Ganymed

There are people who come to my shows who try to stump me with requests.  They make a big deal when they do, despite the fact that I always say that it isn’t that hard.  Such was the case last night when one of the attendees, Annie Bouevier, sent me a Youtube link to a video, asking me if I was familiar with a band. The video was of a performance of a song called It Takes Me Higher by a band called Ganymed (no final “e” as in the Greek hero or the Jovian moon).  She got me and, like I said, it’s not that hard to do.  The truth is, I don’t think she was trying to stump me at all and was just making good conversation.

Here was a band I had never heard of, so I did a little research after my set.  Wikipedia describes them as an “Austrian/German space disco band.” I watched the video and was reminded of another European Disco band I had never heard of until my friend Ashra Lang introduced me to it, Boney M.  It turns out they had three albums and experienced a modicum of success.  I have now assimilated Ganymed into my music library and they are available for requests.

I was originally going to make this entry as a comment to my Disco post yesterday, but with graphics and such, I felt it warranted its own short write up.  Below are their three albums and at the very bottom is the video that started off this quest of mine.  Enjoy.

Takes You Higher (1978)

It Takes Me Higher

Robot Love

Wonderful Girl

Ju-Jupiter

Movin’ All Stars

Hyperspace

Saturn

Movin’ on a Disco Planet

Come on and Dance

S’punk

Music Drives Me Crazy

Future World (1979)

Future World

Black Hole Five

Prelude

Captain’s Wife

Interlude

We Like You (the Way You Like Us)

Stand By Your Love

Dancing in a Disco

Dimension No. 3 (1980)

Bring Your Love

I Want You

One Day Fool

Life Can Be Some Better

Rollerskater

Hypershooter

Death to the Alien

Here is the video.  I warn you that the sound is soft.  You will need to turn up the volume to hear it.  Don't forget to turn it back down.