Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots, an attempt at self-deprecation that did nothing to endear them to the disco haters. This is the kind of song that signals that a trend has outlived its welcome, not that it's gonna keep rising for the next two or three years! Who's responsible for this? The people this was credited to were.
If we lived in a logical world, this would be the cause of the disco backlash. For one week in October of 1976, it was the best selling song in America. Todd: But "Disco Duck" stands out not just for its stunning inanity but also, that it was a number one hit. Todd: Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" from that same year. Todd: If this was just one of the many stupid novelties that gets released every day, that'd be one thing. Todd: What has this harmless little joke song done to deserve such ire? I guess sometimes they're just so far up their ass all they know is. Guest: It's insane to me, what-what people will do. Watergate, gas shortage, "Disco Duck," and then maybe Jonestown.ĭarryl McDaniels: That was the wackest song ever Todd: Yes, it is finally time to look at the mid-70s phenomenon, "Disco Duck." One of the most confusing little blips in the history of disco, and consistently described as one of the worst things that happened in the 70s. Todd: I am of course talking about the one and only, the eternally infamous.ĭisco Duck: Everybody do it, the disco, disco duck! Disco, disco duck! One that no critical reappraisal has been able to take off the "Worst Songs Ever" list. Todd: Even with the massive reputational turnaround that disco has had, there is still one big disco smash that it is still okay to dislike. Like, "Oh, you dislike music made by black and gay people, huh?" "What are you trying to say, huh?" " HUH?" Todd: It flipped so hard in the other direction that now, if you try and say that disco sucks, people look at you funny. Todd (VO): And then after about twenty years of being a total punchline It was the worst music ever made.Ĭlip from The Simpsons of man in disco gear dancing Todd (VO): And then it got hit with backlash so hard that all of a sudden. For five or six years, it was basically the only music being made.Ĭlip of Disco Demolition Night, followed by an image of man in glasses ripping his shirt open to reveal a white t-shirt that says "DISCO SUCKS!, both with "Disco Inferno" playing in the background Todd (VO): Not so much the actual music, which, uh, I like as much as anyone, but the perception of it. Ritchie Family: It's the best disco in town, number one in disco sound! I admit, I have a minor fascination with disco.Ĭlip of people dancing to disco music, specifically "The Best Disco in Town" by The Ritchie Family Todd: Welcome back to One Hit Wonderland, where we take a look at bands and artists only known for one song. The final irony - RSO records, which published the Bee Gees' records, also published Disco Duck.RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS - DISCO DUCK
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Todd mentions how it is also strange that as bad as this song is, how he had no trouble finding video footage of it being performed on TV on all three networks.
Actually, as Todd mentions, this came out in 1976, three years before the backlash over disco.
Almost a perfect documentary, the one mistake I knew it made was crediting this song for being part of the death of disco and by extension putting a knife through the heart of the Bee Gees' third act of a career due to the group's close association to disco because they wrote and performed the music for "Saturday Night Fever". Strangely enough, this song was mentioned on the HBO documentary about the Bee Gees that came out in December "How Do You Mend a Broken Heart". Although I still think "Ring My Bell" (1979) gives it a run for its money. Thanks to Todd, a shadowy figure who reviews rock history, for validating that opinion. I believed he was just a one hit wonder who happened to write and perform the worst song in history. I didn't know who Rick Dees was - apparently a DJ with a 40 year career. I have always thought that this song was awful. and I don't know why it was a hit either.
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