GIORGIO

Personnel:

Known as the father of "Eurodisco" by helping carve such hits as Call Me for Blondie, Love To Love You Baby by Donna Summer, No More Words by Berlin, Flashdance . . . What A Feeling by Irene Cara, and programming soundtracks to American Gigolo, The Never Ending Story, Electric Dreams, Flashdance, Metropolis (1984), Scarface and Midnight Express, German-born Giorgio Moroder knew his synthesizers and made a fortune cranking out squeaky-clean pop hits. Taking the worst elements of Kraftwerk and ABBA, adding robot-like vocals and turning the blender to mix (125 beats per), stomachs were held in by the knowledge that Moroder at least contributed something of value to the history of music in the shape of the group Giorgio. Giorgio was a one-off bubblegum/pop group that provided Moroder an early training ground for his synth experiments and bombast predilections.

Perhaps one of the greatest singles of all time was the 1971 Son Of My Father hit backed with Underdog. Yes, the American DJs actually played Father and another European group, Chicory Tip, had a hit with their version of this near-perfect German Gum song. Not much is known about the group Giorgio except that the lead-singer struggled with his English but had a perfect voice for the genre. Moroder's work with Phil Oakley of the Human League many years later could not hold a candle to the effort put into this Classic single. There is a European greatest hits of Moroder's that contains these songs as well as Looky Looky and Moody Trudy (wherein Moroder attempts to squeeze the history of rock 'n' roll into each song in preparation for his disco onslaught). Seek this CD out and pay what they ask.

Selected Bubblegum-Related Releases:

ALBUMS:

SON OF MY FATHER (Dunhill/ABC Records DSX-50123) 1972 Produced by: Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte


 Side A
Son Of My Father (3:45)
Automation (4:13)
London Traffic (2:37)
Underdog (3:54)
Spanish Disaster (4:35)

Side B
Lord Release Me (3:47)
Pauline (3:03)
Watch Your Step (3:26)
That's How I See Her (3:15)
Tears (2:22)

45s:

Bla, Bla Diddy 1966

Looky Looky/Happy Birthday 1969

Moody Trudy 1969

Son Of My Father/Underdog (Dunhill Records 45-D-4304) 1971

Son Of My Father/I'm Free Now (Hansa  10403)

Today's A Tomorrow/Pauline (Hansa 12157)

Arizona Man/Sally Don't You Cry (Hansa 14574)

Underdog /Watch Your Step (Hansa 14809)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certainly you know more about Giorgio than I do!