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Not heard of the Bee Gees?

posted 15 years ago by heberald26
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Thanks to VH1 for showing this one.
I totally missed this one and caught it by accident on VH1.

I'm an Hispanic/American that loves 70's disco (dance for those that can't stand the word) music although you can debate whether it's disco or funk that you hear in this movie (I think funk is more accurate). I really liked this movie.
Perhaps not a great film. There was something very predictable about the story line and characters but I think that's part of the late 70's feel because what seems predictable here were the themes in the movies of that time: Rocky, Saturday Night Fever, American Graffiti to name a few. The themes [or the familiarity of the themes] plus the look of the film made it a really good recreation of the era.
Can anyone imagine a time when kids didn't walk around with their fingers on a cell phone or mini electronic device.

I'd like to ask how can these kids not have heard of the Bee Gees? With all the talk about Saturday Night Fever that was going around at that time. Even the characters mock Troy by comparing him to "John Travolta". At that time you'd mention Travolta and you think of the SNF and subsequently - Bee Gees music. Then later when their contest music is used and they try to pick another one to perform with, the Bee Gees is mentioned, the other character says no that his "cousin has that one".

Also, weren't some of the skaters a little ahead of time with some of that breakdance rolling on the floor moves?

All in all it was a great return to an era and the music I love. Thank you to the filmmakers.

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[–] peachesNcream97 9 years ago

The bee gees are a diluted, white form of disco, and this movie is definitely better without them

[–] PenTheater 9 years ago

The bee gees are a

white form of disco

said the person that has called people racist in several recent posts.

Ephemeron.

[–] peachesNcream97 9 years ago

Nothing racist about my post. It's common knowledge that disco used to belong to black people and gay people before it became more commercialized and whiter. Then you got the bee gees.

[–] PenTheater 9 years ago

Oh, so you are just saying that "white Disco" is different than Black or Gay disco, not inferring it is inferior?
That it is recognizable as a diluted form of disco that just didn't fit with skate rink usage in this movie?
Could you clarify what you mean by some music belongs to a certain race or lifestyle?

used to belong to black people and gay people

And what do you mean by

Then you got the bee gees.

Ephemeron.

[–] peachesNcream97 9 years ago

I don't need to prove the fact that there are some styles of music that belong to certain groups of people. If you didn't already know that then you're not very observant.
Disco was created by black people as a way to express themselves, so yes, sorry to shock you, it does belong to black and gay people.
It went from underground to mainstream when white people discovered it and suddenly songs lost their meaning of liberation and became campy and fake. Then you got the bee gees. Understand now?

[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 9 years ago

Silly premise to say disco 'belongs' to black people. Of course they originated it, but just as rock and roll spawned from blues, so too did various flavors of disco emanate from the Philly disco of the 60s-70s.

If we followed your 'logic', then black people shouldn't be roller skating...you know, because they didn't originate it, and thus it doesn't belong to them.

Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

[–] peachesNcream97 9 years ago

I don't think you're smart enough to follow my logic, because that was a pretty dumb analogy. I'm going to repeat it just so we're clear:

Disco belongs to black people.

Doesn't mean other races can't appreciate or listen to it. In fact I never said that, so try to learn how to read people's comments better in the future.

[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 9 years ago

"Disco belongs to black people"

You do know that disco is dead, right?

Congrats

Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

[–] djrage54 9 years ago

I can see why there were no bee gees played, for two reasons. This movie takes place in the time after Saturday Night Fever, so by this time the Bee Gees were trying to distance themselves from disco. I don't remember any danceable tracks they may have put out in the late 70s. Also, the characters don't seem like they would be into the Bee Gees to begin with.

[–] gentelg 9 years ago

Agreed. That would be like someone in 1984 not knowing who Micheal Jackson was.