3 segments
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Disco Demolition Night 14 min
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Smackdown: Disco 13 min
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Lawrence Brownlee 21 min
The disco era caught fire in 1977 with the film "Saturday Night Fever." It ended two years later with a crazed bonfire at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Today: how "Disco Demolition Night" changed pop music. And, we debate the music and legacy of disco in a Soundcheck Smackdown. Later: tenor Lawrence Brownlee talks about tackling roles in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore and Rossini's Semiramide.