The story that changed a whole lot things, I've been meaning to post this for quite some time. Written by Nik Cohn, and published by New York Magazine on June 7, 1976, it would eventually lead to the making of Saturday Night Fever, and the disco-fication of the States and beyond. Not to mention a serious career revival for the Bee Gees. Art by James McMullan.
Over the past few months, much of my time has been spent in
watching this new generation. Moving from neighborhood to neighborhood,
from disco to disco, an explorer out of my depth, I have tried to learn
the patterns, the old/new tribal rites. In the present article, I have
focused on one club and one tight-knit group which seem to sum up the
experience as a whole. Artist James McMullan also spent many hours
observing this development, but his paintings, reproduced here, are less
specific; although they deal with the same locations and group, they
are generalized images of these Saturday night rituals.
Everything described in this article is factual and was
either witnessed by me or told to me directly by the people involved.
Only the names of the main characters have been changed. Continued here.
