Essential Moog-Featuring Songs

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:40 pm

Khoral wrote:Speaking about Rick Wright, I believe that the awesome brass pad on Wish you were here (the song) was made stacking Minimoog lines....
I could be wrong, but I don't see any other gear he used at the time that could have produced this...
So definitely, a must to hear

You are correct that the brass was Minimoog.

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:02 pm

Heres just a few to whet your whistle

Bob Marley "Stir it up"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6U-TGah ... re=related

Brass Construction "Get up to get Down"
Can someone verify? Sounds fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvPrjRGhdsM

Gil Scott-Heron "We Almost Lost Detroit"
Beautiful Song, my favorite by him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ovKv4-YxYM

Heres Romantic Warrior "Vulcan Worlds" (I know I said no Chick and obscure but this is wonderful lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxg1AoEz9p4
Fantastic Minimoog solo!

And for those of you who are guests to the forum, don't forget that a lot of us on the forum use Moogs in our original music and a lot of us have links to our music in our signaturez!

Eric

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:40 pm

Zapp and Roger "I can make you dance"
2 minis on stage...jeez.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlXCcrPmG8Q

Rick James
Not everyday you see a superhero doing a killer live Liberation solo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFDu6oCM ... re=related

THis is one of my all time Favorite Herbie Hancock songs
"The Trailor"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4mJMC-RNbo

Mike Melvoin - [The Plastic Cow Goes Mooooog] One Man, One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHaibr9A ... re=related

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:25 pm

I can't read Rick James without thinking of that Dave Chapelle skit. I'm Rick James, bitch! Rick James don't play that!

LeRoi · Post by **LeRoi** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:43 pm

EricK wrote:Mort Garson is essential in Moog history and when I find this website with all his music for download Ill post it here.

Eric

I was just thinking Mort Garson as I saw this post. Black Mass is sooooooo good! Also gotta love Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Wendy Carlos, as others have said. Add N to X was a more modern group that really loved em some Moog. I almost forgot Brainiac, who's got lots of Moog racket.

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:54 pm

"Deja Vu" from Atraxia: The Unexplained is one of the best songs by him that I have heard yet. I have a lot to really listen to.

Jeez theres so much raw emotion there.

jamezdd73 · Post by **jamezdd73** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:18 am

EricK wrote: http://www.eggcityradio.com/?p=81

Several full length albums here, courtesy of a synthesizer.com yahoo users group member.

Hey, Thanks for this link!

I've never heard of Mort Garson before you mentioned him, but his stuff is great! Grab it while you can people!

mysterycircuits · Post by **mysterycircuits** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:11 am

I know it's kinda off topic; it's not Moog, it's not really an 'essential song', but it's so funny I just couldn't resist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIMPmZ0k ... re=channel

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:28 am

jamezdd73 wrote:
EricK wrote: http://www.eggcityradio.com/?p=81

Several full length albums here, courtesy of a synthesizer.com yahoo users group member.
Hey, Thanks for this link!

I've never heard of Mort Garson before you mentioned him, but his stuff is great! Grab it while you can people!

I heard about him on the day that he died (January 2008) and a member of the users group posted a link to his music.

Its my pleasure!

Eric

LeRoi · Post by **LeRoi** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:01 am

jamezdd73 wrote:I've never heard of Mort Garson before you mentioned him, but his stuff is great! Grab it while you can people!

Try to find Black Mass/Lucifer by Mort Garson. Every bit as amazing. There is of course his "Electronic Hair Pieces", which is quite fun, but not as out there.

I need to be kept from this thread, as I could go on for days with this stuff.

Carey M · Post by **Carey M** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:12 pm

Christopher J. Boylan wrote:So, to celebrate those days of discovery, have a listen to the last portion of YES playing South Side of the Sky with Rick on Minimoog trading 8s with Steve Howe on his legendary ES157 Gibson. This is PURE TREAT for Mini enthusiasts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmOj8nJTl8

That was grrreat

I love Tales From Topographic Oceans, a veritable MiniMoog orgy that one.

Other Moogy favourites of mine... Seventies Zappa records, Duke and Mars performed some amazing MiniMoog acrobatics.

Tangerine Dream's Phaedra was already mentioned, but it certainly deserves another mention. Love those sequences.

And of course the great Roger O'Donnell.

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:33 pm

mysterycircuits wrote:I know it's kinda off topic; it's not Moog, it's not really an 'essential song', but it's so funny I just couldn't resist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIMPmZ0k ... re=channel

I love the part where Ozzy said, "I'm like the nutty professor!"

mysterycircuits · Post by **mysterycircuits** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:03 pm

Yeah, he hasn't got a single clue about what he's doing. (not surprising if you took acid every day for a whole year).
'It's like another dimension!' Yeah right, Oz..

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:08 pm

mysterycircuits wrote:Yeah, he hasn't got a single clue about what he's doing. (not surprising if you took acid every day for a whole year).
'It's like another dimension!' Yeah right, Oz..

Most of that is an act, I think. Look at him on stage or in the World of Warcraft commercial. THAT'S the real Ozzy.

blutarsky · Post by **blutarsky** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:58 am

I'm not sure this actually is a Moog (I think it is)... but this is by far one of the wickest tracks featuring a synth solo:

Larry Young - Turn Off The Lights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy80anGMwKQ

If anyone is SURE what this synth exactly is it 'd be really appreciated!