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A song that was far, far ahead of its time

by billdoskoch on Fri 02 Feb 2007 03:18 AM EST | Permanent Link | Cosmos

I Feel Love, by Donna Summer -- in conjunction with the Italian producer/genius Giorgio Moroder.

The first real trance song. Hard to imagine most modern electronica without it.

Still an urgent, slinky, exciting tune today -- and it will be 30 years old this year.

Afterthought

I would also like to call it audio literature. Listen to it through headphones a few times; you can always pick out a few things that you didn't notice before -- and they will make you appreciate this amazing song all the more.

This Wikipedia post has a list of those who have either covered or borrowed heavily from the song.

This YouTube clip has a decent version.

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Re: A song that was far, far ahead of its time

by Kevin Wilson on Mon 05 Feb 2007 12:48 PM EST | Permanent Link

Nice pick, Bill. I've been obsessing over the origins of electronica for the past few years, and the obsession finally began to hit the ol' pocketbook over the weekend, as I emptied out my first iTunes card in record time.
If you're looking for some great stuff, I highly recommend the album 'Clear' by Cybotron aka Juan Atkins.
And if you or anyone else can point me to Charles Johnson, known to legions of fans as the Electrifying Mojo, I'd be forever in someone's debt.

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