Okay, this is a pretty open-ended, Google-proof one, so I turn it over to ILX to save my soul. This was played at an 80s night a couple months ago, I don't know if I have ANY of the words right, but the hook is something along the lines of "blah blah BLAH blah BLAH BLAH No-owwwww." Male singer, general vibe something along the lines of, I dunno... "Just Can't Get Enough" but with more active drum-machine programming. Any clues? Anyone?
― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 18 January 2007 01:38 (nineteen years ago)
― richard wood johnson (rwj), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:16 (nineteen years ago)
― B.Graff (mr_graff), Thursday, 18 January 2007 22:24 (nineteen years ago)
― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:13 (nineteen years ago)
― chaki (chaki), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:18 (nineteen years ago)
― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 January 2007 01:56 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/biz+markie/let+me+turn+you+on_20245332.html
That it?
― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 20 January 2007 02:13 (nineteen years ago)
― blunt gets it off his chest (blunt), Saturday, 20 January 2007 12:16 (nineteen years ago)
― ng-unit (ng-unit), Saturday, 20 January 2007 12:54 (nineteen years ago)
― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 January 2007 18:34 (nineteen years ago)
I never did find out. :(
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 29 October 2007 02:35 (eighteen years ago)
luther vandross - ain't no stopping us now
― and what, Monday, 29 October 2007 04:17 (eighteen years ago)
i was gonna say, are you sure its not 'aint no stoppin us now' by mcfadden and whitehead
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 04:33 (eighteen years ago)
Sounds like "Paninaro" to me.
― daavid, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 07:11 (eighteen years ago)
I'll never find out what this was, but I have another one: similar period, sorta post-new-wavey, all I can say is that between the verses (or maybe after the chorus?) the big hook is just someone rocking back and forth on the portamento wheel, boo-weh-boo-weh style, in one or two different MIDI presets.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 19 October 2013 16:21 (twelve years ago)
Sounds like Matthew Wilder's "Break My Stride".
― Moka, Saturday, 19 October 2013 16:38 (twelve years ago)
Oh, no, I know that one well! Even own the album for some reason. This was...sleazier? Closer in vibe to, I dunno, "Tainted Love." I'm pretty sure I could make out some words about sex, but it was really loud in the bar.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 19 October 2013 16:41 (twelve years ago)
Are friends electric?
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Saturday, 19 October 2013 17:17 (twelve years ago)
Nope. Little more uptempo than that.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 19 October 2013 17:25 (twelve years ago)
Matthew Wilder's "The Humpty Dance."
― ͼѾͽ (sic), Saturday, 19 October 2013 17:28 (twelve years ago)
Klein & MBO - "Dirty Talk" ?
― chimped the keeper (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 October 2013 17:29 (twelve years ago)
does the portamento wheel part resemble the Normal's "Warm Leatherette" at all?
― fresh (crüt), Saturday, 19 October 2013 17:33 (twelve years ago)
Not "Dirty Talk," but that was great, thanks for the tip. Not hearing the portamento in the Normal song, although the general creepy sex vibe of that one is sort of close.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 19 October 2013 17:54 (twelve years ago)
!!! A wrinkle: I heard a song out the other night that MAY have been it - - - however it has none of the same lyrics. Instead, the hook is "In the land of - LOVE!" Or maybe "in the lap of love." But the tune/delivery/overall sound was very similar to what I remember hearing ten years ago. I could believe that between alcohol, a booming, echoing room, and maybe some Girl Talk era fiddling on the part of the DJ, it came through to my ear as the "stop me now" thing.
"Land of love" is pretty hard to Google owing to the reggae standard by the same name and its numerous covers. Ideas?
― DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Friday, 28 October 2016 15:38 (nine years ago)
Thompson Twins, "In the Name of Love" ?
― Josefa, Friday, 28 October 2016 15:47 (nine years ago)
YES!
This is it. 100%. "In the name of love, yeah-eh" became "Ain't no way to stop me - no-owww." Wow. THANK YOU. A long, painful and profoundly avoidable mystery solved.
― DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Friday, 28 October 2016 15:52 (nine years ago)
wow. 9 years! It's amazing because it wasn't even obscure - this song is on the original Ghostbusters soundtrack.
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Friday, 28 October 2016 17:07 (nine years ago)
I'm a dope! I sincerely don't believe I heard it anywhere in that span of time - maybe I should go to CVS more often. Was it actually used in the film?
Thanks to all on this thread who offered their assistance back when this was a complete wild goose chase, btw!
― DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Friday, 28 October 2016 17:24 (nine years ago)