Disco Sunday #22: Let’s Go To The Movies Part Deux
After all, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. What?
As I was putting this together I realized that there is a goldmine of cinematic disco out there. Obvious enough to anyone with cable, but I haven’t owned a TV in a decade so I forgot all about late night movie fromage. Anyway, here’s the first installment of what’s likely to be a running series.
MP3: “Theme from The Warriors” – Barry de Vorzon
MP3: “The Chase” – Giorgio Moroder (from “Midnight Express”) ** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED – KIND OF THE BEST ELECTRONIC SONG EVER
MP3: “Theme From Blade Runner” – Vangelis (the Greek Moroder)
MP3: “Theme From Tron” – Wendy Carlos (née Walter)
MP3: “Football Fight” – Queen (from “Flash Gordon”)
MP3: “Tenebre” – Goblin (aka “The Song Justice Sampled on ‘Phantom’”)
ON A QUICK SIDENOTE: Did you even know that the Grammys have two “Dance/Electronic” categories? Here’s what happened a few hours ago:
BEST DANCE RECORDING
“Do It Again,” The Chemical Brothers
“D.A.N.C.E.,” Justice
“Love Today,” Mika
“Don’t Stop The Music,” Rihanna
And the winner is: “LoveStoned/I Think She Knows,” Justin Timberlake
Good track, to be sure but…in what way did D.A.N.C.E. *not* dominate the electronic music world in 2007? It seems especially unfair to have Timberlake and Rihanna competing in this category as well is in the “normal” best pop/rock record categories. Clearly they’re bigger names by a factor of 100, so why double dip? And what the hell is Mika doing here?
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
“†,” Justice
“Sound Of Silver,” LCD Soundsystem
“We Are Pilots,” Shiny Toy Guns
“Elements Of Life,” Tiësto
And the winner is: “We Are The Night,” The Chemical Brothers
I’m not the biggest Shiny Toy Guns fan, though I must confess to being pretty into “Le Disko”…in 2005! It’s amazing they’re still pushing the same record 3 years (and multiple rereleases) later, but I have nothing but respect for them for sticking with it all the way to the Grammys! As for the Chems, I love them but again 2007 was Justice 24/7 in my electro-hood, with lots of LCD in between. So either I slept on that record or the Grammy voters voted for the only name they recognized.
xx,
Baron von Luxxury
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This is a fucking awesome post. The Tenebre track alone is money, let alone the sweet synthed out 80s extras! Keep up the good work!
DUDE, thanks for that queen song. You played it for me once and I never knew the name. Glad to have it now. We might need to have a couple more movie themed posts. I got some great input on it too
Thanks y’all!
Yeah, this theme has “legs”, as they say. Let’s work it.
Couldn’t agree more about “Chase” being the greatest electronic song EVER!!
I just downloaded tenebre last week or something because I was all about Dario Argento (Goblin does some of his soundtracks). How weird.
Btw, fuck the grammys. Piece of shit award ceremony. It’s a big leg hump fest.
That was a Very good post but what was that about the greek moroder thing?Vangelis is more than a ..greek moroder.you could have a post featuring some of his works with the formings,afrodites child,john etc
Take care
nikos
That was a Very good post but what was that about the greek moroder thing?Vangelis is more than a ..greek moroder.you could have a post featuring some of his works with the formings,afrodites child,john etc
take care
nikos
@ Nikos – I meant it as a compliment, as both are legendary electronic music pioneers. And I talk about Moroder all the time but this is the first time I mentioned Vangelis (who most Americans only know from “Chariots of Fire”), so I thought I’d make a segueway with that connection. Again, intended as flattery. I love the Greece!
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