Popcorn - Gershon Kingsley (1972) Published by Musicor Records I do not own Musicor Records, neither do I own this song. I have just uploaded it for users to view.
First time I ever heard this, it came on my grandma's clock radio in1972 (I was 5 years old), I was staying with my grandmother through the day then. It came on. I looked at her. She looked at me....AND WE BOTH SIMPLY JUST BURST OUT LAUGHING....for the whole song! We'd never heard anything like that before!!! 52 YEARS LATER AND I STILL REMEMBER THAT MOMENT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. I own this exact 45. Ran right out and bought it, once I knew what it was.
Such a great story! I can understand the feeling though I never been in a situation like that! Yeah it was a new thing, and it's almost like I could have been there.
Unlike yourself, I was actually old enough to do something like that, whereas I "saw" the purple compact cassette tape and bought it, just for laughs, having no way to "play it" until I got back home, but when I did - the date was sometime in late 1972 / early 1973 .I'm inclined to think 1973, as that was the year Elektrik Cokernut (a UK band) created the tune for their Go Moog "synth" album. I sincerely doubt, that at age 5 - you "ran right out" (anywhere), but simply later, when able to buy the vinyl with that tune. you did. Even back then, in 1972/1973 - I am absolutely certain that no 5yr old - would have been able to buy anything. Cheers.
Hab auch noch einen Vinylschatz zuhause, während andere Deppen diesen wegwerfen! Einfach krank in der Rübe, diese Menschen! Mit gutem Hifiplattenspieler, guter Endstufe und guten Boxen ist das Hörgenuss!
Me and a friend from Sweden were hitch hiking thru northern Europe and one day I heard this outside a record store in Amsterdam, had to go in and ask them to play it again. And I am playing it again like over 50 years later.
@@funkeiskragodnayf3 It's actually far better, in all NINE channels (natural analogue) - as 9ch surround sound, something I discovered away back earlier, in 1965, when able to PLAY my sister's vinyls on my ancient Garrard Player, direct off the output of a "just as old" analogue intergrated amplifier, which was the unti which also played the 4channels of radio (long wave, medium wave (530am - 1600am) and 2x of short waves).
This song got got my grade 12 drama class group an A for our "popcorn" video! With a 16 mm camera and a 60 watt light bulb we "filmed" our own popcorn video! As the music slowly started we tossed a few popcorns in the air, filming, the faster the music got, the more popcorn we tossed in the air*, and then according to the music, as the music slowed down...less popcorn! * we tossed a LOT of popcorn🙄 The 60 watt light bulb, unintentionally on our part, created a rainbow like halo that circled our popcorn video! It was actually quite good for high schoolers! We got credit for ingenuity and originality! Thanks for the memories! 🦂🍺
It's also the kind of masterpiece that practically anywhere on Earth anyone hears and recognizes the melody, it's another matter that they don't necessarily know the title.
I used to have it on a cardboard record. It was coated with some kind of plastic. Don't know how many plays it would have lasted, but it played fairly well for the time I had it.
I used to play this for my elementary school students. They loved it. I also played other stuff for them: --- A Fifth of Beethoven --- Meco's Theme --- the disco version of Star Wars --- Deborah's Rock --- Catchee --- that song they play during the Lakers games --- The Electric Horseman --- Electro Phantasma --- Rising Star --- the whole album by Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamrooler, including Classical Gas --- Journey of the Sorcerer --- Linus & Lucy --- The Hustle --- Love's Theme --- Red Hot As well as other instrumental stuff, like some stuff from the Big Band Age and Swing, as well as some soft New Age pieces that wouldn't distract them as they worked. I also played songs with singing, like: --- Conga --- Electric Youth --- Philadelphia Freedom --- The Heart of Rock & Roll --- Gloria --- We Are Family --- Makin' It --- I Need A Hero --- Let's Hear It For The Boy --- some Donna Summer stuff --- a couple of Barry Manilo songs Plus other stuff that had a good beat. I also showed them some of the videos that went with some of the songs (they especially loved Thriller). And they enjoyed old comedy bits, like Slowly I Turned (from I Love Lucy) and the Abbott & Costello routine Who's On First? (And would you believe they hadn't had much exposure to Bugs Bunny?) They loved it all. Couldn't get enough of it, actually. It's a good thing I had enough music and videos to last throughout the school year, because they really ate it up. It helped that they requested to hear/see old favorites over and over again (they were especially fond of the Slowly I Turned bit).
like your playlist. when mom was a high scholl student ,all students were sent to the auditorim and they heard classical music and opera via the texico network.
