Eric Prydz's Winwood-cribbing "Call On Me"....c or d?

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Saw the video for same at www.kontraband.com, and a very randy thing it is indeed.

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Borrowing the chorus from Steve Winwood's otherwise entirely wholesome "Valerie," it's a Ministry of Sound's latest attempt at pairing 80's MOR rock with thumping club beats. Personally speaking -- even divorced from the provocative visuals -- I think it's actually quite good. Do you? Am I just sleep-deprived?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:11 (twenty-one years ago)

It's a Ministry of Sound's latest attempt at pairing 80's MOR rock with thumping club beats

I don't really think of it as a pairing. The sample doesn't seem to harken back to 80s MOR as it's surgically removed and is basically there to serve the maniacal repetition. I really like the track as it's a relief from the dark retro-clashy tracks and reasserts (or maybe just revives) big French house.

The video was a fun exercise (haha) for some stylist, but I wish there was something even slightly clever about it. Also, I've never been into the whole Daryl Hannah 80s man-woman thing.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

but I wish there was something even slightly clever about it

This is rather OTM, actually. There's no real twist, and it doesn't go anywhere (other than straight into the skull of your average FHM reader's fantasy life.)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The twist? She's a man, baby! (unfortunately I have no evidence - and quite a bit to the contrary - to back this up)

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Horrible...
Dud of the lowest order

Steve Winwood.
Ugh

― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

it's good but it was made by Thomas Bangalter from Daft Punk and DJ Falcon. I have to say this at every mention of the track so that Prydz gets no credit for shamelessly stealing their idea, right down to the tune for the secondary lyric in the song even!

All Prydz's other records are dire.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

it's good but it was made by Thomas Bangalter from Daft Punk and DJ Falcon

I've read that it was actually Prydz who created the track and gave it to Falcon, but that someone stole it out of Falcon's crate, and bootlegged it with Bangalter and Falcon on the label.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

i've read that no one wants to actually take credit for the horrible track and that each party is pointing at the other saying "no, he satrted le suckfest"

― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmm I read that aswell but I think it's rubbish sent out by Ministry. my friends who are fairly well connected to Falcon told me that Bangalter/Falcon had "Call On Me" as the original "So Much Love To Give" but decided they preferred the Earth Wind & Fire vocal sample for the latter. However Falcon played "Call On Me" in his livesets.

I think the above story is dubious mainly because Falcon doesn't play records, or at least I've never heard of him doing so and all the mp3s I have of his sets are definitely his laptop show. I saw him play "Call On Me" around 2 years ago.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I should clarify, I think the stolen record story is dubious.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

There's also a story that someone named "Steve Simpson" originally did the track.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I've heard that it's Winwood actually singing, rather than being sampled, is this true? I think it's a pretty boring song, it just sounds like a loop on repeat ad inf.

― willem (willem), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Some of us like that kind of thing, y'know.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

You won't like this if it had been number one for over a fucking month in your country, Alex.

― Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Which Earth Wind & Fire song is the sample from?

― Affectian (Affectian), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not sure, as far as I know it is a sample of their stuff though. I'll check for sure.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

It was number one? That's hard to fathom. Sorry, Wooden.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:06 (twenty-one years ago)

It even left the number one spot for a week and then climbed back up. The Great British public are really stupid sometimes.

― Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

horrid. Still trying to figure out why anyone would make a late-80's style club mix of a shitty early-80's Steve Winwood song. I heard it repeatedly last week .. inteolerable, indefensible. "Goes nowhere" OTM.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i like this plenty.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

It's a bit, well... meh. The new 'Make Luv' but better, just not good enough to be worth the bother somehow.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:17 (twenty-one years ago)

the repetition of that one line plays up the wistfulness. it sounds a lot more pleading and mysterious when isolated and stripped of context. i'm surprised how many thumbs-down it's getting, tbh.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:17 (twenty-one years ago)

it's ace, really. it's getting thumbs down cos it's a "chav" number one

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:19 (twenty-one years ago)

the only thing wrong with it, and as I say it VERBATIM rips the bangalter/falcon version, except for this, the only thing wrong with it is it should be 7 minutes longer.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

There's an mp3 labeled as a daft punk remix or something that has an extended lyric from the non "Call On Me" part. It's like one extra line.

Also, I find the criticisms hilarious. I mean, it's a repetitive house track! What is so mystifying at this point???

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, it's not bad as such, I just don't care enough to have much of an opinion on it.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

well you have to take into account the fact that it's been number 1 for 4 weeks. it's not like people who sought out this record are commenting on it, at this stage.

I guess it's more repetetive than other house records even, in that it doesn't have a full vocal. it's not as good as "So Much Love To Give" I must say. wouldn't it be great if it THAT was a number 1. or ARCHIGRAM-CARNIVAL. getting carried away now.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Christ knows it's better than what might be replacing it this week.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

with a bit of luck the charts will be flooded by filterdisco with t&a videos soon. hooray.

― :|, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

god bless you eric prydz

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I actually think it's more immediately catchy than "So Much Love to Give". Neither comes anywhere near "Together" for the uber-repetitive compressed Frenchy anthem of all time!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

oh "Together" is so good. when Felix played the last night ever of the club I used to go to, where my friend was resident and stuff, he was slightly late, and my friend had to pick things up a bit, so he played "Together", and the place went crazy obviously, just as Felix was appearing behind the decks.

