Popcorn

See also: Popcorn (homonymy)

Popcorn is a musical Composition, great classic and the first real success of the Electronic music.

It is in 1969 that appears for the first time Popcorn in the album of Gershon Kingsley entitled Music to moog by . An individual version of Popcorn is also published, with some additional effects compared to that of the album. The piece is then interpreted in 1972 by the group First Moog Quartet, formed by Gershon Kingsley. The same year, the group Hot Butter records a new version. Stan Free, which was a member of the First Moog Quartet plays the melody of Popcorn there. This version gains a great success very quickly and becomes number one of Hit Parade in several countries .

Recoveries

Since the success of Popcorn by Hot To ridge in 1972, of the hundreds of recoveries were made in the whole world, and today still Popcorn is regularly interpreted. There exist versions Techno, Jazz, Ska, Disco, Rock, Punk… Here a list of some of these versions, for a more complete listing to see the section " Bonds externes" :
  • Hot To ridge in 1972. It is the most known version.
  • Popcorn Makers in 1972. Version very similar to that of Hot To ridge.
  • Anarchic System in 1972. First sung version of Popcorn .
  • Antoine in 1972. Sung version.
  • Byron Lee & The Dragonaires in 1972. Recovery reggae on the album Reggay roun' The World
  • M&H Band in 1987. These versions are often allotted - wrongly - to Kraftwerk or Jean-Michel Jarre. To note that Jean-Michel Jarre actually interpreted Popcorn , but in 1973 and under the name of The Popcorn Orchestra . On the other hand, the group Kraftwerk left forever version of Popcorn .
  • Denki Groove (Japanese group) in 1993
  • Boomtang Servant boys in 1999. This remix Techno is sometimes allotted to Aphex Twin, in particular on the Peer-to-peer networks.
  • Gershon Kingsley in 2000, in the album At Home With The Groovebox.
  • Crazy Frog in 2005.

External bonds

  • a rather exhaustive list of the recoveries (+mp3)
  • the site of Gershon Kingsley, which created '' Popcorn ''.
Random links:Taxi (film, 1998) | Claws of the nightmare | Albert Tévoédjrè | Adriana Gerši | Montagut I Oix | Namaka