Disco era women ROCK!!! Women today SUCK!!!

[Anonymous]

Disco era women ROCK!!! Women today SUCK and are very boring!!! I guess the time period has a lot to do with it. The clothes, the music, the cars, the hair, the overall attitude. Paris Hilton and Beyonce are shit! Nobody my age or at my school can relate with me. When they think of the 1970's they think of either the Bee Gees or the Village People. That is why I visit this site. What do you think is the main difference between the women of the Disco era vs. the boring and lame women of today?

[Anonymous]

this post is wrong on so many levels.. first of all, are you female?

[paul]

Originally Posted by Anonymous

What do you think is the main difference between the women of the Disco era vs. the boring and lame women of today?

Aids, Herpes makes a big difference. Part of the disco era was the sexual freedom afforded as well as more permissive attitude towards "drugs." I liked it. 8)
It was also a period when IMHO, women were feeling more empowered to take charge of their lives, this includes sexuality as well. At that time there was also a drive to get a constitutional amendment here in the states for equal rights, aka ERA. This was meant to ensure women were guarunteed equal rights in every manner. The amendment later failed due to a lack of support in some states.
Todays women are just as beautiful in my opinion. The circumstances unfortunately has changed the playing field for both men and women.

[Anonymous]

Women were more sexy back then. Well at least to me it seems that way. They also knew how to appreciate good music. Today's young females for the most part are a waste of oxygen. There may be some beautiful young women today but they are nowhere nearly as energetic or as exciting as the young women from back in the 1970's and early 1980's.

[efunk_adelic]

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[DiscoMan]

HIV/AIDS put the brakes on the sexual revolution.

The times were very different than today. Those of my generation know what I mean when I say this - WE were different! The period from 1967 to 1979 was a period of unprecedented personnal freedom and experimentation. The sexual revolution, pot and LSD, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the end of the war in Vietnam, innovation and experimentation in print and film entertainment, innovations in music. And as a generation we were truly blessed by having so many highly talented musicians. The musical talent was of a scope so broad and deep it's like will probably never be seen again.

'70s movies have an "edge" unknown today, illustrators like R. Crumb were "in your face", Porno was new (it's greatest stars were born between 1947 and 1954) Al Goldstein and "Screw" magazine offended many - year after year.

We didn't have sexual harrasment laws and men and women dealt with each other on a more equal basis than today.
Current society has so many witch hunts! Shit you can't do or say a goddamned thing without fear of "committing a hate crime" or offending someone over some perceived slight or insult. Every citizen is a potential criminal in a whole host of ways! America is no longer free.


Life was such a "smorgasbord" of choices and experiments that many of us were burned out by '79. The party was over, we grew up, got married, and had children. America became much more conservative in matters of personnal choice during the '80s.

[Anonymous]

Originally Posted by paul

Aids, Herpes makes a big difference. Part of the disco era was the sexual freedom afforded as well as more permissive attitude towards "drugs." I liked it. 8)
It was also a period when IMHO, women were feeling more empowered to take charge of their lives, this includes sexuality as well. At that time there was also a drive to get a constitutional amendment here in the states for equal rights, aka ERA. This was meant to ensure women were guarunteed equal rights in every manner. The amendment later failed due to a lack of support in some states.
Todays women are just as beautiful in my opinion. The circumstances unfortunately has changed the playing field for both men and women.

I'll try not to be too harsh but I'm also not very impressed by the female singers who are popular today. It seems that many are "making it" based on their looks, not their talent. I can hear an old Linda Clifford, Sharon Redd or France Joli record and hear a singer's personality and style, but all the Monicas/Brandys/Ciara/Lo.J types today sound alike to me, and the instrumental tracks backing them are "computerish" and unemotional to my ears. And one of the singers said in an interview that she knows for a fact that some of these singers don't actually sing on their records (that's happened before, even in the disco field, but seems more common in today's image consious, looks over talent, 15 minutes of fames music scene.) As a result, I'm playing my disco records as often now as I did when they were released. Good luck trying to get me to pay $18 for a Britney Simpson CD when I usually switch channels anytime I see one of them on TV.

[discofresh]

I have to concur, you only have to recognise the computerised vocal auto tuning that goes on with todays artist to realise that maybe they aint cutting the mustard. Give me Stephanie Mills, Linda Clifford, Betty Wright, & Loleatta etc all day long. Just a opinion

DJ Boogie Badness :D :D

[DiscoMan]

And then we have RAP!!!!!!!!

How we ever let the music industry shove that shit down our throats is completely beyond my comprehension

[Anonymous]

The women of the 70s are a generation removed from today. I like the look of the 70s woman, but I was around back then. The world and attitudes of the 70s are long gone. The 70s were hardly a great time to live. The economy sucked and if you lived in NYC at the time, it was going into hell at a rapid pace.

Live for today. Find a woman with common interests. Take frequent showers, use deodorant. Brush your teeth. Don't drool.

And don't sit in front of your computer all day!! Go out there like a Real Man and claim your woman.

[Anonymous]

[img]The 70s were hardly a great time to live.[/img]

Ever since 1989 there has been a steady stream of major motion pictures released in Hollywood set during the time period discussed here.
Hollywood shows no sign of slowing them down anytime soon either. Every year there is another one. Obviously there was something very special about that time period.

[DiscoMan]

Jeez, I always thought the '70s were the best time to be young. I added my bit to make it the decade of excess and I hardly lived in a utopian paradise.

[Anonymous]

Some of my favorites

Starsky & Hutch - 2004
Goodfellas - 1990
Casino - 1995
Blow - 199?????
Dazed and Confused - 1993
Summer of Sam - 1999
Crooklyn -1994
Dead Presidents - 199?????
Boogie Nights - 1997

[buckaroo]

It's all too easy to look at things with rose tinted glasses on in retrospect. And, if you're just happy to dance your way through life while ignoring the issues around you. The 1970s wasn't always a wonderfully perfect time period for everyone, where ever you lived. There were serial murders by people like Ted Bundy in the US, and The Black Panther in England. Rasicm and sexism was an issue at the forfront of a lot of people's lives. Certain right wing groups tried their best to stir things up in the UK and US. Both our respective governments left a lot to be desired (Nixon, Labour Party, etc) And women like Gloria Steinham weren't exactly eager to visit some nightclub in order to pick up guys... :lol:... I know this site's purpose is to concentrate on the music of the era, but it's important to put it in perspective. A lot of the music was motived by or because of some of the things I mentioned above. It was also critisised at the time for being bad - which some was towards the end of the decade...But a lot of the music was good, just like it is now. I'm not impressed by 50 Cent and his ilk, because I like rap music and the really good stuff isn't given the airplay it deserves...Unless you hunt around for it on the pirate stations your chances of hearing it are slim.

I'm no great fan, but I look at Beyonce as the Donna Summer of her time. She's made more money than Summer that's for sure. But she's at least appreciate of all the female singers who suffered in the past, paving the way for her era. Certain others are just wannabe divas who make demands because they can get away with it. :lol:

There is some great music around today. Some of it so disco it's not true, others forms are totally unrelated.

We mustn't get too anal about this thing called disco.

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by DiscoMan

Jeez, I always thought the '70s were the best time to be young. I added my bit to make it the decade of excess and I hardly lived in a utopian paradise.

Of course the 70's were awesome to be growing up. All you needed was a few Quarters... go to the pinball palace and have a great day! :lol: