Holy shit, check out the list of members of Uncle Jamms Army http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Jamms_Army
― Gavin, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
holy shit it's like a farm team for early west coast dudes!
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
this site too http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/groups.html all those dudes chilled together
― carne asada, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
my older bro used to go to the parties these guys used to rock
― carne asada, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
do you guys remember "what's happening now?" it was this 80s spinoff of "what's happening" with some of the same characters but all grown up...anyway one time LA Dream Team guested on the show and performed a song...it went "Yesssss....they're here....Dream Team is here!" me and my friend saw it once on reruns and that was our catchphrase in high school for awhile.
we were dorx ;_;
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
that's a good record there
― carne asada, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/typo3temp/pics/cover_la_dream_team_is_in_the_house_dtr_631_1985_front_02_d2370ef08e.jpg
― carne asada, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
holy crap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqBA22B5KHU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yltrGPr_RA
― am0n, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv1jDREKJWc
― am0n, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I have this record....
http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/index.php?id=248.0.html
http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/uploads/pics/cover_hit_hip_hop_on_hot_vinyl_dr_dre_macola_mrc_910_1985_front_02.jpg
― dan selzer, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Let's jam, let's jam radioactive!!
― carne asada, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
i saw him a few weeks back. prolly wouldn't have gone if i hadn't gotten free tickets (not into seeing older bands redo their thing). he actually put on a really good show though. great dj set where his hypeman handed him the records in order. all the hits.
the crowd at my show was the complete opposite though. dorky b&t crowd and everyone was dancing. except me. i couldnt' distance myself from the crowd and even though i was really enjoying the music and the show, i wasn't exactly "having fun". oh well, i'm the chin scratching hipster deej wished wouldn't come to the show.
i love the On the Nile album. there's way more guitar on it than i would expect from an electro album.
― jaxon, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Most of your songs are very uptempo. What´s the reason for this? Back in the days we have this famous dance called "The Freak". People dancing close to close very sexy. So as faster the beats the more freaky the dance became. And also I do not like to fuck slow, do you?
― deej, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
jaxon its one thing if there's a room full of dancing ppl and yr not in the mood, its another thing entirely if the whole crowd shows up, he plays shit aimed directly at the dancefloor, and every just sort of stands around like their studying a painting on the wall. its not a museum!
― deej, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
oh man i had that hit hip hop on cassette, they used have this bonkers cutout bin at my wal-mart in HS...i also bought this weird wire thing that was sort of a semi-comp of the first two records mashed together in different order w/some songs missing.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
i would do "The Freak" to all of this songs
― carne asada, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
why because it look interesting
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
matt, you mean On Returning, which is a comp of the first 3 albums "greatest hits" or sorts.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
yep that's what it was...i didn't know shit about wire when i bought it, i only knew them from "eardrum buzz" video on 120 minutes
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
that comp has Dot Dash which isn't on the first 3 records OR their CD reissues if I remember correctly. Nothing to do with LA Electro though.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Whenever i see a pic of EL i'm treated to spontaneously imagined whiff of activator and spermicide.
― christoff, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link
oh man Big Butt Ugly Girls
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Women rather
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link
did we already decide if he was really Egyptian?
― jaxon, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
and was the Arabian Prince his protoge?
i also bought this weird wire thing that was sort of a semi-comp of the first two records mashed together in different order w/some songs missing.
Should've been titled Songs Missing.
*boom boom*
― Andy K, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Egptians are Coptic in ethnicity, not Arab, so probably no relation. AP was in NWA though.
― Gavin, Thursday, 20 September 2007 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i dont think they worked together in the late 80s but i think theyve done at least one show together here in LA recently
― max, Thursday, 20 September 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
world seems to go him-shaped when tompkins takes up pen so i dunno if this any of this interview was even 4real or not but still eh?
― r|t|c, Monday, 24 September 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
the first wire album i owned was called *In The Pink*. i bought it in the mid 80's. it was kind of a perfect album really. when i first bought the actual albums all i wanted to hear were the songs on that comp.
― scott seward, Monday, 24 September 2007 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
what
― am0n, Monday, 24 September 2007 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
i said the first wire album i owned was called *In The Pink*. i bought it in the mid 80's. it was kind of a perfect album really. when i first bought the actual albums all i wanted to hear were the songs on that comp.
― scott seward, Monday, 24 September 2007 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
haha
― deej, Monday, 24 September 2007 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
― am0n, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I sort of like his narcissism actually. Is there an Egyptian Lover track where he doesn't namecheck himself in the vocals? Or where his record sleeves don't say "Everything was written, produced, performed, mixed, engineered, and mastered by Egyptian Lover"?
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 02:38 (sixteen years ago) link
SS: Then the guy from Cybotron, Rick Davis, thought you were dead?
EL: He saw the headline: “Lady Diana Dies With Egyptian Lover.”
― haitch, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 03:56 (sixteen years ago) link
EL: One time this girl from the LA Times came up and said, “Wow, you’re better than the Egyptian Lover. What’s your name?” And I said, “DJ Sperm Cell.” LA Times the following Sunday: “DJ Sperm Cell Better Than Egyptian Lover.” With pictures of me in the paper. Some damn fools!
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 04:12 (sixteen years ago) link
ahahah
― am0n, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 04:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Dj Sixth Sense was playing "Egyptian Lover" today on the Friday morning 8 am US eastern time Wrong Song segment of the syndicated Russ Parr morning show (heard on American R'n'b/rap radio stations)
― curmudgeon, Friday, 12 October 2007 13:49 (sixteen years ago) link
-- haitch, Monday, September 24, 2007 11:56 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link
hahahahaha
― and what, Saturday, 13 October 2007 02:00 (sixteen years ago) link
hahaha i was about to quote that and lol too
― s1ocki, Saturday, 13 October 2007 03:48 (sixteen years ago) link
omg driving back from the studio last night my bass player was playing some Macola Records comp tape that had Egypt Egypt and a bunch of other early LA electro stuff - Bobby Jimmy & The Critters' "Big Butt" was just cracking my ass up, never heard that one before.
BREAKDOWN
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 11 August 2008 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
hilarious slim longhaired wite kid w/silver space jacket & magma t-shirt on stage at the EL gig, what's on yr ipod? I mean, what are you doing there stood behind some keyboard just clapping your hands.
― blunt, Monday, 11 August 2008 23:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I had no use for http://www.chocosho.com/admin/images/285x380/79625_vertical_1_egyptian_lover__mens_vertic.jpg but RIP
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 01:34 (fifteen years ago) link
(Breathing) Egypt Egypt Egypt Egypt Egyptian Lover Egyptian Lover Baby Egyptian Lover Egyptian Lover Baby
Give me a freaky kinky nation with a total female population I can deal with that situation I don't care about my reputation Give me a freaky kinky nation with a total female population I can deal with that situation I don't care about my reputation
I'm The Egyptian Lover Sexy Senior It's not just a name but an adventure I mix so fast I scratch so sweet there's not another D.J. on earth who can compete
U know it Egyptian Lover
Pyramids are Oh so shiny The women here are Oh so cute The freaks are on the floor now Dancing to beats that I compute
(Breathing)
Egyptian Lover Egyptian Lover Baby Egyptian Lover Egyptian Lover Baby
Egyptian Lover
I want you
― am0n, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Sexy Senior
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/2734122172_af6fd7eeb4.jpg "25 years in the game!"
― blunt, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 02:21 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f185/PappaWheelie/Macola-ThePosseChapter2.jpg
― PappaWheelie V, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:15 (fifteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
D.J. Battlecat
http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/he-man/battle-cat.jpg
― am0n, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link