In 1978, when this song came out, disco music was threatening to unseat rock as the most popular music on the radio. The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (featuring former rock/pop band the Bee Gees) had broken every sales record the year before. Around the time this song came out, many rock stars we...
[Verse 1]
As I walked through that hospital door
I was sewn up like a coat
I got a smile from the bite of the wind
Watched the fresh fall of snow
I knew then that my life took a turn
I felt strong and secure
And with adhesive tape over my nose
I felt almost demure
[Chorus]
Goodbye Sister Disco
With your flashing trash lamps
Goodbye Sister Disco
And to your clubs and your tramps
Goodbye Sister Disco
My dancing's left you behind
Goodbye, now you're solo
Black plastic; deaf, dumb and blind
[Verse 2]
Bye, goodbye Sister Disco, now I go
I go where the music fits my soul
And I, I will never let go, I'll never let go
'Til the echo of the street fight has dissolved
I will choose nightmares and cold stormy seas
I will take over your grief and disease
I'll stay beside you and comfort your soul
When you are lonely and broken and old
Now I walk with a man in my face
Ooh, a woman in my hair
I've got you all looking out though my eyes
My feet are a prayer
[Chorus]
Sister Disco was written by Pete Townshend.
Sister Disco was produced by Glyn Johns & Jon Astley.
The Who released Sister Disco on Fri Aug 18 1978.