Growing up, all I remember hearing was "synthesizers aren't real instruments". It wasn't until my 20's that I made the realization that "you still need to know how to play a piano to use one".
It was actually much more complex to be proficient in a synthesizer than the piano. Look at that MOOG for a moment. Only 24 keys keyboard, but can play notes higher and lower than a piano. Can emulate many instruments, and produce sounds that no conventional instrument can hope to produce. This whole performance was done with ONLY a single MOOG synthesizer and no other instrument.
Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis would disagree with the not real instruments thing, though I do believe for the most part their weapon of choice was the Fairlight.
Popcorn is an original song by Gershon Kingsley from 1969, off of his "Music to Moog By" album. Gershon Kingsley is one of the original Moog synthesizer pioneers, and many people mimicked his style, including Hot Butter.
Aqui en el peru una radio emisora lo usaba como cortina musical, desde el 69 hasta el 75 aproximadamente, era 7na radio juvenil, que bella epoca, recuerdo la pelicula francesa de fantomas y la serie britanica oxni..exitos 😊
@@Accountdeactivated_1986 I used to think Star Trek showed things we might have in the future. Pocket communicator, medical scanners, etc. When MRI's and cell phones first showed up I thought, "Yeah! Like Star Trek!" Now I've learned more and realize the writers of the show (and many other shows) were simply showing what was already coming. Like prototypes for ideas. Still waiting for a matter transporter, tho... I have places to go and green-skinned extra-terrestrials to meet.
I bought a Stratocaster guitar for My daughter when she was 12 ... The first rock song She learned was "7 Nation Army"..... that made my day. "Teach Your Children Well".
I remember this song. Taught how the music was composed. It had to be done in layers. A particular set of note was on one layer, another layer of different notes. Today this would seem primitive. Then it was advanced.
@@tray488 It's not that advanced for the day, multitrack recording was a thing for a long time by then. It's no different than a single person playing multiple instruments on a recording -- Stevie Wonder on "Superstition" for example. The Moog synthesizer of the day produced a single voice at a time, so to produce the various 'instrument' sounds for the melody and harmony, each had to be done separately. What advanced was the ability to create multiple 'voices' in a single unit.
8 years old and this the first synthesizer song i really remember, that and incredible Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein" left a lasting impression on me.... Maybe thats why I ended up today wth a room full of synths&musical equipment
This was my first exposure to the Moog synthesizer, almost 10 years before I discovered the magic of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Kieth Emerson was and always will be, in my opinion, the uncontested virtuoso master of the Moog!
I remember this playing on a turntable and me and a mate just jumping on and off the couch just having a blast (before you ask, yes, we were little kids back then!)
!!!! In great tunes no drums are needed ! great track of the glory days of electronic music, dont know why we dont compose like this anymore but i am glad that these tracks where composed decades ago and still sound so alive !
I remember listening to this on an lp in the 60's. Watching this I feel ancient and new born at the same time. I have love these synths from the first time I heard one in 67ish till now. Thank you.
All would needs to complete this great combo - of Woody's fabulous cover and the dancing of these wonderful Pan's People - is a bowl of er.... Rice Crispies 🤑 !!!
hah! this reminds me.. i was visiting a friend and he had a record player. i told him i've never listened to one before, so he got out this album called "everything you ever wanted to hear on the moog" and he played THIS SONG!
My brother had the first 2 Mooog albums, one had a blue cover and the other had like a cartoor pineapple or cocnut crossed with a synthesiser. Can't rememebr which. One was called Moog Party Time. Ace !
nope, its not. Actually it's very boring and plain, sounds like played by a 5 year old on his first Keyboard. Original by Gershon is way more sophisticated and trippier... the offset he did is soooo good and makes it way more catchy. ruclips.net/video/4E7BLSSLgtw/видео.html
Very 70's industrial and modernest design. At the time of this performance construction of the World trade tower had already been going on for many years, so its possible they were inspired by the building site.
Great cover sounds rather good on the Moog.. ah, pan's people, I'm old enough to remember these.. I used to have plenty of 'alone' time after seeing them on TOTP's ;)
Well young belinda carlisle, tiffany, madonna, and patsy kensit was where that happened for me lol. Dont knkw the exact year but im guessing late 80s haha
Selten solche Tänzerinnen mit dieser Hingabe zu einem Song aus der Zukunft gesehen. Wer ist diese tolle Frau aus der Anfangsszene ? Weltklasse Mehr davon. Die 70er waren einfach klasse
AWESOME!!! Love it! I came here from watching BastichB 64K's retrospective on the eras of Arcade games from the very beginnings through to the 90's and there was an arcade game that used this music (popcorn) as it's main background track. Amazing how that led me here and filled my ears wonder! GREAT!
