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OMG… I was 16 when this song came out. Times were wild. The first night I heard this song… we told our parents we were “going out” - no cell phones & they didn’t care. We drive to Memphis, at 16, got into all the clubs. Back then the music was a mix of all genres, as long as ppl would dance they’d play it (rock, hip hop, techno, country, all played together). WE DANCED. Nonstop. On the tables, in the bathrooms, everywhere!!! When the clubs closed at like 3 or 4, WE DROVE OUT to SOME RANDOM FIELD where some dude had huge person-tall speakers hooked up to the back of his truck and we danced and drank and smoked until like 9am. With like 60 strangers. Passed out in the field with randos. Woke up a couple hours later, went to the diner and drive home. Our parents never even noticed. That was an AVERAGE night out. It was WILD. Don’t know how we all survived.
The bass line is a sample from Herbie Hancock's song "Bring Down the Birds". Bootsy just does guest vocals on this. I don't know why he's holding a bass in the video. Maybe they were afraid we wouldn't recognize him without it? IDK LOL.
@@laraismyname821 I find that most amusing. You could be right! And the idea of not recognising Bootsy. I could laugh, but these reactors are getting younger and younger. It's like watching myself age.
@@cainealexander-mccord2805 haha right? Yes, Bootsy was well known for his subtle sense of style & ability to blend in anywhere...so of course we needed the bass as a video prop. 🤣
I saw another UA-camrs reaction to this a few days ago and someone commented; "this song was the exact point when the 80's became the 90's" I thought it was dead on.
It can't be understated what a huge hit this was! It was on MTV 24/7, on the radio and yes, in the clubs! This was definitely the type of music going on as we transitioned from the 80s to the 90s, like exactly 1990 for this one! 1989-1991 was a lot of stuff like this, plus hard rock, metal etc, ramping up to Grunge in 1992, roughly. I remember this time well!
"He looks familiar" he should, that's legendary bass man, Bootsy Collins! That instrument, usually found as a prize at carnival games of luck, is called a slide whistle.
I believe it's called a slide whistle. This song was so much fun to dance to in the bars in the 90s. This song and the B52's Love Shack always got the dance floor jumping!
The song was in the 90s, but the video was definitely retro 70s. That’s why it looks like Austin Powers. The main band is a trio of club DJs. On this track, they have the help of Bootsy Collins (George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic) on bass and Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest) rapping. The backing track samples a lot of songs. It was a big hit!
I just found out recently that the "I-I-I-I-I" after "I couldn't ask for another" is a sample of Ava Gabor from the "Green Acres" theme! Yet another reason to love this song!!!
Full on metal fan here; I loved this tune utterly - and I didn't know anyone who didn't. Metal, indie, pop, rap, jazz, prog, it didn't matter. This came on, you were dancing with a big fucking smile on your face 😃
The bass player is the great, legendary Bootsy Collins who gained fame at 18 years old in James Brown's band, and then with Parliament/Funkadelic. He later fronted his own Bootsy's Rubber Band! Iconic bassist who has appeared on many peoples projects!
One of my favs from my 20s . They wore 60s fashions, had a 60s vibe in the 80s and 90s .Still were ahead of their time . If you like this, you will love “LoveShack” by the B-52s
I remember when this song came out. It was an instant hit. The fact that Lady Miss Kier (the lead) is now 61 years old (2024) makes me feel a certain way.
🇬🇧 This song was HUGE in clubs. Classic early 90's banger. And and YES, of course we danced to it, its great to dance to. Your face btw, was a picture when this video started. 😮😂🎼🎶💃🕺💃🕺
I love this song! The bassist is Bootsy Collins. I agree, we should all have more fun. One way to have more fun is to listen to Shaka Ponk's "LET'S BANG" ua-cam.com/video/jWYLL7wFyns/v-deo.html. Hey, it's a start, and I love playing along on my bass.
The bassist is Ron Carter from a 1966 song called "Bring Down the Birds" by Herbie Hancock. It's a sample. They just slowed it down a little. Bootsy just does vocals on this song.
@@laraismyname821 Wow! Thank you, Lara, that's great to know. In the video, you see Bootsy walking around with a bass and just connect the dots. Funny how it's the wrong dot. 😊😃🤣 I also had no idea that Herbie Hancock went back so far. Great info!
