Always beware cheap stitching.
It's almost the weekend, dear reader - and, despite the grim weather that has greeted the advent of the Merrie Month of May, we need to get ourselves in the mood to party! [Our gang is actually having another get-together via Zoom this evening.]
Earlier this week it was the 80th birthday of one of the undisputed masters of the "electronic sound" that defined not just the later Disco era, but well beyond.
As well as his solo hit From Here To Eternity and (of course) his utterly ground-breaking collaboration with Donna Summer (with Pete Bellotte - everything from I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby through Bad Girls and Hot Stuff to No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)), Giorgio Moroder's career as a producer and creator included such disparate hits as Son of My Father (a #1 success for Chicory Tip here in the UK in 1972), Berlin's Take My Breath Away, Together in Electric Dreams (with Phil Oakey of Human League), the soundtracks for Midnight Express, American Gigolo, Battlestar Galactica, Scarface and Flashdance, four mega hits for the Three Degrees (Givin' Up Givin' In, Woman In Love, The Runner and My Simple Heart), Blondie's Call Me, Japan's Life in Tokyo, Limahl's The NeverEnding Story, Freddie Mercury's Love Kills, Bowie's Cat People and Sparks' Beat the Clock [phew!]; and along the way (among others) he collaborated with Daft Punk, Janet Jackson, Roger Daltrey, Harold Faltemeyer, Bonnie Tyler, Sia, Coldplay and even Britney Spears... and...
...Kylie!
Thank
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (born 26th April 1940)
I hate when that happens.
ReplyDeleteA good day for a Kylie ditty me thinks.
I can watch that clip for hours...
Delete...and Kylie, too! Jx
Bit of a star, that Giorgio!
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One of the brightest, Ms Scarlet... Jx
DeleteIt's always interesting to discover the people behind the scenes of famous songs and how they are often connected.
ReplyDeleteOkay seriously, who doesn't wear underwear while wearing a suit? Lucky for us he didn't!
As well as Mr Moroder, we have a lot to give thanks for the joys of the cheap shiny work-suit and no knickers. Jx
DeleteHis work was so distinctive and influential, it's hard to understand why he has already sort of slipped off the page. I'll bet no one under 40 knows who he was, or at best, thinks he's some small time soccer player.
ReplyDeleteHe is a little more popular on this side of the pond, especially for his work with Daft Punk, but I get your drift... Jx
DeleteOh, I haven't listened to any Kylie for ages - Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think the next CD going on is going to be The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer. Thank you for the reminder, Jon - and to you, Mr Moroder!
One can never have enough Moroder music in one's life... Jx
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