Pop Concrète

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Moments in pop that sound straight from the GRM.

0:00 to 0:32.




0:00 to 0:08

 

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1:36 to 1:45




0:19 to 0:21

 

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@sufi did a good thread on Grace Jones a while back. Her stuff's full of great sounds.

Grace Jones in Dub

This isnt even the dub Amazing really

www.dissensus.com

The snare throughout this one...




... and the little effects and synth sounds running through this one.

 

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The vocal treatment in this one. The way the voices are pitched up, pitched down, thrown all over the stereo field.

 

[The King of Pussy Gettin]

Moments in pop that sound straight from the GRM.

0:00 to 0:32.

When the time is really right
Is when the centipede is crawlin'
You'll be crying in the night so many tears
And you're crawlin' like a centipede

Centipede

 

[mvuent]

very weird song, figures that michael was involved

there's an old autechre interview were they talk up i'm a slave 4 u (corpsey's law)

you posted it in another thread but i remember hearing the last minute of this on classic rock radio once and thinking wtf is happening:

 

[mistersloane]

Donna Summer, State of Independence, last stanza, 5.10 onwards :

 

[IdleRich]

Isn't it claimed that Billie Jean was based on the intro to State of Independence slowed down? The original though

 

[IdleRich]

Actually no the Donna Summer version

Michael Jackson had intimate knowledge of the Donna Summer track he "stole" for "Billie Jean" ... because he sang backup on her song!!!

If ya missed it, Quincy Jones was first to blow the whistle on MJ ... saying he outright stole that famous "Billie Jean" bass line from Donna's song, "State of Independence."

We took Q at his word when we read the Vulture interview ... and listened to both songs. Once we slowed down 'Independence' it was blatantly obvious Quincy was right. Now, for the plot twist!

 

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Another Jackson. The whole intro up until around 0:40 is full of little zaps, effects and manipulated vocal snippets. Good song too.

 

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The chopped string sample that keeps coming in.



This one's just odd in general. So dry and jerky.

 

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0:43 and throughout the whole tune, really.