@@GranpaMike Yeah it is kind of misleading to have him wearing a bass in the video (although they never show him playing it). It's also kind of weird why they didn't just have him play the bass line, since he is one of the greats. 🤷♀
Adorava essa música nos anos 1990 dancei demais nas boates de São Paulo / Brasil (não fazia ideia do que se tratava a letra) eu já tinha meus 33 anos de idade ...
World clique and Dewdrops in the garden are two great Deee-Lite Albums. And if you're looking for some funky greatness, "Who was that" will scratch that itch. edit : sorry for not proofreading my comment beforehand.
The bass player for this group was Bootsy Collins. The greatest bass player to touch the instrument. Incredible riffs, runs and grooves flow from his fingers like you would not believe.
I can not get happier than someone playing this one. Banger forever. I was and is slightly( after that yeah) metalhead but when this one dropped I questioned my whole existence 😂😂😂😂
Dee Lite collaborated for that song which was their debut song released 1990 with 3 absolute Music Legends Bootsy Collins, bass Maceo Parker, saxophone (both former legend group members of James Brown who discovered them, then both did their own thing) Q-Tip, rap (Tribe called Quest)
Highest charting pop hit to sample the Green Acres theme song. Also, another James Brown connection with Bootsy-- the sax player is Maceo Parker, who played sax for Brown for a number of years.
The 1960's and 70's meet the 1990's. The man that looks so familiar is Cincinnati's own Mr. William "Bootsy" Collins, one of the greatest Bass Players to ever walk the planet. "Watch Out!" I believe the "instrument" is called a Penny Whistle. Caught you diggin' the Pee Wee dance.
Knowing what this was, I kind of laughed to myself when you said you were ready to rock out! 90's pop wasn't exactly the kind of music you can rock out to, but it was extremely danceable.
Hey Steve from Ned in Spain. This song was such a breath of fresh funky air back in the day. Lady Miss Kier was a sexy treat. The guest bassist is the legendary William BOOTSY Collins of PFunk fame. He and his bro Catfish went from a local Philly Funk band to being hired by the Godfather of Soul James Brown. When they got fired for takin LSD etc they jumped aboard the P Funk mothership and finally found their family. The sax man poppin in and out was Maceo Parker another James Brown alumnus.
Yeah.Love this fun song. Another one in a similar vein that I also love is "Ain't No Love" by Sub Sub (later to become the superb band Doves) " There Goes The Fear, Pounding ,Catch The Sun, etc ,are great songs by Doves.
This song always reminds me of when the ball dropped for 1990. I was 13 years old and drunk with my best friend and cousin 😅 We had a house to ourselves and a Nintendo, happy days.
Just to clarify, because I'm sure there will be some comments about it. Bootsy Collins (known for playing with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic) is the bassist you see in the video. The bass line you are hearing is not Bootsy however. The bass line from the Herbie Hancock song “Bring Down the Birds” which is slowed down a bit. The song is almost entirely samples, Eva Gabor sighing “I” on the Green Acres theme, 70’s R&B singer Vernon Burch’s “Get Up” for thesong’s drums, tambourine, crowd noise and famous slide whistle.
Remember this was on Viva Tv all the time. Viva was a german music tv channel similar to mtv, but you’d see more obscure stuff there as well. Watched that channel a lot as a 90s kid in Denmark.
Ned again coz I forgot to mention that the backing track is " Bring Down the Birds " by Herbie Hancock from the 1966 Blow Up soundtrack, which is amazing all day. That film also featured a live performance by the Yardbirds playing at the Ricky Tick in London. Both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck are in the band playing a smokin version of " Stroll On ".
Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Q-Tip. I promise you, they wouldn't have enlisted so much star power if they didn't intend for it to be a hit. And a very big hit it was!
Hey bro!! I remember see the bass player many years ago in Grammys. She is awesome!! Please check the live version in Brasil. She is amazing. Thanks. Greetings from Argentina. Sorry for my English
Of course we danced. It rather chimed with a movement in the UK at the time too, where retro sounds were making a bit of a comeback (something which ultimately led to Britpop). You could hybridize modern dance culture of the time with what had happened twenty years earlier, almost as a reaction against market forces in pop. Which, given the history of pop music even then, is slightly ironic.
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What a fun one!! If you aren't dancing when this hits, you don't have a pulse!
