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Samedi 24 Novembre 2007

CYMANDE "The Message" (1973)

Par elisheba, Samedi 24 Novembre 2007 à 17:58 GMT+2 dans Les années 70

Le groupe Cymande (prononcer " saï-man-dé ") se forme en 1971 à Londres avant de se séparer quekques années plutard en 1974.

Cymande jouaient ce qu'ils appelaient eux-mêmes le Nyah-Rock, un mélange de funk, soul, reggae and rhythmes africains. Ils ont sorti quatre albums entre 1972 et 1981. Le groupe est formé de huit membres, tous originaires des Antilles (Jamaïque et Guyane). Leurs compositions sont fortement inspirées par la religion Rastafari. Leur titres les plus célèbres sont Bra, un classique des pistes de danse, et The Message.

Cymande est à la fois underground, avant-gardiste et proche de la rue.

C'est l'un des groupes les plus samplés par les artistes Hip Hop : citons parmi eux The Fugees, MC Solar (le fameux groove sur lequel est construit son tube " bouge de là " en 1990) ou encore De La Soul.

En 1995, Le cinéaste américain Spike Lee inclua leur titre Bra dans la bande originale de son film Crooklyn. Il s'ensuivit un intérêt soudain pour Cymande que relayèrent les radios newyorkaises en diffusant massivement le titre.

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JAMES GANG "Ashes, The Rain And I" (1970)

Par elisheba, Samedi 24 Novembre 2007 à 17:33 GMT+2 dans Les années 70

James Gang est un groupe rock formé a Cleveland, Ohio, en 1966, composé de Joe Walsh, Dale Peter et Jim Fox.

Le groupe n'était pas très connu jusqu'à l'arrivée du guitariste Joe Walsh, qui a aussi fait partie des Eagles.

En 1999, Fatboy Slim sample le violon de la fin de "Ashes, The Rain and I", (-1:31) et fait un tabac avec en renommant le tout "Right Here, Right Now" (super clip à l'appui), sur l'album "You've Come A Long Way Baby".

FatBoy Slim:

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EDDIE FLOYD "Knock On Wood" (1966)

Par elisheba, Samedi 24 Novembre 2007 à 16:54 GMT+2 dans Les années 60

Eddie Floyd ( de son vrai nom Eddie Lee Floyd) est né le 25 Juin 1935 à Montgommery, Alabama.

Il est le co-fondateur du groupe THE FALCONS en 1955. En 1963 il rejoint le label Stax en tant qu'auteur et producteur, il signe son plus grand Hit en 1966 avec "Knock On Wood". Floyd reste sur le label jusqu'a sa faillite, en 1976. Sur d'autres il continue de sortir bon nombre d'albums qui connaissent un franc succés. En 1990, il intègre le BLUES BORTHERS BAND.

Le titre "Knock On Wood" sera repris encore et encore par autant d'artistes variés qu'il est possible, d'Axelle Red à Marilyn Manson, en passant par Céline Dion; sans oublier le reprise le pus conne de toute: celle d'Amii Stewart en 1978.

Attetnion: Amii Stewart s'habille en paon et fait la roue pour nous amadouer, et ça marche.

I don't want to lose you
This good thing
That I got
'Cause if I do
I will surely,
surely lose a lot
'Cause your love is better
Than any love I know
It's like thunder and lightning
The way you love me is frightening
You better knock, knock on wood, baby

I'm not superstitious about ya
But I can't take no chance
You got me spinnin', baby
You know I'm in a trance
'Cause your love is better
Than any love I know
It's like thunder, lightning
The way you love me is frightenin'
You better knock, knock, knock on wood, baby

Think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
Think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
Think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
Think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
Think I better knock

It's no secret about it
'Cause with his lovin' touch
He sees to it
That I get enough
With his touch all over
You know it means so much
It's like thunder and lightnin'
The way you love me is frightenin'
You better knock, knock on wood, baby

Think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
Think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
Think I better knock, knock, knock on wood
Think I better knock, knock, knock on wood

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THE POINTER SISTERS "Dare Me" (1985)

Par elisheba, Samedi 24 Novembre 2007 à 06:46 GMT+2 dans Les années 80

Composé des 4 frangines chanteuses: Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer & Ruth Pointer, filles d'un pasteur Californien.

