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People in 1978: this song gonna die in a year or so. Us: laughs in 2020 (Original Post)
FuzzyRabbit
Jul 2020
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TexasTowelie
(112,441 posts)1. The construction worker did the choreography for their videos.
He also had the most exaggerated hip movements of anybody in the group. I give a pass to the biker since he is wearing leather.
AmyStrange
(7,989 posts)2. I think there's a law somewhere that says...
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before you can buy any disco song, you have to buy this one first.
Also, I don't remember any TV sit-com after the 70s that didn't have some episode where the characters imitated that song (except maybe M*A*S*H).
I'm probably wrong, and I'm sure I'll be corrected, but thanks for posting this, Fuzzy.
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doc03
(35,378 posts)3. They usually play that at all the oldies concerts
fun song everyone joins in.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)4. Kinda makes you want to dance
Just don't make them like they used to.