Bass booths collins parliament funkedelic, rapper qtip, tribe called quest, sax player macro Parker James Brown band
OMG… I was 16 when this song came out. Times were wild. The first night I heard this song… we told our parents we were “going out” - no cell phones & they didn’t care. We drive to Memphis, at 16, got into all the clubs. Back then the music was a mix of all genres, as long as ppl would dance they’d play it (rock, hip hop, techno, country, all played together). WE DANCED. Nonstop. On the tables, in the bathrooms, everywhere!!! When the clubs closed at like 3 or 4, WE DROVE OUT to SOME RANDOM FIELD where some dude had huge person-tall speakers hooked up to the back of his truck and we danced and drank and smoked until like 9am. With like 60 strangers. Passed out in the field with randos. Woke up a couple hours later, went to the diner and drive home. Our parents never even noticed. That was an AVERAGE night out. It was WILD. Don’t know how we all survived.
P.S. Bass player is Bootsey Collins from Parliament Funkadelic. George Clinton.
The bass line is a sample from Herbie Hancock's song "Bring Down the Birds". Bootsy just does guest vocals on this. I don't know why he's holding a bass in the video. Maybe they were afraid we wouldn't recognize him without it? IDK LOL.
@@laraismyname821 I find that most amusing. You could be right! And the idea of not recognising Bootsy. I could laugh, but these reactors are getting younger and younger. It's like watching myself age.
@@cainealexander-mccord2805 haha right? Yes, Bootsy was well known for his subtle sense of style & ability to blend in anywhere...so of course we needed the bass as a video prop. 🤣
Bass player is Ron Carter. Plays on about a million jazz recordings since at least the early 70s to date, and still going strong.
@@laraismyname821 Whatever works!
Before I even watch this, the answer is YES we danced to this!! Just SO glad there were no cell phones back then🤪🤪
Oh man, you got that right. No cell phones so no evidence! 😂
This was my era also of club music and dancing. Brings back such great memories!!
Shoot, everytime this comes on I jump on dance floor.
I saw another UA-camrs reaction to this a few days ago and someone commented; "this song was the exact point when the 80's became the 90's" I thought it was dead on.
Absolutely!! I 💯 see that! 😁
@@setonhillstudios And as I commented on the original comment, by referencing the 70s!
i saw that too... its 100% right.. there song was the core of the 80's ending and the 90's sound starting
Btw that's Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest🤘
When this song came on at the club, everyone got on the dance floor!!!
I'm rock and roll to my damned bones... And I JAM to this song EVERY TIME! 💯😎
In the 60's we called them slide whistles.
It can't be understated what a huge hit this was! It was on MTV 24/7, on the radio and yes, in the clubs! This was definitely the type of music going on as we transitioned from the 80s to the 90s, like exactly 1990 for this one! 1989-1991 was a lot of stuff like this, plus hard rock, metal etc, ramping up to Grunge in 1992, roughly. I remember this time well!
We STILL dance whenever this comes on!
The exact moment the 80’s left and the 90’s began! This song will never get old! Still sounds fresh today!
she's telling truths: groove IS in the heart!
"He looks familiar" he should, that's legendary bass man, Bootsy Collins! That instrument, usually found as a prize at carnival games of luck, is called a slide whistle.
I believe it's called a slide whistle. This song was so much fun to dance to in the bars in the 90s. This song and the B52's Love Shack always got the dance floor jumping!
The song was in the 90s, but the video was definitely retro 70s. That’s why it looks like Austin Powers. The main band is a trio of club DJs. On this track, they have the help of Bootsy Collins (George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic) on bass and Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest) rapping. The backing track samples a lot of songs. It was a big hit!
Oh it was definitely a hit
My daughter loved this song. Used to dance in her room upstairs and the hole house shook. LOL
🤣😂🤣
FUN, FUN, FUN. The bass player is Bootsie Collins from Parliament Funkadelic.
3:37 bootsy collins
"slide whistle" sold by the millions in toy stores all over for decades.
Absolutely the 90's :) 1990 in fact :)
It's a SLIDE WHISTLE!!!!
one of the all time greatest dance songs! dbl ♥
I just found out recently that the "I-I-I-I-I" after "I couldn't ask for another" is a sample of Ava Gabor from the "Green Acres" theme! Yet another reason to love this song!!!
Full on metal fan here; I loved this tune utterly - and I didn't know anyone who didn't. Metal, indie, pop, rap, jazz, prog, it didn't matter. This came on, you were dancing with a big fucking smile on your face 😃
The first CD I ever bought was Nirvana's Never Mind, the 2nd CD I bought was Deeelite! lol
The bass player is the great, legendary Bootsy Collins who gained fame at 18 years old in James Brown's band, and then with Parliament/Funkadelic. He later fronted his own Bootsy's Rubber Band! Iconic bassist who has appeared on many peoples projects!
