Your first HiNRG song you heard and loved

[SouthernSon01]

I remember wandering into a small dark little club and hearing this thumping beat and very uplifting lyrics which at first I thought was ABBA, I instantly fell in love with the song, raced up to the DJ booth and he scribbled down, "I'm Alive - American Fade"

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by SouthernSon01

I remember wandering into a small dark little club and hearing this thumping beat and very uplifting lyrics which at first I thought was ABBA, I instantly fell in love with the song, raced up to the DJ booth and he scribbled down, "I'm Alive - American Fade"

Hello. That is a superb track - I was playing it the other night. I suppose my first HINRG track that I fell in love with was "So many men..." by Miquel brown - an undisputed classic and I LOVE that opening with the BOOM BOOM BOOM build up ! 8)

[euroflash]

I love that Miquel Brown's piece very much! however, my favorite is PATRICK COWLEY FEAT. SYLVESTER: do ya wanna funk. It sounds so fresh and exciting, even today.

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by euroflash

I love that Miquel Brown's piece very much! however, my favorite is PATRICK COWLEY FEAT. SYLVESTER: do ya wanna funk. It sounds so fresh and exciting, even today.

can`t argue with that - its a superb track and a sure floorfiller everytime ! 8)

[marmite7]

Jessica Williams - They Call Me The Queen of Fools :)

It was being spun in a local record shop by the dj from the gay club in town (altho I didn't know this at the time)

[gunbuck]

Dead Or Alive "You Spin Me Round" which I still love today.

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by gunbuck

Dead Or Alive "You Spin Me Round" which I still love today.

A classic.... :lol:

[BearUK]

The first one I went out and bought was probably the Flirtations - Earthquake. But Hazell Dean's Searchin, Miquel Brown's So Many Men and Eartha Kitt - was it 'where is my man'? - they all were bought around the same time.

and that's how my love affair with the 12" started.

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by BearUK

The first one I went out and bought was probably the Flirtations - Earthquake. But Hazell Dean's Searchin, Miquel Brown's So Many Men and Eartha Kitt - was it 'where is my man'? - they all were bought around the same time.

and that's how my love affair with the 12" started.

I love the 1988 remix of Earthquake !

[normvork]

How do you decide when hiNRG began? Was Patrick Cowley "the first" to do it? How about Edwin Starr's "Contact" or Claudja Barry's "Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes? It's hard to know what my first favorite was because it seemed like just a natural progression of the disco music I was listening to all along.

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by normvork

How do you decide when hiNRG began? Was Patrick Cowley "the first" to do it? How about Edwin Starr's "Contact" or Claudja Barry's "Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes? It's hard to know what my first favorite was because it seemed like just a natural progression of the disco music I was listening to all along.

Some would say that many 70s dsico tracks could be classed as HINRG.. But for me it started very early 80s with proto HI -NRG tracks by LIME/AGENTS AREN`T AEROPLANES/PATRICK CROWLEY/PAUL PARKER

[marmite7]

Hey Neil

Surely it all started with The Immortals - Ultimate Warlord?

Although of course - hats off to Moroder's I Feel Love.

I'd still say Mr Cowley was the true champion of the sound we love, with his 1981 album - Megatron Man :)

[SouthernSon01]

Yes, Massive..... Patrick Cowley - Legend
his super remix of "I Feel Love" still gives me goosebumps when I hear it
Really wonder what he would have thought of the rise and rise of electronic music...
My guess is that he is smiling from up above!