Story Behind The Song

A "number" of years ago, Dave was subcontracted to work on an aerobic video that was to be an auxiliary accompaniment to the "Thighmaster"® exercise apparatus. (You may rememer this springy, "V"-shaped thing with the blue foam padding and red plastic spring cover in the middle. Nope? Ok, guys. Maybe you remember Susanne Sommers? Yeah. I thought that would jog your memory! She was the one in the commercials.) So, to make a long story even longer; Dave was hired to compose music for the "high impact" video, while project supervisors, Joey Arreguin and Mark Vincent composed the remaining 10% of the music, plus ALL the music for the "low impact" video. "There was this one segment of video," Dave Gruber writes, "...in which the aerobic instructors did a particular exercize for something like 7 measures of music. Most music comes in 8 measure sections, so writing to that section was difficult. To accomodate the odd numbered measures, I used a sort of 'out there' turnaround to get back in sync and have the section end where it should and not sound TOO weird. When all was finished I liked the composition well enough to use it in Giocoso. In fact, I even liked the weird little turnaround, and opted to leave it in the tune. For me it has become one of the unique earmarks of the song. I've always liked writing tunes with something a little different than what everyone else is doing."

Song Description

Easy groove tune with side stick on main melody (elec. pno with alto sax). B section has a simple figure that starts low and gradually builds to this triumphant exit.