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And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'

John C said:
Debaser said:
Just rooting through my old 45s and came across Gorgio's "Son of My Father," which got played on KB. The artist later achieved fame as a disco producer when he used his full name, Giorgio Moroder.
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Savage said:
Legend has it Moroder was waiting to play his demo of "Maniac" for the producer of as-yet-unnamed "Flashdance" and was cooling his heels in the reception area, blissfully misinformed about the subject matter. As originally written the song Moroder wrote was about a serial murderer.

Chatting with some other people in the office, Moroder learned to his great consternation that the movie was really about an aspiring ballerina who was a welder, not a killer. He re-wrote the lyrics on the spot minutes before the meeting.

I give Moroder props for bankrolling a valiant - if eventually not very successful - attempt to restore and revive the famous Fritz Lang silent sci-fi classic film "Metropolis" back in the mid-80s. As re-released for home video, Moroder game the film a kinda-mod synth-heavy rock soundtrack. The film was later "mostly" restored for a 2002 general re-release, with much of the work being done at George Eastman House in ROC using a negative of lost footage unearthed in Australia. I say "mostly" because as originally released in 1926, "Metropolis" was a butt-numbing 3 1/2 hours long.
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Holy segue Savage! ;D Did you have DB set you up or were you strategically waiting almost 100 pages of stiffness before you enlightened us with your Moroder knowledge? ;) Either way I'm impressed! :D
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Hmmmm, Savage & Debaser ("In the Morning.") Has a ring to it. Just like Lewis & Martin, Rowan & Martin, Martini & Rossi, Allen & Rossi... you get the idea. I remember KB playing "Son of My Father," but I recalled Maroder's name from film scores and movie soundtracks that half of America's production guys used to "borrow" before that practice was deemed unacceptable and production libraries became production room necessities. Didn't every production guy lift a few riffs from the "Midnight Express" soundtrack? Maroder has his fingerprints all over some of the biggest disco hits of the 70s, although not Rick Dees' "Disco Duck." But word is there's a lost Maroder track called "Disco Dick" out there somewhere.
 
Before she recorded her feminist anthem, "I Am Woman," Helen Reddy charted with "I Don't Know How to Love Him," a song from Jesus Christ Superstar, that was originally performed by Yvonne Eliman (who sang the AC smash, "If I Can't Have You.")

Between "...Love Him" and her #1 hit "I Am Woman," Reddy released a stifferoo ironically titled, "No Sad Song."

How does Ms. Reddy come to mind as an entry for the Saturday Night Stiff Parade? Blame it on a garage sale in Kaisertown, whence I spotted a warped and water damaged LP with a variety of Helen Reddy hits 'n stiffs, marked down for the low, low, Charlie Cavage price of $1.50. Already owning way too much useless vinyl, I passed on it.
 
Element9, that's odd, I did not post that at all; however, you seem to have put words in my mouth. Did you mean to make a play on the title of the song, "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, by The Silkie", when you posted,

Element9 said:
Silkie said:
Hide Your Posts Away -Silkie
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Or were you attempting to make it appear that I had made that post? I would certainly hope that is not the case, because that would not be nice, as it would also not be a good idea, methinks.

Cinderella Sunshine - Paul Revere & The Raiders
 
Lou Monte wow that reminds me of "Pepino The Italian Mouse". It got play in Buffalo I'm sure because of all the Italians in the city. I don't think the record got much airplay in the South.
 
Radknowski said:
Before she recorded her feminist anthem, "I Am Woman," Helen Reddy charted with "I Don't Know How to Love Him," a song from Jesus Christ Superstar, that was originally performed by Yvonne Eliman (who sang the AC smash, "If I Can't Have You.")

Between "...Love Him" and her #1 hit "I Am Woman," Reddy released a stifferoo ironically titled, "No Sad Song."

How does Ms. Reddy come to mind as an entry for the Saturday Night Stiff Parade? Blame it on a garage sale in Kaisertown, whence I spotted a warped and water damaged LP with a variety of Helen Reddy hits 'n stiffs, marked down for the low, low, Charlie Cavage price of $1.50. Already owning way too much useless vinyl, I passed on it.
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I seem to recall another Reddy Stifferoo charting at #51: "Crazy Love," a cover of the Van Morrison tune which came between "No Sad Song" and "I am Woman"

Silkie's Paul Revere contribution brings to mind "I had A Dream." While not really a stiff peaking at #17 on BB, it never seems to get airplay...except perhaps on shows like "Goddard's Gold"
 
Peanut Butter - The Marathons
A Wonderful Dream - The Majors
Dreamboat Annie - Heart (the song from the album)
 
qman said:
You can tell I'm rarely using the puter to communicate on this board :) Hoe bout Dog & Butterfly by Heart?
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Good one.

Butterfly - The Mike Curb Congregation (speaking of butterflies)
 
Johnny B. - The Hooters
Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone (more a forgotten 45 than a stiff)
The Saga of John Henry - The Smothers Brothers
 


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