Giorgio Moroder ... not the only reference point for Italo.

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Who else is tired of music reviews that name check Giorgio Moroder?! There are TONS of other Italo artists ... disco artists ... he didn't invent arpeggios. he didn't invent the keyboard.

SUPER CRAZY INFLUENTIAL ... yes. the ONLY one you can point to?

NO!!!

... thoughts?

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Friday, 24 February 2006 05:05 (twenty years ago)

I agree. Especially in the last year, it feels like a ton of stuff ends up referencing him.

chalk it up to laziness. Or the fact that he's the only person that people can think of as an electro heavy-weight. And some may be under the impression that its one of those hipster reference points to gain them some indie cred. But I'm with you, its making it worse, and ends up insulting half the time.

― pher (pher), Friday, 24 February 2006 05:10 (twenty years ago)

Thoughts? Yeah, he's the one artist from the genre that people who don't already care about Italo would know off the top of their head. Kinda like referencing Can for Krautrock. Sure, you can jerk off with your clever Xhol namecheck, but most people won't give two shits whether or not you're making further sub-distinctions in a sub-genre unless they already have a fairly healthy knoweldge base. But don't let me distract you from the melodrama of slow tears falling on your Scotch 12"s.

― js (honestengine), Friday, 24 February 2006 06:05 (twenty years ago)

hahaha. i'm so sad right now.

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Friday, 24 February 2006 06:06 (twenty years ago)

dieter bohlen ?

― retroboy, Friday, 24 February 2006 06:43 (twenty years ago)

He is pre Italo, isn't he? I would consider him an important influence on Italo disco, but he predated it, while most of the examples mentioned here are rather examples of typical Italo acts.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 24 February 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

Well as a matter of fact I *did* invent apregios, or however you foolish American nitwits spell it, so PHOOEY ON YOU!!

― Giorgio Moroder, Monday, 27 February 2006 00:18 (twenty years ago)

no, we invented it.

http://www.earthwaverecords.com/Pictures/AlbumImg/A/A0046678.jpg

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 27 February 2006 00:29 (twenty years ago)

is that r. kelley?

― team jaxon (jaxon), Monday, 27 February 2006 00:33 (twenty years ago)

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