Flashback Friday Music Share for 07/17/2015

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July 17, 2015 at 5:43 pm #2226471

Alex Moschopoulos
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It’s 90° (32° C) here in Chicago. The sun is shining, humidity is there (but wonderful to me), all I can think of is this song:

Title: It’s Gonna Be A Lovely Day
Artist: The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.
Label: Arista Records

Genre(s): UK R&B, Pop
Year released: 1992

Oh the early 90s, when producers both in the US and UK embraced that European sound in rap, R&B, and pop. Many seemed to love sampling that rhythm from Erik B & Rakim’s anthem Paid In Full and paint beautiful optimistic philosophical symphonies masked by a pop overcoat.

The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. was a project created by Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C&C Music Factory, obviously to have more out there than the high-energy dance music they blew up with. Michelle Visage, formerly of the Freestyle group Seduction, was enlisted as the face and voice of group, with C&C backing her up in the studio.

It’s Gonna Be A Lovely Day was a cover of an old 70s tune by Bill Withers, which thus saw new life in the S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. version. MTV played the hell out of this tune back in the 90s, while DJs took to love the Palladium House Anthem version of this release.

July 17, 2015 at 6:54 pm #2226481

Gerd Bauersfeld
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Even more pearls from my 80s Crate

Title: Body Mechanic
Artist: Quadrant Six
Label: Atlantic
Genre: Electro
Year: 1982

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3a025ubK1U

Title: Los Niños Del Parque
Artist: Liaisons Dangereuses
Label: Roadrunner Records
Genre: Industrial
Year: 1981

July 17, 2015 at 7:01 pm #2226491

Alex Moschopoulos
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Good picks Gerd.

Body Mechanic has such a Kraftwerk vibe to it. Way more than many other electro-funk tunes I’ve encountered.

Los Ninos Del Parque is a personal anthem of my youth. I just wish they had more “DJ friendly” versions with a good intro and break.

July 17, 2015 at 7:58 pm #2226501

CJ Holden
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Concidentally I planned all week to post this. 😀

Artist: Plastic Noise/Voice (First it was released as Plastic Noise, but apparently they had to change their name to Plastic Voice)
Title: Los Ninos Del Parque
Year: 1997

Okay, this one is pretty cheesy, but it has historical value for me. It was a huge hit in Germany back in the days and during the hype around it, 6 year old me heard the first time the term “Sampling”. The track itself is built around samples of dialogue from iconic German actor Hans Albers. (I hope this video can be seen outside of Germany.)

Artist: Hannes Kröger
Title: Der blonde Hans
Year: 1988

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/8601913/Hannes_Kroeger_Der_blonde_Hans_1988

And now some French Disco with an intro that never fails to make me smile.

Artist: The Eternals
Title: Wrath Of Zeus
Year: 2000

July 17, 2015 at 10:13 pm #2226531

Alex Moschopoulos
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Pretty interesting stuff Psychofrakulator. Thanks for posting.

I’ve always been curious about what sounds like “Mexican radio” on the beginning of that version of Los Ninos Del Parque.

July 17, 2015 at 10:31 pm #2226551

CJ Holden
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I don’t know if there is a special story behind its origin, but back in school I asked a girl who was fluent in Spanish to tell me what it means. (Mostly because I had a HUGE crush on her. 😀 ) Basically it’s just a guy saying generic stuff like: “Hey, we are all here and everybody is having a good time!”
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