Super Disco Demolition: The 40th Anniversary Compilation (1979)

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition" promotion that got "a little out of hand", here is a compilation of footage, some not seen since the time of the event and some also in vastly upgraded video quality direct from master tapes.
If you want to know what it was all about, to feel as close as you can to actually being there that night (or watching on TV that night) - this is a good encapsulation while at the same time being as complete as possible.
Includes:
Footage from the day before, with Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall discussing tomorrow night's "Teen Night" promotion, culminating with an extremely rare instance of Caray catching a foul ball in his fishing net.
(02:04) - Next is a compilation of footage from Game 1 of the "Twi-night Double Header" featuring all segments that mention the promotion or that show banners in the stadium, or any other relevant segments. Lots of "Disco Sucks" chants, too.
(03:28) - "Disco sucks!" - Harry Caray
(04:19) - Be sure to notice the homosexual slur yelled at the unfortunate singer tasked with performing the National Anthem that night. (if this was another era, one could almost find the moment hilarious - though it mostly brought back memories of how virulent and cutting the use of the other "F Word" was back then)
(21:20) - Harry returns after his 3 inning break.
(21:48) - "Without a question, the greatest teenage promotion night, that any station has had, by far." - Harry Caray
(22:44) - Also included for fun was that evening's official 7th inning stretch rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (I say official because the song will be sung again later in the evening by Bill Veeck as yet another hopeless attempt at establishing crowd unity in getting everyone back in their seats)
(30:20) - Included in this compilation is over an hour's worth of newly remastered and complete footage of the main "meat" of the event, with Steve Dahl, Garry Meier, Lorelei and crew orchestrating the between game blowing-up of a box of disco records. This footage was sourced from WSNS master feeds, which include footage not seen by television audiences, as at one point the station had switched to a "rain delay-like" "film" of some kind as filler while things hopefully settled down in the ballpark.
(01:32:34) - Lastly, we get a few more minutes of broadcast footage with Harry and Jimmy before they sign off for the night, including 4 minutes of additional footage gleaned from a Betamax recording made by Bob Schuller. (Thanks, Bob!)
(1:37:53) - "There's some great programming coming up here on Channel 44 and I know you're anxious to see it..." - Harry Caray
Thanks to unnamed former WSNS staffers (you know who you are!) for providing some of this footage on tape to be remastered digitally as well as the KZbin channel "Classic MLB1" from which the Game 1 footage was sourced. Lastly, thanks to the late, great Marty Zivin, who somehow recorded and saved the footage from the night before, perhaps psychically predicting the importance of the fiasco that was about to occur.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 11th 1979 (the day before footage) and Thursday, July 12th 1979, with some segments from the master feed never actually appearing on air.
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[@jaredc304]

Announcer: "Please get off the field." Guy in center field: *starts fire*

[@TheBandit7613]

Two guys get into a fight ignoring them begging.

[@mutsortima174]

Can you imagine if a promotion like this happened at an NFL game that involved an anti-Disney sentiment?

[@jgrif3856]

you mean an anti ₣₳₲₲Ø₮ sentiment?

[@mzluna313]

I've been watching KZbin videos for years now and had never thought about looking for a video regarding this incident until now. I was talking to my best friend of 45+ years and she hit me with the "do you remember when....?" "Umm...of course I remember! I'm fairly certain that I'm still grounded!" This story is my most memorable "screw up" that played out in reality much different than it did in my 14 year old brain! We're from Detroit and we were 14 that summer and absolutely despised disco music! Our local rock station (WRIF) organized a group and all members received a D.R.E.A.D. card (Detroit Rockers Engaged in the Abolition of Disco) and we were proud card-carrying members. So when we heard there was going to be a disco demolition gathering, we knew we had to be there! We asked both of our moms if they would take us and we both got the "get out of here with that bs" look! So, on to plan B! So we got a map to calculate the distance between Detroit and Chicago. Now remember, we're 14! The distance was about 1-1/2" which we equated to a 2 to 3 hour drive! We knew a couple boys who were going so we hopped a ride with them; in a car that the driver stole from his dad and he was only 15! It took way longer to get there (of course it did) than we calculated. Once we got there everything was still calm and they were still playing. It seemed like it went from zero to 100 in a second. We got separated from the boys we rode with, but, the police found us! We tried lying our way out of the situation by telling them we were 18. Yeah that didn't work! They made it perfectly clear that we were either leaving with our parents or we weren't leaving at all! Her mom didn't have a car so she rode with my mom. It took them 6 hours to drive to Chicago! I had never seen such a calm expression on my mom's face and that was scary! Lol! That was the longest ride home ever! There were many bad decisions made that day! But out of all my bad decisions, and there were many, I have some awesome memories! For the record, we never made it to the field! Perhaps if we had been old enough for the disco "scene" our opinions may have been different. But at 14, we didn't care for it!

