Re: (idm) New Rephlex no Popcorn

From Steve
Sent Tue, Mar 31st 1998, 17:16

> > im pretty sure youre right, that song has been around much longer
> than
> > YMO... perhaps he sampled a YMO cover of the song...
>
> "Popcorn" was a Top Ten hit in 1972 for Hot Butter, which was actually
> just
> one guy, Stan Free, on Moog.  It was written by Gershon Kingsley (of
> Perrey-Kingsley), but I'm not quite sure when...  See also "Funky
> Popcorn"
> by James Brown.
>
> That creates an interesting line of connection:
> Aphex Twin - Hot Butter - Gershon Kingsley - Jean Jacques Perrey - Air

Excellent ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Shit

Yeah and this line has got a scale too.

Steve