Giorgio Moroder: Search & Destroy

What you say does sort-of confirm the view that the innovation drained out of the Workshop at the time when cheap, off-the-shelf synths became readily available and concurrently seeped through into chartpop (I'd rather listen to OMD's "Souvenir" than any of the similar-sounding Peter Howell tracks from '81). The other great falling-off moment was the RW's appropriation of concept albums ("Through A Glass Darkly") and rock operas ("Rockoco") at the time when Genesis were going AOR and Mike Oldfield going disco; I wonder whether it occured to them that they'd gone as proggish as they ever needed to go on "The Fourth Dimension", just about got away with it, and done it when synth-prog was The Thing.

A great piece of writing, incidentally. Back in '87 / '88 I *was* one of those seven-year-old kids singing along to Roger Limb's songs for Look and Read. Suffice it to say, though, that I've evolved creatively in Radiophonic terms (though moved backwards chronologically) since.

i was watching Sybil today, the one where Gidget has 72 different personalities, and her clown faced guitar playing boyfriend in the movie was the main star in Midnight Express.

And Sparks' Terminal Jive.

http://www.retrocrush.com/archive/records2/giorgioandchris.jpg

Other unnamed Moroder brilliance:

Suzi Lane "Harmony"
Irene Cara "Breakdance", "Romance '83"

Japan "Life In Tokyo", "European Son"

D: that blondie mix he did for there new single "good boys"

But it looks like I'll be alone in destroying E=MC2, which I find incredibly limp, flat and dull.

i dont get einzelgänger u_u

From Here To Eternity is Perfection

Get his From Here to Eternity album, it's incredible. Better than almost everything he did for Donna Summer. E=MC^2 doesn't compare, but it's not bad at all.

someone nailed it 6 years ago. No one's mentioned it yet, but make sure you check out the second-to-last song on From Here to Eternity, I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone. I guess everyone's disco shoes get worn out by the time it gets around to that song, but it's probably the highlight of the album.

Agreed.

'Looky Looky' is fucking GREATCAKES.

Why the heck did Dave Q never post on this thread?

the Foxes soundtrack has some great stuff, like this Cher song.

and FLY TOO HIGH

Why the heck did Dave Q never post on this thread?

And because of that tragic accident, he never will.

search: from here to eternity, e=mc^2, midnight express soundtrack, "night drive" from the american gigolo soundtrack.

"Son of My Father"

Indeed, 'Son of My Father' and 'I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone' are seriously great.

I picked up the Giorgio and Chris LP. It was from the late 70s, I assumed it had to be half decent. Big mistake. He phoned it in. I can't believe Giorgio was producing "I Feel Love" in the same time frame.

i just got the giorgio and chris album last week! i like it. but i haven't listened to the whole thing yet. i can't believe i'd never seen it before last week.

I got mine for $2, so I can't complain too much, I suppose. To be honest, I would have liked it more had I not heard From Here to Eternity, Munich Machine and Munich Machine first.

Most undeserved Side A-ending "reprise" ever!

Was listening to From Here to Eternity just hours ago! And I'll second/third/whatever the Son Of My Father love.

OH - one last thing on album With Chris, though. The last 1 minute instrumental section until it fades out on side B. That alone was worth $2.

i recently got the three degrees album that giorgio did with "the runner" on it. i always LOVED the runner 12-inch. the album version doesn't hold a candle to it, and i already forget what the rest of the album sounds like. i should play it again. i would still say pick it up for 2 dollars though.

giorgio and chris is actually not that bad. at first i used to only listen to the first side and it kinda had a bubblegum moogy abba feel (and i didn't love it), but seriously, listen to the second side. it's got some jams. super nice. "Burning the Midnight Oil" is pretty fucking awes. real moody

be tee dubz, chris is the same Chris Bennett from the Munich Machine albums. she's naked in white paint with her naughty bits airbrushed out on the back of the A Whiter Shade of Pale album

i watched the last 20minutes of Jodie Foster's Foxes the other night. i've had the soundtrack for a while, but moroder's dark synthy parts are super epic. similar to what carpenter was doing. movie looks real dark. i'd love to watch the rest of it.

such a great movie.

here's Burning of the Midnight Oil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOXTdDe_G0g

"To better adapt to the demands of today's EDM culture..."

New work out shortly:
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/premiere-giorgio-moroder-74-is-the-new-24

"Announced today, the album is set to drop in spring 2015 on Sony/RCA and features a new batch of notable collaborators including Britney Spears, Sia, Kylie Minogue, Charli XCX, and more. Alongside the album announcement comes a new video for the track "74 is the New 24," premiering exclusively on The Creators Project. "

that is an awesome title

is there a decent, comprehensive collection of Moroder's disco productions

Whatever the new GM track was, it was awful.

Yes, but parts of it were excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtAi9BaLmq0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM2Uz8UsWdM

His cover of Tom's Diner featuring Britney Spears is up in full on Spin! http://www.spin.com/2015/04/britney-spears-toms-diner-giorgio-moroder-susanne-vega-song-remake/
(right click the picture of Britney and press play if you can't see the link)
I think it's fantastic.

this is definitively bizarre

D:

meanwhile suzanne vega released an album last year

Seem to be different versions of this, with different speeds. I only like the one with the fastest BPM. Not sure how official that mix is though.

So what does ILM think of the Sia track? I wasn't too impressed at first but I'm warming up to it. The guitar is undeniable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYFpTLazvA

Whisper intro is p annoying, also in general do not like Sia's voice but can ofc appreciate that it's distinctive, throwback disco is cool, the guitar part sounds like get lucky, the chorus is great and I enjoy it more because Sia does less of the screeky-door-voice thing, agree that this song gets better w more listens.

Still i don't think it's fair if this track blows up and the Kylie track doesn't it's so good and he really nails Kylie's aesthetic/style imo (whereas I don't see what the cool disco throwback has to do w Sia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gZ-11-kOSQ

Probably the Sia one seems like a more likely summer hit.

The Sia song is good, kind of impossibly sweet in a way that could probably be pretty annoying if you weren't in the mood for it though. Wonder if the whispery bits isn't a video thing, can't remember them from the audio only version. Agree it's not as good as the Kylie offering, but the Moroder album is shaping up to be one of my favourites this year.

The Charli XCX collab leaked a few days ago, is now officially up on Spotify. SONG OF THE SUMMER.

these songs are all awful

Will Chic or Giorgio Moroder have the summer album of 2015?

i like the charli song a lot! the mikky ekko song is garrrrrbaaaage

both sides of the chic single were awesome, but this new giorgio stuff is dire.

I just discovered the Cat People ost...I need more like this asap!! What else should I listen to? The Near Dark ost (Tangerine Dream) is another favorite. I vaguely remember being into the Thief ost too but it's not streaming on spotify sadly.

where is the damn Einzelgänger reissue?!?!

i swear i saw it in a store a few weeks ago, think it's a boot though

yeah that's unofficial, the cover is sooo pixelated and the sound sux, I returned one cuz I bought it thinking it was the legit reissue that I heard about

Such a great OST. I sought it out years ago after sourcing the sample used by El-P in Cannibal Ox's Iron Galaxy. Wish I had found the vinyl version haha I'd be a hundredaire

Using falsetto on every song on "E=MC²" was not one of his better decisions.

But having the vocoder read the credits def. was.