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

Cool story bro

[@mzluna313]

@@I_WANT_MY_SLAW I have many stories! I had no common sense AND no fear! That's a dangerous combination for a teenager!

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Boo 👎

[@Dank_Dank]

1979: "Disco sucks" 1989: "Hair Metal sucks" 1999: "Boy bands suck" 2009: "Gangster rap sucks" 2019: "Mumble rap sucks"

[@meninpapin]

Yes it always happens the last year of a new decade

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

2020: "China and Covid-19 sucks" ...

[@lesliesmith1797]

@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@timjohnson1199]

Also: Big bloated government! Socialism! Whiners! Overpopulation! Handouts!

[@sirgemini5743]

2009 was more like the "emo sucks" era

[@loreleishark3196]

Knowing the events of that night, it's very funny to hear the commentary before things blew-up. They didn't have a clue. 😂

[@thadrobinson8343]

phil collins in the air tonight

[@davanmani556]

That’s a lie. Jimmy Piersall was worried bleepless. and he was reading law books before the game. Records were being thrown on the field and they mentioned that. Harry was putting on a scene. Pure act. He was scared.

[@RTD8481]

Harry Caray was a real showman!!! They dont make them like him anymore! Miss those days!

[@darrenbennion6086]

If the moon was made of cheese would you eat it?

[@timrobinson8548]

This is really great to see this whole promo thing from beginning to end I have never seen the whole thing before this is great you put this together like this

[@davismv]

I’ve been wanting to see this for years, it’s great to see this in such great quality.

[@thadrobinson8343]

Amen. I saw a random blog post about the Ten Cent Beer/Souvenir Bat Night incident in Cleveland and wondered if there was decent footage of Disco Demolition... well, here I am.

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

This crowd was drunk/stoned out of their minds, was only there because of Steve Dahl and WLUP, and couldn't care less about baseball. But boy, did they love Harry Caray.

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Crowd definitely was 3 sheets to the wind

[@HassoBenSoba]

Caray and Jimmy Piersall were the wildest, craziest, and most unpredictably hilarious announcing team of all time (they were also extremely knowledgeable). It's a shame that Caray is almost TOTALLY associated with the Cubs (where he finished out his career), where he was but a pale shadow of his former self with the White Sox. This was the White Sox's "Golden Era" of tv broadcasting, Bill Veeck-style. The team usually sucked, but that just added to the fun. I will always remember those nights...whether at the park or at home in front of the TV, fondly. It's GREAT to see this posted, since it preserves the real "feel" of that era for all to enjoy (including Harry's stunning catch of a foul ball in his fishing net). LR

[@leonwaltemate6152]

Totally agree. Caray and Piersall were awesome!

[@Redleg7]

The Sox with their beer league softball uniforms.

[@banjoplayingbison2275]

They look like bootleg Cubs jerseys from the early 1900s

[@joeferguson2606]

i was there the next day, i turned 14 on july 13, 1979. that field was so torn up,big chunks of grass were missing and they spray painted the outfield grass a john deere green. We waited 2 hours and nothing happened, players refused to come out. We left and went over to 26th street to go eat. Im a lifelong Cubs fan but i do miss Comiskey park...the smell of beer, piss and cigars is something you never forget

[@Mynipplesmychoice]

Did everyone have cancer in the 70s?

[@82dorrin]

@@Mynipplesmychoice Pretty much.

[@andremccullum3066]

The 70's!

[@fratzogmopars]

Disco Demolition night the cigar smoke was replaced by pot smoke, the whole place reeked of it.

[@BaseballPlayer0]

did u get a refund for your ticket

[@thadrobinson8343]

In these troubled times, this world could really use a wacky morning drive-time DJ, to remind us there's reasons to like, live life and party and stuff.

[@lennardvaarten7791]

Yes, disco music is one of those reasons,

[@fratzogmopars]

Announcers Jimmy Piersall and Harry Caray, what a tandem. Made watching the White Sox enjoyable with their comedy routine.

[@jeffgovernale-fi8vs]

10 years after Woodstock, I was a high school junior when this happened: flipping the bird to adult authority. It was a unique cultural moment in Chicago history.Classic.

[@petej.8676]

I was there as a 14 year old 8th grade graduate. My Uncle took me as my graduation gift Box 75. Tier 10 seat 5..behind 3rd base dugout..still have the ticket stub..fine memories of the carefree days of my youth

[@paulsteinbach8121]

I can't believe how many people are wearing jeans on a humid, 85-degree night.

