The Year Disco Became a Dirty Word
If you listen very, very closely to Billboard hits from 1980, you can actually hear the slow death of a ’70s zeitgeist.
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Listen to Episode 330 of Slate’s The Gist:
On The Gist, our regular guest Chris Molanphy returns to explore Billboard chart hits from 1980, including rock songs, adult contemporary tracks, and lots of elements stolen from disco. It was a great year for dentists’ offices. For the Spiel, we name our new lobstar of the antentwig.
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