Bonnie Pointer a quitté le groupe en 1977 pour entamer une carrière solo. June Pointer, la plus jeune, avait fait de même en 2004. Elle est décédée à 52 ans des suites d'un cancer, le 11 avril 2006 à Santa Monica (Californie).

Le morceau "Dare Me" n'est pas leur plus connu comparé à "I'm So Exited", mais étant lui aussi victime de sample, je tenais à ce que vous le découvriez.

Les artistes tels que Dave Amstrong et Junior Jack iront sampler le refrain qui deviendra un classique House cette dernière décennie.

I've got a chip on my shoulder with you name on it - knock it off.
So don't just stand there foolin' if you don't want it - knock it off.
I say you're either a lover or you are a liar.
So don't you push too hard, you're playin' with fire.

Baby, make your move, step across the line,
Touch me one more time, come on, dare me!
I wanna take you on, I know I can't lose,
I'll be loving you if you just dare me.

Looks like you're lookin' for trouble,
And I'd say you found it - you found it.
You'll have to come right through me,
There's no way around it - you found it.
I hope that lean hungry look means what it's saying.
'Cause I'm just sittin' on ready, ready and waiting.
Baby, make your move, step across the line,...

Come on and dare me.
If there's any truth behind your intentions
This night's gonna end up on fire - you better believe it.
You better believe it, oh baby. Oh, dare me, dare me, dare me.
Baby, make your move, step across the line,...
Baby, make your move, step across the line,...
Baby, make your move, step across the line,...

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SKEE LO " I Wish" (1995)

Par elisheba, Samedi 24 Novembre 2007 à 06:34 GMT+2 dans Les années 90

Né le 5 mars 1973 à Chicago, de son vrai nom Antoine Roundtree.

"I Wish" figure sur son 1er album éponyme, avec un sample de Bernard Wright "Spinnin"

Hey, this is radio station W-S-K-E-E
We're takin' calls off the wish line
Making all your wacky wishes come true

Hello

1-I wish I was little bit taller,
I wish I was a baller
I wish I had a girl who looked good
I would call her
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
and a '64 Impala

I wish I was like six-foot-nine
So I could get with Leoshi
Cause she don't know me but yo she's really fine
You know I see her all the time
Everywhere I go, and even in my dreams
I can scheme of ways to make her mine
Cause I know she's livin phat
Her boyfriend's tall and he plays ball
So how am I gonna compete with that
'Cause when it comes to playing basketball
I'm always last to be picked
And in some cases never picked at all
So I just lean upon the wall
Or sit up in the bleachers with the rest of the girls
Who came to watch their men ball
Dag y'all! I never understood
Why the jocks get the fly girls
And me I get the hood rats
I tell 'em scat, skittle, skibobble
Got hit with a bottle
And put in the hospital, for talkin' that mess
I confess it's a shame when you livin' in a city
That's the size of a box and nobody knows yo' name
Glad I came to my senses
Like quick-quick got sick-sick to my stomach
Overcome with my thoughts of me and her together
Right?
So when I asked her out she said I wasn't her type
(rpt 1, 1)

I wish I had a brand-new car
So far, I got this hatchback
And everywhere I go, yo I gets laughed at
And when I'm in my car I'm laid back
I got an 8-track and a spare tire in the backseat
But that's flat
And do you really wanna know what's really wack, What
See I can't even get a date
So, what do you think of that?
I heard that prom night is the bomb night
With a hood rat you can hold tight
But really tho' on figuero
When I'm in my car I can't even get a hello
Well so many people wanna cruise Crenshaw on Sunday
Well then I'm gonna have to get in my car and go
You know I take the 110 to the 105
Get off on Crenshaw tell my homies look alive
Cause it's hard to survive
Livin' in a concrete jungle and
These girls just keep passin' me by
She looks fly, she looks fly
Makes me say my, my, my
(rpt 1, 1)

I wish I was a little bit taller...
I wish I was a baller...
I wish I was a little bit taller y'all
I wish I was a baller (3)

Hey, I wish I had my way
'Cause everyday would be a Friday
You could even speed on the highway
I would play ghetto games
Name my kids ghetto names
Little Mookie, big Al, Lorraine
Yo you know that's on the real
So if you're down on your luck
Then you should know just how I feel
Cause if you don't want me around
See I go simple, I go easy, I go greyhound
Hey, you, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
Ahhhh, yes, ain't that fresh?
Everybody wants to get down like that
(rpt 1, 1)

I wish, I wish, I wish...

