Interesting Instrumental Hits from the 1970s...
Popcorn-
Hot Butter (1972)
Probably one of the
first electronic instrumentals a lot of people heard, `Popcorn` was originally
composed by Gershon Kingsley of the First Moog Quartet on their album `Music to
Moog By`. Born in 1922 in Germany, Kingsley was a pioneer of electronic music
and in later life would compose for Broadway musicals. He lived to the age of
97! Another member of the First Moog
Quarter, Stan Free, re-recorded `Popcorn` and it became an unusual 1972 hit.
It is one of those pieces
of music that seems timeless, it could have been recorded in 2021 rather than almost
fifty years ago. The catchy tune is rendered with the lightest touch the sound
resembling one of those old video game noises while the drums have the timbre
of military snares. The production has a clarity allowing you to hear every
element and it retains its allure of futurism even today.
