>the rolling stones' 'some girls' is one of their best albums
>and was well-received critically and commercially.

it was received w/hard feelings among hardcore Stones fans and Rockists at the time. those feelings have mellowed a bit since then. but if we wanna understand the 'DISCO SUCKS' stuff, we gotta go back in time.

>people LOVED 'i was made for loving you'. those people still
>do.

yes. and many ppl HATED the song. regardless of how they feel now, they hated it then. some of those ppl were in the 'DISCO SUCKS' crowd.

>the clash wasn't a rock band like that. people who dug the
>clash weren't hating on disco, were they?

the ppl who dug the Clash hated on everything. LOL. j/k. yeah, a good # of them hated on Disco.

again, let's not rewrite history. it's important to remember that regardless of how Disco is seen now, there was a serious anti-Disco sentiment in the air by the late 70s. we've explained it throughout the post.