A high school favorite for 52 years now (the original entered the top 40 on 8/19/1972) The girls did an excellent job and so did the one on the Moog. Fantastic melody.
@@Dulcimerist The other 45 I have is by Anarchic. I don't know if it's the one your talking about but it's pretty good. It has an instrumental on one side and a vocal on the flip. It's longer than the original as the verse is repeated
@@muffs55mercury61 The original didn't have lyrics. The original "Popcorn" was on its composer Gershon Kingsley's 1969 album "Music to Moog By." Considered a landmark album for the Moog and synth music in general.
The Arturia Arp2600 v has a Popcorn Patch good fun.This is the song that got me into synth sounds.I had a elementery school teacher in about the 5th grade [lay this song in class.What a way to be introducted to electronic Music :-)
Does anyone else rof a certain age remember another Moog synthesizer "song" called _Russian Roulette?_ Google searches turn up nothing but I remembered hearing it on WNBC out of NYC about the same time as _Popcorn._ It was a repeating tune that was punctuated by a single gunshot sound.
the fact that this song is as old as my father is crazy. my brain struggles to understand how much time has passed, how many things aren't the same, how many people were born and died
Popcorn never gets old.
I was going to say Popcorn never gets stale, but that would have been a terrible joke.
Popcorn gets stale after 15mins out of the bag
@@crazyd4371 Hah, sure does..
But your pun was smooth as butter.
@@billkeithchannel Hah... thank you. 🤣
I thought the comments would be a lot saltier -
Growing up, all I remember hearing was "synthesizers aren't real instruments". It wasn't until my 20's that I made the realization that "you still need to know how to play a piano to use one".
It was actually much more complex to be proficient in a synthesizer than the piano. Look at that MOOG for a moment. Only 24 keys keyboard, but can play notes higher and lower than a piano. Can emulate many instruments, and produce sounds that no conventional instrument can hope to produce.
This whole performance was done with ONLY a single MOOG synthesizer and no other instrument.
Anyone who said they were not real instruments must not have listened to what Keith Emerson of ELP could do with one.
@@petcatznz Exactly. Keith was a genius
Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis would disagree with the not real instruments thing, though I do believe for the most part their weapon of choice was the Fairlight.
It helps but it's not actually essential?
Popcorn is an original song by Gershon Kingsley from 1969, off of his "Music to Moog By" album.
Gershon Kingsley is one of the original Moog synthesizer pioneers, and many people mimicked his style, including Hot Butter.
Aqui en el peru una radio emisora lo usaba como cortina musical, desde el 69 hasta el 75 aproximadamente, era 7na radio juvenil, que bella epoca, recuerdo la pelicula francesa de fantomas y la serie britanica oxni..exitos 😊
this is not the version I had on my K-Tel "22 Explosive Hits" album!!
Oh, I thought the Swedish Chef invented it.
you sure that wasn't Giovanni Giorgio but everybody calls him Giorgio?
The dancing girls:
Louise Clarke (1949-2012)
Babs Lord (1945-)
Patricia (Dee Dee) Wilde (1946-)
Cherry Gillespie (1955-)
Ruth Pearson (1946-2017)
Sorry no Louise Clarke here. She quit and Sue Menhenick in the pink top replaced her.
Loved them all. Especially Ruth
@@kw7400 there are two pink dancers, one light pink, and another in darker pink. especially the darker pink is gorgeous, who is she?
@@deniz_ildir Dark pink (purple) is Cherry Gillespie
Light pink is Sue Menhenick
Green is Dee Dee Wilde
Blue is Babs Lord
Yellow is Ruth Pearson
Wow guys, you're all real connoisseurs! It is remarkable how beauty doesn't age, isn't it?
One of my fave all-time MST3K lines is, "You can't stop us! We've got Moog synthesizers!" :)
Lemme guess….it was Crow making that outrageous comment? He is the only reason I have ever watched MST3K.
@@mrjohnklake I think so, yes.
Robert Moog was my late girlfriend's cousin. She was quite proud of him.
And very rightfully so, That guy was a genius.
Without him no 80s synth pop !@@Kualinar
All the optimism and naivety of the space age, encapsulated in one song.
i would put Telstar into that category, about the same era!
@@WoodyPianoShack But Telstar is from 1963, this is from 1972 (original version 1969).
It almost feels like they’re assuming the future will be highly sexualized. Reminds me of Star Trek. Not so much optimistic as inevitable.