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

Good point. I imagine it means something - but I’m not quite sure what.

[@boataxe4605]

As a card carrying member of the Insane Coho Lips Army, I will inform you that blue jeans and a Loop T shirt were the official uniform. A Led Zeppelin shirt was also acceptable.

[@4catmomma150]

In 1979 no one wore shorts in Chicago

[@stevenhickey326]

Stoners don't wear shorts lol

[@davanmani556]

“You came to bury disco but not rock. We got disco down, let’s not put rock with it.” - Bill Veeck

[@johndavis6719]

And what happened about 4 to 5 years later in the same City Techno/House music and then Freestyle and New Wave music.

[@RockinRobin411]

@@johndavis6719 there's a podcast called You're Wrong About, and they have an episode on Disco Demolition Night. A comment made at the very end is that a lot of music that would have been called disco otherwise was simply labeled differently. The disco that died was only a certain kind of disco.

[@IMSAVideos]

One thing this video helps confirm is how great Nancy Faust was at her job.

[@charlessmith263]

1:31:00 mark - Nancy Faust pays homage to the Chicago Police who cleared the rowdy crowd off the field by playing the "Dragnet TV Theme". Nancy had a keen musical gift of playing nearly anything on the baseball organ - and she got that true gift!!!!

[@chicovoylez3216]

Also that people were scared of Chicago police unlike today 2021.

[@davanmani556]

Some of those cops were the same ones at Grant Park in 1968.

[@charlessmith263]

She even played some patriotic songs as the crowd was cleared - including Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever". Likely this is because baseball is as common patriotic wise as a national pastime as much as 4th of July fireworks--that is why she played "Stars and Stripes."

[@boataxe4605]

She fueled the fire by playing disco songs. I don’t think that was very smart.

[@BallparkHunter]

I loved how they thought that multiple people yelling over the microphone was going to get all those people off the field.

[@marklar5334]

The people on the field were *really* into Foreigner, Bad Company, Foghat, Boston, Chicago, Kansas, the Eagles, and David Crosby. It shows.

[@err521]

Piersall and Caray - what a pair !

[@marcosjuarez7809]

Well, it did got a little out of hand after and over "Disco Demolition Night" at Old Comiskey Park in Chicago. This was in that same year when the Pittsburgh Pirates danced their way in the 1979 World Series in seven games over the Baltimore Orioles while playing "We Are Family" performed by Sister Sledge.

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

1979 pirates 👍

[@jackdemus7890]

Thank you SO MUCH for this!! You are the best! I hope I can find some more tapes for you.

[@timrobinson8548]

This is a great video compilation my brother is at this game with a buddy who looked like Steve Dahl. When the riots started and the batting cage was ruined I called my father in and showed him what was going on then he got scared knowing my brother his son is in the middle of this so we waited for a call from the police or hospital. My brother came home about 430am no shirt and black and blue marks on his front and back from the cops hitting him to get off the field. He told me later I was smart to not go with him that night it was not a baseball crowd at all those kids were hell bent on destruction that night

[@mhmrules]

That first clip was worth the price of admission alone.

[@LCSDA1966]

Harry bad mouthing Bob S. about being a Cubs announcer - lol Only Harry would be a Cubs Announcer in a few Years..Classic

[@jamesgentry13]

The poor Loop DJ trying to do crowd control. DO YOU WANA SEE A BASEBALL GAME? Crowd: NOOOOOOOOO DO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE STADIUM? Crowde again: NOOOOOOOOOO

[@jeromehoward1249]

Bill Veech was fighting a losing battle with those kids. Poor fella!

[@redmanr5522]

44 years ago was Disco Demolition night, Wednesday 7/12/23.

[@redmanr5522]

and this time I'm in Chicagoland for the anniversary!

[@michaelleroy9281]

It will be 45 years in July 2024

[@luisreyes1963]

​@@michaelleroy9281PARTY!! 🥳🍾

[@jdh200112]

Jajsja ver este video porque lo menciono el Chombo xD

[@BURRAdio]

se dice... "me lo dijo el Chombo" xD

[@mauricio9895]

asi es🤘🤘🤘

[@JazDickinson1]

Yo supe de este 'incidente' en 2010 cuando lo mencionaron en un programa de VH1

[@josevictorjuarezhernandez5992]

Ahora será por el dollop

[@timrobinson8548]

They say the attendance that night was 47,795 there had to be way more then that and 1000's trying to get in anyway possible

[@michaelleroy9281]

There were more than 47, 795 in there probably 55, 000

[@timlamping4715]

Funny how before Steve Dahl and Loreli were introduced to start the explosion of Disco records. Sox organist Nancy Faust was playing Staying Alive and Da Ya Think I'm Sexy. And the crowd lost it.

