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The Major’s Friday Night Disco Party

Disco Ball

WELCOME to another wild and crazy edition of the ‘Disco Party’ on this (soon-to-be) Friday night. I actually won’t be home tonight, so this is going out to the world just a little bit early today.

This week we’re gonna get down and get funky with a classic jam that you simply can’t sit down to and watch as a spectator. You’ve gotta get up and activate yourself. Get yourself up and dance like a maniac. Go forth. It’s all good. I guarantee that once you do so it’s gonna be real tough to get this hook out of your mind for hours to come. It is that addictive.

I give you the Detroit Spinners – still going strong after nearly 50 years in the biz. Here’s their 1976-1977 # 2 gold Disco smash that’s all about the infamous  “Rubberband Man”. Here’s how they stretched it out on NBC-TV‘s legendary “Midnight Special” on the 17TH of September in 1976:

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Saturday Night Retro

It all began 40 years ago today on the 15TH of August of 1969. Who knew that 500,000 hippies from all across the nation in search of peace and music would take part in one of the most pivotal weekends in American cultural history.

Woodstock

Some of the great musicians and bands that performed on that memorable weekend include (in alphabetical order) Arlo Guthrie, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, John Sebastian, Melanie, Richie Havens,  Santana, Sly & The Family Stone, and The Who.

I was a mere 26-month-old toddler at the time of Woodstock, and I don’t remember it occurring. But the festival’s legacy shall never be duplicated, its Americana shall never be disputed, and its music shall forever be everlasting.

Here’s one of those great bands that performed at Woodstock exactly 40 years ago today on this Saturday in August. It’s John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook, and Doug Clifford. The’re Creedence Clearwater Revival, and here’s their U.S. TOP 3 PLATINUM smash from late in 1969. This is “Down On The Corner”, and it’s one of the greatest rock songs of my lifetime. I present it to you for your ‘Saturday Night Retro’ review:

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The Major’s Friday Night Disco Party

Nowadays you can catch him numerous times per week on tru TV‘s hit series “The Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumbest“. He’s 47-year-old Leif Garrett, and over 30 years ago he was one of the hottest television, movie, and music stars on the face of this Earth. He was a Rock, Pop, and Disco superstar with no less than 10 Billboard HOT 100 hits from 1977 to 1982. This was the biggest of them all – “I Was Made For Dancin'” – a TOP 10 Disco SMASH from 1979 !

‘The Major’s Friday Night Disco Party’ is a joint MASSIVESMASH.COM / The Major’s Life Blog production.

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Thursday Night Mini Thoughts

– Let’s get spontaneous here.
– A tourist refers to this area as ‘Southern Florida’. We know it as ‘South Florida’.
– A tourist refers to it as ‘Route 1’. We know it as ‘U.S. 1’ or ‘Useless-One’.
– I filled up with gas at my favourite Chevron station after work today.
– That’s 10.899 gallons of gas at $2.739 per gallon for a total of $29.85.
– Almost exactly a year ago I paid $3.859 per gallon of gas.
– Gas prices were beginning their hard tumble from their July 2008 peaks.
– I thought about getting a car wash there.
– But I’m forecasting a lot of rain for this weekend.
– In fact Saturday could be our wettest day in Homestead in awhile.
– President Barack Obama‘s approval ratings are dropping like a rock.
– Americans are increasingly disgruntled over his handling of health care reform.
– The President is dealing with a tough crowd.
– It’s not easy to be loved and adored forever.
– I did NOT vote for him.
– Woodstock was exactly 40 years ago this weekend.
– I was NOT there.
– I was only 26 months old at the time.
– I don’t even remember it occurring.
– People that were there don’t remember it occurring.
– I’ll do a special Woodstock edition of ‘Saturday Night Retro’.
– But before that tomorrow night is Disco night here on the big bellbottom blog.
– I’ve got a former Disco superstar who’s now a reality TV star. It’s TRU !
– See what he looked like 30 years ago at the Discotech.
– You won’t regret it pal.
– Until then keep it simple – and give a hoot – don’t polute !
– Help keep America lookin’ good in the neighbourhood.