What drugs were they on?

 

They don't need drugs, it was a different time than today, people just enjoyed dancing.

Eruption - One Way Ticket (ZDF Disco 28.05.1979)

Dee D. Jackson - Automatic Lover (1978)

 

i had a phase on the road one time where i was just watching Soul Train videos to pass the time, sometimes it was just undeniable coke energy in the audience. this one is hilarious, theres a guy in a white tank top on some other shit, even Al Green starts laughing

(1974)

 

DUDE !!!

That guy is a time traveler

 

Cocaine and quaaludes. And pot.
And since quaaludes are gone and no one can afford coke you'll never know the feeling
(In the 80's we generally made do with 'ludes and ephedrine)

 

Don't forget the crazy levels of lead exposure during childhood, 10-30 times higher than today.

 

Belle Epoque - Black Is Black 1977

Chic - Good Times (Atlantic Records 1979)

 

At one time or another hasn't everybody sat in a line on a disco floor and rowed an imaginary boat?
No?
well I'll be buggered.
.

 

While not wearing underwear... in the 70s everyone went commando!

 

Cold, Cold Disco Balls.

 

You're probably too young to understand. That was our time and it was great.

 

And we survived and still going strong!

 

Hey man what's up. I do agree it was a different time and some people did just enjoy the dance routines.
I need to argue though, that the drug use (or should i say abuse) in the 70s and 80s was much bigger than today. Today is the age of information and "awareness", with all the good and the bad this brings along. People in the 70s and 80s were much more naive about drugs and alcohol. Wtf, most of them were even unable to distinguish playback acts like Boney M who never (i believe bound by contract) sang a single line live in their prime time career ('76- '84). And the same goes for Eruption too of course, both made by the greatest music biz con man, producer Frank Farian (RIP) who later went to do the same with Milli Vanilli but times had changed and you can't get away with the same con forever hehe.
So while i remember those times fondly because those were my teen years and i have danced my butt off with the craziest, silliest routines on fucking Daddy Cool & Rasputin, looking back now i can't help but cherish the original classics like Chic and ostracize the phonies like BoneyM/Eruption etc.
Cheers

 

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As some of you have previosusly mentioned, the 2 drugs that dominated the disco scene were cocaine, and the quaaludes, popularly known as "disco biscuits." In NYC clubs like Studio 54, The Saint, The Gallery, etc. it was "normal" for patrons and artists to be snorting cocaine out in the open. Some of the DJs were so coked out that they could not even mix properly. Nobody gave a fuck because 90% of the place was high. If you were a DJ, getting tipped with drugs was the norm. Those DJs, like myself, who did not use drugs, made extra free tax income by selling it to the bartenders, and waitresses who used them or resell them to the patrons and artists.

 

A little bit off topic but worth clarifying. While Boney M did not sing in their live performances or records, Eruption did. There was nothing phonie about Eruption. As to Frank Farian, as much as he conned many with the acts he produced, we can't overlook his great talent as a producer, singer, and songwriter. Frank knew how to write and produce a dance/pop hit song as well as anyone. Working with him, remixing a couple of his songs, was a pleasure. In my opinion he was a musical genius. RIP Frank!