"My purpose was simple: to catch the feel, the pulse of rock, as I had lived through it. What I was after was guts, and flash, and energy, and speed" - NIK COHN - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "When the music was new and had no rules" -LUNA C
Monday, December 16, 2019
the future is half a century old
i.e. young people dancing to electronic music
RIP Gershon Kingsley, who reached the ripe old age of 97
interesting, isn't it, that the Future would emerge first under the sign of easy listening - and even kitsch?
c.f. my "friendly futurists" thesis (Jean-Jacques Perrey et al)
the most successful hit version = Hot Butter
Didn't realise that Jean-Michel Jarre did a version
Makes sense cos "Equinoxe 4" always felt like a semi-rewrite - not literally, but the vibe 'n ' feel, albeit more sedate, less boppy-bouncy
another of the many 'Popcorn' covers
Inane in the Membrane
stop press: some suggestions from Ian S in comments
the DJ Vibes happy hardcore version
the Aphex Twin's 92 breakbeat version
From one extreme to another.
ReplyDeleteHere's the DJ Vibes happy hardcore version
Ravers Choice - Popcorn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNMkAHe26ZU
Here's the Aphex Twin's 92 breakbeat version
Caustic Window - Pop Corn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2XO1FZuhxA
great stuff!
ReplyDeletethere's dozens more aren't there?
nice to think of Gershon living a comfy life off of the publishing royalties
DJ Vibes must have really loved this, erm, vibe... he also did a version of Jean-Michel Jarre's 'Oxygene, Pt.4'
ReplyDeleteDJ Vibes - Oxygen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEuS78iXdGo
gotta say I prefer the Ravers Choice one though, much more happy n hyper! I guess by 96 Wishdokta aka Grant Nelson was focusing on his garage projects leaving Vibes to pursue his 80s direction solo!