Tales of nocturnal journeys, radical music making and polymorphous sexuality flow through the arteries of Love Saves the Day like hot liquid vinyl. Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Opening with David MancusoР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs seminal Love Saves the Day ValentineР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs party, Tim Lawrence tells the definitive story of American dance music culture in the 1970sР Р†Р вЂљРІР‚Сљfrom its subterranean roots in NoHo and HellР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs Kitchen to its gaudy blossoming in midtown Manhattan to its wildfire transmission through AmericaР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs suburbs and urban hotspots such as Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Newark and Miami. Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-79 by Tim Lawrence ThereР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs an incredible book that answers these questions definitively, and breaks down the true story of disco and dance music culture: These pop rock groups had Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™suburban appealР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ and cashed in on the commercialization of the hot sound of the time, disco. But a Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™trueР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ disco mecca is kind of a hard thing to quantify. It was the most famous disco that peaked at the height of the disco era. Studio 54 had bouncers to try to keep out the so-called Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™bridge-and-tunnelР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ types and tourists, unless they were properly wealthy, gorgeous, famous, creative, or had drugs on them. And many ABBA songs are proper 4-on-the-floor disco bangers, especially songs like Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight).Р Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ Night Fever, StayinР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћ Alive, You Should Be Dancing, Jive TalkinР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћ, More Than a Woman, etc., are all pretty strongly disco songs. The Bee Gees werenР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt disco until about 1975 or Р Р†Р вЂљР’В76, probably starting with Wind of Change.

ItР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs a story that happened to use a sanitized version of the New York disco scene as supporting context. ItР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs far too white and straight for that. Saturday Night Fever wasnР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt supposed to be an accurate portrayal of the New York disco scene.

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