The Disco Demolition 30 Years Later

It is interesting that people had such strong opinions about a genre that ultimately had a big influence on pop music. You can’t really exclude any genre from the American musical pantheon, because over time it becomes embedded, and feelings of nostalgia have a way of bringing it back in--and we become endeared to it again.

There is also an interesting parallel with counter-terrorism: The blowing up of a pile of records is only symbolic, and does nothing to the idea itself.



I recall that night in Chicago, even though I wasn't there. I was most likely listening to Pink Floyd (Animals).

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