i hope he still looks like that photo
-- am0n, Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:40 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
+ 60lbs or so, yeah
http://oldschool.terramail.pl/fotosy/egyptian_lover04.jpg
― deej, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:55 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.iloveyes.se/bilder/2006-06%20Egyptian%20Lover.JPG
that looks pretty recent
http://flickr.com/photos/16866536@N00/1021751680
― J0hn D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
saw him at Studio B, he put on a great show, played classics and his own songs, sang the lyrics, did choreographed dances with his hype man. Pretty awesome.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Song deej posted: muy hot.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I like how this thread has, in spite of itself, managed to pick up at least two points of contention.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
www.egyptianempirerecords.com
his site isn't working ... :( you used to be able to buy tshirts from it
― deej, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.chocosho.com/admin/images/285x380/79625_vertical_1_egyptian_lover__mens_vertic.jpg
― The Reverend, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:03 (sixteen years ago) link
^^ Just stroked chin at concert.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/egyptianlover661/Tshirtstatoo.jpg
― deej, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^has been shaking booty to egyptian lover since 1983
Oh wow.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:08 (sixteen years ago) link
'house on the nile' has some fantastic lyrics, something about his waterbed and solid gold speakers.
― deej, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^i bet his neighbors complained a lot too
^^^dont know why ^^^ were necessary in that post
― deej, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
remember when Hashim posted on ILM? he kept spamming us with links to his new breaks stuff lol
― blueski, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i found an egyptian lover cassette in the budget bin when i got my first car and was looking for shit to bump in the tape player. i believe him when he says the pyramids are shiny.
― max, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:16 (sixteen years ago) link
its entirely possible that the pyramids are shiny. shit gets awful bright in the desert, sand reflects the sun etc
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
my sister had this album, the beats were good & the synths chilly, the rapping always sounded kinda...y'know..."the pyramids are oh so shiny" wtf are you talking about egyptian lover
― The Reverend, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
loool
― am0n, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
WHAT IS A DJ IF HE CAN'T SCRATCH WHAT IS A MC IF HE CAN'T RAP WHAT IS A BEAT WITHOUT A LIVE CLAP WELL I CAN DO IT ALL BABY JUST LIKE THAT
― dmr, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link
oh and let's not forget FREAK-A-HOLIC
http://www.parisdjs.com/images/covers/parisdjs_vintagerobot/The_Egyptian_Lover-Freak-A-Holic_b.jpg
― dmr, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm searching desperately to find egyptian lover lyrics page :(
― deej, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
am0n quit being lame, "shiny" is a non-starter as a descriptor for pyramids and you know it
― The Reverend, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:43 (sixteen years ago) link
see my waterbed, fifty feet long with solid gold speakers, to play this song
it is mostly about the original 4 track ep -- http://www.discogs.com/release/43329 -- 'On The Nile' had remade versions of some of the tracks. see also 12" for 'Computer Love (Sweet Dreams)'
& I remember his track for Bobby Jimmy and the Critters was, well, I bought everything he did in 1984
'We Like Ugly Women' - http://www.discogs.com/release/97719
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link
And My Beat Goes Boom (Long Version)
Drums - (Ultimate) Egyptian Lover, The* Producer - (Genius) Egyptian Lover, The* Remix - (Awesome) Egyptian Lover, The* Vocals - (Creative) Egyptian Lover, The*
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=R&obid=48819
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:15 (sixteen years ago) link
THE FREAK-A-HOLIC VIDEO (must see):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pjyu6BpJF0
FUKK ALL DA HATTERZ !!!!
Egyptian Lover is THE MAN. A few of my favorites 12"s are "Girls/Voices" and "She's So Fine." The "one track mind" is non-stop genius. Bambaataa ain't got shit on The Lover's early material as far as I'm concerned. And, in fact, Electro may have got it's start on the East Coast, but it really came of age on the west coast. Dudes like LA Dream Team, Arabian Prince/Professor X, Unknown DJ, and Ice-T (in his early days collaborating with Chris "The Glove" Taylor) really kept the electro flames burnin' and dropped some serious next level shit.
And here's a fun fact: The Egyptian Lover taught Luke Skywalker how to program beats ... so dude is like the godfather of Miami Bass and shit.
― Romeo Jones, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I must say though that The Lover's 1990 LP, "Get Into It" is kinda weak despite a few good jamz.
