Soundwise is too shy on both the disco and house department, but then you read all the reviews, haven't you?

And crap.

There's not a single crap record so far on this entire thread. Surely a first.

Madonna's is rubbish. The rest is all gold.

And not even John Travolta in a white suit could ruin this beauty:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EZJMoxxXlms

Maybe in the case of Madonna (although I do love that album). These guys are perhaps the only ones still working with the format to have actually gone anywhere with it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kTJWmhEOp3s

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rNNj5pTiYeY

As great a band that Britain produced in the '80s.

Madonna is rubbish.

Madonna is for girls that like to fuck.

also, to further distract from the thread topic:
doesn't she look like shes causing maya angelou pain?

Maybe she's asking to adopt one of her kids. She's so boring these days, but then she's been boring for quite a long time.

That's because if you listen closely enough, you'll notice that there is a little more than just the dancing going on.

I was about to say that house killed disco, but, when I think about it, it seems like disco as a musical force died a few years before house took its place. What came in between? Or am I wrong?

Disco was a part of seventies excess, and the fact that it had very little substance was an important part of its appeal.

The problem is that people feel they have to justify and explain why they like something beyond just enjoying it.

Disco was designed exclusively to dance to in discoteques, not to be listened to at home on your headphones.

So to say it as no substance is a mere statement of fact, not a criticism.

I'm thinking more in terms of something that is explicitly music for people to dance to.

Hip Hop? Electro?

I think it's a mistake to think of music following a straight line of development. Disco was completely seperate to hip hop and served a completely different purpose.

Like most musical forms, disco just slowly died and has been used as an influence on and off in the subsequent years.

Actually, there are some close connections between Disco and Hip Hop, even though they don't sound alike.

There are conections, as there are connections between Heavy Metal and punk for example, but there are more differences I would argue.

Look what's behind your shoulders for a moment, will you?

I'd rather look over yours;) .

Could you please move to the left a little? I think I've seen a twat.