Probably one of the most bizarre, if not THE most bizarre remix ever produced by a labeled French House act: In 2000, Superfunk were commissionned to remix the theme of 'Moonraker', 11th James Bond film (1979). One might have expected a complete French House revamp. After all, if you had listened to 'Hold Up' by then (the first album by Superfunk) and all their remixes of that period, you would have expected something like that... or not far from that. BUT... Superfunk did the total opposite of what they were known for. They took a minimal amount of vocals from Shirley Bassey, looped an orchestral part, put a very basic downtempo beat on top of it, a few samples from the NASA. And... that was it. When the producers of the compilation heard the remix, they rejected it from the official tracklist of the album. Nobody really knows if it was a joke or not. One thing for sure: it wasn't what they expected from the French trio (Fafa Monteco left not long after). You can still find this remix on a few versions of 'Diamonds Are Forever: The Remix Album', but not all. Just like my video for 'Walk 4 Me' by The Eternals, I decided to look for the NASA samples and identify them. The vocal samples included here are quite famous: they are from the first lunar landing (1969). You will hear, in order, Neil Armstrong, the president of the USA in 69, Mr. Richard Nixon, and finally Buzz Aldrin. My opinion is mixed up: when I first heard this remix on Napster, more than 10 years ago, I ...
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