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CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT "The Name & The Number" (1989)

Par elisheba, Samedi 24 Novembre 2007 à 06:16 GMT+2 dans Les années 80

Leur nom est tiré d'un proverbe anglais "curiosity killed the cat" = La curiosité est un vilain défaut.

Curiosity Killed the Cat a été créé à Londres, Royaume-Uni en 1984, composé de: Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot: chant, Julian Godfrey Brookhouse: guitare, Nicholas Bernard Throp: basse, Michael Drummond: batterie, Toby Anderson: synthé.
Leur premier single "Misfit" (1986) n'attira pas bejeaucoup d'attention, jusqu'à ce qu'Andy Warhol se déclara lui-même fan et apparut dans le clip.

En 1989, ils sortent "The Name & The Number", mais ils se feront voler la vedette avec ce titre 2 ans plus tard à cause du groupe De La Soul qui reprend le morceau sous le nom "Ring Ring Ring (Ah Ah Hey)" (1991)

DE LA SOUL:

DOVE:
Hey how ya doin'
Sorry ya can't get through
Why don't you leave your name
And your number
And I'll get back to you
Hey how are ya doin'
Sorry ya can't get through
But leave your name (uh)
And your number
And I'll get back to you.

Once again it's another rap bandit
Fiending at I and I can't stand it
Wanna be down with the Day-Glo
Knocking on my door, saying, "a yo yo"
Knocking on my door, saying, "a yo yo"
"I got a funky new tune with a fly banjo"
I can't understand what the problem is
I find it hard enough dealing with my own biz
How'd they get my name and number
Then I stop to think and wonder
Bout a plan, yo man, I gotta step out town
You wanna call me up? Take my number down
It's 222-2222
I got an answering machine that can talk to you
It goes

POS:
Hey how ya doin'
Sorry ya can't get through
But leave your name and your number
And I'll get back to you

Yo, check it, exit the old style
Enters the new
But nothing's new 'bout being hawked by a crew
Or should I say flock cause around every block
There's Harry, Dick, and Tom, with a demo in his palm
Now I'm with helping those who want to help themselves
And flaunt a nut that's doggy as in dope
But it's not the mood to hear
The tales of limousines and pails
Of money they'll make like a pro
I be like, "Yo black, just play me the tape"
But at the show the time to spare I just make
But the songs created in they shacks
Are so wick-wick-wack, situations like this
And now I hate they give me smiles Kool-Aid wide and ask,
"Was it def?"
And with the straighest face I be like, "Hell yes."
I slip them the digits to Papa Prince Paul
So I don't go AWOL but yet I know when they call
They get

MASE:
Hey how ya doing
Sorry ya can't get through
Why don't you leave your name
And your number
And I'll get back to you
Hey how are ya doin
Sorry you can't get through
Why don't you leave your name and your number
And I'll get back to you
Check it out

Party at the dug-out on Diction Ave
Haven't been to the jam in quite a while
Figure I'll catch up on the latest styles
'Stead piles and piles of demo tapes bi-da miles
All I wanna do is cut on the decks wild
But edition up here bi-da miles to the center
Reliever of duty, Plug One mosies in
And I be like, "Yo G, Pos does all the producing"

POS:
Now woe is me to the third degree
Mase pulls the funny so I make like a bunny
Jettin'
But I'm getting used to this demo abuse
Getting raped and giving birth to a tape
Cause there's no escape from the clutches of a hawker
Attached to my success, sent like a stalker
Make way to my radius playin fly guy
Try to get on my back they force like Luke Sky
Me Myself and I go through this act daily
And rarely do I not
No matter how I dodge some jackal always nails me
No matter what the plot
And even out on tour they be like,
"Yo I got a tape to play you back at the hotel"
I be like "Oh swell"
Unveil the numeric code to dial my room
And tell them to call me at noon
But of course there's no answering machine in my room
But a pretty young adorer
Who I swung on tour
And if it rings while we're alone
She'll answer the phone
And with the quickness she'll recite like a poem

DOVE:
"Hey, you done did the right thing, dial up my ring ring
Now you're waiting on the beep.
Say, I would love if you'd sing
The tune to Tru instead of fronting on the speak."
So no problemo, just play the demo
And at the end it's break out time
Please oh please don't press rewind
Cause I'll just lay it down the line

Hey how ya doing
Sorry ya can't get through
Why don't you leave your name and your number
And I'll get back to you

POS:
Hey how ya doing
Sorry ya can't get through
Why don't you leave your name and your number
And we'll get back to you.. peace

'Yo what's up man, this is Ronald Master down with the Fish Tank
Posse, man, you know man, so you know you can just hook
me up, True. You know we got this fly new jam called 'Swimming In the
Fish Tank', you know we gonna rock it man, you know
what I'm saying, but I just need your help, Prince Paul gave me your
number, you know man, you just gotta do that for me,
got this fly bassline, got these fly trombones in it man, so just hook
me up, man, just look out, all right, call me back
at 557-2223 all right man, just look out, all right, look out for a
brother man!'

