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I was out at a bar over the weekend, and after a while, I couldn't help but notice that the entire playlist was American funk and disco. And it’s not like it was a dance club - there was a rugby match playing on every screen in the place, crowded conversations going on all over. It’s an Irish bar (one of several in this smaller city) located in France, playing a steady soundtrack of US disco throwbacks. It seemed a bit odd to me at first, but it's pretty normal here. Disco is kind of the background music of a lot of places in France.