Just watched a documentary on the Bee Gees on HBO. It was way more interesting than I ever expected. Opinions vary about the music of the 70's and early 80's and whether you liked the BeeGees or not it's hard to deny their impact on music. I for one made fun of them back then but I privately liked some of their songs.
Don't judge. Music effects everyone differently. They became big during my HS and college years. Queen was another group that got big during that time. Boston, Styx, Journey, Kansas, Wings, Elton John, The Doobie Brothers, Rush, Fleetwood Mac, the list goes on. All were great.
What struck me about the documentary was how one guy, a Chicago DJ, created a movement of hate against disco and used his voice to create a movement to shame people because of their music choices. Such is life but it was interesting to see cancel culture in history and how it's not a lot different than today. Anything that becomes popular will eventually be destroyed by hate. Is that a bad thing? Or is it what causes progress to find the next new thing?
EDITED: Removed some whiskey language.
Don't judge. Music effects everyone differently. They became big during my HS and college years. Queen was another group that got big during that time. Boston, Styx, Journey, Kansas, Wings, Elton John, The Doobie Brothers, Rush, Fleetwood Mac, the list goes on. All were great.
What struck me about the documentary was how one guy, a Chicago DJ, created a movement of hate against disco and used his voice to create a movement to shame people because of their music choices. Such is life but it was interesting to see cancel culture in history and how it's not a lot different than today. Anything that becomes popular will eventually be destroyed by hate. Is that a bad thing? Or is it what causes progress to find the next new thing?
EDITED: Removed some whiskey language.
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