Other times, not so much.
When Daft Punk's Random Access Memories was all the rage last year, winning Grammy Awards for Album of the year, Best dance/electronica album and Best engineered album (non-classical), I was somewhat out of the musical loop (focused, as I was, on my main bae Miley).
After listening to Bangerz on replay for well over a year I was finally ready to spread my musical wings, as it were, a few weeks ago. At first, I latched on to a few randoms like Lorde and Selena Gomez. Since then, I've moved on (kind of) to my new obsession: Daft Punk.
Specifically, Giorgio by Moroder.
Apart from the sheer amazingness of the song, I was especially drawn to the story. Who, exactly, was Giovanni Giorgio and why, precisely, did everybody call him Giorgio?
Giorgio then
Giorgio now
Giovanni Giorgio was (and still is) Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (born Hansjörg Moroder). Widely credited as the father of both disco and electronic dance music (!), Moroder first started releasing music in 1966 and hasn't stopped since. He worked on a variety of film scores, including Midnight Express, Scarface, Flashdance and Top Gun, and has collaborated with everyone from Donna Summer, Blondie and David Bowie to Britney Spears and Daft Punk.
He even created the main riff sampled by DJ Shadow in Organ Donor.
tears, by giorgio
The more I read about this guy the more interested, and impressed, I am with him. I'm actually starting to get the feeling that he's behind every great song every written.
At 74 years old, Giorgio is one hepcat.
Or, as he puts it, 74 is the new 24.
And now... back to Miley.
Last night, on my way home in a taxi, a very strange thing happened: the romantical Adore You started playing and the driver and I both started humming it at the same time. Before long, we were both full-on singing it.
Adore You. At 4:30 in the morning. In a taxi.
Weird.
Nobody calls me Giorgio, by the way.
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