Another speculation about what is going on with Literotica

[MillieDynamite]

OH, my! That's rolling around again, isn't it‽ Good, Lord, I'm using ‽ a lot today. Interbang, interbang, sounds like a new fusion restaurant name, doesn't it‽

I need to get back to writing my novel for Pink Orchid.

 

[MrPixel]

‽

I thought the interrobang died along with disco. I recall when it was introduced in the 1960s. (I was interested in typography even as a youngster.)

My stories have lots of dialog where it would be useful. But an italicized "No shit?" has the same effect.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I only found the interrobang last year. I love it.

 

[Britva415]

imagine thinking disco died

 

[Kelliezgirl]

imagine thinking disco died

More like hoping and praying it's dead.

 

[MillieDynamite]

You know, that's racist and anti-gay all at the same time, right? Long live the Bee Gees' music!

More like hoping and praying it's dead.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

You know, that's racist and anti-gay all at the same time, right? Long live the Bee Gees' music!

The Bee-Gees were straight white guys!

It does raise an interesting question, do you have bad taste in music because you are gay, or does having bad taste in music make you gay?

Does gayness do something to your hearing?

 

[MillieDynamite]

Yes, but their music was banned from radio stations because it appealed to blacks and gays. Read about the reason people didn't like disco music.

The riot that 'Killed' disco

And from Wikipedia, Disco Demolition Night

Dahl and Meier regularly mocked disco records on the radio. Dahl also recorded his own song, "Do Ya Think I'm Disco?", a parody of Rod Stewart's disco-oriented hit "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?."[9][13] The song characterized discotheques as populated by effeminate men and frigid women. The protagonist, named Tony after Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever, is unable to attract a woman until he abandons the disco scene, selling his white three-piece suit at a garage sale and melting down his gold chains for a Led Zeppelin belt buckle.

The Bee-Gees were straight white guys!

It does raise an interesting question, do you have bad taste in music because you are gay, or does having bad taste in music make you gay?

Does gayness do something to your hearing?

 

[MillieDynamite]

 

[MillieDynamite]

It was considered music for blacks and gays.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Yes, but their music was banned from radio stations because it appealed to blacks and gays. Read about the reason people didn't like disco music.

The riot that 'Killed' disco

And from Wikipedia, Disco Demolition Night

People can have a back lash against a genre of music for a variety of reasons. People just got burned out on it. Or do we think radio stations played it for YEARS, had dozens of #1 hits, Non-disco acts were adding a "disco" sound to make their music more popular. Then suddenly they realized blacks and gays liked it so they banned it?
Grunge burned out, it wasn't because everyone started hating a certain type of people.
TV had the "rural purge" in the 70s where they got rid of all the "country" programming. It wasn't because they suddenly hated white people.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

It was considered music for blacks and gays.

It was wildly popular mainstream music.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Well, argue with history, not me.

People can have a back lash against a genre of music for a variety of reasons. People just got burned out on it. Or do we think radio stations played it for YEARS, had dozens of #1 hits, Non-disco acts were adding a "disco" sound to make their music more popular. Then suddenly they realized blacks and gays liked it so they banned it?
Grunge burned out, it wasn't because everyone started hating a certain type of people.
TV had the "rural purge" in the 70s where they got rid of all the "country" programming. It wasn't because they suddenly hated white people.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Well, argue with history, not me.

History is on my side.

 

[MillieDynamite]

The Bee Gees were ruined for almost a decade because of their association with Disco Music and its BLACK and Gay ties.

Well, argue with history, not me.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

The Bee Gees were ruined for almost a decade because of their association with Disco Music and its BLACK and Gay ties.

They were never ruined. They did a bunch of side projects and their popularity waned for a bit in the 80s, for a band that had already been together for over 20 years that's impressive. But most bands have ups and downs. Aerosmith almost disappeared for a decade before coming back big when Run-DMC did "Walk this Way". Music has ups and downs, its not always "blacks and gays".

 

[MillieDynamite]

You're wrong on the facts, but you can believe anything you choose.

History is on my side.

 

[SimonDoom]

People can have a back lash against a genre of music for a variety of reasons. People just got burned out on it. Or do we think radio stations played it for YEARS, had dozens of #1 hits, Non-disco acts were adding a "disco" sound to make their music more popular. Then suddenly they realized blacks and gays liked it so they banned it?
Grunge burned out, it wasn't because everyone started hating a certain type of people.
TV had the "rural purge" in the 70s where they got rid of all the "country" programming. It wasn't because they suddenly hated white people.

