Shannon's "Give me the night"

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What kind of keyboards were used in Shannons "Give me the night"

― Startrekman, Sunday, 23 January 2005 07:21 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Hella Fitzgerald (JasonD), Sunday, 23 January 2005 07:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Psst, it's "Give Me Tonight"

I love this song, so this should be fun -

I think it's safe to say that all the synth sounds except the orchestra hits, some vocal sounds, and bells toward the end are analog, but it's all very compressed with heavy reverb into that glossy-80's wall of sound. Actually, the bells toward the end sound like an early digital synth, maybe a Roland D-50. The heavily filtered/reverbed chirpy sound at the intro might just be a Roland JX3P or MKS-30. In fact, there's another stab sound with a heavy chorus that also resembles the MKS/AlphaJuno/JX era of Roland. Just about everything is polyphonic at some point. I couldn't tell you about the bass, it's pretty ordinary-sounding, though it sounds as if it might be a polyphonic synth in unison mode. The drums are clearly digital, heavily compressed, and blasted through the standard pop-freestyle reverb along with everything else. I'm almost positive it's an Oberheim DMX, but that might be an 808 rimshot in there, too. Obviously the "give me tonight" solo is an early sampler.

Basically, if you're looking for these kinds of sounds, think MKS-30, MKS-50, Alpha Juno-1 or 2, maybe Juno 106. I love the built-in chorus/ensemble effects on these, and this song makes great use of them. It must have been quite a feat of engineering to get all these sounds smashed together.

― Crunk with Christ, Sunday, 23 January 2005 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Startrekman, I think you've found your saviour.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 24 January 2005 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

This is one of the greatest songs ever, incidently.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 24 January 2005 01:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i heard somewhere the DMX was used in "Let the music play"

― Startrekman, Monday, 24 January 2005 03:22 (twenty-one years ago)

djdee totally OTM

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 24 January 2005 04:54 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

So this would appear to be the second best Shannon track out there. It's great. I think the voice sounds quite masculine at times (at least in a male voice singing quite high e.g. Jermaine Jackson) and this is compounded by Shannon seemingly singing from the man in the song's perspective at least in the chorus.

You can get the acapella of this on iTunes I noticed. It was brought to my attention how great this track this by frenchbloke's mix of it with Justus Koehncke's 'Was Ist Musik' on his 'Back With A Big Fuck You' mix.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 7 August 2006 13:21 (nineteen years ago)

"Thanks to You" is better. :P

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 7 August 2006 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

Better than "Let The Music Play" in my book - dynamic, sweeping, as avant-garde as '84 pop got, and I still hold it up as a textbook example to those who think "Jenny On The Block" is all that. Went straight in the chart at 24, whereupon Phonogram stupidly forgot to press enough copies, and it dived out again. Should have been a number one instead of sodding "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go."

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 7 August 2006 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

'Waiting For Tonight' probably warrants more of a worthwhile comparison with this than 'Jenny From The Block' but point taken anyway.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 7 August 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

I agree with Marcello (except about Wham!). The record is pushier, more urgent – almost hysterical – than "Let the Music Play."

The great thing about growing up in Miami in the mid '80s is that you heard this song and its facsimilies ALL THE TIME.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 7 August 2006 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

Could this be the song where rock, pop, hip-hop and dance people finally come together and lay down their arms and play a game of football on Christmas Day?

― David A. (Davant), Tuesday, 8 August 2006 02:52 (nineteen years ago)

(Thank you ILM, by the way, for reminding me of this gem.)

― David A. (Davant), Tuesday, 8 August 2006 02:53 (nineteen years ago)

See also its immediate precursors: "On The Upside" - Xena, "One More Shot" - C-Bank.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 8 August 2006 09:16 (nineteen years ago)

ten years pass...

Shannon's "Give me the night" tr808 and roland jx3p

― analogsynthmuseum, Monday, 26 September 2016 23:11 (nine years ago)

thanks

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 September 2016 23:59 (nine years ago)

izzat you, startrekman?

― clouds, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 00:15 (nine years ago)

wait why would anyone ever mention this song in the same breath as "Waiting For Tonight" or "Jenny From The Block"?

― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 03:40 (nine years ago)

did u know waiting for tonight is a cover

― esempiu (crüt), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 03:56 (nine years ago)

oh I didn't!

― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 04:11 (nine years ago)

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