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DEAD OR ALIVE "you spin me 'round (like a record)" (1984)

Par elisheba, Samedi 24 Novembre 2007 à 01:07 GMT+2 dans Les années 80

Dead or Alive voit le jour en 1980 en Angleterre. Le groupe se forme autour du chanteur leader Pete Burns, les autres membres ayants constament changé pendant toutes ces années.

Il faut attendre 1984 pour avoir droit à "You Spin Me Round" et son maginfique clip. Attention: regarde bien Pete: coupé décalé entre sa grosse voix et son physique effeminé. Aujourd'hui, Pete est devenue une superbe blonde platine siliconnée.

En 2007, Luc Deneuve reprend ce titre version electro prout prout pouet pouet commerciale, sous le nom de "single spin" (trop dur le titre)

Les tecktonik de passage sur cette page, ne regardez pas le clip, mais si vous insistez, faites gaffe: a 1:O1 min du clip, vous allez vous rendre compte qu'un des membres à la même coupe de cheveux que vous...et non, vous n'avez rien inventé!

If I

I get to know your name



Well I could trace your private number

baby.

All I know is that to me you look like you're lots of fun



Open up your:loving arms

I want some

want some.



Well I

I set my sights on you and noone else will do.

And I

I've got to have my way now

baby.

All I know is that to me you look like you're having fun



Open up your loving arms

watch out

here I come.



You spin me right round

baby

right round



Like a record

baby

right round

round

round.

You spin me right round

baby

right round



Like a record

baby

right round

round

round.



I

I got to be your friend now

baby



And I would like to move in just a little bit closer.

All I know is that to me you look like you're lots of fun



Open up your laving arms

watch out

here I come.

You spin me right round

baby

right round

. . .



I want your love

I want your love.

All I know is that to me you look like you're lots of fun



Open up your loving arms

watch out

here I come.

You spin me right round

baby

right round

. . .

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GLORIA JONES "Tainted Love" (1964)

Par elisheba, Samedi 24 Novembre 2007 à 00:16 GMT+2 dans Les années 60

Gloria Jones nait le 12 septembre 1938 à Longview, Tewas.

Elle à d'abord pratiqué 10 ans de piano avant d'intégrer un groupe de gospel dans une église qui comptait parmi elles d'autres futurs artistes tels que Billy Preston. En même temps, elle est choriste pour Bob Dylan entre autre.

Un peu plus tard, elle rencontre Pam Sawyer, qui lui propose d'écire avec lui pour le label Motown. Ce qui lui donnera l'occasion d'écire par exemple pour Gladys Knight & the Pips, Commodores et The Jackson 5.

En 1964, elle enregistre le morceau devenu classique: Tainted Love, repris moult fois jusqu'a aujourdh'ui, la version la plus connue étant celle de Soft Cell.

Soft Cell est un groupe de musique de New wave (tendance Synthpop) des années 80 né de la complicité entre Marc Almond et Dave Ball, Marc écrivant les textes et Dave composant la musique. MAIS leur plus gros succès reste la reprise de Tainted Love en 1981.

Ce hit fut aussi repris par Coil, Inspiral Carpets , Milk Inc., etc. La version de Marilyn Manson est un tube international. The Pussycat Dolls poussent le mimétisme jusqu'à coupler la chanson avec Where Did Our Love Go des Supremes exactement comme l'avait fait Soft Cell à l'époque sur leur maxi 45 tours.

Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

(chorus)
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Oh...tainted love
Tainted love

Now I know I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
You don't really want IT any more from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you'LL think love is to pray
But I'm sorry I don't pray that way

(chorus...)

Don't touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I'm going to pack my things and go
Tainted love, tainted love (x2)
Touch me baby, tainted love (x2)
Tainted love (x3)

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