Explain Why Did 70s Rock Fans Hate Disco So Much By Bob Odenkirk

Why did 70s Rock Fans Hate Disco so Much?

When describing disco demolition actor Bob Odenkirk writes the following poem: “Fireworks clouds of smoke, teenagers. Beers in hand and the smell of beers a-wafting. Levi’s mullets, baseball jerseys, disdain. Grievance, and a hint of ultraviolence. A dream fueled by Italian beef, steak fries, sliders—unsettling, with a weird joy coursing through it all. So sorry they had to cancel game two—oops.” This event took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park during a White Sox game. Anti-disco campaigner Steve Dahl gathered thousands of disco vinyl records and threw them on the field. His supporters began to riot and burned every single disco record in sight. Most of these rioters consisted

For every decade there is usually a revolution to follow it. The 1960’s brought “the arrival of the mop-headed British Invasion bands, Bob Dylan's galvanizing electric turn, [and] the emergence of psychedelic rock.” During this time the magazine Rolling Stone was created. Rolling Stone started documenting all of the current music trends at the time. They are the main people responsible for putting disco on the map. Writer Vince Aletti wrote for the 1973 fall issue of Rolling Stone and described a new type of music, which he referred to “party music” or “discotheque rock.” These clubs were heavily occupied by gay men so not their existence was not well known to the rest of the population. It took almost a year for other outlets like Billboard to begin keeping tabs on these “hot dance club[s].” Despite these clubs being underground their music was anything but. R&B and soul music became a surprise hit amongst the disco scene with artists such as the O’Jays and Temptations being extremely popular. Disco clubs also took otherwise “dead” albums hits. Barry White’s single “Loves Scene” became the first disco track to hit the Top 40s, which without disco wouldn't be able to reach the same heights. Despite soul music being semi-popular at the time, soul and other black genres were unable to reach the same popularity as rock music. After White’s single reaching the top 40’s a trend

Rock used to be in the forefront of the music scene and seemed to have no competition. A few years later the Beatles were replaced with the Bee Gees and Woodstock was replaced with Studio 54. Rock’s 15 minutes of fame was up and the fans were not pleased. Steve Dahl is the “spokesperson” for these fans and explains their perspective in his book Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died. He states that Chicago was different from London and New York and did not host fancy “late night clubs with red ropes.” These “kids” were rebels and did not wish to be tamed or conform. Rock ‘n’ roll was for white people as disco was for minorities. He claims that this pushback of disco was simply an act of “self-preservation”; a common buzzword that many white supremacists use. These “kids” felt as though they were being forced to assimilate and that their rock ‘n’ roll identity was being stripped away from them. He denies that this event was in anyway racist or anti-gay. Steve Dahl's claims are extremely contradictory and hypocritical. He claims that disco was stripping away the identities of people, while it was doing the complete opposite. Disco supported individuality of all sorts and welcomed all people. Rock music was often played at clubs and was well received by all of the attendees. In his book, he portrays rock fans as being organized and on the outskirts of society, so it would be assumed that he