Full Version: late 80s/early 90s pop house
OK so you get the idea right? C&C Music Factory on down, let's have some discussion and perhaps a TOP TEN TRACKS - late 80s/early 90s pop house, as well as some album suggestions for those who remember how awesome it was but were too young to buy CDs casettes.
now you're speaking my language.
The Good Dr. Bill's 20 Essential Late-80s/Early-90s Pop House Singles
Alison Limerick - "Where Love Lives"
Bizarre Inc. - "I'm Gonna Get You"
Black Box - "Ride on Time" ("Everybody Everybody" and "Strike It Up" are pretty up there too)
C&C Music Factory - "Things That Make You Go Hmm"
Cathy Dennis - "Touch Me (All Night Long)"
CeCe Peniston - "Finally"
Company B - "Fascinated"
Crystal Waters - "100% Pure Love"
Deee-Lite - "Groove is in the Heart"
Inner City - "Good Life"
The KLF - "3 AM Eternal"
LaTour - "People are Still Having Sex"
Lidell Townsell - "Nu Nu"
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - "Let the Beat Hit 'Em" (VERY underrated late-period LL&CJ hit)
Londonbeat - "I've Been Thinking About You"
Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch - "Good Vibrations"
Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"
Robin S. - "Show Me Love"
Snap - "The Power"
Sunscreem - "Luv U More"
Technotronic - "Pump Up the Jam"
The Good Dr. Bill's 20 Essential Late-80s/Early-90s Pop House Singles
Alison Limerick - "Where Love Lives"
Bizarre Inc. - "I'm Gonna Get You"
Black Box - "Ride on Time" ("Everybody Everybody" and "Strike It Up" are pretty up there too)
C&C Music Factory - "Things That Make You Go Hmm"
Cathy Dennis - "Touch Me (All Night Long)"
CeCe Peniston - "Finally"
Company B - "Fascinated"
Crystal Waters - "100% Pure Love"
Deee-Lite - "Groove is in the Heart"
Inner City - "Good Life"
The KLF - "3 AM Eternal"
LaTour - "People are Still Having Sex"
Lidell Townsell - "Nu Nu"
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - "Let the Beat Hit 'Em" (VERY underrated late-period LL&CJ hit)
Londonbeat - "I've Been Thinking About You"
Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch - "Good Vibrations"
Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"
Robin S. - "Show Me Love"
Snap - "The Power"
Sunscreem - "Luv U More"
Technotronic - "Pump Up the Jam"
nothing touches
GROOVE IS IN THE HEART
NOTHING!!!
GROOVE IS IN THE HEART
NOTHING!!!
"I'm Gonna Get You" is probably my all-time favorite diva-house track. GIITH is a close #2.
Was "Dreamer" by Living Joy released to late to be included in this thread? Or Amber's "This Is Your Night"?
Some of the tracks Dr Bill mentioned remind me of my days working at Columbia College's radio station WCRX.
Ah memories...Midday Goddess in the house.
Some of the tracks Dr Bill mentioned remind me of my days working at Columbia College's radio station WCRX.
Ah memories...Midday Goddess in the house.
"This is Your Night" is closer to the mid-90s hi-NRG school, which has some considerable classics to its claim as well. Don't know Living Joy.
edit: Though I guess "100% Love" and "Show Me Love" are sort of from that era too.
edit: Though I guess "100% Love" and "Show Me Love" are sort of from that era too.
Just a couple mentions that haven't gotten thrown around...
"Good Beat" off of Deee-lite's album, the same one with "GIITH" is almost as good as GIITH if not better.
C&C Music Fact's "Just a Touch Of Love" is great.
Crystal Waters "Gypsy Woman" is better than 100% to me (tho god knows I love them both).
Lets not forget 20 fingers - "Short Dick Man," "U Got To Lick It"
TEN CITY
"Devotion"
"That's The Way Love Is"
Bill if you don't know ten city I'll be v. disappointed.
This song rules.
"Good Beat" off of Deee-lite's album, the same one with "GIITH" is almost as good as GIITH if not better.
C&C Music Fact's "Just a Touch Of Love" is great.
Crystal Waters "Gypsy Woman" is better than 100% to me (tho god knows I love them both).
Lets not forget 20 fingers - "Short Dick Man," "U Got To Lick It"
TEN CITY
"Devotion"
"That's The Way Love Is"
Bill if you don't know ten city I'll be v. disappointed.
QUOTE(musicgurl @ Mar 29 2006, 12:21 AM) [snapback]51880[/snapback]
This song rules.
Ahh yes B-96 when it was the good old days.
I remember they were responsbile for getting those German guys
Bad Boys Blue a record contract. Remember 'Save your Love' and
'I Totally Miss You'. So cheesy it hurts.
Get Busy by Mr. Lee was a hit at my 8th grade end of year dance.
That Jocelyn Enriquez song was huge too, nice house-pop song.
I remember they were responsbile for getting those German guys
Bad Boys Blue a record contract. Remember 'Save your Love' and
'I Totally Miss You'. So cheesy it hurts.
Get Busy by Mr. Lee was a hit at my 8th grade end of year dance.
