{"id":11179,"date":"2026-05-28T14:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/05\/28\/the-biggest-myth-that-i-got-kicked-out-of-sister-sledge-kathy-sledge-on-sibling-rivalry-chic-and-discos-political-power-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:39:12","slug":"the-biggest-myth-that-i-got-kicked-out-of-sister-sledge-kathy-sledge-on-sibling-rivalry-chic-and-discos-political-power-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/05\/28\/the-biggest-myth-that-i-got-kicked-out-of-sister-sledge-kathy-sledge-on-sibling-rivalry-chic-and-discos-political-power-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The biggest myth? 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We were the group that brought the world together as a family through a song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I reckon if you put a rocker, a pop fan, a metalhead, a hip-hop nut, a techno obsessive and a classical devotee into a room and <\/strong><strong>put on Lost in Music, <\/strong><strong>everybody w<\/strong><strong>ould get down. What\u2019s your own relationship with the song<\/strong><strong>? <\/strong><em>DeJongandtherestless<\/em><br \/>\n The song we\u2019re known for is We Are Family, but we\u2019re really Lost in Music. That should be the theme song for Sister Sledge. I\u2019ve been doing this all my life, since I was 11 years old, but in order to survive the industry, there has to be a balance. 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