Costandinos & Symphonic Orchestra

[Chap2Power]

Wow, we're a feisty bunch, aren't we ?

I think at that time period as disco was evolving into new hybrids at the turn of the decade into 1980, everyone was trying something different.

We had Cerrone singing, Claudja Barry adding rock guitars, the intrusion of New Wave records and a ton of other either questionable, unmentionable or unpalatable moments, including "The Wanderer" by Donna Summer.

I'm not saying that anything was bad or good about any of these releases, but let's face facts. Everyone took chances. Costandinos was amongst them.

Vincent

[DJ Jimmy M]

Originally Posted by Vincent

Wow, we're a feisty bunch, aren't we ?

I think at that time period as disco was evolving into new hybrids at the turn of the decade into 1980, everyone was trying something different.

We had Cerrone singing, Claudja Barry adding rock guitars, the intrusion of New Wave records and a ton of other either questionable, unmentionable or unpalatable moments, including "The Wanderer" by Donna Summer.

I'm not saying that anything was bad or good about any of these releases, but let's face facts. Everyone took chances. Costandinos was amongst them.

Vincent

Well, Costandinos was always diverse with his stuff. I mean he's before this horrable LP done some damn good pop, rock, jazz/funk and even rockish type ballads. Not to mention, he was a French pop producer before his disco days. The LP that came after the Ariol thingie was only released in France..but it was a damn good LP if ya ask me. Had the disco, pop and even closing the LP off with an instrumental Pink Floyd meets Eric Clapton rock ballad type thing.

[Nano]

I have this LP and agree totally with Nicky, that first track is the best one (that girl in the cover ain't bad, either :D ). However I'm not a fan of this genre ("Romeo & Juliet" makes me yawn). I didn't know this was based on Vivaldi, either...
About Costandinos' "demise" I think by 1980 it was already obvious that "funky disco" and more rockish sounds were getting reign and "violin disco" was on the wane. Some guys tried to change teams to survive, most of them to no avail (think KC & The Sunshine Band releasing "Let's go rock and roll" :o ). Probably that was the case with that Costandinos' side B. Other -few- people managed to do better, like Giorgio and Donna, and survived another season.

[usagi-san]

Nice pink dress lady on the cover. I enjoy this album a lot. I always liked Vivaldi and "Synergy" is probably also my favorite on the album. But "The Rite Of King Gymenaud" is almost as good disco." "Pontius Pilate" is cool kind of mysterious midtempo thing with chants. "For AMusement Only" is a lot of fun, strange and cool. "Mangareva" has a pretty into and nide chorus sentiments. "Benedite" is a nice ballad.

[DJ Jimmy M]

"Mangariva"..the explination for this song I belive (in my oppinion) is Costandinos had just got done listening to the James Bond "Moonraker" soundtrack and ripped off the ballad version of the theme LOL. They sound near identical! If you listen close in the back vocals you can also hear a tinge of Bowie ballads.