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Rock 'n' Roll Arithmetic
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Another one today. I always liked Stars On, but guy I worked with said he hated it. He'd hear it and thought the Beatles were on, but then he'd find it was Stars On.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/beatles-and-disco-equals-a-1-pop-hit-for-stars-on-45
June 20, 1981
Beatles and Disco equals a #1 pop hit for Stars on 45
It was the summer of 1981, and after an 11-year hiatus, the sound of the Fab Four once again ruled the radio airwaves. Only instead of John, Paul, George and Ringo, this time the world had to settle for Bas, Hans, Jaap and Okkie—the Dutch studio musicians behind the phenomenon called Stars on 45. Not so much a band as an audacious business plan, Stars on 45 climbed all the way to the top of the U.S. pop charts on June 20, 1981, with a single whose impossibly long title takes almost as long to read as the song itself takes to play: “Medley: Intro ‘Venus’/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I’ll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want To Know A Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You’re Going To Lose That Girl/Stars On 45.”
For those not familiar with the ponderously titled “Medley: Intro ‘Venus’…,” it was a recording inspired by one Dutchman setting out–just six months after John Lennon’s tragic death—to re-record a half-dozen Beatles snippets to a relentless disco hand clap. Jaap Eggermont was inspired by a bootleg 12″ record then popular in Dutch dance clubs, which featured a medley of clips from original recordings by the Buggles, the Archies and Madness as well as the Beatles. For his own project, Eggermont chose to re-record a handful of Beatles classics using uncanny sound-alikes gathered from various popular Dutch groups: Bas Muys for John Lennon, Okkie Huysdens for Paul McCartney and Hans Vermeulen for George Harrison. Because he himself held the copyright on “Venus”—a #1 hit from 1970—Eggermont used pieces of Shocking Blue’s original recording of that song and threw in bits of a re-recorded “Sugar Sugar” just to kick things up a notch. Stitched together and set to the aforementioned disco beat, these are the parts whose sum was “Medley: Intro ‘Venus’….”
The Stars on 45 formula was a rousing commercial success. Not only did it produce a #1 hit on this day in 1981, but it led to several follow-ups that charted in the Billboard Hot 100: “Stars on 45 Medley #2″ (featuring more Beatles tunes); “More Stars” (this time exhuming several Motown hits); and “Stars on 45 III: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder.” It also spawned a dubious mini-trend of crammed-together medleys produced by others, including two Top 40 hits in “The Beach Boys Medley” (1981) and “The Beatles Movie Medley” (1982).1 -
Popcorn/Hot Butter0
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Correct Vik. Give us a new one.0
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Let's try another easy instrumental...
Shaft homonym + Song is written in the minor key of / German composer known for his work in film.0 -
I did not know that was the name of that song/group.
My 12 year old: "that sounds like a metronome"
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Let's try another easy instrumental...
Shaft homonym + Song is written in the minor key of / German composer known for his work in film.
Axel F/ Hans Zimmer and/or Harold Faltermeyer?
Useless trivia: (that one time- Pat) when I was in marching band we started to learn a color guard routine to this song but ended up scrapping it. Bummer because it was a cool routine and one of our competitors did it instead...
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Mustang_Susie wrote: »Let's try another easy instrumental...
Shaft homonym + Song is written in the minor key of / German composer known for his work in film.
Axel F/ Hans Zimmer and/or Harold Faltermeyer?
Useless trivia: (that one time- Pat) when I was in marching band we started to learn a color guard routine to this song but ended up scrapping it. Bummer because it was a cool routine and one of our competitors did it instead...
That's correct! Your turn.0 -
Tuning into a slightly different station/genre:
Lakeside + Coolio0 -
Fantastic Voyage
https://youtu.be/cbhkuu4e0iw 0 -
Slide slide slippity slide
Love his 'do
You're up, RunT
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welcome back Suz..
Okay, in keeping with the theme:
Song: Bad Check Action + Stone + Ray Fish + Small Bread Loaf
Artist: Movie Actor Swinger who was "So Money" (surname) + TV Attorney Perry (surname)0 -
I, ahem, did some "research".
I've never heard of that song/artist, but enjoyed the video.
(Mostly because I always wanted to do that but was happy just to remain upright on two feet ) 0 -
Great disco tune...
Bounce Rock Skate Roll - Vaughan Mason & Crew1 -
Can I get bonus points for naming the sample?2
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CorrectGreat disco tune...
Bounce Rock Skate Roll - Vaughan Mason & Crew
What's the sample?
@Mustang_Susie , that shox me..there was a time you couldn't turn on the radio, go to a block party, or enter a roller rink without hearing this
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Good Times - Chic
Also used in Rapper's Delight1 -
Well, I DID know that, Mr. Hot Shot
AND, I skated to Good Times in my Jordache jeans with gold stretchy belt and white Goody comb in my back pocket, thank you very much
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https://youtu.be/YfdLh0MHqKw
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