Saturday, May 23, 2009

Scopitone- Sado Maso


Scopitone is a type of jukebox featuring a 16 mm film component. It was a forerunner of music video. The Italian Cinebox/Colorama and Color-Sonics were competing, lesser-known technologies of the time.

Based on technology developed during World War II, color 16 mm film clips with a magnetic soundtrack were designed to be shown in a specially designed jukebox. The first Scopitones were made in France

Sado Maso is from France circa 1960's ...It's an ode to S&M, sang by a dude with a face that looks like it was flattened by a shovel..sado maso indeed

French speakers out there should check this out. The lyrics for the song are hilarious.

Basically the song is a back and forth exchange between a man and a woman into S & M and what they want to do to each other. The song opens with the Man screaming "OWWWWW! That's GOOOOD!!!!", then leads to exchanges like:

Man: Eat this spider!
Woman: Ok, but that's the last one.

Man: It's time for you to get whipped!
Woman: Oh great, I love that!

Man: Now burn my chest!
Woman: With what my love?
Man: Use your cigarette!
Woman: It's smells like grilled pork!

Needless to say, it's unlikely much research on the topic was done for versimilitude. But the idea of people hitting the dance floor to this song is pretty funny.


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