Wonder vs Jones at the 1985 Grammy Awards

Thanks for the line, "Madonna's luxurious trim" which I am having tattooed immediately.
 

My god, that Synth Medley is just PAINFUL - and note that NONE of the synths were plugged in. Thanks for finding/sharing this - simply incredible
 

wow, so sun ra was just a good old regular nutcase!
 

did you know? ...

one of Devo's very first shows was as the opening act for Sun Ra - where they came out dressed as various characters like Booji Boy and proceeded to torture the audience with minimoog madness until they cleared the entire place, leaving nothing but space (is the place) for mr. ra
 

loved the human league link.... and then proceeded to find another video of 'empire state human'. great days of analogue.

Can anyone identify the synth ian craig marsh is playing?
 

Which came first, Fame by Bowie, or Hot Hot Hot by James Brown? Listen to the latter if you can find it - it is exactly like Fame except for the lyrics and the vocal part.

I always presumed Bowie had ripped off JB, but I never got a chance to check the credits on each track properly...
 

I heard that the two tracks were recorded in neighbouring studios after Mr Brown had 'borrowed' some of Bowies backing band.
Or was it the other way round?
 

Here's one take on the Fame/James Brown story:

"[Carlos] Alomar based his guitar part for "Fame" on the song "Foot Stomping Pt. 1" by 60s R&B outfit The Flares. James Brown, who Alomar did some work with, would steal the riff (and pretty much all the instrumentation) for the song "Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved)." This blatant lifting led Alomar to state he wanted to sue the Godfather of Soul. Lennon added his own spin to "Fame" thanks in part to a series of jam sessions in which he played rhythm guitar and his own discussions with Bowie on the nature of celebrity. The apocryphal tales concerning the song's origin state that 1) Bowie wrote the lyrics in five minutes after Lennon said it was easy to write a good song quickly and 2) that the song was originally titled "Aim" until Lennon muttered something about fame. "
From:
http://www.treblezine.com/reviews/846.html
 

Try searching on youtube for "Modulations" - it's a four part one hour documentary on electronic music
 

I'd love for somebody to post a few clips from the Art of Noise's live show back in the 80s. It was called something like "From Hammersmith Odeon and Back". I recall a "solo" with JJ on the Fairlight. It'd be interesting to see after all these years.

I recall watching it on - get this - MTV.
 

Sun Ra rules.
 

That synth medley was awesome - it shows just what a hero Stevie Wonder is, he's doing his utmost to save the devil's own showcase. And he might have pulled it off, were it not for those meddling medleys. After the first four minutes you're just beginning to desensitize to the shock of the assault against all taste and decency, then someone decided to break out the national anthems - it's all over jazzanova.
 

This is a little bit off topic, but ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bGxZ-pEtmY&search=Awesome%20Amazing%20Skills%20Sports%20Table%20Tennis%20Ping%20Pong%20Guys%20Players%20Skillz

is the best thing in the world ever ever ever.
 

Actually, the synths were plugged in, you can clearly see Stevie's Kurzweil and the Yamaha TX7 rack modual, amoung others, are plugged in.

That was a very awesome clip.
 

Martyn Ware is playing a Roland Jupiter 4, Ian Craig Marsh is playing a Roland System 100. Or so I think.
 

What is that weird little instrument Dolby carries and plays in the Grammy medley?
 

I think it's a TR-606
 

thanks very:)
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