4.7 • 844 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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74 is the new 24 Giorgio Moroder—The 75-year-old Father of Disco—is Back; Buffy Sainte-Marie on Her New Album, "Power in the Blood"; The Benefits of Playing Music in Your Vintage Years; Old Masters and Young Geniuses; Philip Glass on his Memoir "Words Without Music".
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0:00.0 | Support for WPR comes from St. Luke's Burthing Center, providing expectant mom's low intervention options with labor tubs, remote telemetry, and nitrous oxide. |
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0:18.8 | It's to the best of our knowledge from PRI. I'm Anne Strange Champs. |
0:22.6 | They say music is a young person's game. But if you want to make it as a performer, you need a fresh sound and a body that can handle being on the road 300 days a year. |
0:31.6 | Well, that was then. Today, 74 is the new 24. |
0:40.8 | That's actually the title of a song on Georgio Moroder's new album. |
0:43.6 | And if you're thinking, who is Georgio Moroder? |
0:45.4 | You do know his music. |
0:46.8 | You're listening to it. |
0:59.0 | Donna Summers, I feel love. the epitome of 1970s disco. |
1:03.0 | And Giorgio Moroder is the guy who invented that sound. |
1:04.3 | He invented disco. |
1:05.9 | He had a ton of hits. |
1:07.1 | He made a ton of money. |
1:09.9 | And then he retired early to enjoy it all. |
1:14.8 | But now, at age 75, he's back with his first LP in more than 30 years. It's called Deja Vu. And is it a rehash of his greatest hits? |
1:21.8 | No way! Today, Giorgio Moroder is a DJ. Charles Monroe Kane sat down with him when the new CD was about to drop. |
1:29.3 | I was thinking about you, obviously, preparing for this the last couple of days. |
1:33.4 | You know, in my world, I like EDM, and you're kind of like the godfather of EDM. |
1:38.1 | You invented disco. |
1:39.6 | You were the bomb. |
1:40.7 | And then just you stopped for 30 years. |
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