We may associate dance music with the clubs, the strobelights, the bathroom drug deals and sticky bathroom floors, but in this video for his 1979 hit “Baby Blue” (not to be confused at all with songs by Badfinger or Bob Dylan), Italian disco, bubblegum, and electronic music pioneer (not to mention mastermind behind some of the most memorable soundtrack music of the 80s) Giorgio Moroder – who, in April, celebrated his 70th birthday! – demonstrates what dance music is really all about: precision and professionalism, science and technology. Aww yeah. Shake that groove thing. Layers of interconnected, burbling synths, vocoders and cheesy falsetto harmonies, all backed by a solid disco beat? Just another day at the office for Giorgio Moroder.
