Disco vs. Hair Metal

Well, as with most other genres, there will be some pearls and some trash. There is also trash prog around. That being said, both disco and hair metal stand as relatively commercial music genres where money making tends to prevail over artistry - at least in my understanding.

Fortunately, that does not mean that the music itself cannot have qualities. A lot of disco and hair metal is obviously very well crafted and shows great musicianship. Whether one likes the music or not, is another question. For instance, the music of Bon Jovi is clearly well crafted, but it is still a tad too commercial for my liking.

On the other hand, there is quite a lot of disco that I genuinely like. I absolutely loathe Village People and the like, but there is also a lot of music with a lot of musical subtlety. Bee Gees' songs in Saturday Night Fever are absolutely great tracks, and so is "Dancing Queen" by Abba. I am also very intrigued by some of Giorigo Moroder's productions with Donna Summer ("I Feel Love" in particular - it's a really great track). And then of course, one of my all time favourite albums contains songs like this:

Awesome this poll/thread still going.......I reviewed my post from 2011, I still concur with my original thoughts.

Hmmm... probably disco, but only if I was forced to. Sometimes my trash cans smile at me and do little poofies. 

mellotronwave wrote: both to the trashcan

Dammit, this is some poll! It'll need some thorough introspection...

Cristi wrote: Catcher10 wrote: Awesome this poll/thread still going... I reviewed my post from 2011, I still concur with my original thoughts. Hard for me to categorize White Sister as Hair Metal, they were probably a bit before that actually became a thing. Unlike a band like Warrant... I'm listening to White Sister right now, because you mentioned them earlier in the thread, good stuff, thanks!

This disco record was monster around '83-84 in the dance clubs. I remember it well, usually the last song played around 2am. Strobe lights would kick in and fog would envelope the dance floor and this song got everyone out there, even those dweebs that could not dance and all the wallflowers would venture to the dance floor.....Crazy times for sure, glad I survived! I have a 12" version somewhere in a box, need to find it