Early Synth Music

I re-wrote this from my other blog...enjoy.
I just played 'Popcorn' by Hot Butter and 'Son Of My Father' by Chicory Tip back to back on my computer. Even though these two songs are now 'outdated' (by today's standards anyway) they must have been really innovative when they first came out in 1972. They both did fairly well when first released, as 'Popcorn' was a top 10 hit, and 'Son Of My Father' was the first synthesized UK #1 (Here it was 'Pop Musik' by M seven years later).
Hot Butter was comprised of a moog player named Stan Free. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that he was in a moog group in the late 60's that originally played the song at their shows. This was his only hit. Interestingly he also released a moog version of 'Tequila' (which I'd like to hear sometime) after this.
Chicory Tip, on the other hand, had a couple more big hits in England after 'Son Of My Father', however I only know that one. Unfortunately, 'Son Of My Father' only charted at #91 on Billboard, and was outsold by the original by Giorgio Moroder who later produced Donna Summer and 'Call Me' by Blondie several years later. Chicory Tip were known only as Chicory here. They broke up around 1973 and apparently play live performances once in a while.
Anyway, I'm not big on electronic stuff, even though I do like early 80's stuff like Depeche Mode and Gary Numan. These two tracks definitely influenced that as well as many other recent styles.