"kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/09/2008 10:26:46 PM:

> I don't say this to start a debate, because 'disco only lasted 10-15
> years at best' is nominally correct.  But I can't really pinpoint the
> death of Disco, especially since deep house has been plowing the same
> row since ... forever.   Disco as a mass phenomenon in the United
> States was really brief, coming into the pop consciousness around 1974
> and going way out by 1979.

Actually, I'd say that "disco" came into pop consciousness around '76 and
if you weren't aware of it by then, you were definitely made aware of it by
'77 when Saturday Night Fever came out.

a minor detail

MEK

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