@@allanegleston4931 Sometimes, when I saw it was needed, I'd just stop class, put the music on, and the kids and I would just DANCE! It was a great way to let off some steam, release some stress, and even better, because the kids knew that I understood that they needed to dance/play sometimes, they did their best for me, which meant their best for themselves. Besides, I loved being the fun, crazy, weird teacher.
Depends what you call a synth. There had been analogue synths back to about 1968-9, Mellotrons before that, digital synths really took over from 1977 or so. Kraftwerk played their own circuit boards...
1972 the birth of Techno.... by Hot Butter, I was only one when this came out, but to me this was the real birth of techno with a proper dance feel to it, I heard it in 78 by chance and was mesmerised and enchanted with this song as a 7 year old, my mum literally had to hide her 7" version of this... cos I would randomly just turn on the old HiFi and crank up the volume to the max 10 and dance around the living room with my little brother..... he was 4 at the time..... once my dad came home and clipped me around the head whilst I was dancing to this.... he told me to turn that sh!t off..... then I heard Donna Summers I feel love and knew I would love the techno sound forever more......
Saw the Muppets with the chef making popcorn and this tune came up. I googled it found the song now i cannot get enough of it! I remember it in the early 70s now im 57 and i love hearing music like this!
Thanks for digging this out and posting. The original Gershon Kingsley a few years earlier is good too, but this was the version that really blasted that popcorn out of the popper.
Agreed. The GK version was OK, as far as it went, but this is, at least to me, the definitive version I compare all other versions to. Had the exact record pictured as a kid - only difference was my copy didn't have the "gouge" on the label, and the background color of the label was a bit stronger orange color. (not as sun-faded, perhaps?)
WOW! There's a bladt from the past! I remember this from gym class... I was in Kindergarten, and we would be standing holding an old silk parachute moving our arms up and down vigorously trying to get a volleyball through the hole in the middle! Good times! 😊👍
My father played this for me on a quadraphonic setup that he had in the 1970's. Later (1990's), when I was working at a restaurant, this was on the playlist, and one of the other busboys said that it sounded like video game music. I can never here it the same after that comment.
OMG, I heard this in the 70's back in Burma and just don't hear it anymore. I grew up in US all my adult life. Since I didn't know the name, I was unable to search. I love this. Brings back old memories. Thanks for uploading.
Hot Butter actually used First Moog Quartet's version from the same year as base for this cover. But yeah, the original is composed and performed by Gershon Kingsley, in 1969.
В СССР эта́ композиция появилась впервые на гибкой вкладке музыкального журнала "Кругозор" в 1973 году под названием "Золотые зерна кукурузы" Кукуруза в переводе то Маис. Поп корн автоматы появились позже, хотя жареную кукурузу продавали в частном порядке в большинстве цыгане т.е ромы .
Nein. Das ist ein Remake. Das richtige Original von Gershon Kingsley ist hier: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-htuL6mvlTgk.htmlsi=qw1BmOYi8xgOEZVv
Remember this. I was about 9 or 10 years old when it came out. Probably responsibl;e for me becoming a fan of bands such as Tubeway Army/Gary Numan and Kraftwerk when I got a little older.
In the Philippines, there was a game show named Tic Tac Toe aired over Channel 9 every Saturday and hosted by late Eddie Mercado. This music was use as it's background in the beginning and end. That's what made me to know this music piece.
Gershon Kingsley was the composer and the originator of "Popcorn" in Europe in 1969, but he was never a member of Hot Butter. That band was started in 1972 as a group of session musicians featuring Stan Free on the synthesizer. The other members of Hot Butter were Danny Jordan, Dave Mullaney, John Abbott, and Steven and Bill Jerome.
First heard this tune at Stock car racing track. l had to go to umpires cabin to find out title .l was 17yrs old .l am now 67yrs old . Tune never seems age.
oh yeah 😎, back in the day this was a really hot song to dance to, it was not played at frantic speed like this!! oh yeah 😎, back in the day, a far better time ⏲️ cheers 👍 🍻
