Jul 23, 2017
In Episode 27, we begin our two-part special THE DISCO YEARS where we explore the impact that disco music had on rock, pop, and American culture during the 1970s and beyond. In Part One, Mike Derrico is joined by Alice Echols, author of HOT STUFF: DISCO AND THE REMAKING OF AMERICAN CULTURE. Echols is professor of history and the Barbara Streisand Chair of Contemporary Gender Studies at USC, as well as the author of four other books, including DARING TO BE BAD: RADICAL FEMINISM IN AMERICA 1967-1975, SHAKY GROUND: THE SIXTIES AND IT'S AFTERSHOCKS, SCARS OF SWEET PARADISE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JANIS JOPLIN, and her upcoming new book SHORTFALL: FAMILY SECRETS, FINANCIAL COLLAPSE, AND A HIDDEN HISTORY OF AMERICAN BANKING, due out in October 2017.
In one of the best discussions on disco that you will ever hear
on a rock podcast, Echols and Derrico talk Barry White, James
Brown, George Clinton, Donna Summer, the Village People, Casablanca
Records, Philly soul, Giorgio Moroder, Stevie Wonder, the Rolling
Stones, Jeff Beck, Kiss, Rod Stewart, Saturday Night Fever, Greg
Tate, and many other names as well as the underlying social,
racial, gender, and sexual implications during the era.
We thank all of our supporters who stepped up to get behind this
brand new podcast during our first year. We make it a point not to
focus on any one particular artist, band, or genre of music, but
with that comes the reality that our show may not always appeal to
everyone at the same time. The seven decades of rock and roll music
along with its even longer history gives us an extremely broad
canvas to create discussions on, drawing from different areas with
each episode. So there is still always something for everyone.
In the previous 26 episodes we've discussed The Beatles, The
Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Prince, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen,
Kiss, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, The Who, Fleetwood
Mac, Pink Floyd, the Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock, Doo Wop, The
Beach Boys, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Steely Dan, The
Strokes, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, The Doors, Patti Smith, The
Ramones, Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, Guns n Roses, Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
The Velvet Underground, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Cars,
Cheap Trick, Heart, Dave Grohl, Jack White, digital streaming, the
state of the music industry and record labels, the effect of rap
and hip hop on rock, Neil Young, Talking Heads, Counting Crows,
Boston, The Temptations, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, the Smithereens, Suzanne
Vega, Van Halen, Rick Rubin, The Gun Club, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the
Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, The
Mekons, UFO, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Chuck Klosterman, John
Philip Sousa, Billy Joel, The Wipers, Iron Maiden, Kurt Vonnegut,
Tom Waits, Thin Lizzy, the Bee Gees, Mozart, Beethoven, Puccini,
Bob Marley, 5 Seconds of Summer, Twenty One Pilots, Ed Sheeran, J
Geils Band, Billy Miller, Chris Cornell, the Desert Trip concerts,
aging rock stars, our favorite debut albums, soundtracks, music
licensing, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and our most overrated
and underrated artists. We've also been joined by three special
guests, author and photographers Bob Gruen and Lydia Criss, and
writer and director Michael Lee Nirenberg. PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW
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