Not enjoying disco does not necessarily make one a homophobe and never did.
I also agree with you that much of the popular anti-disco sentiments were
socio-economically derived. The whole Studio 54 aesthetic no doubt
contributed to this significantly. Ironically though, discos as we know
them today originated as havens for the socially marginalised, like
homosexuals and visible minorities, who were by definition
socio-economically oppressed.
Dan
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wm. ERROL PACE [mailto:wm_errol_pace@hotmail.com]
Sent: May 14, 2002 7:36 PM
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: D I S C O
> >Incidentally, the
> >infamous rally Pace mentioned was above all a display of intense
>homophobia.
>
>i saw this on tv for the first time recently.
I just hope one wouldn't be labeled Homophobic just because one just didn't
get into the Disco scene. To me at least where I grew up it was more of a
socio-economic identifier than a sexual preference association. I
intrepretted it as a sort of class warfare issue and that music was part of
the strategy. Some don't like Chocolate pudding, some don't like Banana
pudding andsome just have allergies. Purple Haze and Happy Trails!!!
Semper Motociclismo,
Pace'
i was expecting a sizeable
>bonfire, but it looked surprisingly underwhelming, ie a relatively small
>pile of records which were blown up with a fairly weedy explosion. i have
>heard that the records were not actually disco records, but just a
>stockpile of old rock records they got from some warehoue or radio station.
>
>p
>
>
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