Why Were There So Many Songs About Boogying in the '70s?

(2) When disco or funk bands use the term "boogie" they're not referencing or sounding like a musical form. I'm gathering from the discussion here it's a more diffuse term, not just dancing but a way of being and living. I'm obviously not the person to try to explicate this.

Not '70s, but there's the use of "boogie" as a moniker in hip-hop, e.g., Boogie Down Productions, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie.

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You should look at the late 40s hillbilly boogie scene where every song is something boogie.

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Yes, I recognized your sobriquet, and the book you were referencing.

Stevolende is quite correct; there are gobs of '40s hillbilly boogies. Used to own an album by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith but I never really followed up. Sort of a wind-it-up dance before the rage and optimism of rockabilly.

I'd say as many as not didn't use the triple beat so it swung less but stomped more.

Here's a nice one from the 13th century:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjaFyhkGpLE

But this isn't what the '70s boogie rockers were pulling from. They were going for a sloppy prole blues.

weird that status quo never had a song about boogie afaict, cos in the uk at least they are boogie rock incarnate

Here's a '40s 'billy that foreshadows the wild ones of the '50s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzt1iA2D_Kg

Tube Steak Boogie is another rock boogie that doesn't really boogie.

this thread fuckin whips ass. thank you all

maybe my favourite of the boogie songs:

your jab of boogie for the day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBVNOrV0Pr4

The greatest TV series of all time opens up with the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYgKmOJT_gM;>death of Boogie</a>