@@Accountdeactivated_1986 I used to think Star Trek showed things we might have in the future. Pocket communicator, medical scanners, etc. When MRI's and cell phones first showed up I thought, "Yeah! Like Star Trek!" Now I've learned more and realize the writers of the show (and many other shows) were simply showing what was already coming. Like prototypes for ideas. Still waiting for a matter transporter, tho... I have places to go and green-skinned extra-terrestrials to meet.
@@Accountdeactivated_1986 Wasn’t it?
Only in early 70's people would dancing so energised to music like this 🌚
I bought a Stratocaster guitar for My daughter when she was 12 ... The first rock song She learned was "7 Nation Army"..... that made my day. "Teach Your Children Well".
I taught my daughter as one of her first on my Fender Bass. 🥹🥲
The women were lovely with no tattoos or body piercings.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I second that motion!!! 🤠👍
Imagine how much hotter they'd be with them
@@dielaughing73 They wouldn't be.
None at all? I think we need to ...examine them more closely, just to be sure. ;)
and all that glorious NATURAL hair!!
Well, it was worth it just to see those gorgeous 70s girls moving and grooving!
And now they're in their '70s. 😂
@@greggpeters5662 I'm not far behind but I live in the past for a few minutes at a time with these flashbacks.
@@hughjass1044right there with ya.
@@greggpeters5662 I concur ... not as wild as ... "All My Friends Have Died ... They were all my friends and just died"
Good memories of fun times I'll cherish those days to the end of mine!!! 🤠👍
When I was a kid, I had the hots for Cherry Gillespie. So cute and petite! Especially in that baby doll thing she was wearing in Do The Hustle!
I dig those '70s outfits on those babes 👍🏻
No tattoos, no metal scrap in the the face and no breast implants no botox or these stupid ducklips.
Just pure women. I love them 😍
Pans people, something for a teenage boy to drool over during Top of the Pops.
Uy si que ricas. Y flaquitas
They're groovy!
I second that motion!!! 🤠👍
I feel that this song was a stepping stone for everyday people into the technological age
It was. I was a teen when it was released. It what THE BIG THING. THE Revolution in music.
It's considered to be the first "pop" song.
It was such an unusual song for its time.
If you notice, even the dancers really didn't have the choreography to go with this new type of sound.
I remember this song. Taught how the music was composed. It had to be done in layers. A particular set of note was on one layer, another layer of different notes. Today this would seem primitive. Then it was advanced.
@@tray488 It's not that advanced for the day, multitrack recording was a thing for a long time by then. It's no different than a single person playing multiple instruments on a recording -- Stevie Wonder on "Superstition" for example. The Moog synthesizer of the day produced a single voice at a time, so to produce the various 'instrument' sounds for the melody and harmony, each had to be done separately. What advanced was the ability to create multiple 'voices' in a single unit.
In Elementary music class our class would beg the teacher to play this record all the time. It was the early 70s.
Hot Butter only covered this song, Gershon Kingsley is the original artist and this was released in 1969.
thank you will look that up
Wile E Coyote wha?
Let's make this easy:
ruclips.net/video/OSRCemf2JHc/видео.html
Complete with black and white kaleidoscopic graphics!
Haha thats funny mang!! Holy shit!
Yeah he had a few KEYS on him also I heard???
8 years old and this the first synthesizer song i really remember, that and incredible Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein" left a lasting impression on me....
Maybe thats why I ended up today wth a room full of synths&musical equipment
I love synthesizers so much, regardless if its software or hardware, they are so fun to play with
This was my first exposure to the Moog synthesizer, almost 10 years before I discovered the magic of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Kieth Emerson was and always will be, in my opinion, the uncontested virtuoso master of the Moog!
@@tonipepperoni3424 They feel the same way about you.
IIRC that was done with an ARP 2600.
I remember this playing on a turntable and me and a mate just jumping on and off the couch just having a blast (before you ask, yes, we were little kids back then!)
As someone pointed out earlier, the original Popcorn was by Gershon Kingsley and the Hot Butter just covered it. Anyway this is pretty cool.
I think the hot butter version is better in some way's.....this is a little trippy for my taste.
@@fastasfox The drums in hotbutter version does it
Aphex Twin did a cover too
G@@ChiefExecutiveOrbiterSo did Crazy Frog and Swedish Chef from The Muppets, among others!
Try to search M&H Band versión and extended version
It was such a fun song. Just like watching popcorn pop then eating it. It was popular when I was in High School.
Why I always have this recommended?
Because every time I watch it I like it. 😎🥃
Same here 🤣
Now it’s a synthporn 😂
High waisted jeans, Gogo boots and halter tops - what a great time to be alive!
