Post-disco
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Post-disco is a term and genre to describe an aftermath in popular music history c. 1979–1987, imprecisely beginning with the backlash against disco music in the United States, leading to civil unrest
Synthesizers played a crucial part in the development of post-disco.
Michael Jackson, 1988
Madonna 1990 cropped
Disco
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Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, s
Post-disco
…Post-disco is a term and genre to describe an aftermath in popular music history c. 1979–1987, imprecisely beginning with the backlash against disco music in the United States, leading to civil unrest and a riot in Chicago known as the Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979. During its dying stage, disco…
Ceiling of a discothèque
Major disco clubs had lighted dance floors, with the lights flashing to complement the beat.
The reflective light disco ball was a fixture on the ceilings of many discothèques.
Disco dancers typically wore loose slacks for men and flowing dresses for women, which enabled ease of movement on the dance floor.