Well, you have to admit that what's happening now in mainstream music is pretty horrendous. I'd take disco over this generic mumbo-jumbo any day of the week. At least you can dance to disco, get all hot and sweaty in a big afro wig and tight bell-bottoms. Disco is fun! Britney and Whitney and any number of other 'artists' whose names end in "itney" take themselves far too seriously. Hearing Brit say that she sees a lot of growth in her last album was gut-bustingly hilarious. Growth? Tumorous, maybe. Her popularity certainly spread like cancer. I've never tried dancing to "Hit Me Baby" and I never will.
I enjoy the odd ABBA song. I enjoy some Donna, some Saturday Night Fever, some Gloria. I think that's mainly because disco is played with some form of intention behind it. Today's hit music is more or less just there to fill up air time. Even during the disco era there were songs to counterbalance its fluff - Joni was at the height of her career during the peak of disco. Now pop is so homogenous and bland that I swear it leaves my mind on permanent defrost. You have to dig pretty deep these days to find a relevant and interesting artist since mainstream culture celebrates a formula. And it's not one I'm all that eager to swallow. -Andrew Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com