That Jocelyn Enriquez song was huge too, nice house-pop song.
No mention of Beats International's "Dub Be Good To Me"
QUOTE(deej @ Mar 29 2006, 02:23 AM) [snapback]51885[/snapback]
Just a couple mentions that haven't gotten thrown around...
"Good Beat" off of Deee-lite's album, the same one with "GIITH" is almost as good as GIITH if not better.
Crystal Waters "Gypsy Woman" is better than 100% to me (tho god knows I love them both).
Lets not forget 20 fingers - "Short Dick Man," "U Got To Lick It"
TEN CITY
"Devotion"
"That's The Way Love Is"
Bill if you don't know ten city I'll be v. disappointed.
This song rules.
I actually bought World Clique, and I can say with complete conviction that there are absolutely no songs on that album that are as good (if not better) than GIITh. Square peg in a round hole.
That's a weird thing to say. Not thta GW(SS) isn't good, but the lyrics are so ridiculous, and I think 100PPL sounds a lot better by today's standards.
"Short Dick Man" is a clssic for certain.
No idea who Ten City is.
QUOTE(Gareth Keenan Invetigates @ Mar 29 2006, 08:56 AM) [snapback]51931[/snapback]
No mention of Beats International's "Dub Be Good To Me"
not exactly house, now, is it?
is LaTour still around? I'm just curious as to whether people are still having sex.
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Mar 29 2006, 09:41 AM) [snapback]51989[/snapback]
I actually bought World Clique, and I can say with complete conviction that there are absolutely no songs on that album that are as good (if not better) than GIITh. Square peg in a round hole.
wtf are you talking about, thats a great album.
As much as I like GIITH i think its pretty overrated, in the context of the album it doesn't even stand out that much to me, if it wasn't a single I wouldn't have picked it to be one.
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Mar 29 2006, 04:41 PM) [snapback]51989[/snapback]
not exactly house, now, is it?
Pop Dub isn't a genre on Wiki.
Ten City - Devotion
That's the Way Love Is was their biggest hit, hunt that down too.
That's the Way Love Is was their biggest hit, hunt that down too.
Queen Latifah's "Come Into My House"...hands down Queen Latifah's best track ever (although I haven't heard any of her more recent stuff).
And what was that song by "The Real McCoy" that was released around 94'...always loved that track.
And what was that song by "The Real McCoy" that was released around 94'...always loved that track.
QUOTE(deej @ Mar 29 2006, 11:06 AM) [snapback]52016[/snapback]
As much as I like GIITH i think its pretty overrated, in the context of the album it doesn't even stand out that much to me, if it wasn't a single I wouldn't have picked it to be one.
Easily one of the five silliest things you've ever said. There's a reason why 999 people out of a thousand couldn't name a second Deee-Lite song--that song was a band and genre apex, the complete fruition of any goal they or their peers could've had for their music. To say that it isn't a stand out track of theirs is like saying that The Deer Hunter "wasn't a standout Michael Cimino effort" or that George Costanza "wasn't a standout Jason Alexander role".
QUOTE(nobodies @ Mar 29 2006, 11:24 AM) [snapback]52068[/snapback]
And what was that song by "The Real McCoy" that was released around 94'...always loved that track.
another night? gawd, i could never stand that song.
Is PM Dawn off limits?
from this category? Probably, but "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" is pretty classic nonetheless (and MV, once he gets here, will probably freak out over "I'd Die Without You")
Who did "back to reta and the big ol butt?" Also "booty call," "who dat is? (my baby daddy)," and "bang bang bang skeet skeet skeet." I dont know artist names or really even track names for any of those so if yall can help...
QUOTE(BGwaves @ Mar 29 2006, 01:31 PM) [snapback]52137[/snapback]
"who dat is? (my baby daddy),"
"bang bang bang skeet skeet skeet."
B-Rock & the Bizz - "My Baby's Daddy" (late-90s)
DJ Funk - "Bang Bang Bang Skeet Skeet Skeet" (2000)
need more info on the other two, unless the "Booty Call" one is Blackstreet's "Booti Call"
Are you thinking about the "Booty Call" that sampled an actual phone ringing and had a guy saying "Aww hell nah, I think I got a booty call"? Followed by a "boooooooooteeeeeee"? Eh, thats kinda vague.. but I remember a song like that. Blanking on who did it though.
QUOTE(AlkalineDrown @ Mar 29 2006, 12:52 PM) [snapback]52153[/snapback]
Are you thinking about the "Booty Call" that sampled an actual phone ringing and had a guy saying "Aww hell nah, I think I got a booty call"? Followed by a "boooooooooteeeeeee"? Eh, thats kinda vague.. but I remember a song like that. Blanking on who did it though.
yep thats the one
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Mar 29 2006, 12:33 PM) [snapback]52139[/snapback]
B-Rock & the Bizz - "My Baby's Daddy" (late-90s)
DJ Funk - "Bang Bang Bang Skeet Skeet Skeet" (2000)
need more info on the other two, unless the "Booty Call" one is Blackstreet's "Booti Call"
how sure are you about that dj funk thing I thought he just remixed it?
baby daddy was lik 96/97 but it still fits in the category id say
I'm pretty sure "Bang bang bang skeet skeet skeet" was around well before 2000 - I could be wrong though, that is around the time I became aware of it (actually I think I first heard it in '99 if I'm placing my memory correctly!) but to my knowledge it was a mid-90s classic.
