"When I was working with David Cassidy at the Rio, I made an album of updated versions of some 1970s disco tunes. I had a blast"
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The “updated versions of some 1970s disco tunes” detail does cultural work. Disco is one of pop’s most recyclable languages: instantly legible, physically felt, and perpetually one plugin away from sounding current. By framing the project as “updated,” Easton sidesteps the stigma of being “retro” or stuck in the past. She’s asserting agency over nostalgia: not reenacting the 70s, but translating it for a new room, a new sound system, a new audience that wants familiarity with a fresh sheen.
And then the punchline, “I had a blast,” lands as a refusal to perform seriousness about pop labor. It’s a musician reminding you that craft and commerce can still be fun, that reinvention doesn’t have to be tortured, and that joy - especially in a genre often treated as disposable - is its own kind of credibility.
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Easton, Sheena. (2026, January 17). When I was working with David Cassidy at the Rio, I made an album of updated versions of some 1970s disco tunes. I had a blast. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-was-working-with-david-cassidy-at-the-rio-77335/
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Easton, Sheena. "When I was working with David Cassidy at the Rio, I made an album of updated versions of some 1970s disco tunes. I had a blast." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-was-working-with-david-cassidy-at-the-rio-77335/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"When I was working with David Cassidy at the Rio, I made an album of updated versions of some 1970s disco tunes. I had a blast." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-was-working-with-david-cassidy-at-the-rio-77335/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
