After watching the excellent musical Grease last night, I came to realize that John Travolta was the lynch pin for starting three different adult fads in the 70s and 80s.
The first was Disco in the movie "Saturday Night Fever." Sure, disco music was around for several years before "Fever," but, when that came out, BAM!! Full-fledged Disco Fever. Personally, I really liked the music. If you can't get on the dance floor (even without John's moves or wardrobe) you just can't dance.
Then, there came "Grease" and all of a sudden, the disco clubs were turning into Oldies Clubs. All of a sudden, the radio spectrum was full of oldies stations.
Lastly, there was "Urban Cowboy" and the big cowboy country music thing. Many of the clubs that had been disco, then oldies, now switched to country, complete with the mandatory mechanical bull. Lots and lots of sprained and hurt backs.
So, for about ten years there, old Vinny Barbarino, the Sweathog, had a lot to say about what we were listening to.
Hey, Up Your Nose with a ______ ____." --RoadDog
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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