Where is Frida would have been best go go dancer of all time
You forgot to mention the A-cups!
@@btsr2553 gottaA love those A’s!
Thanks woody. Brings back childhood school and family memories.🎉🎉🎉❤
Oh, those lovely dancing ladies made my day ...
Pan’s People (Top of the Pops dancers when there was no band that could come on).
When women were women.
@@richardballinger517 and men were grateful.
Well, hats off to the choreographer anyways, did enjoy this tune when i was a kid.
There's only one thing better than great music and that is beautiful women.
100% agree
!!!! In great tunes no drums are needed ! great track of the glory days of electronic music, dont know why we dont compose like this anymore but i am glad that these tracks where composed decades ago and still sound so alive !
Well, i miss a snaredrum atleast
A catchy tune with scantily clad dancers who cannot love this. I loved the original Popcorn in the 70s.
+rolll... The original Popcorn was in the 60s: 1969 :-)
@@svenlimaGershon Kingsley!
Gershon Kingsley ... the composer of this original song - has passed away at the age of 97 .....
RIP
🎶🎵🕊R.I.P Gershon Kingsley🕊🎵🎶
And thank you for this awesome classic, your a true ‘Legend’,
❤️,✌🏼,✊🏼
Perfect!
...and even much more incredible:
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene, Pt. 4
Moog sound makes it so wholesome
I remember listening to this on an lp in the 60's. Watching this I feel ancient and new born at the same time. I have love these synths from the first time I heard one in 67ish till now. Thank you.
I feel the same. Such exotic sounds for that time.
This feels and sounds as relevant and "new" as it did back then. Never feel old. Feel proud to have been part of history
My first "real" synth, a lowly Roland D-5, had a patch named "Popcorn"...
Never could figure out why it was named that - until now...
Yeah I wondered that too, I had a D-10 back in the 90's that I bought for $5 at a flea market :D I loved that thing
cherry gillespie, what a beauty.
Yeah, she was something else. Dusky and mysterious.
one of the most popular tunes in history! 🤩
Such wonderful talent, each lady has definitely a double talent
This sounds like some of the shorts used on YTV back in the 90s as end runners. Love it!
One of the Best,all my regards for all of you
What a great track - you covered it really well. And "Pan's People"! Gorgeous low res beauties!
Look up Walter Carlos. He was an early player of this synthesiser. Switched on Bach being an album of his. Brilliant!
My best Birthday gift 1969 🙏❤💐🇺🇸
All would needs to complete this great combo - of Woody's fabulous cover and the dancing of these wonderful Pan's People - is a bowl of er.... Rice Crispies 🤑 !!!
*Sweet synthy synthyness!* ⭐😃👍
Fantastic stereo interpretation with classic 70s dancers - what a fins.
hah! this reminds me.. i was visiting a friend and he had a record player. i told him i've never listened to one before, so he got out this album called "everything you ever wanted to hear on the moog" and he played THIS SONG!
MOOG changed music history.
My brother had the first 2 Mooog albums, one had a blue cover and the other had like a cartoor pineapple or cocnut crossed with a synthesiser. Can't rememebr which. One was called Moog Party Time. Ace !
Very retro cool! I Love it. Thank you.
Super flashback!
Loved it back in the 60s , still love it .
I rember dancing to this beat. Loved it.
"Dad, can I watch Top of the Pops, pleeeease?"
"Oh, go on then"
Facts..
Originally written by Gershon Kingsley in 1969 for the Moog synthesizer ..
Covered by Hot Butter in 1972 ..
I only remember the Hot Butter version.
Best version, every tone is crystal clear.
nope, its not. Actually it's very boring and plain, sounds like played by a 5 year old on his first Keyboard. Original by Gershon is way more sophisticated and trippier... the offset he did is soooo good and makes it way more catchy.
ruclips.net/video/4E7BLSSLgtw/видео.html
Does anyone else think that the set dressing is eerily reminiscent of the photos of the Twin Towers, post collapse??
Very 70's industrial and modernest design.
At the time of this performance construction of the World trade tower had already been going on for many years, so its possible they were inspired by the building site.
@@Marc83Aus *modernist
Love this track that and one of the best keyboards that ever came out which led to our modern electronic music awesome cheers;)
Божественная мелодия... Божественные тетки.
В оригинале девушки Pan's People танцуют под композицию " You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", а не "Popcorn" (в RUclips этот ролик есть)
These girls have sweet dance moves
grandma's now :-)
Matthias Schulte yep! Time gone by
A classic in so many ways.
I clicked on this in my feed. Damn.. you just know I'm not going to get this out of my head for weeks now! 😉😀
We remember Gershon Kingsley !!!
