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Disco’s Revenge

Disco. Never. Died. DISCO'S REVENGE is a pulsating deep dive into the very soul of disco music and its impact across genres and history. Told by the people who created it, nurtured it, and in turn, discovered themselves on the dan...

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Omar Majeed, Peter Mishara

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Disco is a celebration of life. - Disco’s Revenge

Disco is a celebration of life.

A celebration of hope.
A celebration of humanity. - Disco’s Revenge

A celebration of hope. A celebration of humanity.

It felt like family, - Disco’s Revenge

It felt like family,

That was the thing that was
so cool in the seventies. - Disco’s Revenge

That was the thing that was so cool in the seventies.

Disco felt, to me, more
revolutionary than the Panthers. - Disco’s Revenge

Disco felt, to me, more revolutionary than the Panthers.

During the disco movement,
you could come - Disco’s Revenge

During the disco movement, you could come

Everybody was... was down
for everybody. - Disco’s Revenge

Everybody was... was down for everybody.

And it was like, "Let's make
the best out of a bad time." - Disco’s Revenge

And it was like, "Let's make the best out of a bad...

And as it went away, the world
got more divided. - Disco’s Revenge

And as it went away, the world got more divided.

Us rock and rollers
here in Chicago, - Disco’s Revenge

Us rock and rollers here in Chicago,

This is now
officially the world's largest - Disco’s Revenge

This is now officially the world's largest

We took all the disco records - Disco’s Revenge

We took all the disco records

Disco sucks! - Disco’s Revenge

♪ Can't take away my music ♪ - Disco’s Revenge

♪ Can't take away my music ♪

♪ We're lost in music ♪ - Disco’s Revenge

♪ We're lost in music ♪

From a very young age, - Disco’s Revenge

From a very young age,

Being gay was not okay,
especially in Brooklyn. - Disco’s Revenge

Being gay was not okay, especially in Brooklyn.

I would get beat up regularly. - Disco’s Revenge

I would get beat up regularly.

'Faggot' was a word
I heard almost daily. - Disco’s Revenge

'Faggot' was a word I heard almost daily.

There were no celebrity
gay people. - Disco’s Revenge

There were no celebrity gay people.

There was no one on TV
that was gay. - Disco’s Revenge

There was no one on TV that was gay.

And a friend of mine,
when I'm 13, says to me, - Disco’s Revenge

And a friend of mine, when I'm 13, says to me,

I was amazed. - Disco’s Revenge

New York and Greenwich Village - Disco’s Revenge

New York and Greenwich Village

You know, I could come home
and I'd see Nina Simone - Disco’s Revenge

You know, I could come home and I'd see Nina Simone

I'm a street queen, - Disco’s Revenge

I'm a street queen,

Our gay community could be gay
wherever they were. - Disco’s Revenge

Our gay community could be gay wherever they were.

They came in such numbers, - Disco’s Revenge

They came in such numbers,

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪ - Disco’s Revenge

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪

They had formed a section called - Disco’s Revenge

They had formed a section called

And I wanted to be in with them. - Disco’s Revenge

And I wanted to be in with them.

So there was every kind
of march that would go past - Disco’s Revenge

So there was every kind of march that would go past

There's still laws on the book - Disco’s Revenge

There's still laws on the book

Like two people of the same sex
cannot dance together - Disco’s Revenge

Like two people of the same sex cannot dance together

♪ Right now ♪ - Disco’s Revenge

♪ Right now ♪

The cops go into Stonewall, - Disco’s Revenge

The cops go into Stonewall,

And they regularly do this. - Disco’s Revenge

And they regularly do this.

They start charging people, - Disco’s Revenge

They start charging people,

♪ The revolution will
not be televised ♪ - Disco’s Revenge

♪ The revolution will not be televised ♪

And that night at Stonewall, - Disco’s Revenge

And that night at Stonewall,

The collective
anger unleashed us - Disco’s Revenge

The collective anger unleashed us

It got larger and larger, - Disco’s Revenge

It got larger and larger,

On the second night, - Disco’s Revenge

On the second night,

And that's like unheard of. - Disco’s Revenge

And that's like unheard of.

"Can you get arrested?
Can you get arrested?" - Disco’s Revenge

"Can you get arrested? Can you get arrested?"

Obviously, if we're
to obtain all the rights - Disco’s Revenge

Obviously, if we're to obtain all the rights

We need an alternative
to the mafia bars, - Disco’s Revenge

We need an alternative to the mafia bars,

♪ I said will not be televised ♪ - Disco’s Revenge

♪ I said will not be televised ♪

♪ The revolution
is gonna be live ♪ - Disco’s Revenge

♪ The revolution is gonna be live ♪

That was the one thing that
opened the ability of gay clubs - Disco’s Revenge

That was the one thing that opened the ability of gay clubs

Sweet 16s, school dances,
parties. - Disco’s Revenge

Sweet 16s, school dances, parties.

