The day I was asked to contribute to the Sound Birdz blog I got an interesting phone call from my dad. (I will be mentioning him a lot here because he is my biggest musical influence.) So apparently, each one of us daughters has a song that he recorded (on a cassette tape) the day that we were born. On this particular day he asked me to help him figure out the name of my song. Most of the call was spent listening to him fast forward and rewind the tape to find the song in question. But it was well worth it and I find it most appropriate for my first post.
My dad waited about 27 years to find out the name of this song and All I did was play the song into an iPhone App for a couple of seconds and voila-"I'm Ready" by Kano! The song that started Italo-Disco and helped pave the way for hip-hop. It's been sampled heavily with it's most notable use being Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)".
Enjoy!
So did your dad just record a random song off the radio from your birthday?
ReplyDeleteWhen I first "learned" what italo disco was in 2005, I dove headfirst into the genre and of course came across Kano right away. Brilliant!
This song was also featured in Spank Rock's Fabriclive 33 edition if you wanna hear it in a great eclectic mix.
I'm not exactly sure what he did. It seems odd that he would just record one song on that day. I remember growing up listening to this and other hot italo disco tracks. But it's taken us some time to find all the artists and track names though. But it's been fun.
ReplyDeleteI'll check out Spank Rock and maybe even send it to my dad ;)