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Music Appreciation

LiberalArkie

(18,831 posts) Thu Aug 28, 2025, 05:24 PM Thursday

Mollyboy finds Disco: THIS IS CRAZY! FIRST TIME HEARING 'A-ha - Take On Me' GENUINE REACTION

Should it be Post Disco dance music..
August 28, 2025

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Mollyboy finds Disco: THIS IS CRAZY! FIRST TIME HEARING 'A-ha - Take On Me' GENUINE REACTION (Original Post) LiberalArkie Thursday OP

this is not disco lol. nt msongs Thursday #1

Well no, but was played in a lot of the dance halls and kind of forced people to dance.. I guess post-disco maybe LiberalArkie Thursday #2

Disco? ProfessorGAC Thursday #3

I generally thought of the music of that era that kind of forced people to almost dance as kind of disco. LiberalArkie Thursday #5

Sigh. Well, MollyBoy thought Free and Bad Company were Southern rock... highplainsdem Thursday #4

msongs

(72,224 posts)

1. this is not disco lol. nt

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 05:31 PM

Thursday

LiberalArkie

(18,831 posts)

2. Well no, but was played in a lot of the dance halls and kind of forced people to dance.. I guess post-disco maybe

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 05:44 PM

Thursday

Better than most disco.

ProfessorGAC

(74,154 posts)

3. Disco?

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 07:28 PM

Thursday

A-Ha was not disco.
It's run as a hit was at least 4 years after the death of disco.
They were 80s synth pop.
I always get a kick out of this kid! I watch a lot of his videos.

LiberalArkie

(18,831 posts)

5. I generally thought of the music of that era that kind of forced people to almost dance as kind of disco.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 09:06 PM

Thursday

MollyBoy noticed himself bobbing and twisting like most people with that tune.

highplainsdem

(57,935 posts)

4. Sigh. Well, MollyBoy thought Free and Bad Company were Southern rock...

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 07:42 PM

Thursday

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