I Feel Love: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, and How They Reinvented Music

by Dave Thompson

Overview

A celebratory look at how the groundbreaking disco hit changed the world and became "one of the most influential records ever made". (Financial Times)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493049806
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/01/2021
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

DAVE THOMPSON is the author of over 150 books, including co-written memoirs with New York Doll Sylvain Sylvain, Motown legends Brian and Eddie Holland (forthcoming), Hawkwind's Nik Turner, the Yardbirds' Jim McCarty, Fairport Convention's Judy Dyble, and more. He is a columnist for Goldmine magazine, and his work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Spin, Alternative Press, Mojo, Record Collector, and many other major publications. He has contributed to music documentaries produced by VH-1, A&E, the BBC, and others. Born in the UK, Thompson is now a resident of Delaware.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Seven Minutes to Midnight 11

2 An Electric History of Unpopular Music 23

3 Keychains and ICE Storms 35

4 There's a New Sensation 45

5 If You Never Pulled a Muscle, You Never Did the Hustle 57

6 "I Don't Understand What the Problem Is …" 71

7 And We'll Have Fahr'n Fahr'n Fahr'n 81

8 And Eno Said to Bowie … 95

9 The Hall of Mirrors 109

10 Cause and FX 121

11 The Course of the Crimson King 131

12 Disco Infernal 145

13 Remix, Remodel 161

14 Sparks in the Dark 177

15 Are Friends Eclectic? 199

16 Hit That Perfect Beat, Boy 213

17 I'm a Rainbow 229

18 It All Comes Round Again 239

Epilogue 247

Playlists 249

Bibliography 263

Acknowledgments 267

Index 269