People that were in the 70's please answer this question truthfully...
Jun 7, 2007 at 8:06 PM Post #61 of 71
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Originally Posted by swt61 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Disco outsold every other form of music by a gigantic margin.


Really? Are you sure? That is the perception but I wonder....

I would think that the Zeps, Floyds, Whos, Rushs, Stones, Styxs, Tulls, Hearts, Segers, Springsteens, AC/DCs, and Sabbaths of the world outsold The Bee Gee's and Donna Summers of the world back in the 70's.

It was, after all, the era of the Big Giant Monster Rock Band that hasn't seen it's match but for a brief revival years later by G&R.

Giant bands with giant album sales filling giant arenas.

The 70's were a decade of Rock way more than Disco.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...bums_worldwide

Seeing a lot of Rock / Hard rock in the Genre column. Disco? Not so much.
 
Jun 7, 2007 at 9:21 PM Post #62 of 71
It seems to me that artists like Fleetwood Mac and
Elton John were way bigger sellers than the harder
rock bands at the time. I believe that those sales
charts do show something else though and that
is that many albums continue to be popular long
after they were released I'm sure that Led Zep,
ACzDC, Fleetwood Mac (not hard rock just still
popular)and pink flyod are all still selling quite
well and will continue to do so into the future.

Just to remember that disco was at its heart
club music and radio music that it did influence
popular music lp albums but it was in many ways
mostly about 12-inch singles and 45s.

Album sales are quite different from the
sales of singles I'm sure if you looked
at the singles sales for the 70s it would
be a much more accurate picture of what
was popular at the moment.
 
Jun 7, 2007 at 9:49 PM Post #63 of 71
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Originally Posted by Night Surfer /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Really? Are you sure? That is the perception but I wonder....

I would think that the Zeps, Floyds, Whos, Rushs, Stones, Styxs, Tulls, Hearts, Segers, Springsteens, AC/DCs, and Sabbaths of the world outsold The Bee Gee's and Donna Summers of the world back in the 70's.

It was, after all, the era of the Big Giant Monster Rock Band that hasn't seen it's match but for a brief revival years later by G&R.

Giant bands with giant album sales filling giant arenas.

The 70's were a decade of Rock way more than Disco.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...bums_worldwide

Seeing a lot of Rock / Hard rock in the Genre column. Disco? Not so much.



I'm quite sure. Disco accounted for nearly 65% of all record sales in 1978. When you factor in all the other genres accounting for the other 35% rock wasn't even in the ballpark. Whether you liked it or not the record sales show most Americans did.
 
Jun 7, 2007 at 10:16 PM Post #64 of 71
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Originally Posted by Orcin /img/forum/go_quote.gif
The same people who liked this also liked disco. Nuff said.


Um, ********.

Were you there? I was. What you said has no truth in it whatsoever.
 
Jun 7, 2007 at 10:41 PM Post #65 of 71
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Originally Posted by Gatticus /img/forum/go_quote.gif
No more dorky than your avatar.


I'll excuse your ignorance just this once.
 
Jun 7, 2007 at 11:41 PM Post #66 of 71
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Originally Posted by swt61 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I disagree. I think the great thing about the 70's was the mix of music people listened to. I found that many of the same people that liked Rush were also listening to ABBA or The Carpenters.


Oh no, not The Carpenters. Abba I can deal with but I've always disliked the ever so sappy Carpenters. I'll take Disco over them any day.
 
Jun 8, 2007 at 3:15 AM Post #68 of 71
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Originally Posted by Gatticus /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Oh no, not The Carpenters. Abba I can deal with but I've always disliked the ever so sappy Carpenters. I'll take Disco over them any day.


Sappy sold well in the 70's. Let's not forget The Captain and Tennille who sold millions.
 
Jun 8, 2007 at 3:28 AM Post #69 of 71
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Originally Posted by swt61 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I'm quite sure. Disco accounted for nearly 65% of all record sales in 1978. When you factor in all the other genres accounting for the other 35% rock wasn't even in the ballpark. Whether you liked it or not the record sales show most Americans did.


Really? Could you cite your sources please?

Sure Saturday Night Fever sold 40 Million in 1978 (disco at it's height?) but Meat Loaf alone was close at 37 million that same year. (http://www.retrodawg.com/albums_worldwide.htm)

While SNF enjoyed some spotlight the charts were still dominated by Rock when looked at as a whole, even at the height of disco.
(http://www.superseventies.com/albumsbymonth78.html)


Also - 1 year does not a decade make.

Hell, throw Elton John in and disco is not even in the ball park.
Despite what you see on the media, most Americans were Rocking out.

Disco did not dominate the 70's. Rock and Roll did. Hands down.
 
Jun 8, 2007 at 4:10 AM Post #70 of 71
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Originally Posted by Gatticus /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I saw the New York Dolls live in '73. Next!


Damn. There really isn't anything I can say back to that one.
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Lucky you.
 
Jun 8, 2007 at 5:48 AM Post #71 of 71
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Originally Posted by swt61 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Sappy sold well in the 70's. Let's not forget The Captain and Tennille who sold millions.


Yea, and Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks.
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And he didn't even write that song!
 
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