Forse senza il sintetizzatore non avremmo conosciuto "questo" Giorgio Moroder e non avremmo potuto scoprire quanto possa essere coinvolgente l'elettronica: per fortuna questo what if non si è verificato e noi possiamo gustarci From Here To Eternity, l'album che ha lanciato definitivamente nella grande musica uno dei compositori italiani più influenti di sempre nella storia del pop.
Da lui in poi saranno molti gli artisti dietro una tastiera, da Jean Michel Jarre ai Royksopp, dai Daft Punk ai Chemical Brothers.
Ecco il degno omaggio firmato dai Daft Punk, ecco il Sound Of The Future (*):
"From Here To Eternity", firmato semplicemente come "Giorgio", dura una trentina di minuti, e corre come un treno dall'inizio alla fine. È composto da otto tracce, otto piccole suite di pop-metallico dai potenti bassi decisi e dalle sorprendenti aperture vocali melodich(Cit. OndaRock).
Prima di passare all'ascolto dell'album su Spotify, per comprendere il personaggio, suggerisco di guardare il video (qui sotto postato) che mostra il Giorgio Moroder di fine anni 70, occhiali da sole, baffoni e la sua tuta "da sera".
(*) qui il testo di Giorgio By Moroder
When I was fifteen, sixteen when I started really to play the guitar
I definitely wanted to become a musician
It was almost impossible because the dream was so big
I didn't see any chance because I was living in a little town, I was studying.
And when I finally broke away from school and became I musician
I thought "well I may have a bit of a chance"
Because all I every wanted to do is music but not only play music
But compose music.
At that time, in Germany, in 1969-70, they already had discotheques
So I would take my car and go to a discotheque and sing maybe 30 minutes
I think I had about 7-8 songs. I would partially sleep in the car
Because I didn't want to drive home and that help me for about almost 2 years
To survive. I
n the beginning,
I wanted to do a album with the sound of the 50s,
the sound of the 60s, of the 70s and then have a sound of the future.
And I said: "Wait a second?
I know the synthesizer, why don't I use the synthesizer which is the sound of the future."
And I didn't have any idea what to do but I knew I needed a click so we put a click on the 24 track
which was then synch to the moog modular.
I knew that it could be a sound of the future but I didn't realise how much impact it would be.
My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio.
You want to free your mind about a concept of harmony and of music being correct,
you can do whatever you want.
So nobody told me what to do,
and there was no preconception of what to do.
I definitely wanted to become a musician
It was almost impossible because the dream was so big
I didn't see any chance because I was living in a little town, I was studying.
And when I finally broke away from school and became I musician
I thought "well I may have a bit of a chance"
Because all I every wanted to do is music but not only play music
But compose music.
At that time, in Germany, in 1969-70, they already had discotheques
So I would take my car and go to a discotheque and sing maybe 30 minutes
I think I had about 7-8 songs. I would partially sleep in the car
Because I didn't want to drive home and that help me for about almost 2 years
To survive. I
n the beginning,
I wanted to do a album with the sound of the 50s,
the sound of the 60s, of the 70s and then have a sound of the future.
And I said: "Wait a second?
I know the synthesizer, why don't I use the synthesizer which is the sound of the future."
And I didn't have any idea what to do but I knew I needed a click so we put a click on the 24 track
which was then synch to the moog modular.
I knew that it could be a sound of the future but I didn't realise how much impact it would be.
My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio.
You want to free your mind about a concept of harmony and of music being correct,
you can do whatever you want.
So nobody told me what to do,
and there was no preconception of what to do.
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