Bwahahahaha ok even a rock n roll maven such as myself had to groove whenever I hear this ! So much fun !!!!!🎉
Dude! That's Bootsy Collins on the bass!!!! A funk bass God. Love your reaction vids by the way.
Thanks so much! He was throwing it down for sure! 🔥
1000% a hit. Granted mtv helped, but this is CATCHY all on its own without the video. It just makes you feel good and want to move.
3:07 slide whistle
I don’t dance.
except to this song I can’t help. It renders me senseless! So damn funky! BOOTSY!!!!
Absolutely!! 💯
One of my favs from my 20s . They wore 60s fashions, had a 60s vibe in the 80s and 90s .Still were ahead of their time . If you like this, you will love “LoveShack” by the B-52s
I remember when this song came out. It was an instant hit. The fact that Lady Miss Kier (the lead) is now 61 years old (2024) makes me feel a certain way.
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This song was HUGE in clubs. Classic early 90's banger. And and YES, of course we danced to it, its great to dance to. Your face btw, was a picture when this video started. 😮😂🎼🎶💃🕺💃🕺
This was my all-time favorite dance song
I love this song! The bassist is Bootsy Collins. I agree, we should all have more fun. One way to have more fun is to listen to Shaka Ponk's "LET'S BANG" ua-cam.com/video/jWYLL7wFyns/v-deo.html. Hey, it's a start, and I love playing along on my bass.
The bassist is Ron Carter from a 1966 song called "Bring Down the Birds" by Herbie Hancock. It's a sample. They just slowed it down a little. Bootsy just does vocals on this song.
@@laraismyname821 Wow! Thank you, Lara, that's great to know. In the video, you see Bootsy walking around with a bass and just connect the dots. Funny how it's the wrong dot. 😊😃🤣 I also had no idea that Herbie Hancock went back so far. Great info!
@@GranpaMike Yeah it is kind of misleading to have him wearing a bass in the video (although they never show him playing it). It's also kind of weird why they didn't just have him play the bass line, since he is one of the greats. 🤷♀
Adorava essa música nos anos 1990 dancei demais nas boates de São Paulo / Brasil (não fazia ideia do que se tratava a letra) eu já tinha meus 33 anos de idade ...
Stereo MCs...Connected. its mega
Love this. I have this in my favourites. Great reaction. 👍🏾😁
Sax player is Maceo Parker
World clique and Dewdrops in the garden are two great Deee-Lite Albums. And if you're looking for some funky greatness, "Who was that" will scratch that itch.
edit : sorry for not proofreading my comment beforehand.
You can't keep from grooving to this song ❤❤❤❤this is a clubbing song ❤❤let's go❤❤
I love your expression of plain bafflement.
Definitely baffled! 🤣😂
The bass player for this group was Bootsy Collins. The greatest bass player to touch the instrument. Incredible riffs, runs and grooves flow from his fingers like you would not believe.
This is such a fun song! Love Lady Miss Kier Kirby!
I can not get happier than someone playing this one. Banger forever. I was and is slightly( after that yeah) metalhead but when this one dropped I questioned my whole existence 😂😂😂😂
😂🤣😂
This tune with this video is entertainment overload-such good fun! I'm not positive, but I think that's a water whistle.
It always makes me smile
fun song, creative n groovy!
Dee Lite collaborated for that song which was their debut song released 1990 with 3 absolute Music Legends
Bootsy Collins, bass
Maceo Parker, saxophone
(both former legend group members of James Brown who discovered them, then both did their own thing)
Q-Tip, rap (Tribe called Quest)
BOOTSY Collin’s is one of the greatest bassists of all time. He’s in my top 5. SOLID
So funky on this one!! 🔥
Highest charting pop hit to sample the Green Acres theme song. Also, another James Brown connection with Bootsy-- the sax player is Maceo Parker, who played sax for Brown for a number of years.
That's Bootsie Collins on bass... this song is the personification of fun
Many great songs by Deee-Lite just go down the rabbit hole!
The whistle that slides is a slide whistle.
Haha 🤣 Makes sense!
🔥🔥🔥
5:05 is q-tip from a tribe called quest.
Ahhhhh, when clubs used to be fun!!!!!!!
The 1960's and 70's meet the 1990's. The man that looks so familiar is Cincinnati's own Mr. William "Bootsy" Collins, one of the greatest Bass Players to ever walk the planet. "Watch Out!" I believe the "instrument" is called a Penny Whistle. Caught you diggin' the Pee Wee dance.
