tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post6048415926881967990..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Disco vs. Punk? - time to don the white flares and fluff up the afro!Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-69989833779633107332012-03-06T11:13:49.392+00:002012-03-06T11:13:49.392+00:00"....and, as a committed Eurosceptic, I shoul..."....and, as a committed Eurosceptic, I should have despised it for being the first form of pop music which not all mainland Europeans were hilariously useless at."<br /><br />Bert Kaempfert, James Last, Katarina Valente, Renee and Renato, Johnny Hallyday, Francoise Hardi, Sylvie Vartan, Nana Mouskori, Demis Roussos? The list of European pop music "Greats" is endless.<br /><br />I was once mistaken in Cairo for Roussos by a group of small boys who followed me down the street chanting his name. A proud moment.SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-37970470451772542342012-03-05T22:28:13.793+00:002012-03-05T22:28:13.793+00:00Absolutely spot on. Who can hear the line 'Cla...Absolutely spot on. Who can hear the line 'Clams on the half shell and roller skates, roller skates' and not feel that times are indeed going to be good. Does any one other than music journalists of a certain age still listen to punk. I'm sure it had to happen as a reaction to triple concept albums and King Arthur on Ice but it was always more protest movement than anything significant musically. <br /><br />See you in Studio 54.ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.com