Disco Music ? =( help please much appreciated?

Question

How did the disco scene of the 1970s reflect the social and political apathy of the era?

Answer 1

One only has to listen to the lyrics of most 70s Disco music to realize they only sang about "looking good and having a good time dancing on Saturday night." Very few singers/songwriters were capable of commenting on anything that was a social or political issue. Socially and politically apathetic - without a doubt! At the time, cocaine was the drug of choice.
Those who had a conscience could only stomach so much - and so when Punk music began in 1976 -1977, it was the reaction to the apathy, getting people involved in challenging the staus quo and thinking for themselves! One only has to listen to the lyrics of groups like the Sex Pistols or the Clash to understand that the young people throughout the western world wanted to be heard again!

Answer 2

Ahoy!

Disco reflected pop culture's flight from confronting meaningful issues after the tumultuous sixties and the disillusionment of the early seventies. Of course, corporate interests were increasingly driving the production and marketing of music at this time. Recorded pop/rock/r&b music went from a cottage industry in the fifties and early sixties to a billion dollar industry by the seventies.

Ie, disco reflected the desire of society to bury its head in the proverbial sand after becoming disillusioned at the end of the sixties. There was no revolution. Perhaps music did change the world, but not the degree people hoped and predicted in the sixties. People felt cheated and wanted to kill the pain by partying and using recreational drugs. Of couse, in the pre-HIV/AIDS era, free love was appealing as well.

Regards.

Answer 3

Disco was about dressing well and dancing flashy. It was not music about antiwar like earlier in the 60s.