Knowing what this was, I kind of laughed to myself when you said you were ready to rock out! 90's pop wasn't exactly the kind of music you can rock out to, but it was extremely danceable.
I seen it said that this song marks the birth of the 90's. And love Q Tip on it.
It's 1990 all over again!
It's called a swanee whistle.
Memories. Chicago, 1992ish?
Psychedelic Dance House Acid Scene. Love Bootsy from Funkadelic
Cheers!! 🍄🌲🍄💥✨🌈
The bass player is Bootsy Collins from Parliament / Funkadelic
The floating head rapper is Q-Tip, who was at the time best known for being part of A Tribe Called Quest, who had hits around the same time.
Hey Steve from Ned in Spain. This song was such a breath of fresh funky air back in the day. Lady Miss Kier was a sexy treat. The guest bassist is the legendary William BOOTSY Collins of PFunk fame. He and his bro Catfish went from a local Philly Funk band to being hired by the Godfather of Soul James Brown. When they got fired for takin LSD etc they jumped aboard the P Funk mothership and finally found their family. The sax man poppin in and out was Maceo Parker another James Brown alumnus.
The base player is Bootsy Collins.Legend!
Yeah.Love this fun song. Another one in a similar vein that I also love is "Ain't No Love" by Sub Sub (later to become the superb band Doves) " There Goes The Fear, Pounding ,Catch The Sun, etc ,are great songs by Doves.
This song always reminds me of when the ball dropped for 1990. I was 13 years old and drunk with my best friend and cousin 😅 We had a house to ourselves and a Nintendo, happy days.
We need more music with slide whistles!
💯
slide whistle
The whole 'World Clique' album is worth a listen. 'What Is Love' is maybe my favorite cut.
Slide whistle
Just to clarify, because I'm sure there will be some comments about it. Bootsy Collins (known for playing with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic) is the bassist you see in the video. The bass line you are hearing is not Bootsy however. The bass line from the Herbie Hancock song “Bring Down the Birds” which is slowed down a bit. The song is almost entirely samples, Eva Gabor sighing “I” on the Green Acres theme, 70’s R&B singer Vernon Burch’s “Get Up” for thesong’s drums, tambourine, crowd noise and famous slide whistle.
This is soooo coooool !
This is such a funky tune, love it!
Bass player is Bootsy Collins from Funkadelic
That instrument is called a slide whistle.
Remember this was on Viva Tv all the time. Viva was a german music tv channel similar to mtv, but you’d see more obscure stuff there as well. Watched that channel a lot as a 90s kid in Denmark.
It's a slide whistle, also called a swannee whistle.
And Maceo Parker on saxophone… he is the one playing with Prince in that Pass The Peas video you reacted to 😀
Love this song, amazing video and her groovy dancing, so cute.
Aqua...Barbie Girl
Slide whistle is what it is called.
Ned again coz I forgot to mention that the backing track is " Bring Down the Birds " by Herbie Hancock from the 1966 Blow Up soundtrack, which is amazing all day. That film also featured a live performance by the Yardbirds playing at the Ricky Tick in London. Both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck are in the band playing a smokin version of " Stroll On ".
Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Q-Tip. I promise you, they wouldn't have enlisted so much star power if they didn't intend for it to be a hit. And a very big hit it was!
Check out Shirley & Company "Shame Shame Shame"!!!!!!
This is 90’s. This is their only hit
It would appear that it's off the chain.
The chain it is off indeed! 🤣
The saxophone player is Maceo Parker from the James Brown band.
Oh wow!! I had no idea!! 🔥
i saw this group perform 2 different times in the 90s (minus Qtip) great tune !
Hey bro!! I remember see the bass player many years ago in Grammys. She is awesome!! Please check the live version in Brasil. She is amazing. Thanks. Greetings from Argentina. Sorry for my English
Of course we danced. It rather chimed with a movement in the UK at the time too, where retro sounds were making a bit of a comeback (something which ultimately led to Britpop). You could hybridize modern dance culture of the time with what had happened twenty years earlier, almost as a reaction against market forces in pop. Which, given the history of pop music even then, is slightly ironic.
BOOTSY COLLINS
I've tried following along with her dance moves.
It's quite a cardio workout.
😂🤣😂
put downe the pipe larry 😂
😂🤣
Huge dance hit and video...I mean Bootsy is a part of this so it was going to be awesome.