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About this word disco. it was r&b music to me. i felt like they stripped it and gave it a new name and weren't giving credit where i think the credit was supposed to go. >> do it again. second half of the chorus but bring in the sound. that's great. one, two, three, four. ♪ tragedy ♪ >> the bee gees always liked r&b and always liked soul. i always thought they were a pop band that always had r&b leanings. >> the bee gees do what pop stars do. they really got the zeitgeist of what was going on. ♪ staying alive ♪ ♪ staying alive ♪ ♪ staying alive ♪ [ applause ] >> this is the sce...

Out" actually began as something else. ♪ freak out ♪ ♪ le freak, c'est chic ♪ >> it went from something off to freak off to being freak out. ♪ just come on down to the 54 ♪ ♪ find a spot out on the floor ♪ ♪ oh, freak out ♪ ♪ le freak, c'est chic ♪ ♪ freak out ♪ >> that's probably the best thing that ever came out of studio 54 was that song. >> disco was a revolutionary force. funk marries disco and it leads to hip-hop. >> it's 1979, i heard chic's "good times" come on. i kept hearing somebody talk over the song. ♪ to the hip, hip hip-hop you don't stop ♪ ♪ a ...

>> do it again. second half of the chorus but bring in the sound. that's great. one, two, three, four. ♪ tragedy ♪ >> the bee gees always liked r&b and always liked soul. i always thought they were a pop band that always had r&b leanings. >> the bee gees do what pop stars do. they really got the zeitgeist of what was going on. ♪ staying alive ♪ ♪ staying alive ♪ ♪ staying alive ♪ [ applause ] >> 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 stra...

>> it's where you come when you want to escape. it's really escapism. >> in the front door of that spot was insane. i sometimes would walk by to watch the people not get in. because that was fun, too. >> oh, you are not shaved. there's no way you're going to get in. it doesn't matter. if you're not shaven, just go home. >> you had to be selected. you had to be chosen to get in. >> we can't let in everybody who wants to come in. i wish we could. ♪ oh, freak out ♪ ♪ le freak, c'est chic ♪ ♪ freak out ♪ >> the great chic, go to studio 54 to get in. and they don't. so they write a song...

>> it went from something off to freak off to being freak out. ♪ just come on down to the 54 ♪ ♪ find a spot out on the floor ♪ ♪ oh, freak out ♪ ♪ le freak, c'est chic ♪ ♪ freak out ♪ >> that's probably the best thing that ever came out of studio 54 was that song. >> disco was a revolutionary force. funk marries disco and it leads to hip-hop. >> it's 1979, i heard chic's "good times" come on. i kept hearing somebody talk over the song. ♪ to the hip, hip hip-hop you don't stop ♪ ♪ a rock it out bubba to the bang, bang boogie boobie ♪ ♪ to the rhythm of the boogie ...