Posts Tagged ‘nineties’
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Our pal, Minna forwarded this. Danish group, Laid Back are best known for their seminal early 80′s dance track and coke jam, “White Horse”. This is one of their lesser known gems from 1990. The video was directed by fellow countryman Lars Von Trier. Check out their beautifully crafted website for more Laid Back.
90′s Friday
Looking good and feeling great in some nice acid wash jeans? Here are some 90′s jams to get you through the weekend.
Fetish night meets NIN meets Florida bass meets acid house or something like that.
Lords Of Acid – Spank my Booty
Im a huge Weezer nerd, it’s a soft spot I have. Did you know that the band went on hiatus after the commercial failure of Pinkerton in 1997?
Rivers went to school at Harvard but soon dropped out. During this time Cuomo started a side project called Homie which consited of Greg Brown member of Cake, Matt Sharp (formerly of Weezer, lead singer of The Rentals), Adam Orth of Shufflepuck and Yuval Gabay of Soul Coughing.
The group recorded an album worth of material, only finishing all of the drum tracks. The sole song to be released from the session is this song here which made it onto the, “Meet The Deedles” soundtrack.
We need more new hip house, maybe that’s a classification that Spank Rock could fall under? 118 BPM is where its at too. Bounce.
Alright this is for the straight up lovers, or the straight down or which ever way it swings. You know who you are.
Toni Braxton – You’re Making Me High
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90′s-Thread The Needle
Santogold and Amanda Blank have done a killer cover version of this L.L. track as part of Santo’s Diplo remix album, “Top Ranking”. Remember Diplo/MIA’s “Piracy Funds Terrorism”? This is part two, and just as great. The cover made me remember my glory days where I’d pop this jam in my tape player.
2 Unlimited didn’t name themselves that by accident, they really were all about pushing the limits. Their debut album and break out hit was called, “Get Ready!” but really, could anyone? They must of been on some quality Dutch (Hi Margot!) designer drugs. No no, no no no no, no no no no, there’s no limit. There really is no limits, reach for the stars kids.
The term “get hype” was big back in the 90′s. This 1990 King Bee track and the accompanying video define it’s meaning.
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King Bee – Back By Dope Demand
On another note, it’s time to bring back the, “Thread The Needle” and no, I’m not talking about sewing, although my mom did knit this cardigan, I’m talking about the dance.
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I remember when I first saw it in a Kid N Play music video which I had recorded. I sat there on the rewind-pause, trying to figure it out.
(@55sec)
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A yotube search reveals, a) that there isn’t enough youtube vids of this, and b) that those stupid glow-stick rave victims have tried to make it into there own dance. It’s time to take the power back people.
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This one has aged much better than the Ace Ventura films. Mmm yes, I do love hip house.
Betty Boo – Doin’ The Do (1992)
The other Robin S song… Kind of sounds like the other one too.
Robin S. – Love For Love (1993)
This one here is my jam. I hear it in my head every time I put my shades on.
Blunted Dummies – House For All (1992)
