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Stayin' Alive Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Music
"Stayin' Alive" incorporates a lot of essential disco elements. Disco was, first and foremost, dance music, so it shouldn't be surprising that the most distinctive part of this song is its beat. "S...
Setting
The song itself doesn't talk about a setting, but since it set the scene for Saturday Night Fever, a 1977 film about Brooklyn's disco scene, we'll take a look at that. Saturday Night Fever fol...
