Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows

@asvjerry, LOL! I haven’t thought about Firesign Theatre in forever. Thanks for the laugh! 

”I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing“ ….then became Coke Cola marketing jingle 

I recall a time when sunshine, lollipops and rainbows seemed to be a 'real' possibility. Hippies/counterculture with their illusion/delusions 

Might have been the LSD…

kennyc

”I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing“ ….then became Coke Cola marketing jingle

It was the other way around. The song was first a Coca-Cola jingle, then was adapted by a few different performers into a song. 

@jnovak - Abba was more popular than you might think; they were pretty huge in the United States, played arenas around the country (I saw them once) and were quite mature by the time they ended, and they are still putting out some solo work. I worked in the record business during the 70's and we sold a ton of great Abba singles and albums.

As far as America having 'a bug up its butt' about disco, yes, there was an element of rock fans who felt this way about disco. There were even more Americans who did not, which is why disco music overall was such a dominant force in the later part of the decade.