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Disco & prog-rock



Mark Leaman wrote:
> Lucas:

> I think you're giving Disco "songwriters" (gee, it was hard to write 
> that) more credit than they're due. It was no more than a way to make > money. Using studio musicians instead of paying a known band (which 
> had put in years and lots of work for their fame) cost the label a 
> WHOLE lot less. Playing 45's (aka singles) in the clubs was FAR > cheaper than hiring a band,
> you see...and these are the MAIN reasons Disco became so popular. The
> buying public was manipulated from day one, sad to say.

Oh, no, I'm not talking about its "lyrics", that are just against good
taste, but about the fact that people were thinking that music was
getting to "pompous" and "complicated".