Studio 54 Riding a White Horse
Does the death of white horse from Lord of the Rings connect to the history of Studio 54? I don't know - but having seen Lady Gaga at the AMA's Riding the White Horse - - - makes me wonder....maybe one of us can connect this if it's meant to be a connection....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54 This link is a history of Studio 54 (9)
AMAs 2013: Lady Gaga and a horse channel Bianca Jagger at Studio 54
Nov 24th, 2013
For the 2013 American Music Awards, Lady Gaga made one of her patented dynamic entrances -- and this time, she was on a horse in a beautiful lilac-colored Greek-esque dress. For Gaga, it was positively tame, since the horse was not real and there were no cold cuts involved.
Gaga tells E!'s Giuliana Rancic, "I'm so excited to perform. So much of our comp is infusion of disco into the future, so I thought I would give it to Bianca Jagger arriving at Studio 54 on her white horse."
Looks like she pulled it off. What do you think of Gaga's ensemble this time around?
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Inside Studio 54: Fascinating photographs reveal what stars REALLY got up to in world's most famous nightclub
- Studio 54's rule for a good party: Invite guests more interesting than you
- It was opened in 1977 for just 33 months and made $7million in first year
- Bianca Jagger rode a white horse through the club on her 30th birthday
- Owner Steve Rubell once gave Andy Warhol a bin full of money for birthday
- It shut after 1979 raid by taxman who found money stashed all over club
These images capture the world's most famous nightclub Studio 54 during its 33-month existence, populated by celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart and Andy Warhol.
The wild success of the 70s New York club has forever been put down to owner Steve Rubell's first rule of partying: 'The key to a good party is filling a room with guests more interesting than you.'
By 1978, within a year of transforming it from a theatre to a nightclub, Studio 54 had made $7million and Rubell was quoted as saying 'only the Mafia made more money.'
Singer Rod Stewart with Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell (L) and Alana Hamilton (C) at Studio 54
Woody Allen and Michael Jackson partying together at Studio 54. The club ran a stric 'glamour only' dresscode although this was clearly overlooked when this pair tipped up
Singer Olivia Newton-John and producer Allan Carr attend the 'Grease' Premiere Party on June 13, 1978 at Studio 54
Dolly Parton with a white stallion at the nightclub on 254 W. 54th St. One of Steve Rubell's strategy to ensure the A-list celebrities would return time after time was to lavish them with treats and attention
It soon developed a reputation for being the world's most exclusive, hardest to get in to nightspot.
He forever sought the perfect combination of black and white, straight and gay, - something he called 'mixing the salad' and would tell people to go home and change or rather more bluntly 'you're ugly, you're not coming in.'
He started with his business partner Ian Shrager, a more introverted, business-minded type with a chain of steakhouses in the 1970s in the less salubrious parts of New York.
The soon realised that by cutting back on the food and concentrating on the sale of alcohol, their profits would soar.
They bought a building at 254 W. 54th St. in New York and spent $400,000 on turning it into a nightclub that included a huge man-in-the-moon hanging over the dance floor. When a large hanging spoon came to rest under its nose, the man-in-the-moon lit up.
They named the club Studio 54, and the doors opened on April 16, 1977.
Bianca Jagger, ex-wife of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, pictured with two white doves at party held in her honour on December 12, 1977. For her 30th birthday she famously rode out into the club atop of a white horse
Diane von Furstenberg (centre) attends the party for Egon Von Furstenberg's Book 'The Power Look' on September 25, 1978 at Studio 54
All a bit too much fun? Kate Harrington (left), talks to Gloria Swanson (right) over a snoozing Truman Capote (centre)
With the in crowd: Owner Steve Rubell (left) with Michael Jackson, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and Cherie Currie of The Runaways (right)
From left to right, Halston, Bianca Jagger, Jack Haley, Jr. and wife Liza Minnelli and Andy Warhol celebrate a New Year's Eve party at Studio 54
For Bianca Jagger's 30th birthday, a costumed show was performed by staff and professional dancers, and right at the end, Ms Jagger came riding out on the stage on a white horse.
For Andy Warhol's birthday Rubell was said to be so unsure as to what best to get him he ended up presenting the artist with a metal bin full of dollar bills.
Legend has it that Warhol said it was the best present he had ever had.
Rock star Mick Jagger and his future wife, model Jerri Hall, arrive at Studio 54 to attend an 'Oscar' party at the club
With former husband Robert Evans by her side, actress Ali MacGraw sees something of interest during a party to celebrate the June 6 premiere of her new movie 'Players'. In the film Ali plays an older woman who has an affair with a young tennis player. Evans produced the Paramount Pictures release
Actor Paul Bakers and actress Margaux Hemingway attend Coty Awards Party on September 28, 1978 at Studio 54
Curtis Mayfield of the Impressions posing inside the club in 1977. He is best known for composing the soundtrack to the film Super Fly
A final party and prison send-off was held in February 1980, and Diana Ross serenaded Rubell and Shrager in front of a packed crowd that included Richard Gere, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone and Gia Carangi.
