This week we are putting as many things related to DD in one place, right here. In the final post, we will wrap this up with a few Odds & Ends.

To start from the beginning of this series, go here for Part 1.

We couldn’t finish this week without acknowledging that the war on disco also came with a song.

Do You Think I’m Disco was a parody of the Rod Stewart song Do Ya Think I’m Sexy which was #1 on the Billboard charts in 1978. Stever actually did several parody songs to that Rod Stewart song. Do You Think I’m Disco actually cracked the Billboard Top 65 and received national airplay for a couple of weeks.

So here is the 3 minute and 38 second gem (read next paragraph first):

Finally, here is great slideshow that is on the Steve Dahl You Tube channel. It also contains the song Do You Think I’m Disco. So if you only want to hear it once, do it from the slide show.

I hope you enjoyed our week-long celebration of Disco Demolition. July 12, 1979 will always be in the history books. If you liked it please post a comment or tell a friend.

Just one more thing… DISCO STILL SUCKS!!!

Buy the 25th Anniversary of Disco Demolition DVD at the Dahl Store.

To start from the beginning of this series, go here.

Our first air-check is from the morning after Disco Demolition. Steve can barely talk. His voice is shot. I’m sure that on the inside Stever is freaking out. His Coho Lips get-together that he thought would be lucky to draw 5,000 people was now national news.

At this point, Garry is in transition from being the “news guy” to becoming promoted to “sidekick” status. I left in his news pieces for perspective. When Steve started at WLUP-FM, Garry was the overnight DJ broadcasting under the name Matthew Meier. He would stay on the air after his nighttime shift to do the drive-time news for the first couple of hours of Steve’s show.

So here is about 30 minutes of audio from WLUP-FM from Friday, July 13, 1979.

On the third anniversary of DD, Steve read some articles that were in the newspaper in ‘79 and tried to clear up a few “inaccuracies”. This was previously posted on this blog and can be found here.

Our friends over at the YouTube site The Original Shock Jock previously posted the 10 year Anniversary show that you can listen to here.

Enjoy!!

This week we are putting as many things related to DD in one place, right here. To cover all the bases, let’s go back and look at photos of the event.

To start from the beginning of this series, go here.

There are a lot of photos on the net and I’m not going to post many of them here. Rather, here are links to two of the better collections I have found…

The Tribune posted a nice 30th anniversary photo gallery here.

This guy was there. His photo album is here.

Buy the 25th Anniversary of Disco Demolition DVD at the Dahl Store.

To start from the beginning of this series, go here.

Thursday night, July 12, 1979

This is video of DD as it was broadcast on TV that night

And this is what happened after Steve left the field…

This is video of news coverage that night

Buy the 25th Anniversary of Disco Demolition DVD at the Dahl Store.

Check back as we will be looking at Disco Demolition all week.
Enjoy!!

Steve Dahl killed disco. (Ask the Bee Gees. They said it.)

In 1979 the disco industry was worth an estimated $4 billion – that was more than movies, television or professional sports – and accounted for up to 40% of the songs on the singles chart.

Everyone from The Rolling Stones to Frank Sinatra had recorded disco tracks. But, disco was more than music, it was a lifestyle of conspicuous consumption. From cars to jewelery to bad clothing and hair. It was truly sickening.

I’m not going to recount the rest of the story. If you are here, you know the story. You may have lived it.

So, this week we will post a compendium of all things related to DD. Things that have been previously posted here. New audio. And video. Sure you could do most of this yourself; but hey, sit back and let us do the heavy lifting.

Because last year was the 30th anniversary there are a lot of good current retrospectives. Here are a couple of the best…

Steve talks about DD, 30 years later

Here is a nice 10 minute feature that appeared on ESPN last year. Even if you know the story this piece has great photos and video.

Check back as we will be looking at Disco Demolition all week.
Enjoy!!

Buy the 25th Anniversary of Disco Demolition DVD at the Dahl Store.

It has been 30 years since Disco Demolition and it’s been a great ride. I didn’t go to DD on July 12, 1979. My two buddies went and have some great stories to tell.

I stayed home and watched it on TV. I remember sitting in the cool basement on a warm summer night. I was watching with my girlfriend. When things went totally ape-shit, I recall sitting there thinking, “Oh boy is this great!!” My girlfriend, on the other hand, was not that impressed. Probably my first clue that this relationship was doomed.

I found one piece of audio from July 12, 1982 where Steve reads from a Sun-Times article by Bill Gleason and others that were published after DD. This piece gets off to a bad start as Steve has an argument with George the engineer. This comes two days after Steve had a big meltdown on the air and didn’t show up for the start of the show the next day. More on this later.

If you need to relive more moments check out these YouTube videos:

• Footage of Disco Demolition
• News coverage

You can also read Steve’s comments here: Stever’s Blog

Enjoy!!!

DISCO STILL SUCKS!!!!