ENNIO MORRICONE/EDDA DELL'ORSO-"Ma Non Troppo Erotico"(1971)

The Muse and the Maestro!
Italian composer Ennio Morricone flipped the script on 1960's film soundtracks. Out went the syrupy strings, in came radical arrangements, instruments, and textures. The otherworldly voice heralding many of these avant arias belonged to Edda Dell'Orso. Ennio worked in many styles to reflect the 400 hundred movies he scored, and his own restless resolve to try new things. Edda could roll with anything he threw her way. His 'spaghetti westerns' ricocheted with rough chants, surf clang, jews harps, and whistling: Edda soared into eternity on the magnificently operatic "The Ecstasy of Gold" (THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY). For thrillers, he blendered abrasive and feverish avant-garde soundscapes; Edda hyperventilated gasps somewhere between orgasm and strangulation, at once alluring and disturbing (SHORT NIGHT OF THE GLASS DOLLS). For romantic romps, he served a breezy lounge cocktail of pop and jazz sensuality; Edda's seductive and upbeat scatting and tonal scales set the template for Stereolab, Hooverphonic, and Pizzicato 5 to follow. This song, for the 1971 film "THE BURGLERS", is in that realm. She worked with all the great Italian composers, like Nicolai, Umiliani, and Piccioni as well. Check out more of her steller work here:
http://www.myspace.com/eddadell39orso
http://www.myspace.com/enniomorricone

Rudi Gernreich was the iconoclast of 1960's fashion. He tore out the binding constrictions that strangled womens' clothing, and made everything fluid and flowing with the form. He invented the topless bikini, portals in clothes, the use of vinyl and plastic, the concept of unisex, the first designer jean, and the thong. But his best gambit was the unclassifiable Peggy Moffitt. Models before had been fembots parading armor dresses with classic femininity. Peggy upended all of that. She was a performance artist, turning each vogue into an individual character. She evolved into a persona that made her seem from the far future; this was true, because Rudi and she were inventing it as they went. Her kabuki eye makeup, helmut bowlcut, mime shapes, gender-ending manner, mischievous pluck, and intense presence tore up the rulebook on female appearance, behaviour, and attitude. Her bold style had immediate effect on the times from Cher to Spock. Her alien androgeny set the stage for Bowie's Ziggy Stardust several years later. Her mercurial nature and fierce eyemakeup opened the way for Siousiee Sioux and many a New Wave novitiate in the 80's. And her boundless physicality and hairstyle anticipated Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) today. Between them Rudi and Peggy wrote much of the future we live in. (In fact, Peggy designed the typefont that's used in the video for names; it's a tribute to Rudi's red/black motifs.) Learn more about these brilliant pioneers at:
http://www.myspace.com/rudigernreich http://www.designervintage.com/rudi.html
http://www.amazon.com/Rudi-Gernreich-Book-Rizzoli/dp/084781422X

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Tym Stevens

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[funknroll]

More 60's Fashion videos!: -JACQUELINE TAIEB- "7:00 AM" (1966) -THE WHAT FOUR-"I'M GONNA DESTROY THAT BOY" (1966) -JEANNIE & THE BIG GUYS- "I WANT YOU" (1964) -TONI McCANN-"SATURDAY DATE" (1966) -PATTI'S GROOVE- "IT WON'T LAST LONG" (1966) -THE BIRDIES- "THE HUCKLEBUCK '65" (1965) -MARGO GURYAN- "LOVE" (1968) -THE LUV'D ONES- "YOUR MIND IS" (1967) -ROTARY CONNECTION-"I AM THE BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN" (1971) -ALICE SHIELDS -"STUDY FOR VOICE AND TAPE" (1968)

[auranoctis]

This sound and rhythmh 30 years before Portishead and Trip Hop!!

Genius!

[funknroll]

Bingo! Ennio and Edda inspired Stereolab, Portishead, Hooverphonic, Goldfrapp, Badalamenti and Cruise, Pizzicato 5, and every Erotic Lounge Jazz DJ on legs!

[singleword]

This is just soooooooooooo coooooooool. It puts you right in 1960s Roma. Fellini is at that table over there, Gore Vidal across the street, Sophia Loren behind you and Claudia Cardinale is whispering in my ear (I get to choose:-)

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥ ♥

[takitakitaki8282]

Very very cool!!!!!!!!!!

[MannyMUC]

Very cool pictures - set to great sound of maestro Morricine and golden voice of Edda dell'Orso

[Grock66]

once again, one of the coolest songs ever...

[maldoandresmaldo]

way ahead of their time

[LSDDREAMS]

this is awesome! thx!

[miniMadMOD60s]

Bravo! Beautiful. You have SO captured the mood and times of The 60s Epoque. A great retrospective, beautifully edited. We are going to post a link on miniMadMOD60s and Supermodels Hall of Fame.

[Ghostorchid2]

Great video, Love Ennio Morricone's music.5*****..

[nickrogers1969II]

The ending was good. Cool last picture!