Poll - what is the best bit in Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.?

I ain't afraid of no sleep
I ain't afraid of no bed
an invisible bed
freaky ghost bed
YEAH YEAH YEAH

young, dumb and bustin’ makes me feel good

just listened to the original and was like no this is all wrong

Considered within the overall sexiness of his oeuvre, this song is clearly about necrophilia

An invisible man sleepin' in your bed

Chilling depiction of severe mental illness

the Key & Peele sketch about this guy is imo the funniest thing they've ever done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxjNOv5QPzM

How is this going to be anything other than "Bustin' makes me feel good!"?

Please
Please
Please, let's make some
I believe it's magic
I believe it's magic
I believe it's magic, magic

Rly torn between spooky intro and the horn synth dotted 8th lick

"02:34-02:50 drums and stuff + "Lemme tell ya something. Bustin' makes me feel good!"
will win in a landslide, imho

I like the bits where he busts

How is this going to be anything other than "Bustin' makes me feel good!"?

...etc

OK, so, yeah, it's what I'm going for myself as well. I confess I wasn't aware of the universal prevalence of this classic bit.
I do think there are multiple other bits worth of a vote or two. Like the bits that include when he goes 'Ow!'. Or the 'Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!' part. Or the soulful delivery of "Pick up the phone. And call.". The intro. The main themes. The main catchphrase.

POLLing makes me feel goood

I had no idea he was saying 'if you've had a dose of a freaky ghost'! I thought it was something like 'if you have ghosts or a freaky ghost', like he accidentally repeated the line.

Love that bit in the video where Huey’s singing with his head in the sink of iced water

like he accidentally repeated the line

You may be onto something. If we are to believe "Pop-Up Videos" (and why shouldn't we?), Parker Jr. famously could not think of a rhyme for "Ghostbusters," and so chose to repeatedly rhyme "Ghostbusters" with "Ghostbusters."

Per "Pop-Up Videos," he was... most flustered.

“I Can’t heeear yooou” FTW

I'm giving it to "sinister opening bit" with "drums and stuff" as the runner-up, which would be a great breakdown even without "bustin makes me".

Bustin makes me feel good.

I have boxers that say that

neil cicierega has proven through science that the answer is a mixture of "horn synth keyboard melody" + "bustin makes me feel good"

voted ctrl + f Bustin' makes me feel good!

feel-good bustin is the safe, solid option but 'I hear it likes the girls' is the connoisseur's choice IMO

3:16 - 3:23 is underrated imho, esp in the vid when RPJr rips off his coat to display his undershirt

great poll

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If you've had a dose of a freaky ghost, babyl

^ underrated . the syncopated vocal line and the double-tracked vocals really do it for me

2. the descending progression during horn synth part is great, really adds some depth to the song

3. would vote "peter falk" cameo if i could, the man is just so good

Per "Pop-Up Videos," he was... most flustered.

― I bless Claire Danes down in Africa (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, May 26, 2020 4:31 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

amazing, makes me miss watching all the oldies content on vh1 as a kid

00:25-00:31 "One that won't make crash my car, or make me feel three feet thick,"

BMMFG

"Yeahyeahyeahyeah" is underrated tho

"I hear it likes the girls" narrowly over creepy intro.

worst part is 0:10-0:20

I don't mind if people have bits from the video weigh in on their vote. All part of the experience.
Alternatively, I might see about following this up with a video breakdown poll on ILE. Or is Peter Falk going to walk that as much as Bustin' will do over here?
My fave video bit is probably 01:23 Ray sliding out from under the girl's bed.

I had totally forgotten about the cameos so I was quite surprised when Chevy Chase appeared (and for ashort while was trying to remember if he was in the movie) !
I don't think I've watched this video since my childhood, though (and at the time I'm not sure I was familiar with all the actors).
I suppose there's no logic to the cameos except friends popping by.
How I loved this movie as kid. It had the whole package : great movie, great song, great logo !

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“I Can’t heeear yooou” FTW

Unfortunately for Ray Parker, Jr., his other better hits don't get airplay:

https://radioinsight.com/ross/187495/lost-hits-of-the-80s-year-by-year/

Agreed about “Ghostbusters” not being his best (if you include his hits with/as “Raydio”), but I only see one of his songs there, the forgettable “I Still Can’t Get Over Loving You”.

(That ONJ’s “Twist Of Fate” is apparently the most forgotten big hit of that particular year is the real travesty imo)

Concerned the horn synth vote will be split.

I only see one of his songs there, the forgettable “I Still Can’t Get Over Loving You”.

The marvelous "The Other Woman" made the 1982 list: https://radioinsight.com/ross/185677/how-lost-are-pop-music-lost-hits/

"yeahyeahyeahyeah" underrated.

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Bustin' landslide

correct winner. kind of feel like it's the only thing that makes the song worthwhile anymore.

Notable Bustin' victory but nice to see so many different parts got some votes. Slightly disappointed that nobody went for that seductive "If you're all alone, pick up the phone. And call.".

Concerned the horn synth vote will be split

I figured everyone would just go for the first one, but didn't group the three sections together for the possibility of people adding extra value to the timing of the section within the entire song - sometimes I think too much. The votes actually ended up being split: first occurence 3 votes; second 1 vote; third 1 votes.
I suppose it's up to anyone whether to make it 6 votes for the part in their own mind or not. It's the difference between sole third placing or shared with "I can't hear you!".

This Mortal Coil should have covered this.

Jedward - the secret glue, as we are now finding out, that has been holding ILX together all along:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkyWeoSEM8

(no footage of their version of “The Other Woman” exists, unfortunately)

Solved

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdyU_gW6WE

I like the bits where he busts

― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, May 26, 2020 3:58 PM bookmarkflaglink