The pair were sentenced to three-and-a-half years for tax evasion of which they served 13 months atfer striking a deal with prosecutors.
After all this time, Shrager still finds the 33-month period difficult to talk about.
In a 2011 interview he said: 'I didn't handle the success well; there was nothing you could do at night in the 1970s you couldn't walk away from in the morning.
'I admire the accomplishment at a distance - we were a couple of guys from Brooklyn - but we created a Frankenstein monster that almost destroyed us.'
Steve Rubell died of hepatitis and septic shock in 1989. Ian Shrager went into the boutique hotel business and sold his company, Morgans Hotel Group, the most famous hotel group in the world at the time, for a reputed $400 million in 2005.
If you're not on the list..Outside the world's most famous nightclub, Studio 54, on 254 W. 54th St., New York. People were often turned away for being 'ugly'
What have you got to do to get a drink around here? A busy night at Studio 54
Owner Steve Rubell, Marina Schiano, Yves Saint Laurent and Loulou de la Falaise attend the party for Opium Perfume Launch on September 20, 1978 at Studio 54. A year later the club was raided by the IRS
Steve Rubell leaves Federal Court on November 2, 1979, after pleading guilty to two counts of income tax evasion. He spent a total of 13 months in prison and died nine years later died of hepatitis and septic shock
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Riding a White Horse - - - song based on Studio 54
Supernature (Goldfrapp album)
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| Studio album by Goldfrapp | ||||
| Released | 22 August 2005[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2004 in Bath, Somerset, England | |||
| Genre | Electroclash,[2] synthpop,[3] glam rock,[3] trip hop[4] | |||
| Length | 43:12 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
| Producer | Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory | |||
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The album represented a change in Goldfrapp's musical style and featured pop and electronic dance music; inspirations were American disco artist Donna Summer and English New Wave band New Order.[13] Supernature received a Grammy Award nomination in 2007 for Best Electronic/Dance Album.[14] In January 2006, the album was certified platinum in the UK, and has sold one million copies worldwide as of early 2007.[15][16]
Contents
[hide]Recording and production[edit]
Goldfrapp and Will Gregory recorded the bulk of Supernature in late 2004 in the countryside of Bath, England—the same place they recorded Black Cherry. They had rented a small house and spent some months writing music; they later explained that the unpopulated location kept them from distractions and that the majority of the process was "very basic".[18] Goldfrapp called their writing relationship a "democracy", playing off one another while in the recording studio.[19][20] The lyrical content of the song "Number 1", which became the album's second single, is about the importance and meaning of relationships, even though they do not necessarily last.[18]
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Goldfrapp explained that they had never intended to create pop music.[21] However, the singles released from Black Cherry were successes across nightclubs in North America, and as a result, they decided to write a more dance-oriented album.[12][21] Although this made the duo nervous, "Ooh La La" was the group's first song to feature the electric guitar.[22] Before its composition, the duo avoided the use of the guitar because of the guitar's overly recognisable rhythm.[23] Four-on-the-floor bass drums are also present on several of the album's tracks, and the piano ballad "Let It Take You" features evening-effects composed on a synthesiser.[24] "You Never Know" begins with Alison Goldfrapp executing a synthesised voice, supported by both pads and synthesisers.[24] Goldfrapp and Gregory have cited "Satin Chic" as their favourite song on Supernature.[24]
Alison Goldfrapp named the Roland String synth as one of her favourite keyboards.[22] "Number 1" features an old synth and a bass arrangement that the group began to use frequently after recording the song. Another Roland String model, the SH-09, is another favourite; she played the duo's song "Train" (2003) on it and enjoys the sounds that it makes.[22] Goldfrapp was also impressed by a Russian synth, enamored with its Russian-language writing.[22]
Composition[edit]
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The use of evening effects is layered over Goldfrapp's vocals throughout this ballad.
