A guest Listening Post by SamuraiFrog, revolving around Meco Monardo, the guy who disco-ized movie scores. Meco – The Wizard of Oz – 1978 (not available) Albums like this sounded so much more interesting before the digital age. I have this record on mp3s, so the whole album plays continuously Continue Reading
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Listening Post: Meco – Encounters of Every Kind
A guest Listening Post by SamuraiFrog, revolving around Meco Monardo, the guy who disco-ized movie scores. Meco – Encounters of Every Kind – 1977 (not available) Quick to capitalize on his success with Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk, Meco assembled the same crew for a concept album based partially Continue Reading
Listening Post: Meco – Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
A guest Listening Post by SamuraiFrog, revolving around Meco Monardo, the guy who disco-ized movie scores. Meco – Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk – 1977 (Buy) Meco’s career in theme disco starts with his most famous work, a disco take on John Williams’ theme from Star Wars. As an Continue Reading
Was Everyone Sleeping Through It?
In only seven years, Titanic went from the Oscar-winning highest-grossing film of all time to a critical and popular consensus of being one of the worst films ever to win the top Oscar. Justice, change of opinion, or what?
Ch-ch-changes
Within seven years, David Bowie would transform from a mod rocker……to Ziggy Stardust……to a rock ‘n’ roll pirate……to soul singer……to a paranoid, barely human, 80 pound shut-in, living on milk, peanut butter, and cocaine and giving the Nazi salute at Victoria Station for shock.Seven years from that point, he had Continue Reading
Let’s Do World Hunger Next
In only seven years, America’s Uranium Committee passed through enough bureaucratic hands and funding increases to produce the world’s first atomic weapon.Who says results are hard to come by?
Of Course, the Oscar Helps
In only seven years, Universal Pictures went from rejecting Peter Jackson’s script for King Kong because he had directed one of their biggest box office bombsTo greenlighting his script for King Kong and calling him a “genius artist.”