Gene and James do, becoming international, award-winning disco dancers. "Phantom of the Open" is Mark Rylance's winning film about the worst British Open golfer ever 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z But he still managed to break out a few Jackson-esque dance steps during the exuberant disco funk workout, Take Back The Night. Timberlake covers Grease ballad 2013-09-30T09:50:46Z When dubstep was au courant in London, Shepherd delved into boogie and disco. In 2015, jazz reasserted itself 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Four months after Warhol's self-described "disco décor" show closed, 50,000 rioting kids tore up a major league baseball field in Chicago on Disco Demolition Night. Alas, mere 'Shadows' 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Paradoxically, considering their vocal might, house and disco divas were often ciphers, mere tits-and-ass content delivery systems for the male production community. Loleatta Holloway: more than a voice 2011-03-22T18:54:13Z This week, house and disco night Naïve Melody is vacating the monthly slot it's held for the last five years. Clubs picks of the week 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z Mr. Gilbert was a bruiser during his set, built like a nose tackle and dressed like a disco ranch hand, with aggressively shredded jeans. Critic?s Notebook: Eric Church and Jason Aldean, Country Music Outlaws 2012-03-28T23:11:05Z He lights up the disco mirror ball on “Monarchy of Roses” and “Factory of Faith,” flirts with a Caribbean rhythm on “Dance, Dance, Dance,” and takes over “Annie Wants a Baby” from the first note. Album review: Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'I'm With You' 2011-08-26T16:04:00Z When disco crashed in the early 80s it lost the battle but it went on to win the war. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z Upbeat confections like “On The Regular” are fun, but disco jaunts seem to sell those talents short. Shamir is chatty, casual and ready to take his voice to new heights 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z As deadpan as Buster Keaton, Mr. Kitano has the title role, shambling through the mean streets of Yokohama, often to a disco version of Erik Satie’s Gnossienne No. 1. Ida Lupino, a Woman of Spine on Both Sides of the Lens 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Recent dance hits, undeniable 80s pop, and old soul and disco are your friends. Summer food & drink special: pop critic Alexis Petridis's playlists 2013-07-27T07:57:00Z The ICD was matchbox sized and clearly visible below my collarbone; a bad look when all I wanted was to wear spaghetti straps to the local discos. Experience: I have sudden death syndrome 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z When played it at the school disco, punks, skins, heavies and mods were one, for 3 minutes 44 seconds anyway. Six Songs of Me: Will Bulmer of 3000 Albums in 3000 Days 2012-08-06T10:26:45Z They gather on street corners, in crowded discos and in abandoned buildings that serve as drug markets, their faces obscured or invisible. Review: The Mafia in ‘Gomorrah,’ Reminiscent of ‘The Wire’ and ‘The Sopranos’ 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z She made it through the swinging `60s, the disco era and a corporate job at Calvin Klein. Known for photos, Vogue's Coddington pens memoir 2012-11-20T20:31:14Z A giant disco ball reigned over the Lincoln Center dance floor this summer, and a miniature one adorned a dancer on Lindy Hop night.Credit... At Lincoln Center, Addicted to Swing and Back on the Dance Floor 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The curtain, made of multicolored Mylar strands — disco streamers — curved through the space, creating pockets for solos on what seemed like the city’s largest dance floor. Nick Cave Wants You to Work It Out on the Dance Floor 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z This 25-year-old disco enthusiast starts her second album by telling two lies: “You want a timeless song, I want to change the game.” Perspective | Album of the year is the Grammy that nobody deserves to win 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z They had all the great disco records before everybody else.” Memories of Donna Summer From Her Disco Days 2012-05-20T00:57:16Z According to Etsy, searches for “disco ball” increased nearly 400 percent during the past three months, compared to the same time period last year. Let’s Have a (Disco) Ball 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The argument that the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack somehow watered down disco from its black roots for mass acceptance carries no weight. My favourite album: the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack 2011-08-02T18:03:22Z The truth: They went down a storm at In the City, so maybe there is a market for this brand of torpid disco. New band of the day ? No 938: D/R/U/G/S 2011-01-04T16:45:57Z The curtain rose on four unidentified string quartet players, each in a disco cage patterned after the Chandler chandeliers. Music Center's 50th-anniversary gala amps up energy to a fault 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Unlike clubs, these disco gatherings feature diaper-changing stations, and unlike playgrounds, they usually have snacks and beverages for adults. Spare Times: For Children for Nov. 18-24 2011-11-17T21:44:02Z Their soundtrack for the movie Saturday Night Fever defined the disco era. Bee Gee 'saddened' by pop industry 2011-01-06T14:52:01Z The latest is Sam Smith’s “Diamonds,” a denunciation of a mercenary partner that starts as a lament but gradually takes on a 4/4 disco thump and busily scrubbing rhythm guitar. Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper’s Wholesome Team-Up, and 10 More New Songs 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z |
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