― Romeo Jones, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:04 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/uploads/pics/picture_egyptian_lover_turntable_afro_hair_old.jpg
― carne asada, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Home of the Egyptian Empire http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/uploads/pics/picture_egyptian_empire_los_angeles.jpg
and this: http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/typo3temp/pics/cover_rodney_o_everlasting_bass_egyptian_empire_dmsr_00772_1986_front_02_a6230022e6.jpg
― carne asada, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
freak-a-holic is dope but way different than his other stuff
― deej, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
"if i go to see egyptian lover i want to do it in an atmosphere that reflects the music"
Please put this on a t-shirt.
(Then the beardos can wear it and stroke).
I first heard I Need A Freak through Egyptian Lover. I remember working at the record store when the owner found an Egyptian Lover album and just flipped his shit—apparently he had loved him as a kid, because as a kid he was totally into pyramids and mummies and shit, and hadn't ever put together that Egyptian Lover wasn't actually, you know, archeological until he heard the stuff again as an adult.
― I eat cannibals, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
You must purify yourself in the waters of the Egyptian Lover's pyramid-shaped pool.
― Andy K, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
His stuff is a cut above most 80s electro... "Sexy Style" has these great sonar blips in them. "What Is A DJ" is probably my favorite through.
― Gavin, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i always had a (maybe) confused impression that he was connected to that club party group thing "uncle jamm's army"...t/f?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
he was part of Uncle Jamms Army too
― carne asada, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
The Egyptian Lover started out as a D.J. in Los Angeles with Uncle Jamms Army doing dances at the L.A. Sports Arena with over 10,000 party people. The Egyptian Lover began recording around Los Angeles in 1983 as a member of the Radio Crew and later that year released "Dial-A-Freak" as part of Uncle Jamm's Army (see 1983 in music). The Egyptian Lover released his debut solo single and club hit "Egypt, Egypt" in 1984. It was followed by more dance hits, including "And My Beat Goes Boom", "What Is a DJ If He Can't Scratch", "Egypt Egypt", and "Girls", with even more that came like "You're so Fine", "The Lover", "Sexy Style", "The Alesby Inn" and "Freak a Holic". Is popularly known for the phrase "doing what I want, seven days a week."
― Gavin, Thursday, 20 September 2007 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
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
classic exchange with j0hn d itt
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 21:18 (eight years ago) link
the rapping always sounded kinda...y'know..."the pyramids are oh so shiny" wtf are you talking about egyptian lover)just a shot in the dark but i think he's talking about egypt
just a shot in the dark but i think he's talking about egypt
When the pyramids were built they were coated in polished limestone and often capped w a golden piece at the top, and supposedly actually _were_ shiny especially in contrast to the surrounding desert. They look rocky and Earthy to us now only because they have been sitting in the desert, periodically raided and dismantled, for thousands and thousands of years.
The old temples and stuff were similarly super colorful; a lot of the original paint remains even to this day.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 21:24 (eight years ago) link
lol I didn't see that beforexp
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 21:25 (eight 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, Monday, September 24, 2007 11:56 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link
lmfaoooo
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 14 May 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiW7NbkhbJ0
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 22 November 2015 05:36 (eight years ago) link
did y'all know that Egyptian Lover released an album this year and every single track has the Numbers/Tour De France beat and it sounds fucking amazing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8x8oFp_-E8
― welltris (crüt), Monday, 14 December 2015 12:15 (eight years ago) link
!
http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/egyptianlover/1983-1988
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 19:29 (eight years ago) link
And building on that new collection: I talked with the man himself.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/30/the-egyptian-lover-interview-electro-stones-throw-anthology
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
http://www.hexapolis.com/2014/10/31/historians-concur-great-pyramid-glass-like-shiny-4000-years-ago/
― am0n, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 17:09 (seven years ago) link
nice piece, ned!
― lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
Thanks!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BNUV9SiEVg
really cool new video feat. (among many) Lady Tigra of "Cars That Go Boom!"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 6 June 2016 22:13 (seven years ago) link
https://67.media.tumblr.com/afc168482221c8836b3a0dfd7200399d/tumblr_n9oa3z4DJ81twulego6_500.gif(via Night Flight on Facebook
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 26 August 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
I'm pretty lukewarm on most of his stuff but man I love "I Cry". Any recommendations on similarly moody 80s electroish stuff?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 30 April 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
I don't know but here's Jeff Mills in 1983 scratching side two track two of the first release on Freak Beat Records
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uapn-mknXVU
― Milton Parker, Friday, 30 April 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
Wow I didn't know Mills was active quite that early in the 80s
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 30 April 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link