Posted by anthonyberet on 10/25/05 22:21

S.French wrote:
> If the song is "Popcorn", the original group name is (are you sitting down?)
> Hot Butter. There was a remake in the early 90's which we got through the
> record pool ( a house mix of sorts, if my Alzheimer's medication is doing
> it's job. Regardless, I remember the only reason I kept the remake was
> because one of the versions on the press was the original, full-length mix
> and those were as hard to come by as... well, reasons to play the song were
> then --and continue to be.
>
> I do remember the song being a HUGE hit in Europe, during all nine of the
> months I was there one year in the 70's. Let's face it; the song had a great
> hook for disco, but the same tawdry allure doesn't fly on dancefloors (and
> probably not for too many plays in living rooms) nowdays.
>
Funnily enough, there was a thread about Popcorn some time ago.
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.music.mp3.winmx/browse_thread/thread/f0e77ee77d84499b/2a3499302ce1f184?lnk=st&q=popcorn+group:*winmx&rnum=5&hl=en#2a3499302ce1f184

The track I am hunting isn't that I am afraid.
Thanks for your musing though.

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