[@boataxe4605]

Yeah, that was pretty stupid of her.

[@boataxe4605]

Funny how she gets no blame for fueling the fire.

[@shuntguy]

This needs to be a movie.

[@faustuskrauss6457]

The “killing” of Disco that night would only set the stage for a genre of music which this audience would despise even more.

[@heinoustentacles5719]

Now this is not a test, I'm rappin' to the beat..!

[@faustuskrauss6457]

@@heinoustentacles5719 Skiddlee beebop a we rock a scooby doo And guess what, America: we love you!

[@melissayoung7270]

Mid 60s- early 70s music was the best!

[@MIGUELDELLVALLE06-jv1sw]

Man the 70s was a crazy time for disco!

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

@@faustuskrauss6457 because of racism.

[@KyosukeShigeru]

Another interesting piece of history saved for future generations. :3

[@justinbeck4197]

The USA sucks

[@NatalieMllr]

All punishment for rock fans is little: nowadays you only listen to k-pop, reggaeton, pop, electronic, rap, trap and now you have to accept that blacks and gays dominate the music world

[@raymondrenfrowrayren98trib34]

16:27 Sexual Harrassment (Thanks James McLean!) 22:50 Take me out to the ballgame 40:25 Explosions 46:28 FANS Rushing the field 56:23 HolyCow!

[@jamesmclean18]

16:27 Sexual Harrassment

[@mmmanutd]

"I hope it really catapults your career", fuck

[@TacotacoBurrito69]

@@mmmanutd For real!! WTF hahaha

[@TacotacoBurrito69]

He said hot n smoky lmao

[@stevencuevas3563]

OMG James McLean. GROSS! That poor girl.

[@timlamping4715]

Lauria? Really Jimmy Piersall, you blithering hot head. It's Loreli!

[@Musicradio77Network]

And then, 2 months later, “My Sharona” by the Knack became the #1 hit of the whole year of 1979, and that where they put disco into a screeching halt.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

We need Autotune Demolition Night.

[@oluhamilton2121]

ABSOLUTELY!!!

[@ethanang3527]

Also need 21st century song to be demolished. Use albums instead of vinyl Singles

[@paysonfox88]

That would get way to violent. I think Disco was enough, we don't want to go to Autotune hatred levels for an event. People would die.

[@jessicamadueno8338]

Reggaeton demolition night

[@michaelewing6522]

Today's Hip Hop demolition night! Too much cursing and vulgarity.

[@VirtualVernon]

This was live on air in Detroit since it was a road game for the Tigers, so its not just on Chicago TV.

[@joejamros]

Michael Clarke Duncan was their. He was one of the first 100 people ran on to the field. He slides into third base and stole a baseball bat.

[@oluhamilton2121]

LOVE the organ accompianament

[@altfactor]

At 31 minutes into this clip, the organist wanted people to say "Let's Go Sox! The Cubs Suck!"

[@aubreyaragon988]

I felt back for both teams White Sox, and Tigers having to deal with the shenanigans. And the fans who witnessed the madhouse craziness. I do have a heart soft spot because I love baseball who didn't as a kid.

[@StudioZ7]

I certainly agreed with the "Disco Sucks" sentiment at the time. But ultimately, is this really any different than some church making a bonfire of rock 'n' roll records?

[@vincentanuneko4269]

We need a dubstep demolition night instead of disco.

[@VoyageOne1]

@@vincentanuneko4269 Dubstep peaked ten years ago but nice try

[@kofi3720]

It’s not very different, but not for the reason you think.

[@JadoreLulu]

@@vincentanuneko4269 Dubstep died like almost 10 years ago 🥴

[@twoarrows2543]

Gary Meier was such a dork, but the perfect side kick for Steve.

[@sleep4ever400]

27:00 lotta guys stoned out here tonight

[@VBaskin2010]

Rock In Peace WLUP A.K.A. The Loop FM 98 1977-2018.

[@justpaddingtonbear]

Aw man, The Loop's gone?!

[@MIGUELDELLVALLE06-jv1sw]

We got 97.1 THE DRIVE.

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

​@@justpaddingtonbear Yup. It's Christian "K-LOVE" now. As is WAAF in Boston.

[@TheBandit7613]

Standing on the field chanting "back to your seats" and stand there milling around. Hahaha!

[@robertpatrick8447]

Second time watching this video, and I skip up to 04:22 just in time to hear a fan yelling a homophobic slur right in the middle of the National Anthem.

