**THUMP: ¿Cuál fue la primera canción de la que te enamoraste?**

**Spinna:** Cuando era niño tocaba el sencillo en 45 rpm de "Smiling Faces" de Undisputed Truth. Sin entender el significado completo de la canción, asociaba la letra de la cara sonriente con la felicidad, ¡pero la canción es muy oscura!

**¿Cuáles fueron las primeras dos canciones que mezclaste?**

Es muy difícil recordarlo, pero tengo un recuerdo de mezclar dos discos iguales de "Let's get it together" de El Coco cuando tenía unos 12 años.

El Coco was the best-known of several projects by cult disco favorites W. Michael Lewis and Laurin Rinder, who produced, arranged, wrote, and played all the instruments on the vast majority of their material. 
Their distinctive sound was partly a result of their jazz training, which showed up not only in their arrangements and chord progressions, but in the overall musicality and sonic imagination. Rinder had been a longtime session and touring drummer for rock and soul artists, and played on sessions at Motown and Muscle Shoals. 
He met keyboardist Lewis in Los Angeles during the late '60s at an audition for the Standells; the two went on to play in a rock band called Joshua, and in 1973 were hired by the AVI label to play on some extended RB remixes geared for danceclub play. 
Thus hooked into the emerging disco sound, Rinder and Lewis began producing and recording their own tracks in 1975, issuing the LP Caravan under the fictitious group name El Coco (a drug reference).
Mondo Disco followed in 1976, as did Let's Get It Together, the point where they really hit their stride. 
The title cut was co-written by singer Merria Ross and was a substantial club hit, breaking El Coco on the disco scene. 
The title tracks on 1977's Cocomotion and 1978's Dancing Paradise were also successful, with the former (again co-written by Ross) ranking as El Coco's best-remembered outing. By this time, Rinder and Lewis were producing TV theme music as well, and began issuing side projects on the Butterfly label as well; these alternate guises included Tuxedo Junction, Saint Tropez, le Pamplemousse, Rinder Lewis, and the Rinlew Allstars. Following 1979's Dance Man, the duo retired the El Coco name to concentrate on their other projects; in the wake of the anti-disco backlash, they remained in television for a time during the early '80s before retiring from music.

El Coco-- Let's Get It Together -12 inch CD QUALITY (RINDER/LEWIS)

**¿Para ti, qué track/canción simboliza la felicidad?**

Mi tema es "Love Is The Message" de M.F.S.B., cuando muera quiero que toquen esa canción entera en mi funeral. Cumple 40 años este año, y siempre siento la misma felicidad al escucharla.

From "Deep Grooves". This version of the song on YouTube was long overdue...

MFSB featuring The Three Degrees - Love Is The Message (12" Version)

**¿Para ti, qué track/canción simboliza la tristeza?**

Pienso en Evil de Stevie Wonder, es un álbum extremadamente deprimente. A veces lloro cuando escucho el álbum.

Stevie Wonder - Evil

**¿Cuál es la canción que tienen que escuchar tus hijos?**

"Bubbles" de Free Design es una canción burbujeante y feliz. Mis hijas la aman, especialmente porque aman el chicle.

Taken form the album Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love(1970)

The Free Design - Bubbles

**¿Qué canción has estado oyendo en repeat estos meses?**

Me gustaría tener una respuesta. Generalmente me mantengo en movimiento.

**¿Cuál es el mejor track para concluir una noche?**

La respuesta de esta pregunta depende de la fiesta. A veces quieres terminar con una nota alta o una nota baja. A menudo he tocado Lovely Day de Bill Withers para cerrar.

This is the original version of "Lovely Day" which i decided to upload because it was not on youtube already. Please do not complain of there not being a video, as it would probably be taken down by youtube anyway. This is purely audio along with the artwork of the album from which the song came from. I would appreciate any ratings and comments. So enjoy this brilliant song! If you liked this then please subscribe and check out some of my other videos. 

Lyrics:

When I wake up in the morning, love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
And something without warning, love
Bears heavy on my mind

Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A lovely day
... lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ...

When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
When someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way

Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A lovely day.....

When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
When someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way

Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A lovely day...

Bill Withers - Lovely Day (Original Version)

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“Love is the Message tiene cuarenta años de edad y aún siento la misma felicidad al escucharla”.

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