Slave to the Rhythm

Well, you'll hear that song.

And then, of course, the one that everyone's going to remember, Slave to the Rhythm, was also co-written by Bruce for Grace Jones.

That's the one, of course, we know.

Yeah.

But he was such a hero of mine because I was, in 84, 85, such a gigantic fan of...

Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

And Frankie Goes to Hollywood, from what I understand, and I didn't know until recently, the Slave to the Rhythm

was written allegedly

You're right.

The second piece of music Godrich chose as essential to forming his sensibilities was Slave to the Rhythm by Grace Jones.

I have a grandfather on my father's side.

He's 95 years old.

Do you act all the time? Not all the time, no.

no.[upbeat music] You work all day and then you know the wheel must turn, keep the flow.

This is a, this is a, a no-brainer really because like from a [laughs] from a, the position of like, again, like recording music, talking about like making recorded music, the art of making recorded music, I think Slave to the Rhythm is kinda, it's sort of kind of universally considered a [laughs] kind of high water mark of a certain version of it.

I mean, it was really, as a production, it's, uh, it's Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson, um, who obviously are responsible for some incredible, absolutely mind-blowing uses of technology to bring us some mind-expanding recordings and records.