Italo Disco Thursdays

I couldn't decide between Italo Disco Tuesdays or Thursdays, but seeing as how I missed my opportunity two days ago, and today is Thursday; thus Italo Disco Thursdays, my new weekly mainstay, is born.

This genre of classic electro dance pop got it's start in the late 70's and 80's throughout Europe, but has seen it's revival and various face lifts over the past few years. It's a secret passion of mine, but here I am coming out of my disco closet to perhaps come to terms with my inner Italian disco youth. Wait, I'm not Italian. Nor was I old enough to appreciate this at a time that disco mainstays such as Charlie and Mr. Flagio were at their prime. But maybe that's a good thing. It's perhaps comparable to kids these days not old enough to understand how bad auto-tuning is, but will rediscover it in their late 20's, and base their Tuesday night theme DJ sets around it. Blech.

Well, I think to start this weekly forum out right, I'll begin with the most influential producer of his kind, Giorgio Moroder. His classic soundtrack to the film Midnight Express gets me excited evertime I happen upon it while surfing through cable tv movie channels.