Great cover sounds rather good on the Moog.. ah, pan's people, I'm old enough to remember these.. I used to have plenty of 'alone' time after seeing them on TOTP's ;)
haha, too much information... :o
you mean wanking tme lol
Well young belinda carlisle, tiffany, madonna, and patsy kensit was where that happened for me lol. Dont knkw the exact year but im guessing late 80s haha
ronald phillips, You didn’t have to!
Micro Banshee I need some now. But, guest has just walked in and it is 1115 AM. :(
I can't stop watching this video
Excellent job. Took me back to being a little kid again.
Esta melodía fue compuesta para sintetizador MOOG por Gerson Kingsley y grabada en su álbum, Music To MOOG By.
Listened to the Music to Moog By a lot.
Parents also had Everything you Wanted to Hear on a Moog but Were Afraid to Ask.
I must get a Moog Sub Phatty for this video... back in the 70's....Thanks Woody
Selten solche Tänzerinnen mit dieser Hingabe zu einem Song aus der Zukunft gesehen.
Wer ist diese tolle Frau aus der Anfangsszene ? Weltklasse
Mehr davon. Die 70er waren einfach klasse
Makes me feel old!
Wow lots of trivia here. 👌
AWESOME!!! Love it! I came here from watching BastichB 64K's retrospective on the eras of Arcade games from the very beginnings through to the 90's and there was an arcade game that used this music (popcorn) as it's main background track. Amazing how that led me here and filled my ears wonder! GREAT!
appreciate that, thanks!
I have always liked that song. Thanks Woody. Nice vintage dancing in the clip. :)
Arguably first techno-pop hit
No argument
Love the dancers outfits and boots
OK. That’s me dreaming about Pan People again tonight 🙂
simple genius
Perfect, just perfect...
very good..........................................
Awesome. That is what a Moog is for.
Magical!
I love it. Got me wanting to compose and post more of my music-inspirational!!
Love the song, but love the shots of the old original style Moog Synthesizer even more !
I want to go back in my past. I forgot how that was so cool
A high school favorite for 52 years now (the original entered the top 40 on 8/19/1972) The girls did an excellent job and so did the one on the Moog. Fantastic melody.
The original 1969 version didn't chart, unfortunately. It was a cover of the song that entered the Top 40 in 1972.
@@Dulcimerist The other 45 I have is by Anarchic. I don't know if it's the one your talking about but it's pretty good. It has an instrumental on one side and a vocal on the flip. It's longer than the original as the verse is repeated
@@muffs55mercury61 The original didn't have lyrics. The original "Popcorn" was on its composer Gershon Kingsley's 1969 album "Music to Moog By." Considered a landmark album for the Moog and synth music in general.
The future has truly arrived.
Just think, all of those beautiful young women are now in their 70’s.😢…maybe late 60’s.
The lineup did change over the years but of the "classic cast", which I believe are seen here, three have passed away.
well, that was FUN! and that outro for your channel! 🙌🙌🔥🔥
Cutoff, LFO, potters that did the synthesized music since the seventies! I love it... Moog, Korg... 👽
Sweet memories 😊
Did anyone else notice that the set design in this vintage video looks like the remnants of the Twin Towers after 9/11 ?
This was the comment I was looking for. Had the same thoughts. This song was released right before the opening of the WTC.
There was a background? I was busy looking at something else.
@AzrethK9
Move along. Nothing to see. Coincidence and speculation
Erie !!!!!!!
They look just like the tower outside skin pit's sticking out of the ground like they did at nine eleven itself just different color
I heard that last year, when I stood at the Furcht-Bar😢
Anybody who has this song on repeat in their head for a week is clinically insane.
I smell a Blue Man Group routine!!! 🤠👍
Gershon Kingsley, rest in peace.
The Arturia Arp2600 v has a Popcorn Patch good fun.This is the song that got me into synth sounds.I had a elementery school teacher in about the 5th grade [lay this song in class.What a way to be introducted to electronic Music :-)
Does anyone else rof a certain age remember another Moog synthesizer "song" called _Russian Roulette?_ Google searches turn up nothing but I remembered hearing it on WNBC out of NYC about the same time as _Popcorn._ It was a repeating tune that was punctuated by a single gunshot sound.
that's a new one for me
One of the silliest songs ever made.
beuty time was can you feel its magic
We're going for 1.000.000 🫶🫶🎹🎹🎹
damn right dj D!
I would appreciate this song on spotify!
the fact that this song is as old as my father is crazy.
my brain struggles to understand how much time has passed, how many things aren't the same, how many people were born and died