Downs unless youve been living in a sealed cave, youve probably noticed that americas latest craze is disco dancin. This is punk rock, and its purpose is to promote violence, sex, and destruction, in that order. Pure rock n roll energy, pure guts, pure stamina. Rock singer jimi hendrix died today in london, according to a police source, from an overdose of drugs. Reynolds janis joplin was found dead last night. The cause of death was said to be an overdose of drugs. Jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, a rock music group, is dead. He was 27. Naftali The Early Years of the 70s are sad in music because you lose people. And you lose the beatles. Simon this small gathering on savile row is only the beginning. The event is so momentous that historians may one day view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. The beatles are breaking up. Heilemann it was like a death for a lot of people. Rock n roll, as we understood it in the 1960s, was no longer with us. There could n
Downs unless youve been living in a sealed cave, youve probably noticed that americas latest craze is disco dancin. This is punk rock, and its purpose is to promote violence, sex, and destruction, in that order. Pure rock n roll energy, pure guts, pure stamina. Rock singer jimi hendrix died today in london, according to a police source, from an overdose of drugs. Reynolds janis joplin was found dead last night. The cause of death was said to be an overdose of drugs. Jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, a rock music group, is dead. He was 27. Naftali The Early Years of the 70s are sad in music because you lose people. And you lose the beatles. Simon this small gathering on savile row is only the beginning. The event is so momentous that historians may one day view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. The beatles are breaking up. Heilemann it was like a death for a lot of people. Rock n roll, as we understood it in the 1960s, was no longer with us. There could n
oh, love to love you, baby questlove: love to love you, baby was four minutes of singing. [laughing] 14 minutes of. a lot of not singing. oh, love to love you, baby oh. questlove: and i always wondered for the life of me, like, was moroder just, like, in the booth like, more passion, more give me. moroder: actually, i threw everybody out of the studio, switched the lights off, made sure that the tape is running, and i said, okay, let s do it. and i think she did it in 10 minutes. wild: the donna summer records were some of the biggest records of all time, and they kicked off a revolution. i want do it till the sun comes up
crocker: why are people dancing again? i wish i knew. [ laughs ] but i m glad it s happening. what we now know as disco really starts with a band called the tramps. the drummer, earl young, invents the idea of four on the floor with eight on the hi-hat. [ imitating hi-hat ] so everything is pow, pow, pow! burn, baby, burn that s the sound of disco. burn, baby, burn moroder: i love disco. i always loved dance music anyway because whatever i did as a producer was always danceable. okay, there we go. need the melody. wild: giorgio moroder, working out of munich, put together technology and soulful vocalists, donna summer being the ultimate embodiment, and they make some of the biggest records of all time. oh, love to love you, baby