tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846312670236087525.post4769398424520364666..comments2024-03-07T16:06:39.584-08:00Comments on BEAT ELECTRIC: Rock Your BabyBeat Electrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752163010431126269noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846312670236087525.post-61960901809286135422012-08-07T16:02:10.544-07:002012-08-07T16:02:10.544-07:00I had a nice talk with George McCrae recently (aft...I had a nice talk with George McCrae recently (after I did a small interview with him on Haarlem105 radio), and he told me an interesting story on how the drum machine was recorded. It was a built-in drum machine in some old synth, and they actually put a microphone next to the synth's speaker to record it .... :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01740300545712395916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846312670236087525.post-82046344939585005492012-08-07T16:00:28.522-07:002012-08-07T16:00:28.522-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01740300545712395916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846312670236087525.post-10905306108090334642008-07-20T08:00:00.000-07:002008-07-20T08:00:00.000-07:00Some say that disco started with this excellent tr...Some say that disco started with this excellent track by Mr. McCrae. I was told that his wife Gwen would sing the track at first, but she was ill, so she sent her husband instead. This story might be true, because the lyrics seem to be written for a woman ('take me in your arms and rock your baby'). Goold old George lives in Holland now and still sings this millionseller in (small) nightclubs.professor Eddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18096465751007781366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846312670236087525.post-89519624957239478022008-07-17T08:51:00.000-07:002008-07-17T08:51:00.000-07:00Interestingly, this is the track that Benny Anders...Interestingly, this is the track that Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus tried to emulate the groove of in their penultimate dance track, Dancing Queen (1976).SeangSTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16143291983593239087noreply@blogger.com