Gap Band "You dropped the bomb on me"

fuselighter 2600

the best kind.

that song owns.

i heard the C4MOAB9000 Bunker Buster was used

I was Djing in Berlin at a small party and played this song and it cleared the dancefloor. I asked the other guy I was DJing with what the deal was, I mean, come on, this song kicks so much ass it's ridiculous. He said that "we do no know this song in Germany; the Gap Band music did not come here". I mean, huh? I was shocked. They danced to Justin Timberlake, they danced to Le Tigre, they danced to The Ramones. But not this song . . . weird.

dresden dude

If they also didn't dance to "Blitzkrieg Bop" then it would make more sense.

(X-post HAHA!)

I remember seeing this song on that infamous Clear Channel Songs Not To Play After 9/11 list. The idea of someone losing it due to hearing the Gap Band on the radio had me giggling for hours.

remember seeing this song on that infamous Clear Channel Songs Not To Play After 9/11 list. The idea of someone losing it due to hearing the Gap Band on the radio had me giggling for hours.

can i see this list?

Alice In Chains, "Rooster"
Alice In Chains, "Sea of Sorrow"
Alice In Chains, "Down in a Hole"
Alice In Chains, "Them Bones"
Beastie Boys, "Sure Shot"
Beastie Boys, "Sabotage"
The Cult, "Fire Woman"
Everclear, "Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)"
Filter, Hey Man, "Nice Shot"
Foo Fighters, "Learn to Fly"
Savage Garden, "Crash and Burn"
Dave Matthews Band, "Crash Into Me"
Bangles, "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Pretenders, "My City Was Gone"
Alanis Morissette, "Ironic"
Barenaked Ladies, "Falling for the First Time"
Fuel, "Bad Day"
Korn, "Falling Away From Me"
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Aeroplane"
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Under the Bridge"
Smashing Pumpkins, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Peter Gabriel, "When You're Falling"
System Of A Down, "Chop Suey!"
Lenny Kravitz, "Fly Away"
Tom Petty, "Free Fallin'"
Bruce Springsteen, "I'm On Fire"
Bruce Springsteen, "Goin' Down"
Phil Collins, "In the Air Tonight"
Limp Bizkit, "Break Stuff"
Green Day, "Brain Stew"
Temple Of The Dog, "Say Hello to Heaven"
Sugar Ray, "Fly"
Local H, "Bound for the Floor"
Slipknot, "Left Behind, Wait and Bleed"
Bush, "Speed Kills"
311, "Down"
Stone Temple Pilots, "Dead and Bloated"
Soundgarden, "Fell on Black Days"
Soundgarden, "Black Hole Sun"
Metallica, "Seek and Destroy"
Metallica, "Harvester of Sorrow"
Metallica, "Enter Sandman"
Metallica, "Fade to Black"
Nine Inch Nails, "Head Like a Hole"
Godsmack, "Bad Religion"
Tool, "Intolerance"
Soundgarden, "Blow Up the Outside World"
Nena, "99 Luft Balloons/99 Red Balloons"
AC/DC, "Shot Down in Flames"
AC/DC, "Shoot to Thrill"
AC/DC, "Dirty Deeds"
AC/DC, "Highway to Hell"
AC/DC, "Safe in New York City"
AC/DC, "TNT"
AC/DC, "Hell's Bells"
Black Sabbath, "War Pigs"
Black Sabbath, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
Black Sabbath, "Suicide Solution"
Kansas, "Dust in the Wind"
Led Zeppelin, "Stairway to Heaven"
The Beatles, "A Day in the Life"
The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
The Beatles, "Ticket To Ride"
The Beatles, "Obla Di, Obla Da"
Bob Dylan/Guns N Roses, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Arthur Brown, "Fire"
Blue Oyster Cult, "Burnin' For You"
Paul McCartney & Wings, "Live and Let Die"
Jimi Hendrix, "Hey Joe"
Jackson Browne, "Doctor My Eyes"
John Mellencamp, "Crumbling Down"
John Mellencamp, "Paper In Fire"
U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Boston, "Smokin"
Billy Joel, "Only the Good Die Young"
Dio, "Holy Diver"
Steve Miller, "Jet Airliner"
Van Halen, "Jump"
Queen, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Queen, "Killer Queen"
Pat Benatar, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
Pat Benatar, "Love is a Battlefield"
Oingo Boingo, "Dead Man's Party"
REM, "It's the End of the World as We Know It"
Talking Heads, "Burning Down the House"
Judas Priest, "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll"
Pink Floyd, "Run Like Hell"
Pink Floyd, "Mother"
John Parr, "St. Elmo's Fire"
Barry McGuire, "Eve of Destruction"
Steam, "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey"
Drifters, "On Broadway"
Shelly Fabares, "Johnny Angel"
Los Bravos, "Black is Black"
Peter & Gordon, "I Go To Pieces"
Peter & Gordon, "A World Without Love"
Elvis Presley, "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
Zombies, "She's Not There"
Elton John, "Bennie & The Jets"
Elton John, "Daniel"
Elton John, "Rocket Man"
Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls of Fire"
Santana, "Evil Ways"
Louis Armstrong, "What A Wonderful World"
Youngbloods, "Get Together"
Ad Libs, "The Boy from New York City"
Peter Paul & Mary, "Blowin' in the Wind"
Peter Paul & Mary, "Leavin' on a Jet Plane"
Rolling Stones, "Ruby Tuesday"
Simon & Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Happenings, "See You in Septemeber"
Carole King, "I Feel the Earth Move"
Zager & Evans, "In the Year 2525"
Norman Greenbaum, "Spirit in the Sky"
Brooklyn Bridge, "Worst That Could Happen"
Three Degrees, "When Will I See You Again"
Cat Stevens, "Peace Train"
Cat Stevens, "Morning Has Broken"
Jan & Dean, "Dead Man's Curve"
Martha & The Vandellas, "Nowhere to Run"
Martha & The Vandellas/Van Halen, "Dancing in the Streets"
Hollies, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
Sam Cooke/Herman's Hermits, "Wonderful World"
Petula Clark, "A Sign of the Times"
Don Mclean, "American Pie"
J. Frank Wilson/Pearl Jam, "Last Kiss"
Buddy Holly & The Crickets, "That'll Be the Day"
John Lennon, "Imagine"
Bobby Darin, "Mack the Knife"
The Clash, "Rock the Casbah"
Surfaris, "Wipeout"
Blood Sweat & Tears, "And When I Die"
Dave Clark Five, "Bits and Pieces"
Tramps, "Disco Inferno"
Paper Lace, "The Night Chicago Died"
Frank Sinatra, "New York, New York"
Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Travelin' Band"
The Gap Band, "You Dropped a Bomb On Me"
Alien Ant Farm, "Smooth Criminal"
3 Doors Down, "Duck and Run"
The Doors, "The End" Third Eye Blind, "Jumper"
Neil Diamond, "America"
Skeeter Davis, "End of the World"
Ricky Nelson, "Travelin' Man"
Chi-Lites, "Have You Seen Her"
Animals, "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
Fontella Bass, "Rescue Me"
Mitch Ryder, "Devil with the Blue Dress"
James Taylor, "Fire and Rain"
Edwin Starr/Bruce Springsteen, "War"
Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Tuesday's Gone"
Drowning Pool, "Bodies"
Mudvayne, "Death Blooms"
Megadeth, "Dread and the Fugitive"
Megadeth, "Sweating Bullets"
Saliva, "Click Click Boom"
P.O.D., "Boom"

