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There was was a panic around disco? Huh, TIL.
I also don’t know the difference between hip-hop and rap. Separated them out to be on the safe side.
I do know the difference between house and techno and get mildly annoyed when people use either of them as umbrella terms for dance music. It’d be fair for fans of hip-hop and rap to feel the same.
In case you’re interested (and very simplified): Techno started in Detroit and was influenced by early German and French synthesiser music, plus the car factories.
House started in Chicago and was influenced by soul, gospel and disco.
One might even say there was panic at the disco.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night
The hate this genre attracted was otherworldy. Perfect storm of heteronormatism, anti-LGBT, racism and rockism.
With respect to Hiphop and Rap, I was a HipHop fan for years and I still don't get the difference. Best explanation I could offer is that Hiphop isn't just Rap, but also dancing, graffiti and DJing (especially the turntablism variety), plus Hiphop music without rapping.
Holy shit I had no idea about this, fascinating.
Oh, yeah, it was a big thing that we in the modern day often don't think about. Disco's meteoric rise and fall was in part due to overexposure, but also due to a backlash from its strong associations with the Black, LGBT, and immigrant communities.
"disco sucks"
It got pretty bad.