Most of the stuff bg's talking about is getting into classic chicago ghetto/jack house, which is mostly post-pop house's prime, talking '95-'96 or so with DJ Funk's Pumpin the Trax. You can still hear tons of this stuff on Power 92 late at night, esp. on the weekends. I became aware of it in high school where folks would call out hooks at basketball games and shit like that.
Most of the stuff bg's talking about is getting into classic chicago ghetto/jack house, which is mostly post-pop house's prime, talking '95-'96 or so with DJ Funk's Pumpin the Trax. You can still hear tons of this stuff on Power 92 late at night, esp. on the weekends. I became aware of it in high school where folks would call out hooks at basketball games and shit like that.
not positive--ask Deej, he's the one who sent me that track eons ago
And MBD seems to me much more in the vein of mid-90s southern dance-rap tracks like "Tootsee Roll," "My Boo," "C'Mon Ride It (The Train)" etc. than stuff like Black Box and Cathy Dennis
And MBD seems to me much more in the vein of mid-90s southern dance-rap tracks like "Tootsee Roll," "My Boo," "C'Mon Ride It (The Train)" etc. than stuff like Black Box and Cathy Dennis
The south gets credit for everything. 
PS: Bill I know that culturally Deee lite are considered one hit wonders and that song is considered the only thing worth listening to that they did. I'm saying that this is wrong, and that World Clique is a really strong album all the way through. Listen to "Good Beat" again and tell me I'm wrong.
PS: Bill I know that culturally Deee lite are considered one hit wonders and that song is considered the only thing worth listening to that they did. I'm saying that this is wrong, and that World Clique is a really strong album all the way through. Listen to "Good Beat" again and tell me I'm wrong.
not sure where I got the year 2000 from, it's just on my mp3 tag. It's not listed in discogs.com, strangely.
The south gets credit for everything.
all those songs I listed were from southern artists, no?
QUOTE(deej @ Mar 29 2006, 02:58 PM) [snapback]52223[/snapback]
The south gets credit for everything.
all those songs I listed were from southern artists, no?
They might be, I donno, I'm just saying that Chicago jack house has been around just as long as grimey southern dance music.
yeah probably
C.C. Lemonhead & Jay Ski--unsung heroes of 90s party music?
C.C. Lemonhead & Jay Ski--unsung heroes of 90s party music?
This thread doesn't have nearly enough Y$Is.
Speaking of early 90's B96 Classics. Who remembers this one? This has "Summer 1991" written all over it.
Jomanda-Got A Love For You (1991)
Jomanda-Got A Love For You (1991)
QUOTE(WhoDoYouThink @ Mar 29 2006, 05:05 PM) [snapback]52366[/snapback]
Speaking of early 90's B96 Classics. Who remembers this one? This has "Summer 1991" written all over it.
Jomanda-Got A Love For You (1991)
Holy Shit. I can't download this right now because I'm at work but if it's the track I think it is...BLESS YOU. I loved this song back in the day.
QUOTE(musicgurl @ Mar 29 2006, 07:11 PM) [snapback]52372[/snapback]
Holy Shit. I can't download this right now because I'm at work but if it's the track I think it is...BLESS YOU. I loved this song back in the day.
Cool...Let me know if it's the track you're thinking of.
QUOTE(WhoDoYouThink @ Mar 29 2006, 05:23 PM) [snapback]52386[/snapback]
Cool...Let me know if it's the track you're thinking of.
Heeeeeeeeeey....
*waves arms in the air*
oh man this was my song back in the day.
<edited to add>
Ooh Oh what about this one.
D:REAM - U R The Best Thing
This thread being bumped to page two just ain't cool people. 
holy shit, Cathy Dennis co-wrote "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and "Toxic"? Did everyone know this? How did I not know this?
BEATMASTERS!
Beatmasters ft. Cookie Crew - "Rok Da House"
Yazz - "Stand Up For Your Love Rights"
Betty Boo - "Hey DJ (I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing)"
Beatmasters ft. Cookie Crew - "Rok Da House"
CODE
http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=25VN7U33DBSHE2ICROVISOQF2A
Yazz - "Stand Up For Your Love Rights"
CODE
http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0PGKXWP33S0L51ZNWY1XJ5I7OO
Betty Boo - "Hey DJ (I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing)"
CODE
http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=018N7JYAVTVRQ0ADGZ724PU1MZ
"It's time for the percolator" ... that song helped expand my vocab.
QUOTE(hinsey21 @ Mar 28 2006, 11:58 PM) [snapback]51869[/snapback]
nothing touches
GROOVE IS IN THE HEART
NOTHING!!!
best ever.
fun thread. all this and electricfunk are what i grew up with.
Cathy Dennis also wrote a b-side to a big Spice Girls single, which she is probably still milking.
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