In a few weeks I'll be eighty-one years old. Hard to believe fifty years have passed since I was a disco fanatic. Oh yes, I was one of THOSE oldie goldies for which I offer NO apology.
There is good disco (the continuous disco mix above) and boring (bad) disco. There is/was a difference. This is the GOOD disco.
I discovered disco when I first visited Provincetown Massachusetts in July of 1974. Oh my, I found my perfect place. I LOVED DISCO and of course still do. Lately I've been looking for a good continuous disco album on iTunes but could only find an Italian disco mix, which was good but not THE disco mix I spent many a glorious summer vacation nights in Provincetown, Massachusetts. If you have time listen to this disco mix I have posted and you have to agree (or not) that it is HEAVEN.
Regular followers of this blog and me know I'm not your typical gay who ADORES Broadway show tunes. Not being judgmental (or maybe I am) I just never GOT the whole Broadway show tunes gig. To me that music (noise) is just Rex Harrison talking a song. BORING. On my first visit to Provincetown my friend Bob McCamley asked me to join him at one of the Provincetown hotspots where there was a piano player playing Broadway show tunes. I declined. He asked why. I told him I would rather eat rats at Tweksbury. Actually I didn't say that but something similar. God, I couldn't think of anything more BORING than hanging around a piano with a has been or never been Broadway show type guy singing too loud (and they always sing too loud). Oh sure, I can understand other enjoying the camaraderie of that group sing, singing along as they do, but not for me Mary (whoops!) I HAVE to dance and one definitely CANNOT dance to "Tomorrow" from "Annie" (which has to be my most despised song ever). I have this demon inside me that has to be exorcised and the only way that can happen is to shake my booty on the disco ball glittering dance floor. Odd thing though, for all the photo and videos I've taken over the years there is nary video of me dance. But wait, there is one picture. It was taken in 1979 at The Boathouse in Dewey Beach, Delaware. I even remember the song I was dancing to, "Funky Town" my Hot Lips.
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| Me and my friend (still) Howard Spencer at The Boathouse Dewey Beach 1980 |