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Babybob
03-03-2009, 05:50 PM
Not sure of how many people know this but the word "Disco" is tranlated in Wikipedia as....
Disco is a genre of dance music that originated in and was initially popular among African American, gay and Hispanic communities in the United States in the late 1960s.

I was lying awake last night and it occured to me that I did'nt know the meaning of the word, anyone else not aware.
Mark Wild
03-03-2009, 07:19 PM
Also from Wiki "In Britain, a 'disco' is usually now a one-off night of dancing and music organised by a non-professional (or semi-professional) DJ at an institution such as a school or workplace." lol
Sapphire Disco
03-03-2009, 07:31 PM
Yes we did this one about 2 years ago along with when disco first started but it's probably worth going over again if there is anyone with an opinion to add :)
nigelwright7557
03-03-2009, 08:15 PM
Disco comes from a place in France called Discotheque where people used to go to listen and dance to records.
PropellerHeadCase
03-03-2009, 10:02 PM
Discotheque being a back formation from Bibliotheque (library), the inference being that as a library has lots of books, so a Discotheque has lots of discs.
Vectis
03-03-2009, 10:09 PM
Back in the late 1960s, disco originated as a combination of many instruments played together. It was in 1969 when Jerry Butler released his latest song ‘Only the Strong Survive’ that we got our very first disco song. This was the birth of disco but then it was a form of music which hadn’t been named. Four years and many songs later on the 13th of September 1973, Vince Aletti wrote an article, which gave this music form its name ‘DISCO.’
This soulful music is based on a number of instruments blended together to get what is known as the disco sound. The vocals are played on a steady four on the floor beat or what is known as a quaver (eighth note) or a semi- quaver (sixteenth note). Many electronic musical gadgets are used to create the background score. This form of music has more of electric bass line and the guitar is seldom used as a lead instrument.

www.theoriginof.com

Good as any :o
rob1963
03-03-2009, 11:09 PM
Disco comes from a place in France called Discotheque where people used to go to listen and dance to records.

That's what I thought as well.

Can't remember where I heard it, though.

Probably some TV show.
soundtracker
04-03-2009, 09:08 AM
Disco comes from a place in France called Discotheque where people used to go to listen and dance to records.

Ha! Where did you get that from, there is no town in France called Discotheque. See propellerhead for proper explanation!


That's what I thought as well.

Can't remember where I heard it, though.

Probably some TV show.

Was it on April Fools Day?
nigelwright7557
04-03-2009, 11:05 AM
Ha! Where did you get that from, there is no town in France called Discotheque. See propellerhead for proper explanation!



Was it on April Fools Day?

It wasnt a town called discotheque ! :bang:
It was the name of a house, I think it was in Paris.

Cant remember where i found it now, could have been on Wikipedia.
Solitaire Events Ltd
04-03-2009, 11:26 AM
Cant remember where i found it now, could have been on Wikipedia.

Must be true then...:p
rob1963
04-03-2009, 12:57 PM
Disco comes from a place in France called Discotheque where people used to go to listen and dance to records.


That's what I thought as well.

Can't remember where I heard it, though.

Probably some TV show.


Was it on April Fools Day?

Apologies for not making my post clearer, but when I said that's what I thought, I was referring to the word Discotheque originating in France where people danced to music...I was NOT referring to a place or house called discotheque, which is a new one on me.
soundtracker
04-03-2009, 01:15 PM
Thank God for that, thought you'd lost it completely!
rob1963
04-03-2009, 05:10 PM
Thank God for that, thought you'd lost it completely!

Not yet! :D :D :D
PropellerHeadCase
04-03-2009, 10:07 PM
In reference to Nigel's post the "place" was a night club, I believe.

From Wiki: La Discothèque, in Paris (on rue Hachette), opened 1941
nigelwright7557
04-03-2009, 10:10 PM
From Wiki: La Discothèque, in Paris (on rue Hachette), opened 1941

I used to play there :D
Wind up gramaphone of course......
Kernow
04-03-2009, 10:33 PM
Not sure of how many people know this but the word "Disco" is tranlated in Wikipedia as....
Disco is a genre of dance music that originated in and was initially popular among African American, gay and Hispanic communities in the United States in the late 1960s.

I was lying awake last night and it occured to me that I did'nt know the meaning of the word, anyone else not aware.

Yo !! Me homie El Benda says you is right :D
rob1963
04-03-2009, 11:28 PM
In reference to Nigel's post the "place" was a night club, I believe.

From Wiki: La Discothèque, in Paris (on rue Hachette), opened 1941

And little did they know how long they'd have to wait for moving heads to be invented!
Corabar Steve
05-03-2009, 07:49 AM
I used to play there :D
Wind up gramaphone of course......
Home made?
Kernow
05-03-2009, 06:18 PM
Home made?


By Nigel's Grandma :D

Unless he maybe means Gramophone ??

:p
Tony Scott
05-03-2009, 11:03 PM
On the origins of 'DISCO'....I've read this 3 times, if you haven't read it.....you really should! :)
PropellerHeadCase
06-03-2009, 10:29 AM
Yeah, I keep meaning to read that.