Friday fun – 11 Top Nostalgic Tunes That People Under 28 Have Possibly Never Heard
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We had been thinking about adding a bit of fun to our blog for a while and we recently heard a song from our “youth” that got our minds racing (especially when we realised it was 24 years ago!!).
So we decided to put together a top 10 list of AWESOME songs from when we were “lads”.
Anyone under the age of 28 possibly will never have heard these and they ARE awesome.
Top 10 List (You Tube Videos Below)
- Voodoo Ray
- (We Call It) Acieed
- It’s Time To Get Funky
- Pump Up The Jam
- Eve Of The War (Remix)
- Just Keep Rockin’
- Last Train To Transcentral
- Get Up (Before The Night Is Over)
- Ebeneezer Goode
- Rhythm Is A Dancer
Voodoo Ray was released in 1988 – a whopping 24 years ago. The song was made by “A Guy Named Gerald” aka Gerald Simpson.
We remember the tabloid furore when this song was released in 1988 by D-Mob. D Mob was actually a DJ called Daniel Kojo Poku and (according to wikipedia) he hails from Stoke in the United Kingdom.
We distinctly remember looking to buy a record in “Our Price” in Leeds in 1989, (sorry we can’t remember which one), and whilst browsing around the shop we heard this “new” song by Technotronic (a Belgian band who we hadn’t heard of at the time). What was really funny (and we can’t believe we can remember this so clearly) was a woman stood in front of the singles chart who automatically started to dance to the music without realising it! Anyway, we ended up buying Pump up the Jam, and later the Album that was released by Technotronic.
Possibly our proudest moment in 1989, DJ Derson (Matthew Anderson), MC Hoppers Lad (Matthew Hopkins) and E Z Lal (Liam Lally from Zaddle) volunteered to run the school disco at St Mary’s, Menston (our school at the time). We kicked off the disco with Eve of the War – a remix put together by a dutch DJ called Ben Liebrand, but to add a twist when the record says “abruptly the sound ceased” we mixed in “Happy Days”. It was so good(!) that we reckon DJ Norman Cook was in the crowd and took this as the inspiration to catapult him to stardom. Then again….
“No matter what the people say, these sounds lead the way” – an awesome start to an awesome record by Double Trouble & Rebel MC. Released in 1989 (we told you it was a great year for tunes!), this was one of a two hits released by this collaboration. The other (which almost made our list) was Street Tuff (which sadly we can still recite all the lyrics to!)
Not only will this have not been heard by anyone under the age of 28, there is a strong chance it will not have been heard by anyone outside of Leeds!! Bridewell Taxis (the name of the band came from the nickname given to police cars that would take “naughty boys & girls” to the Police Station in Bridewell, Leeds) were a local Leeds band who were very popular in the city. Honesty was their biggest hit, and was released in 1990. Their album (which we also bought) was called “Invisible to You” and was released a year later in 1991.
Get Up (Before the night is over) was another song released by Technotronic, this time in 1990. We have to say, their album was ace!
Probably our favourite song in our list – “Last train to transcentral” was a song released by The KLF. The song was one of a number of songs that made up their 4th album called the White Room – which was simply stunning. The single was released in 1991. KLF were also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (and was the title of another ace song from their album).
This brings back so many memories of crap nightclubs and sticky carpets! Ebeneezer Goode was another song that caught the attention of the British Tabloids, possibly for rather obvious reasons. We think the person in the video (and sorry we couldn’t be bothered doing the research!) was also a very good magician whose video we once bought to “learn magic”.
Last on the list (but by no means least) is “Rhythm is a dancer” by a German group called Snap. Our lasting memory of this was hearing it for the first time in a nightclub in Cyprus. The club had a wall of video screens and the video you are seeing above was played across a whole wall. Couple this with a few drinks and it was simply incredible.
Thanks to Matthew Hopkins (mentioned above) for reminding us about this one on Facebook. Can’t believe we had forgotten it!
Humanoid by Stakker almost melted the speakers in our sixth form common room. We had to battle with songs by The Cure, Joy Division and New Order, but Humanoid mostly definitely was played the loudest!!
What have we missed from the late 80’s and early 90’s?
Let us know your favourites in the comments below.
