The movie remarkably captures the Bee Gees contribution to the disco era. The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack was the epitome of the era. The complexity of harmonies, song writing, and music rocked dance floors around the globe. In the movie, Nicky Siano explains that a new era of dance music, which started in underground clubs, was picked up by the music industry which wanted to name it, package it, sell it. That was the explosion of the disco sound. Not mentioned is the cause of the music explosion. The emergence of the disco sound, across the nation was a result of ending the Vietnam War. In 1973, the combat troops returned home and in 1975, the last Americans withdrew. For ten years the Nation had been in a pressure cooker of anxiety and grief. When the boys came home, America exploded with exuberance, relief, and joy. The disco sound manifested these feeling and provided a cultural release that carried through the 70's. And the Bee Gees helped mend the broken hearts. The disco era ended after it had served its purpose.
