When it comes to earthshaking songs—the ones that signal a tectonic
shift in the current musical landscape—there is “Johnny B.
Goode” . . . there is “Good Vibrations” . . . and there is "I
Feel Love." A disco touchstone recorded by Donna Summer in 1976 and
released on her fifth studio album, I Remember Yesterday, in 1977, "I
Feel Love" is one of the most important records in music history, and
one of the most influential.
"I Feel Love" topped charts the world over—including in the UK,
Australia, France, Italy, and the Netherlands—and was in the Top 10
everywhere else. This record, Brian Eno told David Bowie as they
worked together in the recording studio, "is going to change the sound
of club music for the next fifteen years." Which, said Bowie, "was
more or less right." Except fifteen years was an under-estimation.
Even now, more than forty years after its release, "I Feel Love" is
routinely featured toward the top of manifold "greatest song" Top
100s—and remains a favorite by music fans and artists alike, with
dozens of cover versions paying homage.
That is the tale this book tells—not only the story of the song but
also the story of its all-pervading impact upon the world of popular
music. Firsthand experiences and original interviews with a host of
musicians, disc jockeys, and dancers loudly illustrate the record's
initial impact and its continuing influence. "I Feel Love" still
sounds like the future.
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Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, and How They Reinvented Music
Product details
ISBN
9781493049813
Published
2021
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Author