[@joedent3323]

"...FAGGET!". That SO gay.

[@RockinRobin411]

There's a podcast called You're Wrong About, and there's an episode about Disco Demolition Night. A comment is that some of the disco backlash was racist and homophobic. A comment one of the podcasters said was along the lines of "if you participated and were well intended, I believe you, but..." and then he talks about a lot of the other anti-disco groups. I'll also comment that Polyphonic addresses that in his video on the history of disco. Anyway, I think that homophobic slur confirms some of that.

[@randyscott3386]

Could you imagine them doing that today when you know what that whole thing was actually about and rooted in ?

[@tziirkq]

It's rooted in disco sucking. Everyone reading homophobia and racism into it Is projecting.

[@randyscott3386]

@@tziirkq Your comment reads, Very scared white guy . But you got the gay and the racist part right . Sorry about your taste in music but it goes with the scared white guy part and there's plenty of great country and polka music out there for you and everybody else so enjoy ! God Bless America !

[@tziirkq]

@@randyscott3386 If it was about race, why wasn't it "Soul demolition night"? If it was about homophobia, why wasn't it "Village People demolition night"? The Beegees are straight and white, think any of their records were blown up? It might come as a surprise, but not everything is about you, you just happen to be a narcissist.

[@randyscott3386]

​@@tziirkq They couldn't burn Harvey Milk at the stake in the middle of the stadium so they did the next best thing they could think of and they blewup a bunch of disco records . Just look at a simple history timeline . I think that Ethel Merman disco album also had a bunch of hidden reverse satanic messages on it that made all the white people freakout and start wanting to destroy disco records and start dressing like black basketball players . Either that or they put something in the miracle whip salad dressing .

[@tziirkq]

@@randyscott3386 The metal and rock guys were worried about satanic messages in disco? Are you trolling now? You got me.

[@tonygourley4896]

I remember seeing footage of this ,living in Los Angeles ,the night it happened, on the late news. I'm glad to finally see the full build up to it , thanx for whoever saved the tape for prosperity, it is a crazy part of american history . This was a building drama that we could see exactly how it would end, but could'nt do anything to change it. It had every thing, baseball, hilarity, joy, Harry Carey, weed smoking, rock'n'roll, organ music, full ballpark, a dictator wanna' be DJ, cringe-worthy moments, hilarious -corny moments, explosions, fireworks, & an actual fire, violence, obvious alcohol abuse, police, and Bill Veeck. I love baseball and i love rock'n'roll, and i did'nt care for disco, but, , damn ! It's a sad thing to see people have no respect for other fans, for the game , and most importantly, that poor grounds-keeper, rolled up pants legs & pissed . Bad decisions and booze , loss of self-respect, is to blame, but it was riviting to watch. Bob.G

[@TheBandit7613]

There was a fight on the field too

[@tonygourley4896]

@@TheBandit7613 yes, i saw a few fights break out ,it was nuts. Somehow, it makes me miss baseball still (& all sports), but i can watch all this old footage , thanks to the people who put it out. Bob.G

[@stevencuevas3563]

Add casual racism, bigotry and misogyny to the mix … thank god this era of the 70s was dying out as was the bloated corpse of most rock music at that time … the only really great American rock band in 79 was a young group from LA called Van Halen

[@redmanr5522]

43 years ago was Disco Demolition night, Tuesday 7/12/22.

[@redmanr5522]

White Sox shut out Cleveland Guardians 7-0 on the road! much different result than 1979.

[@stevarino1989]

Angelica: Aunt Didi, what’s Disco? Didi: Oh nothing, it’s something that happened a long long time ago and it’s never ever coming back. (Looks at Stu with his disco suit) So don’t you worry 😡

[@AgnostosGnostos]

