The most important Hi NRG record

[straight acting]

Which do you think was the most important Hi Nrg record, the one that was really infuential??

[marmite7]

Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man

1981 waaaaaay ahead of its time and sounding like nothing else around at that time.

20 years later and it'd have been called Trance!

[monty69]

Must be Donna Summer 'I Feel Love'. Timeless

[straight acting]

Originally Posted by marmite7

Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man

1981 waaaaaay ahead of its time and sounding like nothing else around at that time.

20 years later and it'd have been called Trance!

Interesting, I payed this as part of a classic Hi nrg set in Marbella a few years a go. it got a great dancefloor response, and younger folk coming up to the decks to find out what the tune was.

[Davicillo]

I agree, 'I feel love' does it. As a genre though, the Boystown Gang 'Can't take my eyes off you' broke out in 1982, went top 10 and made many more people aware of the Boystown/Hinrg genre.

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by Davicillo

I agree, 'I feel love' does it. As a genre though, the Boystown Gang 'Can't take my eyes off you' broke out in 1982, went top 10 and made many more people aware of the Boystown/Hinrg genre.

Hi dave.. Gotta agree - Boystown gang "cant take.." has goota be one of the most important/influencial tracks early on in the genre

[marmite7]

Hey guys, if you're gonna mention Boystown Gang you may as well go the whole hog and plump for The Village People - YMCA / Go West / In The Navy as starting the whole ball rolling with "gay orientated dance music"

*shudders*

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by marmite7

Hey guys, if you're gonna mention Boystown Gang you may as well go the whole hog and plump for The Village People - YMCA / Go West / In The Navy as starting the whole ball rolling with "gay orientated dance music"

*shudders*

LOL... :lol: YMCA...Perfect dance fodder for those really "naff" wedding reception evening parties (how awful) :lol:

[Magnifique]

Originally Posted by marmite7

Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man

1981 waaaaaay ahead of its time and sounding like nothing else around at that time.

20 years later and it'd have been called Trance!

...and "Menergy." Virtually all the stuff Cowley produced. He was the one who made a step in the right/hi nrg direction.

I would also like to add Hazel Dean's Searchin' ("energy master" I. A. S.).

[kdavid13]

I would also say I FEEL LOVE.
Donna Summer's timeless opus was already THE perfect HiNRG/disco hybrid back in 1977.

From her icy diva phrasing to the electronic backing and Giorgio's exceptional production.
Patrick Cowley's mega remix 5 years later ; only made it even hotter.

15 minutes of pure bliss !!