A question to posters who were "young" in the late 70's

[ramseya]

Nobody has mentioned another disco group (which like EW&F transcended disco): Kool & the Gang

[PLATO]

The music sucked, the bars were cool, the women were easy, the beer was cheap.

[SpencerH]

Some seem to confuse danceable music with disco but its not the same thing at all.

[ramseya]

SpencerH:

Would Michael Jackson be pop or r&b to you? Stevie Wonder?

The point is that musical taxonomy is not perfect. Great artists transcend the little pigeon-holes of musical genres. Nevertheless, if they made a disco-like song in the disco era, that song was a disco song.

I don't see why you are insisting so hard that EW&F is not disco like disco is some evil thing that can not be associated with EW&F

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by ramseya
Earth, Wind, & Fire had disco songs and were definitely influenced by (and influencing) other artists who were more explicitly disco. All good artists have cross-over appeal and are genre-benders. Take Prince for example who had songs that could be considered pop, songs that could be considered rock, soul, and even rap. EW&F had obviously disco songs like "Let's Groove", along with songs of other genres.

FWIW, "Let's Groove" was exactly the song I had in mind when I mentioned EW&F (I had just heard it on the radio), though I agree with Spencer that, on the whole, they were not a disco band.

[Deity Dude]

Does anyone remember "anti-Disco" night at Comiskey Park between the White Sox and Tigers. I think that was 1978 or 1979.

[Lord Avalon]

July 12, 1979.

http://www.discodemolition.com/

I remember hearing about it, as I listened to rock stations WLLZ and WRIF (The Home of Rock 'N' Roll, Baby! [/Arthur Penhallow]).

[snoopy369]

Simultaneously one of the worst and best ideas in sports promotion history.