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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1980
Jage6 THE BATT7
MONDAY, MARC
Disco changes stat
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NEW YORK — “Disco is dying,
disco is dying, disco is practically
dead, goes the refrain. Or was that
the theater?
At the moment, it might just as
well apply to what is being said about
the disco craze. Disco has become a
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ness.
But disco in its broadest form
aphears to be changing more than
dying.
The show buiness journal. Varie
ty, in its own parlance, ran this head
line: “Disco had its day, per Midem
Stroller, caution the word.
Translated it means a correspon
dent reported from a record industry
trade show on the French Riviera
that disco music — the varied forms
of the hustle or tunes to that kind of
beat — is declining. Record com
panies are pushing a variety of other
styles — rock, new wave and re
ggae, in particular. But, Variety
says, the companies are being cauti
ous about putting too many blue
chips on any single style.
At regional tryouts of the recent
Grand National Disco Dance Com
petition, contestants appeared in
many cases to be more ballroom-
teams than Saturday Night Fever
types. They and the sponsors both
conceded that dancing styles and
music are changing.
To what, is the question. And
what is happening to the estimated
12,000 disco clubs across the na
tion?
Two brash young brothers recent
ly opened a $3 million nightspot
some call a disco on Manhattan s
upper East Side.
"What is it?” shouted a passing
jogger to the workmen readying
Steve and Gary Rogers dream joint
— Magique.
“A disco,” came the reply.
"What are you trying to do, ruin
the neighborhood?” the jogger
asked.
“Call it a dance club, call it an
entertainment center, call it any
thing. But don’t call it a disco,” said
Steve, 31. “We ll have 1 ive entertain
ment, too. And we re geared for
fashion shows. We may operate as a
supper club.”
“Our DJ always plays Sinatra,
said Gary, 25. “It’s how he empties
the dance floor.”
Opening in the face of a depressed
economy and reports of disco s
death, they can be forgiven their
caution about labeling.
One observer of the disco scene is
Porter Bibb, author of "Disco Infer
no," a novel some critics have called
a thinly disguised mersion of the
“Studio 54" story.
“Disco music is dead, the format
known as disco records, said Bibb.
“But disco nightlife is the nightlife of
the 80s.
“This whole concept of discos as a
nightlife style is here to stay. There is
the economy of record music. The
most expensive of the discos cost in
the neighborhood of $20 a night.
ladelphia area, has spoil]
change. He said peophui;. 1
the jitterbug becauseitcaii|
to a light rock beat.
“What’s really ha
Bob Fisher of TRC. wC
sound equipment, “is fe ; , ' unite
may change the tag. Ay: \ HOUSTC
now it won’t be called t Bill Clayton
that’s irrevelant. Theda;, possibility c
phere is an ongoing realb to salvage 1
“In Europe,” saidBobCs scheduled
of Panasonic, a stereosystai| grand jury t
"discos are the place togofl all questior
but not just the hustle. .b; contributioi
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Compare that to a night on the town
any other way.
“The music is changing to rock and
fusion. Most record companies have
changed their disco departments.
But with all the trouble, the scandal
and all the headlines, Studio 54 has
never done better. Disco is a $4 bil
lion industry.
“I don’t think disco will ever be
completely dead, said Richard Gor
don of Casablanca, a major record
label. “But the music is changing.
It’s getting more into balance.”
With the advent of rock, reggae
and new wave in the discos, he said,
touch dancing appears to he declin
ing. Now, he said, “Evrybody is just
jumping around.”
But some discos are playing ’50s
music, not to mention ’20s, ’30s and
what’s happening here.
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brothers believe. They k,
money in a small chains
shops, sold out and gamfe
their ’dance club’’
What they’ve kept olti
mode and what they’vetkj
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both broaden their
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who frequent discos,
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elaborate discos:
— an elaborate systemtkfe ,
used to put on light shos;
one mostly in neon;
— “snow,” feathers ar
night, dollar bills fall on tk;
at appropriate moments.
— music over a costlys®
tern that can deafen; |
— a DJ booth with tali
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Which has been one of fe the act allov
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elusive discos — the ret states,
mittance to members whop- ; Exports o)
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to be sure they couldgetisi y ear the Nat
The brothers said the tra’.hi effect. Be
of the club system, withilf had declinec
advantages, is an attractionoir the addit
such as theirs because itatirr, Texas to oth
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