2. Giorgio Moroder

On two prior sifts, I've posted my Tony James story so I won't do it again. But I too was a big fan of SSS and Gen X and Billy Idol and Sex Pistols and The Clash and PiL and B.A.D.
Carbon/Silicone? ...eh, not so much: the music doesn't really grab me...but never mind.

Italian music producer and composer Giorgio Moroder, who stole the Oscar away from John Williams in 1979 for the score to Midnight Express, produced SSS's debut record Flaunt It in 1986 and it's one of the best-sounding bad records of all time. He also won two more Oscars: one for the title song to Flashdance and once again a couple years later for the song Take My Breath Away from the homo-erotic movie Top Gun.

Moroder, who was a synthesizer pioneer in the 70s, was the man responsible for the SSS sound, although Tony James would surely disagree.

I loves it. Giorgio Moroder also did a couple tunes for the movie Electric Dreams, another classic 80's classic.

Giorgio Moroder is the Oscar-winning composer behind the films "Midnight Express" and "Scarface." He also was the producer of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's Flaunt It.

Ah, had once been discarded
http://www.videosift.com/video/Promo-for-Giorgio-Moroder

Great vid!

king of the giorgio moroder bassline...

ooh, nice!

similar idea, 25 years ago: how to make a giorgio moroder bassline

@bamdrew: lol, I voted before watching it too
"How to" + "Giorgio Moroder" in one line = instant win