I was always attracted to music
that was very soulful. - Disco’s Revenge

I was always attracted to music that was very soulful.

House parties put people in
touch with music so much. - Disco’s Revenge

House parties put people in touch with music so much.

They had the little record
players, the little 45s - Disco’s Revenge

They had the little record players, the little 45s

I was heavily influenced
by Gamble and Huff - Disco’s Revenge

I was heavily influenced by Gamble and Huff

The O'Jays or Harold Melvin
and the Blue Notes - Disco’s Revenge

The O'Jays or Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

Rhythm &amp; Blues before that, - Disco’s Revenge

Rhythm &amp; Blues before that,

Well, Philly developed its
own unique sound: - Disco’s Revenge

Well, Philly developed its own unique sound:

And it's music that literally
drove people to dance. - Disco’s Revenge

And it's music that literally drove people to dance.

Those grooves were so infectious - Disco’s Revenge

Those grooves were so infectious

The root of like all dance music
that's on the soulful side. - Disco’s Revenge

The root of like all dance music that's on the soulful ...

We cut and wrote songs
that people can relate to, - Disco’s Revenge

We cut and wrote songs that people can relate to,

So we came in there
and we banged out hits. - Disco’s Revenge

So we came in there and we banged out hits.

A lot of the songs were slow,
like The Love I Lost. - Disco’s Revenge

A lot of the songs were slow, like The Love I Lost.

Back then, most of the time
they looked for the drummer - Disco’s Revenge

Back then, most of the time they looked for the drummer

I say, "Look, let's put this, - Disco’s Revenge

I say, "Look, let's put this,

That's the groove that I used
on The Love I Lost. - Disco’s Revenge

That's the groove that I used on The Love I Lost.

They weren't really a disco
group until I came in - Disco’s Revenge

They weren't really a disco group until I came in

The bass drum, to me,
is people walking like... - Disco’s Revenge

The bass drum, to me, is people walking like...

Earl Young is the beat
of disco, no doubt about it. - Disco’s Revenge

Earl Young is the beat of disco, no doubt about it.

What he did with The Love I Lost
when it came out, - Disco’s Revenge

What he did with The Love I Lost when it came out,

The standard disco beat
with the bass drum, - Disco’s Revenge

The standard disco beat with the bass drum,

Now you've got to add
the high-hat next. - Disco’s Revenge

Now you've got to add the high-hat next.

Now I'm going to add
the snare drum. - Disco’s Revenge

Now I'm going to add the snare drum.

Little clubs in New York
supported us - Disco’s Revenge

Little clubs in New York supported us

I was always
really drawn to the stories - Disco’s Revenge

I was always really drawn to the stories

I wrote about disco
really early on, - Disco’s Revenge

I wrote about disco really early on,

I started going to several clubs - Disco’s Revenge

I started going to several clubs

I realized that there was a
whole other underground - Disco’s Revenge

I realized that there was a whole other underground

I'm on Christopher Street - Disco’s Revenge

I'm on Christopher Street

And I'm hearing this music, - Disco’s Revenge

And I'm hearing this music,

The most obvious
turning point for me - Disco’s Revenge

The most obvious turning point for me

I had heard that
The Loft was this place, - Disco’s Revenge

I had heard that The Loft was this place,

You had to be a member, or you
had to know somebody - Disco’s Revenge

You had to be a member, or you had to know somebody

But it never felt exclusive
the way clubs later did. - Disco’s Revenge

But it never felt exclusive the way clubs later did.

I was at a party
and they were playing - Disco’s Revenge

I was at a party and they were playing

And I started putting on some of
the Soul music that I had. - Disco’s Revenge

And I started putting on some of the Soul music that I had.

A girl who was there said, - Disco’s Revenge

A girl who was there said,

And these guys held the
key to me going to The Loft. - Disco’s Revenge

And these guys held the key to me going to The Loft.

This place is not all gay, - Disco’s Revenge

This place is not all gay,

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Disco. Never. Died. DISCO'S REVENGE is a pulsating deep dive into the very soul of disco music and its impact across genres and history. Told by the people who created it, nurtured it, and in turn, discovered themselves on the dan...

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Director: Omar Majeed, Peter Mishara

Writer: Omar Majeed, Peter Mishara

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

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ImdbRating: 8.2

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Awards: 1 nomination

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