While this is not my theme song, it is by the Dazz Band, and it is a soul-funk-smacker. Great beat, great bass line, great synth effects (crack that whip!), straight-ahead jam with a Rick James feel all about it. It's powerful stuff... but I'm betting that it will scramble your post-Easter eggs and get your adrenaline flowing better than that office coffee and tax return filing deadline..
Pump up that volume, click on the link or player, and get ready to move despite yourself.
I agree. We've all got to take a break from the pressure and fear, and just let it whip.
You're mine now. Get ready to ride. Listen to your brother, at RadioDAZZ.
I have truly come to admire, respect and enjoy the two-octave Bob Seger (with or without the Silver Bullet Band). He has a raspy raw voice, and has done some great dancefloor or driving-over-the-legal-speed-limit music. I am crazy about "Katmandu,"Rock And Roll Never Forgets," the very sentimental "Night Moves" [a song that puts me into a deeply nostalgic mood], and some others.
My favorite Seger song shook me up with its electric intensity (it had a Tower-Of-Power "What Is Hip?" non-stop energy to it) when I first heard it in the Eddie Murphy movie classic "48 Hours". The song never received enough airplay or recognition.
Click on it. Play it loud. Try (I dare you) to stay still in your seat. Feel that Hammond organ intensity build up, an the explosive hook (Caucasians of royal breeding often refer to the "hook" as the "Refrain" -- but that's just semantics -- it's about the music).
Forward this post to every one you know who needs a kick in the pants or a jumpstart at work. I'm serious. Do It!
Native American riffs rolled into a fabulous, high-energy disco celebration. Sylvester. Remember the old movie "Trading Places"? This was Eddie Murphy's housewarming party -- crammed full to the sweat level with wacky friends celebrating wild, disco bell-infused, synth-laden FUNK, and Eddie's new-found wealth. Huh!
I loved the song well before I had ever seen the movie. It lit the pilot light inside me. And those clattering disco bells -- I can only guess, but I don't think that there's any drug that can get you as high as wonderful music.
I still feel a bit taken aback about the song, and this whole "Sylvester" thing. I actually had thought that the name of this unforgettable heartpumper was "Do You Want ToBump?" It had always sounded that way to me... Fact is, it is natural music to do the bump to. I was at a disco on Long Island's south shore when I was in my 20s, and I remember coming home to my apartment with my hips black and blue (I was a bit skinny and didn't have the right padding to play the game), and aching from head to toe [but smiling] after bumping with a whole crowd of other dancing fools for over a half hour. The DJ played a super-set of the song, and we just could not stop.
It took me almost until the next night to recover - I was awfully resilient back then.
By the way, before you enjoy this insanity-invoking joyous noise, I wanted to invite you to please join us and Follow us on both of our Twitter Channels:
http://twitter.com/RadioDAZZ and http://twitter.com/DAZZRadio. I'd be honored if you'd come with me! Better, yet...each channel features all of the DAZZmanianDEVILry, PLUS its own unique mix of other great feeds. Please -- I ain't too proud to beg. -D
Now click and enjoy this. Louder is better! Make it an office party or a housewarming party - it doesn't matter. Now, let me aks you dis (I'm from New York): Do you want to Funk? Won't you tell me now? You know that you do!
By the way, friends and DAZZ-o-lites. Let's have a moment of silence for the late Don Cornelius -- the driving force behind Soul Train. Good night, Don. You gave us all so much - and you will be dearly missed.
