most people associate 'dance' with 'gay', that's just the way it is;
and as a gay male, I have no problems with that, but the 'fan in the street' obviously does
I'll NEVER forget this post as long as I live.
Back in the days of the newsgroups, someone posted something in alt.music.dance wanting to know a good underground nightclub in New York City to hit that didn't have gays in it. I told him, go to New Jersey because YOU WILL NEVER find an underground club in NYC that doesn't have gays in there. Being straight, I could care less....I have many gay male friends and in a club, the dance floor does NOT discriminate
But it's that "fan in the street" that has issues with it and throw on this "stereotype".
I was just responding to another thread just now about the gay issue and the other stereotypes..."clubbers trippin on e" and the "guido" mentality. Yes, gays like dance music....they also like rock, hip-hop, R&B, jazz, classical, country..you name it. Not everyone going to clubs is looking to score some crystal meth, nor are all people from Brooklyn or Staten Island with spiked out hair, a t-shirt with a chain raising fists up all the time!
Granted, every aspect of music has some sort of "stereotype" attached. Going back to "Disco Sucks", I think this music has been picked on so heavily that the stereotypes unfairly push hard on the negatives instead of the positives...that the music is fun, anyone can enjoy, has no creed, color, religion, sexual preference to it.
It's gonna take time to fix the "damage", but that's where education comes in.