The epic lyrics of disco demolition anthem. (based on Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? By Rod Stewart) The epic lyrics What's happening, baby How the heck are you My name is Tony Would you care to dance No, hey, calm down Let me get you another Pina Colada I mean what did we join this Exclusive disco club for anyway You know, I mean it costs A hundred dollars to join And we're supposed to dance Don't you like my White three piece suit My gold coke spoon Gold razor blade and Gold Italian snaggletooth, you know Come on, please dance with me I wear tight pants I always stuff a sock in It always makes the ladies Start to talking My shirt is open I never use the buttons Though I look hip I work for E. F. Hutton Do you think I'm disco Cause I spend so much time Blow drying out my hair Do you think I'm disco Cause I know the dance steps Learned em all at Fred Astaire Look, I know You don't wanna dance Cause, like, there's A lot of creeps in here Always hitting up on you Let me tell you something I'm not a creep I mean, look at the way I am dressed, sweetheart Look at my hair, it's perfect I saw Saturday Night Fever Eighty-seven times Please dance with me Some people call me scum Cause I don't have A realistic set of values And you know what I'm beginning to maybe Think they're right Hey, where are you going Wait a second, listen Let's skip the dancing Come back here and let's Just go to my place Do I live on the beach, no I live in my car I have a 280z No, wait, where are you going Let me have your phone number Hey, come back, what do you mean You don't have a phone Let me have your address I'll stop by and visit you What do you mean You don't live anywhere I like to dance with Girls in sleazy dresses Lipstick, nail charms And makeup in excesses Buy them a drink And try and get their number Usually, they are as Cold as a cucumber Do you think I'm disco Am I superficial Looking hip's my only goal Do you think I'm disco Maybe it's not too late To get into rock and roll Rock and roll I'll tell you something I have never been happier Now that I'm into This rock and roll thing I sold my white three piece suit At a garage sale last weekend Made twenty-five dollars Got rid of my 280z Picked myself up a Beat up old '69 Dart Melted down all my gold jewelry Into a Led Zeppelin belt buckle I mean, things are happening Boy, it's so easy to be led astray By all those pictures of Margaret Trudeau in People magazine Making you think you're supposed To get into disco I was a teenage disco duck

[@michaelcunningham2808]

The expressions on the faces of the head of the grounds crew and his son while discussing the work to be done to the field at the 1 hour 28 minute mark is one of "Dear God, where do we start???"

[@gallantgallstone6085]

13:26 Lance Parrish *still* can't lay off a curve to save his life.

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

I wonder how Cub Pack 83 from Plainfield fared that night. (14:20)

[@525Lines]

They earned their mob violence patch, for sure.

[@charlesandrews2360]

@@525Lines it wasn't violent it was a party you f****** idiot. I've seen more violence at a Saturday night house party dumb f***

[@ir10031981]

for the past two years now on July 12th, I have been in Chicago, and next year will be no exception, I'll be back Friday July 10, 2020 357 days from now, 7-10-20. Meanwhile, it's Fri. 7-19-19.

[@525Lines]

@@charlesandrews2360 I was just kidding. I was in high school when this happened and a regular listener of the Steve & Garry show. I know what it was. Just shenanigans. The fire was started by the explosion. Don't think anybody was hurt. Be cool tomorrow.

[@charlesandrews2360]

@@525Lines sorry dude I've been arguing with a bunch of people you think that a bunch of dumb teenagers and twenty-somethings was thinking about race or homosexuals outside of the context of their normal views. Remember alcohol was legal for 19 to 21 year olds in those days meaning 16 17 and 18 year olds were all drinking. We were just a bunch of dumb kids. Maybe conservative media tried to portray it that way but I wouldn't know anything about that we were out getting f***** up not at home watching the news

[@trottingfox.]

I didn't know Mark David Chapman was once a radio DJ.

[@joecalhoun5303]

The same guy that killed Lennon?

[@AlternativeLoffen]

@@joecalhoun5303 it's not actually chapman of course

[@4Score747]

That organist towards the end of the video, when the police were leaving the field was playing the “Drag Net” song!! Oh my gosh, I was 19 😂😂😂😂 all those kids now are now between 55 and 65 😂😂

[@keithdoherty9155]

i was there--13-----great time--brought shawn cassidy album to get in for 98 cents..lit john travolta 6 inch doll on fire----almost hit ron leflore with album in center field...

[@luisreyes1963]

Wait a minute, isn't Shaun Cassidy "Bubblegum Pop", not Disco? 🧐

[@keithdoherty9155]

@@luisreyes1963 yah i was 13--they took any record---i was just following the crowd--98 cents to get in....

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Johnny boy was a d**k

[@kjchicago1]

Bill Veeck, Harry Caray, Mitch Michaels and Nancy Faust want the people off the field so the fans who came to see the game want to see the game

[@NoOne-qn2hv]

There's a funny irony to this whole hysteria since it was actually rock that died. Disco still lives on and continues to influence new artists and genres.

[@nonameman7114]

Eh I wouldn’t really say rock “died” just isn’t mainstream. It’s like you said with disco, it’s influencing other genres. Some rappers today were influenced by bands like nirvana, and that’s one hell of an influence for a supposed dead genre.

[@Tommyofthntn]

I lived in the Chicago area, now living in another state. I was out of town when this happened.

[@robertmasina7388]

It was meant to be entertainment between two games of a doubleheader. The same number of the sellout crowd would have come even if there was one ball game.

