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Phoenix61

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17. I so miss dancing. I feel sorry for the generations that

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 11:19 PM

Nov 23

don’t even know how to dance. Businesses thought they’d make more money with more tables and the dance floors vanished. Now there’s nothing to do except drink and play on your phone.

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I think that discos are/should make a comeback. [View all] Klarkashton Nov 23 OP

Yeah for Pogo's and the lighted floors and mirror balls...went there (Wichita, KS) as a youngster... wcmagumba Nov 23 #1

I agree! Pisces Nov 23 #2

And let's bring those 70's Drinks ! Bread and Circuses Nov 23 #4

Just got sick thinking of Tequila Sunrises and similar. Silent Type Nov 23 #15

As a young person in the 60s, we were all wishing the "disco duck" would end......no thanks. walkingman Nov 23 #3

But the ballroom standards never get old... Trueblue Texan Nov 25 #25

Oh yea cbabe Nov 23 #5

Aviator sunglasses!Wonderful! CTyankee Nov 26 #43

And loving the polyester. Cheers. cbabe Nov 26 #45

No phone allowed discos Klarkashton Nov 23 #6

Some clubs have started banning cell phones from the dance floor. Coventina Nov 25 #36

thats is why "people" demanded a studio 54 style ball room rampartd Nov 23 #7

Yes, please ZDU Nov 23 #8

disco era was fab. something to do in clubs besides drink and smoke and hunt for action. plus free exercise. Now ppl msongs Nov 23 #9

Disco Stu agrees with you. Dave Bowman Nov 23 #10

I'm up for returning to the 70s. Can I get my hair back too? chicoescuela Nov 23 #11

I think ballrooms with big bands should make a comeback ... Trueblue Texan Nov 23 #12

And tango! The most down right fun you can have upright. cbabe Nov 25 #21

Oh! I forgot about Tango!nt Trueblue Texan Nov 25 #23

Oh, please no. Disco should have been knocked on the head with a platform shoe, rsdsharp Nov 23 #13

Remember White Sox Park and disco day? Captain Zero Nov 23 #14

OH NO! I LOVED disco. CTyankee Nov 26 #40

I was working in radio at the time. I have memories of wanting to drive knitting needles into my ears. rsdsharp Nov 26 #41

I dunno how it could kill anything. But it was dance-able or many people thought it was. CTyankee Nov 26 #42

FM was just becoming popular. Most major market FMs chose not to go head-to-head with the AM powerhouses rsdsharp Nov 26 #44

I think they should reinstate prohibition so that we can have Speak Easys, dark and secret. Silent Type Nov 23 #16

I so miss dancing. I feel sorry for the generations that Phoenix61 Nov 23 #17

We had wonderful suspended wood floor dance cbabe Nov 25 #20

Even the cruise ships are minimizing the dance floors. bummer. nt Trueblue Texan Nov 25 #24

I had a buddy who traveled the world as a cruise ship dance partner. Had a great year round tan. cbabe Nov 25 #30

My Wife & I Met At The Disco ProfessorGAC Nov 24 #18

Van McCoy - Do the Hustle (1977) cbabe Nov 24 #19

This is one of my favorite sweatshirts. I wear it whenever I can. OldBaldy1701E Nov 25 #35

Do the Hokey Pokey. That's what it's all about. cbabe Nov 26 #37

And, now you are talking about my bathroom art. OldBaldy1701E Nov 26 #38

I went to a Hokey Pokey fest at my state fairgrounds motor speedway. Trying for a Guinness record. Couldn't find one cbabe Nov 26 #39

Buffalo has the World's Largest Disco Niagara Nov 25 #22

I thought Disco collapsed with Xanadu bucolic_frolic Nov 25 #26

Define "whatnot" here. flvegan Nov 25 #27

Well we got Traildogbob Nov 25 #28

I met my husband at a disco kimbutgar Nov 25 #29

That's what I mean. Klarkashton Nov 25 #31

Bob Seger speaks for me. catbyte Nov 25 #32

I'm like that about fedoras. Torchlight Nov 25 #33

I have three fedoras. OldBaldy1701E Nov 25 #34

Klarkashton........... Upthevibe Thursday #46