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Culture Beat's "Mr Vain" - a true classic?

― MarkH, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I know what I want and I want it now.....

― MarkH, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not as good as Faces by 2 Unlimited -'Faces, faces everywhere, expressing joy and pain'

What are your favourite early 90s Euro-dance hits? Where is Haddaway now? Does anyone remember the hilarious Melody Maker Euro-pop special in which Simon Price, etc. managed to wind all the indie kids?

― Robin, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Haddaway should be on the names thread, surely. Snap's rhythm is a dancer is up there with Culture Beat. Great videos too.

― Laavanyan, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I loved it. But the follow-up, "Got To Get It", was better, and still moves me to near-tears.

― Robin Carmody, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A true stinker. Being exposed to it far too many times made me hate it even more. Something which I could not even imagine... I think it's mainly the vocal delivery that made my head spin round and round and round like a record baby round now...

― helenfordsdale, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Mainland Europeans get embarrassed about Eurodance a lot, don't they? (no offence Helen!)

And sometimes they have cause to. But not, I think, in this case. Did you feel the same way about "Got To Get It"?

― Robin Carmody, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

'Mr Vain' is cool, but not quite the classic that Technotronic's 'Get Up (Before the Night is Over)' and Salt N Peppa's 'Pump the Jam' are. Pure gold.

― DavidM, Friday, 21 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No, Robin! I actually wanted to add that "Got To Get" was mucho fun. Lightheated and airy. You can't help but shake yer bonbon bum when you hear Leila K (spelling?).

― helenfordsdale, Friday, 21 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Lighthearted. But hell lightheated is what I was when I saw her on the telly. hah!

― helenfordsdale, Friday, 21 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Got To Get" is indeed GRATE.

But "Pump Up The Jam", although also GRATE, was by Technotronic as well, not Salt'n'Pepa.

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 21 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ooh, looking back at that you misunderstood me. You were referring to "Got To Get" by Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K, I was thinking of "Got To Get It", Culture Beat's follow-up to "Mr Vain".

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 21 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Of course all this stuff is marvellous by definition. Do dancefloors ever get better than when "The Power" is playing?

― Tim, Friday, 21 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No they don't, Tim.

Time to revive "Eurodance: Search and Destroy", surely ...

― Robin Carmody, Saturday, 22 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

All I have to say is: CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD PROJECT.

I wish it was 1993 again.

― Dan Perry, Saturday, 22 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Does anyone remember the hilarious Melody Maker Euro-pop special in which Simon Price, etc. managed to wind all the indie kids?

Great stuff. 2 Unlimited were hilariously surreal sex robots.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 22 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Rather unsurprisingly everytime I played this track to friends over Xmas, they enjoyed it, there's no doubt about that. But none would admit it. Their excuse, it's not real music.

― K-reg, Wednesday, 26 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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