hmm no boxtops

I was driving to work, trying to not think about that day when suddenly "Disco Inferno" came on the radio. I had to pull over and compose myself.

well at least with some there's a logic - no tuesdays, no death, no rescues, no bombs, no war, no peace, no planes, no new york, also apparently no 'devil' too, though this strikes me as a bit odd (if someone heard 'devil with a blue dress on' would they suddenly get images of mohammed atta as a drag queen???), i still don't get no 'mack the knife' though

o no fire obv. too

but no "We Didn't Start the Fire"?

Startrekman, do you work for Keyboard Magazine by any chance?
Do you work for Sweetwater Sound? Future Music? Do you program softsynths or something? I really am curious. Your dogged, endless quest for how to info about tight 80s electronic pop-funk jamz has me wondering what gives.

I think startrekman's questions are like some of the best on ILM.

I agree. Collectively, they have a cumulative power and focus which is all too rare.

Hey, don't forget that the entire ouevre of Rage Against the Machine was on that Clear Channel list.

They left out Tom Petty's "Learning to Fly".

Ogrish used to have a video up of the WTC swandive guy with Tom Petty playing over the top of it...

I cannot disassociate "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"* with rollerskating at the local "Skate Center" while in 5th or 6th grade, and sadly it cuts into my enjoyment of the song more than most song associations going on in my brane.

* Please note that the title is "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" and not "You Dropped the Bomb on Me" as claimed in the title of this thread. This apparently is not an important distinction to startrekman, but I'm thinking it's pretty big, all things considered.

I once saw the Gap Band back Leon Russell, doing, among others, "Goodnight Irene." Very odd.

i really talk about songs i really don't know about when it comes to asking what kind of synths are used on that song.

They're all from Tulsa, durante. Maybe that doesn't make it less odd, though.

I think I told this sad story before but I got dumped in high school and at the next dance I made sure she and I danced (we were still "friends" haha) and I stared SIGNIFICANTLY at her. Didn't matter. I was a tool and she was beautiful.

I'm linking to your Freelance Mentalists piece about this anecdote (and song) because it rules and it came to mind when this thread started.

okay that's where it went