Memory Lane (Eighty-Four)

[INSTRUMENTAL INTRO] [Driving, pulsating Italo-style bassline starts instantly] [Crisp LinnDrum machine pattern with heavy handclaps] [Lush, cosmic synth strings swell in the background] [A bright, sparkling arpeggiator cascades down] [ROBOT VOCODER VOCALS] BACK. TO. THE. EIGHTIES. NINETEEN. EIGHTY. FOUR. [TALKBOX FX] MILANO. TORINO. DANCE FLOOR. [VERSE 1: MALE BARITONE] Put the needle on the shiny black vinyl track Step into the time machine, we are going back To the nights of neon, pink and laser blue Where the rhythm was electric and the feelings true [ROBOT VOCODER VOCALS] RADIO ANTENNA. RETRO RAYS. [VERSE 2: FEMALE ALTO] Macchine veloci driving through the summer night Synthesizers playing under silver starlight Hear the echo of the club across the open bay An endless celebration that will never fade away [TALKBOX FX] VINO. AMORE. DISCOTECA. [PRE-CHORUS: DUET] [FEMALE] I can feel the bassline roll. [MALE] Il ritmo suona dentro me. [TOGETHER] Catch the fever, lose control! [CHORUS: HARMONIZED MALE VOCODER AND NATURAL DUET] [MALE VOCODER] MEMORY LANE. NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR. [DUET] TAKE ME BACK TO EIGHTY-FOUR, DANCE UNTIL THE MORNING LIGHT ITALO-DISCO ON THE FLOOR, FUNKY GROOVE IS DRIVING RIGHT OH CHÉRIE, REWIND THE TIME, LIVING IN A SYNTHPOP DREAM MAXI-SINGLE, PERFECT RHYME, THE BEST WE'VE EVER SEEN! [HARMONIZED VOCODER] ITALO. FUNK. FOREVER. 1984. [EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL BREAK (32 BARS)] [The heavy kick-drum drops out; only shakers, rimshots, and bongos remain] [A funky, clean electric guitar takes over with slick, syncopated chord chops] [A resonant analog synthesizer plays a bright call-and-response melody] [Warm male whistling replicates the main Italo hook] [VERSE 3: MALE BARITONE] Remember Den Harrow, Savage, and Righeira's sound? Basslines hopping, bouncing all around It’s the groove of Europe, styling oh so neat Everybody moving to the retro beat [ROBOT VOCODER VOCALS] LEGENDS NEVER DIE. COSMIC FLY. [CHORUS: NATURAL DUET WITH VOCODER ANSWERS] [DUET] TAKE ME BACK TO EIGHTY-FOUR, DANCE UNTIL THE MORNING LIGHT [MALE VOCODER] ITALO DISCO! [DUET] ITALO-DISCO ON THE FLOOR, FUNKY GROOVE IS DRIVING RIGHT [MALE VOCODER] EIGHTY-FOUR! [INSTRUMENTAL FINALE & OUTRO] [Full energy returns with a massive gated snare reverb] [The arpeggiator and slap-synth bass lock into a driving groove] [The lead synth plays a soaring, nostalgic final melody] [The drums slowly fade out instrument by instrument, leaving only the bass and pads] [DEEP MALE VOCODER] SYNTHESIZER SAYS GOODBYE. REWIND COMPLETE. STAY FUNKY. [SOFT RETRO PAD FADES OUT] [VERSE 3: MALE BARITONE] Remember Den Harrow, Savage, and Righeira's sound? Basslines hopping, bouncing all around It’s the groove of Europe, styling oh so neat Everybody moving to the retro beat [ROBOT VOCODER VOCALS] LEGENDS NEVER DIE. COSMIC FLY. [CHORUS: NATURAL DUET WITH VOCODER ANSWERS] [DUET] TAKE ME BACK TO EIGHTY-FOUR, DANCE UNTIL THE MORNING LIGHT [MALE VOCODER] ITALO DISCO! [DUET] ITALO-DISCO ON THE FLOOR, FUNKY GROOVE IS DRIVING RIGHT [MALE VOCODER] EIGHTY-FOUR! [INSTRUMENTAL FINALE & OUTRO] [Full energy returns with a massive gated snare reverb] [The arpeggiator and slap-synth bass lock into a driving groove] [The lead synth plays a soaring, nostalgic final melody] [The drums slowly fade out instrument by instrument, leaving only the bass and pads] [DEEP MALE VOCODER] SYNTHESIZER SAYS GOODBYE. REWIND COMPLETE. STAY FUNKY. [SOFT RETRO PAD FADES OUT]