Did I already state somewhere that I love the Eighties? This 1980 clip by French synthesizer band Elegance features quite a few things that were cool once. Such as: dorks with moustaches, dorks working BIG computers, women in lust for dorks in white suits, dorks flying a glider, see-through bikini's closing in on the dorks' face, dorks singing and laughing with other dorks at the bar. And, of course, a dork fiddling with a bike (at 0.35). All this magic (OK, maybe they should have had that lame hotrod crashed by Samantha Fox in a DeLorean, but still: magic) was brought to us by Patrick Gilbert, Daniel Bourges and Pierre Antonio Zito, who I think deserve more fame than being virtually intracable, even with the help of Brother Google.
Showing posts with label Hotter than July. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hotter than July. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
VACANCES J'OUBLIE TOUT
Did I already state somewhere that I love the Eighties? This 1980 clip by French synthesizer band Elegance features quite a few things that were cool once. Such as: dorks with moustaches, dorks working BIG computers, women in lust for dorks in white suits, dorks flying a glider, see-through bikini's closing in on the dorks' face, dorks singing and laughing with other dorks at the bar. And, of course, a dork fiddling with a bike (at 0.35). All this magic (OK, maybe they should have had that lame hotrod crashed by Samantha Fox in a DeLorean, but still: magic) was brought to us by Patrick Gilbert, Daniel Bourges and Pierre Antonio Zito, who I think deserve more fame than being virtually intracable, even with the help of Brother Google.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
TRANSFERRED COVER KITTEN
Melvin admits picking up this LP only because it looked soooo faux. Apparently, in 1983 it was considered a good marketing using Dutch bodybuilding champ Marie-Jose van der Laan to promote a perfectly respectable bop record. Do I love the eighties!
Chicago born saxophonist and flutist Joseph Carl Firrantello (1937-1986), aka Joe Farrell, recorded with Charlie Mingus, Art Pepper and George Benson and featured in the original line-up of Chick Corea's Return to Forever. At the end of his life and - so I read - beat up by a rather nasty drug habit, he met drummer Louis Hayes and Dutchmen Rob van den Broeck (p) and Harry Emmery (d) in Studio 44 (Monster, Holland) to blow out some seriously tight tunes regardless.
The title track is my favourite, but each of the other 4 listings would equally justify the transfer from Melvin's section for Cover Kittens to the Jazz department. I checked out Marie-Jose: she's a career coach now, also giving workshops 'Dress for Success'. Sweet!
The title track is my favourite, but each of the other 4 listings would equally justify the transfer from Melvin's section for Cover Kittens to the Jazz department. I checked out Marie-Jose: she's a career coach now, also giving workshops 'Dress for Success'. Sweet!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
LET'S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL
Ray reminding us what to do on a sunny day. Walk out of the office, round up three fit birds in bathing suits and gear up for an afternoon you will remember. On Let's get away from it all (Columbia CL 1097), Ray Ellis (1923-2008) treats us on some 40 minutes of Big Band, not entirely unlike Quincy Jones' Soul Bossa Nova which, as any Snag* should know, is of course the soundtrack to the only white boy who could ever upstage James Brown: Austin Powers. Now go and Behave!
* Not the Australian sausage but the Sensitive New Age Gentleman who, it cannot be stressed enough, is a completely different animal from the Sensitive New Age Guy.
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