Felix then bopped about for a minute, before casually dropping the LRD remix of "From Disco To Disco" as his first track. I think it was the most high profile BIG segue I've ever heard. unbelievable.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a guy on The Vibe today asking when Oasis are going to come back with some real music to save us from Eric Prydz.

― Chairman ROFLMAO (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

If Oasis is real music,.....[insert incredulous comment here].

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I hope he gets hit by a train.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the thing about "Together" is how the quick "come together" repeats just underneath the longer "together" and by linking the words it's almost like it's being done in rounds without a break in the word "together" and as they seem to pile up on each other in my brain I get almost dizzy listening to it!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I hope a wonderwall collapses on him.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I hope he drowns in a champagne supernova.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I hope he doesn't get his wish, cos the way things are, it's the Manics at number one on Sunday...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah this is a bangalter remix
dude pulled a junior jack

― stomp (+dancefloor), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)

How do the Manics keep getting all these number ones? They've had three or something. I wouldn't have thought that there was much of a market for rubbish Welsh rockers singing about politics.

― Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Personally speaking -- even divorced from the provocative visuals -- I think it's actually quite good. Do you? Am I just sleep-deprived?

Alex, I had no idea you liked a bit of the old thumpa-thumpa. Aren't
you supposed to be neck-deep in Killing Joke and Joy Division bootlegs? I kid. (No really, I kid - no hate here!)

Anyway, I only just heard this track over the weekend. I was dragged to a fairly pretentious club (boo!), where I was fed free vodka tonics by friends of friends (yay!). I have to say that I really liked it - I know that the whole 80s-hook-on-spin-cycle thing is officially old hat, but there's something absolutely FUN about hearing something so utterly familiar rendered completely surreal through sheer repetition. Call it the Stardust effect - your brain just locks in and goes "Hey, I know what comes next!" And later, "I'll betcha I know EXACTLY what comes next!" Weird in the best way possible.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

the video personifies the essex slappers aerobic class.
i can recommend eric pratt and the retarded fuckwit's rendition of this. (cut and paste) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stuart.mclean40/eric_pratt_and_retarded_fuckwit_-_agadoo_doo-doo_(radio_edit).mp3

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 07:52 (twenty-one years ago)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stuart.mclean40/eric_pratt_and_retarded_fuckwit_-_agadoo_doo-doo.mp3

erse, forgot about the brackets

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)

wow a novelty record, sounds hilarious!

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 08:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Dudder than dud months ago - and now rendered even worse thanks to repeated exposure.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Had the same idea to rip another Winwood track off myself years ago - damn, someone beat me to it.

Personally, I like the track now, but like most filtered club house anthems, will be totally sick of it next week. (By then, another would have replaced it).

I personally would have liked to hear the synth line to Winwood's "Valerie" added in the bridges of "Call On Me". Agree with most though, there ain't much to the track but what there is is enough for at least a week's worth of hedonistic bliss before the next big anthem blows up and gets signed to a major dance label.

Maybe I'll start a new thread if it hasn't been devised yet. How about: 1980s MOR & AOR tracks that would make great one line/bar samples for house anthem records???

Whaddya say hey?

― herbalizer12 (herbalizer12), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Start the thread already!

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

there's something absolutely FUN about hearing something so utterly familiar rendered completely surreal through sheer repetition.

That's probably what hooked me in, yeah --- that and all the t&a in the vid.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I really, really hate the video.
I'm slightly surprised and mildly disappointed to find that it's not just 14-year-old Maxim subscribers that like it, too.
Oh, yes. I really don't like record either. It makes me think I've got perforated ear drums.

― coco, Wednesday, 20 October 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

It makes me think I've got perforated ear drums.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

How about: 1980s MOR & AOR tracks that would make great one line/bar samples for house anthem records???

Mylo's "In My Arms" samples one line of the '80s MOR hit "Waiting for a star to fall" by Boy Meets Girl, and it's very similiar in structure to "Call on Me."

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 15 January 2005 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Fantastic. I wanna hear more songs like this.

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 16 January 2005 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

if i was dj i would sample :
"i don't even understand" from cyndi lauper "she bop"
"let's go out and have some fun" from new order "perfect kiss"
"let me take a bite" from michael jackson "human nature"
"let's look for the purple banana 'til they put us in the truck"
from prince"let's go crazy"

― dangerzone, Sunday, 16 January 2005 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I hope he gets hit by a brain.

― cºzen (Cozen), Sunday, 16 January 2005 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

it feels I've heard this record more than any other record I've heard, is all.

― cºzen (Cozen), Sunday, 16 January 2005 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Thew new Scooter album has looped "All I wanna do is have some fun, I got a feeling I'm not the only one" at a helium pitch.

― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 16 January 2005 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Bangalter/Falcon had "Call On Me" as the original "So Much Love To Give" but decided they preferred the Earth Wind & Fire vocal sample for the latter.

If anyone is still interested, that was Liverpudlian Seventies R&B band The Real Thing, not EWF.

― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 16 January 2005 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah I was still interested, nice one.

― Affectian (Affectian), Sunday, 16 January 2005 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

So that's what this is.

― it aint my birthdave but i got my name on the drake (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 25 June 2009 06:48 (sixteen years ago)

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