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Set in Montreal during the disco era, the film revolves around the Starlight, a fictionalized version of Montreal's famed Lime Light discothèque.It depicts this world starting in 1976, when Montreal was considered one of the world's top nightclub destinations, through to 1980, when the fashion for disco was about to experience a sharp decline.
"Funkytown" expresses a simple, repetitive yearning for the pulse of a bigger city, goosed by a killer ten-note synth riff. "Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me", sings Cynthia Johnson in a robotic, vocoderized voice (a precursor to the Auto-Tune sound) before busting out an unmodified, soulful wail, pleading for a trip to the party ...
Mouth to Mouth is the debut studio album by the American disco/funk group Lipps Inc., released in November 1979 by Casablanca Records.It spawned the worldwide platinum hit "Funkytown", which reached #1 in 28 countries.
He travelled to Washington DC on the 9th of June and was found dead of an overdose in a Washington hotel room. He was 36 years old. He was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal. [1] A fictionalised version of Montpetit, played by Patrick Huard, is one of the central characters in the 2010 Canadian film Funkytown.
Lipps Inc. started as a project of Steven Greenberg when he was a wedding DJ who wanted to try his hand at writing disco songs. He had intended to use the name Lip Sync, but it was in use by another group, so instead he chose the homophone Lipps Inc. Greenberg was the sole member of the group until he met Cynthia Johnson while auditioning singers for his song "Rock It".
Funkytown" is a 1979 disco song performed by Lipps Inc. and covered many times. Funkytown or Funky Town may also refer to: Funkytown, a Canadian drama film released in 2010 (festival circuit) and 2011 (wide release) Funky Town (Camp Mulla album), 2012; Funky Town (T-Bone Walker album), 1968
Johnson was the lead singer of the popular Minneapolis-based band Lipps Inc., best known for its 1980 song "Funkytown".The song hit No. 1 in 28 countries, sold more than 35 million copies worldwide, and earned a place in the "One-Hit Wonders" section of the Rock & Roll Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
The song failed to cross over from the Disco charts upon its initial August, 1979 release. Following the worldwide success of "Funkytown", the single was re-released in June, 1980. This time, it reached No. 64 on the Hot 100 singles chart in the US. [3]