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Word: funkytown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...revivol and no prominent Black rock critics and few white disco bands; b) disco remains the most popular music in America, despite critical limousines rushing it to the grave, as is evidenced by the playlists of the largest AM radio stations, the Number One hit of the summer, "Funkytown," and the continued success reported by discos across the county. Rock critics dislike disco because it is essentially sensual of affective music completely dissociated from the cerebral cortex; it is anti-intellectual, whereas rock and roll, and particularly New Wave, is intellectual, or at least can be intellectualized about, which...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: The Man Who Loved Woman | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

...revivol and no prominent Black rock critics and few white disco bands; b) disco remains the most popular music in America, despite critical limousines rushing it to the grave, as is evidenced by the playlists of the largest AM radio stations, the Number One hit of the summer, "Funkytown," and the continued success reported by discos across the county. Rock critics dislike disco because it is essentially sensual of affective music completely dissociated from the cerebral cortex; it is anti-intellectual, whereas rock and roll, and particularly New Wave, is intellectual, or at least can be intellectualized about, which...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: The Man Who Loved Woman | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

...revivol and no prominent Black rock critics and few white disco bands; b) disco remains the most popular music in America, despite critical limousines rushing it to the grave, as is evidenced by the playlists of the largest AM radio stations, the Number One hit of the summer, "Funkytown," and the continued success reported by discos across the county. Rock critics dislike disco because it is essentially sensual of affective music completely dissociated from the cerebral cortex; it is anti-intellectual, whereas rock and roll, and particularly New Wave, is intellectual, or at least can be intellectualized about, which...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: The Man Who Loved Woman | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...Wave bands and no prominent Black rock critics and few white disco bands; b) disco remains the most popular music in America, despite critical limousines rushing it to the grave, as is evidenced by the playlists of the largest AM radio stations, the Number One hit of the summer, "Funkytown," and the continued success reported by discos across the country. Rock critics dislike disco because it is essentially sensual or affective music completely dissociated from the cerebral cortex; it is antiintellectual, whereas rock and roll, and particularly New Wave, is intellectual, or at least can be intellectualized about, which...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: The Man Who Loved Women | 8/1/1980 | See Source »

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