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"Ride a White Horse", the third single, was inspired by the disco era.[26] Like previous singles from the album, the song was another top twenty single in the UK.[10] The ballads "You Never Know" and "Let It Take You" have minimal background electronics, and were generally well received by critics, who drew comparisons to Goldfrapp's debut album Felt Mountain.[17][29] "Fly Me Away", another synth ballad, had an associated music video which featured Goldfrapp as an animated doll; the video, however, was never released.[30] The song was not heavily promoted and was less commercially successful than the other singles. "Slide In", an electroclash song about sex, and "Koko" were compared to Gary Numan's early compositions.[3][31]
"Satin Chic" is a disco song with glam rock and cabaret influences, similar to early Elton John.[17] Cited by Goldfrapp and Gregory as their favourite song on Supernature, it was remixed by The Flaming Lips, and issued as a limited edition single in September 2006.[24][32] The tenth track, "Time Out from the World", features an orchestra and whispered vocals by Goldfrapp. Critics liked the song, writing that it was an "exception to the prevailing style of Supernature" due to its "haunting, yet glamorous, atmospherics".[1][3] The album's closing track and second single "Number 1" is about the importance and meanings of relationships.[18] The song, which is based around a synth and bass arrangement, reached number nine in the UK and number one on the US dance chart.[12]
Release and artwork[edit]
The album was released in two versions: a single disc version, which used Opendisc technology to offer extras via a website, and a double disc version which included the album in surround sound on both discs.[33][34] The first disc is a hybrid SACD with 5.1 multichannel SACD audio, stereo SACD audio and stereo CD audio. The second disc, a DVD-Video, contains the multichannel version of the album in DTS 96/24 as well as a documentary and music videos for "Ooh La La" and "Number 1".[34]The album cover, photographed by Ross Kirton, is a rear-view shot of Alison against a black curtain, looking over her shoulder while covering her breast with her hand.[33] The regular edition cover shows her from the waist up, whereas the US special edition shows the cover art in its entirety, with Alison wearing a long plume of peacock feathers and golden platform shoes.[35] In late 2005, the album ranked number eight on the annual Best Art Vinyl poll.[36]
Critical reception[edit]
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[9] |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| NME | 8/10[37] |
| The Observer | [28] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.0/10[38] |
| Playlouder | [31] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[17] |
| Rolling Stone |  [39] |
| Slant Magazine | [40] |
| Stylus Magazine | C+[2] |
| The Sunday Times | [41] |
In a review for Canadian-based website Jam!, Andrew Carver praised the different sounds on Supernature, which range from "a blend of future noise" to "crushed velvet corruption"; he described the album as "one sharp recording".[42] Jessica Suarez of Spin magazine compared "Ooh La La" to Black Cherry's "Strict Machine", saying that "Ooh La La" sounds "so simplistic that [its] minimalist repetition occasionally teeters over into redundancy". She praised "Ride a White Horse" and "Fly Me Away" for featuring Alison Goldfrapp's "velvet-soft vocals, which stay that way even when heavily processed".[43] A less favourable reception came from Stylus Magazine reviewer Edward Oculicz, who stated "Supernature is not a great album" and called several of its tracks too "dull".[2]
Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album at number thirty-two on its list of The Top 50 Albums of 2006.[44] In January 2008, the album was included on The Daily Telegraph's list of the 120 essential pop albums.[45] At the 2007 Grammy Awards, Goldfrapp received two nominations for Best Electronic/Dance Album and Best Dance Recording for "Ooh La La".[14]
Chart performance[edit]
Supernature debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number two (blocked from the top position by James Blunt's Back to Bedlam), and sold 52,976 copies in its first week of release.[13] The album remained on the chart for 31 weeks, and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry on 13 January 2006.[15][10] By 20 December 2010, the album had sold 500,000 copies in the UK.[46] In Australia, it peaked at number 23, despite limited promotion.[47] The album reached the top ten in Ireland,[48] the top twenty in Belgium,[49] the top thirty in Germany[50] and Switzerland,[51] and the top forty in Austria,[52] Italy,[53] the Netherlands,[54] New Zealand[55] and Norway.[56] It has sold one million copies worldwide as of 2006.[16] Supernature became Goldfrapp's first release to chart on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, where it peaked at number 138.[12] It reached number three on the Top Heatseekers chart and number five on the Top Electronic Albums chart.[12] The album has sold 49,000 copies in the US as of August 2006.[57] Supernature was also Goldfrapp's first release in Canada, where it peaked at number 88.[58]Track listing[edit]
All songs written and composed by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, except where noted.| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Ooh La La" | 3:24 | |
| 2. | "Lovely 2 C U" | 3:25 | |
| 3. | "Ride a White Horse" (Goldfrapp, Gregory, Nick Batt) | 4:41 | |
| 4. | "You Never Know" | 3:27 | |
| 5. | "Let It Take You" | 4:30 | |
| 6. | "Fly Me Away" | 4:25 | |
| 7. | "Slide In" | 4:17 | |
| 8. | "Koko" | 3:23 | |
| 9. | "Satin Chic" | 3:28 | |
| 10. | "Time Out from the World" | 4:47 | |
| 11. | "Number 1" | 3:25 |
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