Word: disco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SEVENTIES have been rough on the great rock bands of the sixties. The Stones stopped rolling, falling in to a stultifying disco beat; the Grateful Dead waxed and waned depending on the quality of their high; the Jefferson Airplane took off for the stars, finding commercial success but artistic failure. The Beatles, of course, never made it into this decade, and individually they've only embarrassed themselves and us. Here in 1978, the old jokes about aging rockers just don't seem funny anymore...
Screwdriver in hand, Andy Kasper stands back and purveys his work. Kasper, a senior in Kirkland House, has undertaken the task of transforming his N-entryway suite into a disco--"The Jamaican Lounge"--complete with raised dance floor, pecan wood paneling, stereo cabinet and loft with furry leonine carpeting...
...started the rock rolling. The story starts before rock'n roll became an American institution, before it splintered into hard rock, bubble gum rock, acid rock, punk rock, jazz-rock, folk-rock, and that most castrated form of rock, if it can be called rock at all--disco. By the time I got on the bus this summer there was really little left of the original rock'n roll. When Elvis first sang he was a rebel; when the Bay City Rollers "rock 'n roll" now they're barely even cute--bubble gum is cloying. Elvis was outrageous...
...commenced in Tahiti, Princess Caroline of Monaco and Philippe Junot strolled on the Ocean City, N.J., beach like a couple of locals. Joining them at the surfside home of Caroline's maternal grandma, Margaret Kelly, was Princess Grace. Instead of a little Saturday night fever at a neighborhood disco, Caroline and Philippe opted for a Gay Jitterbug. The horse, that is, whose jockey, Steve Cauthen, was presented the winner's cup by the newlyweds at the nearby Atlantic City race track...
Slim pickings on the music scene this week. If your ears can handle it, you can see Johnny Winter at the Paradise (254-2052) Friday and Saturday. And if your pocketbook can take it, you can dish out $7 to hear The Ritchie Family play all their disco hits at Boston-Boston...