Saturday Night Fever
John Badham's Saturday Night Fever (1977) follows a Brooklyn paint clerk to the disco floor, with a Bee Gees soundtrack that defined late-70s pop.
Massive Attack – Teardrop
Massive Attack’s Teardrop (Mezzanine, 1998): Elizabeth Fraser, harpsichord tick, Neil Davidge, Bristol quiet hit.
The Prodigy – Essex breakbeats that punched the charts
Liam Howlett was nineteen when he began stacking breakbeats in his bedroom in Braintree, Essex, in 1990.
Interview of Chuck D (1988)
November 1988: Chuck D sits for a television interview while Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is still rewriting what a hip-hop record can carry. He talks Nation politics, the clock Flavor Flav wears as a joke that is
Elton John – Tiny Dancer
Tiny Dancer opens Elton John’s November 1971 album Madman Across the Water and refuses to hurry. Written with Bernie Taupin and produced by Gus Dudgeon at Trident in London, the cut runs past six minutes: a patient.
Diamond Life – Six weeks at Power Plant, Smooth Operator
In July 1984 Epic released Diamond Life, Sade's debut album, tracked in six weeks at London's Power Plant with producer Robin Millar.
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb (The Wall, 1979): Waters injection lyric, Gilmour composite solos.
New Orleans 1976 – Parliament
On 27 October 1976 at New Orleans Municipal Auditorium, George Clinton landed the Mothership at the start of the P-Funk Earth Tour, then moved the stunt to the finale the next night.
The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So
The Hives' Hate To Say I Told You So, from Veni Vidi Vicious (Burning Heart, 2000), put Fagersta garage punk on international radio in matching black-and-white suits.
Roland TR-808 – Analog drum machine, 1980
Roland released the TR-808 Rhythm Composer in 1980 under designer Tadao Kikumoto. It did not play sampled acoustic drums. It synthesized kick, snare, hats and percussion with analog circuits and knobs for decay, tone and level. List price sat near 1,195 dollars, well below the