Tag Archives: 12″ single

Moroder Week: Day 7 – Donna Summer – I Feel Love 12″

Posted on February 12, 2020 by postpunkmonk

What else could we end Moroder Week with but the truly seminal single “I Feel Love,” by Donna Summer? I can only typify the effect of this song’s appearance in 1977 as cataclysmic? I was still listening to Top 40 … Continue reading →

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Moroder Week: Day 5 – Blondie – Call Me Spanish 12″

Posted on February 7, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Yesterday we considered a band once compared to Moroder and Blondie. Today it’s the real thing, but with a twist. In 1980 the biggest song of the year in America was “Call Me,” the collaboration between Giorgio Moroder, then making … Continue reading →

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Moroder Week: Day 4 – Berlin – No More Words 12″

Posted on February 6, 2020 by postpunkmonk

While I’d first heard Berlin in late 1981 when their self-released single of “The Metro” made it onto WUSF-FM to ensnare me without ever finding a copy [that was affordable], I next ran across the band when Enigma Records had … Continue reading →

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Moroder Week: Day 3 – Nina Hagen – Zarah 12″

Posted on February 5, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Following the acid-drenched splendor of “Nunsexmonkrock,” Nina Hagen might have been shocked to still have a contract with CBS records in America.  So in that framework, maybe her linkup with Moroder on the following album wasn’t all that left field. … Continue reading →

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Moroder Week: Day 2 – JAPAN – Life In Tokyo 12″

Posted on February 4, 2020 by postpunkmonk

After the bombshell of “I Feel Love” hit with a thunderclap in 1977, lots of acts wanted to work with the Italian producer. Sparks were among the first, but so were JAPAN, the cult [with a lower case “c”] glam … Continue reading →

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Moroder Week: Day 1 – Sparks – Tryouts For The Human Race 12″

Posted on February 3, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Don’t you think it’s time we had another of the random theme weeks we sometimes investigate here at PPM? I’ve been feeling in a decidedly Giorgio Moroder mood lately, so we’ll go there. Actually, there are so many great Moroder … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Thompson Twins – You Take Me Up UK 12″

Posted on January 29, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Thompson Twins: You Take Me Up UK 12″ [1984] You Take Me Up/Machines Take Me Over Down Tools Leopard Ray Passion Planet I somehow knew when I saw the video clip for “Hold Me Now” a few months before it … Continue reading →

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