User talk:Voksenfester - Disco Music: The Growth And Fall Of The Disco Genre

Smooth, relaxing beats that makes your feet grooving to the tune - this is just what describes disco music the best.

Disco music began in the late 60s when electric synthesizers were first introduced. These types of synthesizers helped the development of music with one continuous beat along with some instruments such as pianos, flutes, and a lot more, leading to the creation of the disco genre. Its upbeat and appealing tone made it one of the most popular music genres through the 1960-70s, and is even made popular in 1978 when the film “Saturday Night Fever” starring John Travolta was shown in movie theater. At this time, disco music became the hottest music genre, creating disco (bedste DJ) music of numerous songs, such as classical music.

Disco Fever - The Boost in Popularity of Disco Music

As disco music begins to rise in popularity, so does the number of artists who made their names through disco songs. A few of the most well known names in disco music are KC & Sunshine Band, Earth, Wind, & Fire, and the Village People. Disco music during these times were quite popular, that the Navy requested the Village People to create a song for them. This led to them composing the now-then popular disco song, “In The Navy”. Its popularity amongst the general public lead to the Navy getting almost double the number of applicants, proving that disco music is definitely the hottest music genre during that time.

Many Tv programs having the disco theme were also popular in the 1980s. Also, most sitcoms use disco music for their opening themes and closing credits. This persisted until the late 80s, resulting in the well known statement, “disco will never die”. But, disco music was never meant to be popular forever…

The Fall of Disco Music

As the popularity of disco music increases, a growing number of songs and TV shows were produced, resulting to the general public, gradually, becoming tired of it and attempted to change it with other music genres. This led to the ultimate introduction of well-known music, or “pop” for short. From there, numerous different music genres created, making the people forget the once popular disco genre.

The Disco Genre Today

Disco songs still persist up to this day, but they are not that popular as they were before, as other music genres such as pop, rock, alternative, as well as others have taken the stage. Disco songs, today, are now recognized and classified as “house” music, since it has the identical characteristics and elements of disco music. Disco music, and house music, are still played on disco clubs around the world. If you want to listen to disco songs, you can download them on certain sites on the Internet. But, only some disco songs are available for download - listing only the favorites and the most popular ones.