Songs often focused on these three aspects, such as sex in eroticism and the fleeting nature of relationships in romanticism. In basic terms, “It is music for sex or for dancing or watching the straight world go by” (Kopkind 337). The actual sounds in disco are unctuous and thick, which evoked a sense of pleasure that is not easily experienced through everyday life. Songs were repetitive and long, with an emphasis on rhythm focused on pleasure, not mainly pounding and phallic like in
Songs often focused on these three aspects, such as sex in eroticism and the fleeting nature of relationships in romanticism. In basic terms, “It is music for sex or for dancing or watching the straight world go by” (Kopkind 337). The actual sounds in disco are unctuous and thick, which evoked a sense of pleasure that is not easily experienced through everyday life. Songs were repetitive and long, with an emphasis on rhythm focused on pleasure, not mainly pounding and phallic like in