Posted on 11/21/2023 3:31:54 PM PST by Squawk 8888
Hot Butter- Popcorn was a hit c.1970
The days when the sound of synth was novel.
It wasn’t until Jarre’s Oxygene (19777) that the synth was normalized as a musical instrument.
Don’t forget two other pioneers in using synthesizers for popular music.
#1..”Snowflakes Are Dancing” by Isao Tomita. 1974.
I had that LP. Practically wore the needle out on replayings.
Only to be eclipsed by another personal favorite;
#2. Tubular Bells! by Michael Oldfield.
Searching in vain for a 70’s looped tune that made the airwaves in Fort Wayne. Female vocal. While listening one can make various things out of the articultations. To me it sounds like, “There is well,” followed by a phrase that ends in “brother” to my ears.
It’s in my 6K plus song library, but when you don’t know the artist or title...you search in vain.
Keith Emerson played a large part in bringing Moogness to the popular fore.
What’s next a synth Baby Elephant Walk?
Don’t tempt me...
You forgot Walter (now Wendy) Carlos. I have both switched-on Bach and Switched-on Brandenburgs. The former was released c.1967. Bach with nothing but Moog.
Fun fact: I bought my USB DJ controller retail at Moog Audio in downtown Toronto two years ago during the lockdown. Amazon was cheaper but Moog let me try it with the display unit with my laptop and my software before deciding :)
Always best to test the merchandise first, whenever permitted. The old rule was before you leave the store.
Now, most my purchases are done online.
Especially when I paid $300 when Amazon was only $30 cheaper.
So “Walter” is now Wendy.
Well, my goodness.
One of the few Wendy’s I have known was from the 1966 song by The Association. “Everyone knows it’s Wendy!”
Actually, it’s “Windy.” Song written by Ruthanne Friedman.
I wore out my big sister’s copy by the time I was ten years old ;)
BTW the song was “Windy” :-p
SHOCK!!
You mean to tell me I’ve been flat wrong about that title for OVER the last 50 years?? At the age I was then, 9 or 10, the lyrics were just a smooth blur of tenor till the refrain anyway.
Windy was sweet, but not a complex song as was another of their hits
“Cherish” Now, that’s a song! Sadly beautiful. Even back then, I knew that song was quite special, harmonies natural, and done with polish.
The Association: "Everything That Touches You"
Ruthanne Friedman, composer of "Windy," sang lead on this very strange number produced by the late Larry Marks. The song was written by the late Tandyn Almer, composer of "Along Comes Mary" and "Sail On, Sailor." Who but Almer would have dared to write a waltz in 1967? Who but Marks and Almer would have dared to use an out-of-tune piano and a calliope in the arrangement?
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