I didn't fully appreciate disco music in its time and felt it was wildly overplayed on the radio, but I think it's held up well over time. It's great dance music and many of the songs are memorable. It got a bit silly when even the Rolling Stones and Kiss felt obligated to make disco songs, but "Miss You" is a good song.

 

[MillieDynamite]

You really should watch the documentary on the Bee Gees, but I doubt you will, or if you do, you'll doubt its authenticity.

They were never ruined. They did a bunch of side projects and their popularity waned for a bit in the 80s, for a band that had already been together for over 20 years that's impressive. But most bands have ups and downs. Aerosmith almost disappeared for a decade before coming back big when Run-DMC did "Walk this Way". Music has ups and downs, its not always "blacks and gays".

 

[Kelliezgirl]

I didn't fully appreciate disco music in its time and felt it was wildly overplayed on the radio, but I think it's held up well over time. It's great dance music and many of the songs are memorable. It got a bit silly when even the Rolling Stones and Kiss felt obligated to make disco songs, but "Miss You" is a good song.

Yeah, two of the most masculine groups in rock made disco songs, but everyone hated it because, "blacks and gays".

 

[Kelliezgirl]

You really should watch the documentary on the Bee Gees, but I doubt you will, or if you do, you'll doubt its authenticity.

I've read their history. They had a significant number of internal problems, and the music world changed around them. People actually credit the Bee Gees for being the MASCULINE face of disco...

 

[MillieDynamite]

Like I said, you won't watch it, or you won't accept it if you do. That's enough said by me on this far-fetched subject. Have a nice day.

I've read their history. They had a significant number of internal problems, and the music world changed around them. People actually credit the Bee Gees for being the MASCULINE face of disco...

 

[iwatchus]

You really should watch the documentary on the Bee Gees, but I doubt you will, or if you do, you'll doubt its authenticity.

I hate to come out on this one against you, but ...

I've seen "the night that disco died". I also lived through the disco era. I thought the documentary was disconnected from the reality I knew and felt very much that the documentary had a point (disco was the highlight of their life and they resent it dying) and they tried hard to drum up support for it. I was in a larger social group that included many gay males in the mid to late 70's (not many blacks but it was lily white Maine). None of the gays were disco fans. I never thought of it as particularly gay or black music. I mean the faces of disco to me were the BeeGees and John Travolta. And, other than the fact that the music sucked, most of the anti-disco sentiment I was mostly seeing was as rich elitist coastal, like Club 54. I know it came out of largely black music, like Donna Summer or Earth Wind and Fire, but they were actually talented, unlike most of the disco crap.

 

[MillieDynamite]

You have the right to take a stance on any side you choose. We can disagree and agree not to hold opinions against one another. However, Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot, was fueled by bigots and homophobics. And that was the beginning of the end of Disco. And the Bee Gees always believed their association with Disco was why they were black listed for several years, because they were told it was the reason.

I hate to come out on this one against you, but ...

I've seen "the night that disco died". I also lived through the disco era. I thought the documentary was disconnected from the reality I knew and felt very much that the documentary had a point (disco was the highlight of their life and they resent it dying) and they tried hard to drum up support for it. I was in a larger social group that included many gay males in the mid to late 70's (not many blacks but it was lily white Maine). None of the gays were disco fans. I never thought of it as particularly gay or black music. I mean the faces of disco to me were the BeeGees and John Travolta. And, other than the fact that the music sucked, most of the anti-disco sentiment I was mostly seeing was as rich elitist coastal, like Club 54. I know it came out of largely black music, like Donna Summer or Earth Wind and Fire, but they were actually talented, unlike most of the disco crap.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

You have the right to take a stance on any side you choose. We can disagree and agree not to hold opinions against one another. However, Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot, was fueled by bigots and homophobics. And that was the beginning of the end of Disco. And the Bee Gees always believed their association with Disco was why they were black listed for several years, because they were told it was the reason.

It wasn't a MLB promotion. It was a promotion by one individual team, owned by a guy who had a reputation for wild and crazy promotions. That's a significant factor, and there is no evidence it was fueled by bigots and homophobes. It was fueled by people who hated disco. These are NOT the same things.