A Brief Tribute to Early 90s White-Boy Dance Pop

I thought it was Epsom Mad Funkers.

How about...

UDS


or

BAD

I actually have a healthy respect for a lot of these guys. They did a lot of genre fusion that you wouldn't see really come to fruition until the late nineties. They set the stage for the likes of Beck, Cornershop, and Geggy Tah. All of whom I love.

Well, let's put this in the right historical context.

(See "24 Hour Party People" for context.)

Late 80s, drugs, nightlife, and rave culture/dance music arrive/arise in Manchester @ The Hacienda.

New Order are making dance music. The Stone Roses first album is releaed, melding guitar pop with dance beats. The Happy Mondays start making albums. The time of indie-dance has arrived. "On one, matey!"

For several years afterwards, every pasty-faced guitar outfit is telling the NME that "there's always been a dance element to our music."

Classic examples of white boy indie-dance.

Inpiral Carpets -- "This Is How It Feels"

Blur -- "There's No Other Way"

The Charlatans -- "The Only One I Know"

Primal Scream -- "Loaded"

And of course, the Soup Dragons, EMF, and Jesus Jones, tagging along by their little coat-tails.


Edited: Bollocksy bollocksy bollocks. Screwed up a song title.

[Edited on Nov 06, 2005 by TheFuckOffKid]

Let's not forget the Shamen. Oh wait, maybe we should.



MOVE ANY MOUNTAIIIN!

Nope. Epsom Mad Funkers was a decoy. You couldn't admit to being Ecstacy Mad Fuckers in an interview and have your videos played on MTV.

Oooooh, Big Audio Dynamite! My love for Mick Jones knows no bounds.



Situation nowhere: rush for a change of atmosphere...

Surprise, surprise ! ! so you rub your eyes
never knew uds, so cool as ice?
hear the vibes man, they'll stupify
ducks - categorise us as hardcriers
that's a lie, we know why we're occupiers
no blurs, but obscure styles, these are higher
profiles are low - as soon as we go
as a breeze straight from a deeper shade of soul

"ducks categorize us as hardcriers?" QUE?

Co-opted by Kraft Crumbles

The thing, you crave
That big cheese taste just blows you away
The thing, you crave
Your CRUMBelievable

The B side of that single- Hitchike HD (Heidi) was rad.

Heidi wants to go heidi-high and mighty low.