[@robmclean4352]

Does there exist any footage of the Detroit TV coverage? I remember being a 14-year-old and watching the game/carnage on WDIV-TV4...

[@arthuridis]

I'm sort of asking the same thing. If there is...George Kell and Al Kaline on TV and any radio tapes with Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey.

[@ceebee5666]

Rock n Roll died soon after. But disco still played in my town but the name changed to club music, then and now the infamous HOUSE MUSIC. It’s stronger than ever playing around the world.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Actually Disco was reborn as "Dance" music after "Let The Music Play" by Shannon became a hit, at least on Billboard. Rap was not its own genre until 1986 with Eric B. is President and Paid in Full winning a grammy.

[@adolfosolano5465]

Disco never dies. Disco survive with others names Hose music, funky musuc, dance music and more Disco is King

[@JC42023]

Rock N Roll never truly died; it has declined in popularity sure but it still reinvents itself every few years for a select group of fans But disco never really died either; house and dance music were born from it, some new wave was basically a combo of disco and rock, and pure disco itself has seen resurgences at different times Disco demolition pushed it back into the underground, but in the long run that ultimately helped it more than hurt it

[@anthonypuccetti8779]

@@raygordonteacheschess5501 That wasn't disco, it had a different beat and feel and it didn't have the same culture surrounding it. It was more like techno, with its synthesizer sound.

[@anthonypuccetti8779]

@@adolfosolano5465 Disco is dead. House music isn't disco. Different beat and feel. The beat and melody and harmony are played on synthesizer. Different culture.

[@jacksonvilletaxman1]

I was a Cubs fan so didn't see the game, but saw it a lot of the highlights on Ray Rayner the next morning

[@jamesgentry13]

Cubs = professional and classy white Sox and south siders. Bunch or trashy minor league shit

[@colonelrobertsjr.7882]

Would never happen at Wrigley lol

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

I wonder if this night was the cause for Harry decide to jump north to the Cubs shortly after Jack Brickhouse retired...🤔

[@davidwatson6725]

In his book he said it was because of the change of ownership.

[@AgnostosGnostos]

At 46:16 everything goes bananas At 58:05 fires are started in the middle of the field. At 1:01:32 the song from the loudspeaker. At 1:02:09 watch the people running at the left below and the fight At 1:06:40 the main field lights are switched off At 1:07:05 nice camp fire. At 1:15:50 some cleaning starts At 1:21:17 acrobatics at the right At 1:23:25 the police at last came. At 1:25:30 the field is clear but the fire continues At 1:26:05 the first arrests At 1:32:45 the game may resume

[@mmmlexei]

1:01:19 - The most poetic rendition of Take Me Out To the Ballgame ever

[@marcosjuarez7809]

40:50 - That's a lot of broken vinyl records.

[@tubesocksbrigade3031]

1:17:07 Among the madness, nobody noticed that the Mets were walloping the Dodgers 21-0 at Shea Stadium?

[@bigcamote1080]

I was 14 and with my THE LOOP TSHIRT Had so much fun

[@elduderino37100]

I was there, 16 yo…was one of the guys stoned out there. What a crazy night, the energy was off the charts

[@redmanr5522]

45 years ago was Disco Demolition night, Friday 7/12/24. also, 1:27 Harry Caray caught a foul ball! historic moment!

[@paysonfox88]

Steve Doll: "and now, to unleash my demon hordes upon the world!" Police: We're pretty sure that's against the law, but we haven't decided which one. Mob on field: RAAAAAAWWWWWWRRRRRR!!!!

[@marklar5334]

More like Steve Action Figure. An evil fascist nonetheless.

[@vapordave2234]

It's dahl

[@michaelleroy9281]

Rusty Torres he was there for the Senators final forfeit game in Washington 10 cent beer night in Cleveland and Disco Demolition

[@blanchelincoln]

1:00:42 The guys on the left LOL

[@jamesbarton6959]

Bill Veeck did other odd stuff with the St. Louis Brown now Baltimore Orioles

[@BassGods]

" Steve Dahl sucks"! Come on everybody

[@76WestSports]

Fuck Steve Dahl. I wonder if he was in Charlottesville, VA a few years ago.

[@djdavemick]

STEVE DAL SUX!!! STEVE DAHL SUX!!!

[@steamboatwill3.367]

STEVE DAHL SUCKS! STEVE DAHL SUCKS! STEVE DAHL SUCKS! Should we make banners and t-shirts? or even hashtags #?

[@StLawrencePlace]

Disco died that day but reborn again as Dance Music!

[@landryprichard6778]

Amen to house music!

