"Corny" or "Classic" it's all a matter of perspective ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Right before I really started listening to house and techno (1987-1988) I > remember getting frustrated with "The Wizard" a lot because he, as well as > a dj on 107.5, used to play 1 particular track that I simply couldn't stand > back then. Almost every one of my remaining Wizard tapes has it on there > and I would debate with myself whether or not to stop the recorder when it > came on. > > It was Derrick May's "Nude Photo". > > I didn't like it back then 'cause it reminded me of the presets from my old > Casio VL1 calculator/keyboard. It sounded corny as hell, but everyone > played it to death. I tolerate it more today than back then... It still > sounds corny. > > Another track (and my #2 all time favorite) that damned near every Detroit > DJ played excessively was "Pacific 0101" by 808 State. > > Frankie Knuckles' "The Whistle Song" was in every crate and at every party > around 1991. > > I may remember others later in the day. I'm only on my first can of Whoop > Ass. > > phuture jacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/31/2001 03:16:05 AM > > ok i'll give it a shot > i'm not from Detroit,and i certainly was not at > the Music Institute,but i heard a few tapes > from both May&Mills's earlier years on the WJLB radio > station > > May > first of all,the thing about may is that he used to > play A LOT of his own stuff,in fact 70% on the couple > of tapes i have heard,was his own! > some chicago stuff too > Phuture - pump up the bass,Lil Lois - Freq,Rosario - I > want u,ten city etc > some disco > i can only clearly remember Harry Thuman - > Underwater,but he did play > some more "diva" type disco too,i just could not > trainspot'em;) > German > Liason Dangerous -peut re pas(sp),avant apres > &(obviously) Gotching(sp)-e1e2 > new wave > visage - freq7 > in general i find May style to be very similer to Ron > Hardy!(good long "musical"mixing,with some crossfader > tricks in key) > i don't know that his radio apearences were consisted > of what he would play "out" > as he obviously would have wanted to "showcase" his > own stuff on radio. > > Wizard > > while i heard quiet a few Wizard tapes now,lets just > say that they can be very good or realy boring,all > depends on what you are after,usualy they consist of: > 75% rap,hihop-electro > Mantronix,Whodini,Globe,Utfo,Imperial Bro,Wrekin > cr,Hashim,Eric b,Dynamix,RunDmc,Public Nme,Marley > marl,Beasties,Spooni g,Unkown dj,Kool moe d,Heavy d > Man Parish,Jj Fad,Bambata,TuffCrew,Egyptian lover,B > Boys,Aleem,LLCoolJ etc etc > 5% funk > Paliament,Funkadelic,Prince&shila E,Hancock did i say > Clinton:) > 5% disco > Kano,Kurtis Blow,Rhythm Heritage,War,Sugerhill,, > 2% pop > Micheal Jackson,Salt&Peper,We Papa girls,Mel&Kim,, > 5%techno > No Ufo,Future,the Sound,body to the box,(mm i don't > think i heard any May at all tho) > 13% house > Chip E,Chip e,Chip e(he must have realy loved > him,usualy there would be 3-4 tracks of his in every > k7),Hurley-JYB,Pierre,BnC-house aint,Hercules - 7 > ways,Rosario - Amour PuertRico,adonis - no way,Bad Boy > -Mix&Tell,Hitrax-cool J Acid > and other chicago stuff,as well as some uk(Pump Up The > Volume,Krush - House Arrest)&New York (Raze - Jack The > Groove) > now all this is mixed on a four track(you would hear 3 > tracks playing,or 2 and > a third being scratched quiet often)yet it's very > raw,usualy loses momentum after a while,beat is > changing constantly, i don't think he was on the same > class with the NY guys when it comes to scratching(if > you ever heard DST,or Marley Marl tapes you'd now what > i mean), the thing that i realy wanna know is: were > was > the "industrial" side of him,i have not heard anything > industrial on any of his tapes > yet some were around the time he made the Final Cut > stuff? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
