Disco Wednesday
April 23, 2008
By: 
rollerkaty
Category: 1979, Advertisements, Disco
Macho Duck!
Disco Mickey Mouse!
Watch out for Goofy!
These are just a few of the songs available on the 1979 Disney record Mickey Mouse Disco.
Thanks to Chris of VintageGent’s Menswear Daily for suggesting Mickey Mouse Disco as a topic for The RollerBlog.
Chris says:
Perhaps the true death of disco had nothing to do with the dawn of punk or new wave. I propose that what really killed it or sort of signaled the fact that it had become passe’ was the release of the LP “DISCO MICKEY MOUSE”. I think this was in 1978/79. My great-aunt bought a copy for each set of sister’s grandkids.
If you have any seventies memories to share feel free to contact me at rollerblog at gmail dot com.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I was born in ‘81 so never witnessed the rise or fall of disco but after seeing this video I strongly believe Mickey killed it. Damn you Mickey!!
April 24th, 2008 at 8:11 am
I don’t remember this, but I do remember “Disco Duck.” That was awesome.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Cromely - Disco Duck is a great song! I think when Disney put out the Macho Duck song on the Mickey Mouse Disco album it was probably partly in response to the Disco Duck song (and Macho Man by the Village People).
April 24th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Hmm — wonder if Mickey and Donald spent their Saturday nights hanging out at 54 with Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger?
April 28th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Where on earth did you find the original commercial for that thing? My goodness, now the horrible memory will burned more vividly into my brain for yet another decade LOL. Of course, maybe they wanted to just kill disco in a gentle way as they used 30 year old cartoon clips rather than coming up with a whole animation sequence that actually related to the actual music on the album.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
[...] Ego, RollerKaty, for a stirring up a painful childhood memory of mine at TheRollerBlog. The Mickey Mouse Disco Album would be definitely a part of any good thesis on why Disco sputtered and died, or evidence of the [...]