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GreatGazoo

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3. Yes. On my scorecard disco lost some appeal when it went mainstream
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 10:26 AM
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and the eroticism and soul was watered down or lost altogether. Mainstream labels who had resisted the genre came in late, chasing the success of Saturday Night Fever, and they still didn't get it. There was good and bad disco (for example Stars on 45). The bad stuff was soulless and overly mechanical, like AI.

I mentioned Disco Demolition night as a dark moment in American culture. Divisive and violent.

My intended point was that we can steer AI but only if we understand its limitations better.

Stonewall was mafia-owned, filthy and shunned by many who resented the oppression and shakedowns. Mancuso's Loft was the more liberating environment in that period.

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