Disco: A Murder Mystery

Who killed disco? It’s a genuine musical mystery—and it doesn’t have an easy answer. Today, we look at a few popular narratives which track disco’s demise from Saturday Night Fever to Disco Demolition Night and beyond. Japanese City Pop video:    • A Guide to City Pop: Japan’s 80s Pop Music...   Attributions Visuals by Llego Music via YouTube Creative Commons Gay Rock & Roll Years, The ( 1993) via Internet Archive, ICON CC BY-ND 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Teddy by University of California at Los Angeles, Extension Media Center via Prelinger Archives Visuals by US National Archives via YouTube Creative Commons Village People, Mario Casciano, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons Visuals by Astra Film Festival Music via YouTube Creative Commons Visuals by Chicago Film Archives