Disco...yep, I'm going there

In the late 70's I had just turned drinking age in Canada.

Still vividly remember going to The Ports in North Toronto.

It was a night club with two sections - Rock and Disco - side by side.  

We would stay in the Rock section till - say 11:00 pm .

Then we would mosey along over to the Disco section, because that's where the dancing girls were.

In those days the girls never asked the guys to dance 8^( - not like today 

But there was a better chance in the disco section. lol.

Remember a GF trying to get me to buy and wear Jordache jeans instead of my Levis. Just for one night.

The Jeans were a strong symbol of the era.  

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The other strong memory is when a cousin came here from Europe, and I had to buy some records he would enjoy.  Disco was big there he told me.  

So I headed to Sam the Record Man in downtown Toronto. The Madonna album was recommended to me, along with a couple others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThHz9wlBeLU

This rocker was new to it all. 

I liked the Bee Gees best.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY

Lookin' for the good life
Dressed to kill
She don't have to worry 'cause
There's always someone else who will
Loose and loaded every night
Dancin' underneath the flashin' light
Sayin, 'look at me, baby, look at me.
I'm beautiful, I'm beautiful, I'm somebody.'
Just slip into the arms of the disco strangler
He's been around here all along, baby,
Been waiting for his time to come.
You lookin' for attention, darlin'
He will surely give you some
He's the crimson in your face du jour,
The fiddler in your darkest night.
He's the melody without a cure
And Rome is burning, but that's all right.
Just slip into the arms of the disco strangler
Just slip into the arms of the disco strangler

Songwriters: Don Henley / Don Felder / Glenn Lewis Frey
The Disco Strangler lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group, Red Cloud Music