>1. How could one rally, the "Disco is dead" one, really kill
>an entire genre that had been that dominant? I can tell that
>it was overexposed, and was possibly going to die out
>eventually in some way...but how could that one rally,
>especially before the social media era, cause such a major
>backlash against the genre to where club owners became ashamed
>to say they owned a Disco club? And was it just propaganda for
>them to show that two months after the rally, none of the top
>ten hits were Disco, while before it, it was like 10/10 of the
>hits were Disco?
>
>2. Michael Jackson "Off the wall" came out in August of 1979,
>which was like a month after this rally. Was it successful
>because the music was like the best of the best Disco possible
>for the time, to the extent that it wasn't even classified as
>Disco? And with many of us feeling it was a better album than
>"Thriller"...do you feel that this album's timing, coming
>right when Disco was at it's decline, may be a reason to why
>it wasn't accepted as much as Thriller?
>
>3. I've heard people say "Disco killed Funk" but how was this
>the case? Is this in reference to the earlier Funk that was
>more acoustic, maybe from the James Brown era more so than
>George Clinton and Parliament? It feels as if one half of the
>main Funk hits I know of (Flashlight, etc) came around the
>middle and end of Disco, while the other half and even the
>majority of Funk classics I'm familiar with came in the early
>80's, right after Disco ended..such as More bounce to the
>ounce, Atomic Dog, and Cutie Pie.
>




great questions man, disco never died just got called dance music and the extended version/remix is the same thing under a different name. clubs and places kept on going. don't be fooled because Donna Summer's, still had hits, as did KC and the sunshine band and others. problem as pointed out when the rolling stones and rod stewart went on the wagon then it broke that door loose, however make no mistake you still had hits. i mean "funkytown" by Lipps INC was disco inspired and it hit and Blonde had a disco vibe as did some other acts its just it got a different name and slowly eased out 1)

Off the Wall was a Great album period however the jacksons the previous year with "shake your body down to the ground" had hit with the disco crowd and wanted that Bee Gees money. anyway "Burn this disco Out" the last song on Off the wall was disco inspired as was a few other tracks on the album, it was a polished hybrid album. MJ was told his album was too Black though and that was his backlash and one of the reasons with thriller he came back with a vengences. while he wasn't labeled disco he was told he was too Black with "off the Wall". bottom line off the wall incorperated quite a bit of the disco charm and polish that Barry white had already done. in truth MJ had to prove himself with off the wall and especially with thriller he got no pass back then, that was a different era man 2)

disco didn't kill funk because Funk Bands kept on doing there thing the thing with disco is that it was simple and it also rode on 4/4 time. now the irony is that James Brown called himself the original King of Disco in the late 70's. anyway Parliament and George Clinton were on the same label as Donna summer, village people,etc.. on casablanca records. the thing is that once synths,programming and taking away the KFC full bucket band is what hurt the bands more than Disco, remember something R&B bands always adapted to whatever, disco blurred the line, however bands kept on playing and grooving, case in Point, Isley brothers,earth,wind and fire, the jacksons, Cameo, Lakeside, Bar Kays, Brick, Ray Parker Jr, Rick James, etc.. didn't miss a beat despite disco. however the technilogy of the synths and the less is more approach is what really did away with the funk bands not disco. interesting thing, funk bands didn't ride the gimmick because they had there own lane. 3)