[@Musicradio77Network]

That was 40 years ago, and I was almost turned a year old when this happened. I was living in Brooklyn, NY at the time, and no one knew it was coming. WKTU’s “Disco 92”, and WBLS are the two stations did pretty well with the disco and funk music which was part of the dance community, but it ignore the promotional stunt on the whole Disco Demolition and “Disco Sucks” protest, and New York City has become more rhythm than Chicago did, it beats Chicago out of the ballpark, no pun intended. After disco faded away, they brought hip-hop music to the world, thanks to the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight”, the first ever mumble rap song.

[@robertmasina7388]

I would say disco continued on a smaller scale.

[@altfactor]

The announcers must have been psychic because they knew it would be a "wild night tonight!".

[@aarond23]

Biggest home crowd of the year for the 79 Sox....

[@altfactor]

And bigger than any Cubs, Bulls, and Blackhawks crowd.

[@MIGUELDELLVALLE06-jv1sw]

I hate Illinois Nazi!

[@robertmasina7388]

Understandable it was the biggest home crowd in 1979 for this event because the White Sox we're having a losing year in won loss record. One can look it up.

[@michaelleroy9281]

​@robertmasina7388 73-87 5 th place in AL west 15 games behind California Angels

[@mowerdan8133]

Disco may have lost the battle back then, but ultimately won the war. People still use the word Disco to define any EDM, House, Club, whatever.....

[@artman40]

Or it's just pendulum, with tastes swinging back and forth.

[@boataxe4605]

Well, what hall of fame are disco artists being inducted to? The disco hall of fame? Nope, the rock and roll hall of fame.

[@Cinemagoer_64]

Dance music is stronger than ever now!

[@michellecrusoe9648]

Those shitty records that those lames burned were not even real DISCO LPs . a friend of mine worked security that day and said that people were burning SOUL, JAZZ, MOTOWN records. Complete IDIOTS, LOL! They would rather watch something burn than something they paid to see!

[@scootypooper]

i was there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was 6 rows up from 3rd base someone in the upper tier above us was throwing empty beer kegs at the andy frain ushers down on the field. and by the way DISCO SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!⚡

[@aarond23]

Cub pack 83 from Plainfield saw some history...

[@benjaminharrisongray9079]

One of the greatest moments in history.

[@jm182012]

Fuck you! Disco Rules!!!

[@antonigeli294]

Are they the same sweet heart tolerant mates who entered into the capitole 41 years later january 6th 2021 USA? 16'27

[@merlin1560]

lol

[@JadoreLulu]

Probably

[@bak-mariterry5180]

​@@JadoreLulu LGB / FJB

[@3451FSSR]

No, because these people unlike Magatards with their shit country songs actually know what good music is.

[@shauner1108]

Jimmy Pearsol was such an over dramatic whiner. One of my uncle's once told me a story that he was listening to a CWS game on the radio and a fight broke out between a couple of White Sox Team mates and Pearsol was just whining and complaining about how teammates would fight like that. Harry's response was priceless..."Well JImmy, he probably called his mother a pussy.". LOL!

[@sludge4125]

Yeah, I’m sure that happened. (sarcasm) Gullible dumbfuq.

[@shauner1108]

Coming from the guy who has a douche bag for a profile pic. Obviously you're the load your mother should have swallowed.

[@donbuck8110]

Good times but most of those fuckers were Van Halen, Led Zep Ozzy fans. stupid narrow minded heavy metel assholes. However it only cost 98 cents to get in with a disco record good promo by Blll Veck he wanted to fill the seats. good job

[@jamesgentry13]

56:50 a drunken Harry Carry trying to do crowd control 😂😂

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

This was probably one of the reasons why he jumped to the North Side shortly after...

[@davidkessinger6368]

This needs to happen again with rap/hip-hop music.....when the use rap music to sell fast food the music should no longer be considered art....when you can sell a million rap records just by mumbling the genre is dead.

[@kurlykayla9013]

why is it always white people trying to dictate what forms of music should be expressed?

[@albdoggonemorris6488]

The 70s really went out with a ❗️ bang

[@TannerBartko]

Now we need rap demolition night

[@norman6492]

At least Disco didn't glorify crime!

[@Truename586]

@@norman6492nope just sodomy

[@4evagrace789]

Imagine trying to demolish a Genre (Disco)🤣only to Gain Rap music 🥴🤣

[@richardgadberry8398]

WZAZ in Chicago-Where Disco Lives Forever!

[@RichMansour]

How many times did that sceaming maniac say ' Back to your seats'???

[@Darrin.Crawford]

Wish we could to the same to rap.