they always had r n b linings. >> they really got the zeitgeist of what was going on. >> ♪ stayin' alive, ah-ha ha stayin' alive, alive ♪ >> this is the scene outside a new york disco called studio 54. this is the place that's in with the disco crowd. >> i have been to goat ropings and space shots. i've been in a lot of strange places and seen a lot of strange things but nothing stranger than studio 54 at the height of its popularity in the '70s. >> it's where you come when you want to escape. it is really escapism. >> and the front door of that spot was insane. i sometimes would just walk by to watch the people not get in because that was not fun too. >> you are not shaved.