Pace on Earth

Blame it on the Boogie

20 years ago, Rolling Stone did a documentary on it's 20th anniversary and the way that rock 'n' roll affected the two generations of the era. I distinctly remember watching that show and on of the most memorable scenes was one I have seen clips often in the years since. It was a segment putting the punk movement of the early 80's in context as a backlash to disco and the clip that showed the manifestation of the disco backlash was of the Disco Demolition night at a Chicago White Sox game at Comiskey Park. That event happened 30 years ago last night and here is the definitive story and here is an interview with the DJ that MC'd it:

There are actually some funny quotes in the story above so I urge you to read it. In 1989, I loved hearing that 'Disco Sucks' chant. It still makes me giggle but I can't agreee that disco sucks; that is far too much of a blanket statement. That would be like saying that this song sucks:

And I'm just not ready to do that.

Pace out.

posted by Vitamin S @ 5:31 p.m.