young mc 'bust a move' vs. tone loc

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they are conjoined twin songs that only ever get played consecutively (at my workplace anyway) (much like 'wake me up before you go go' + 'footloose'). but like conjoined twins, even though they have their points of intersection, they are entirely different beasts with their own fierce personalities, different choice of haircut etc.

personally, i prefer the tone loc song, for its dry cigarette n whiskey voice-ness (including the guitar riffage), and the break down. also because tone loc is now on a sitcom late at night. bust a move loses points for having been danced to by bill gates.

― minna, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

alternately, you can talk about other songs that have been inextricably tied together in dj sets.

― minna, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

dust brothers vs. dust brothers. since marvin young wrote tone-loc's rhymes, I gotta go with "bust a move", the best single the dust brothers ever produced (Beck and the Beasties aren't even in the top five).

― J Blount, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

funky cold every time

but what about if you put that up against MC Hammer?

― Queen G of the 7th Ass, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Come, this is like being forced to choose between your children, or something like that. I want a mix-tape of songs like this.

― EdwardO, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Young MC all day long. "Food is served, and you're stone cold munchin'" gets me every time. Also, the "Sheena" verse of "Wild Thing" is some of YMC's most phoned-in writing.

― John Darnielle, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Of "Funky Cold Medina" I mean.

― John Darnielle, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The use of "Hot Blooded" in "Funky Cold" is creative, but have to go w/ Young MC.

― Mark, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Bust a Move" came on the radio the other night and it was like a long lost stepchild. I still knew all the words! Even my roommate knew some, and he listens to classic rock!

― Josh, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I think "Bust a Move" was the moment at which the US in general noticed that rapping had become really fluid and impressive and amazing. Obviously it helped, public-wise, that Young MC seemed friendly and unassuming and was going on about non-threatening comedic topics -- all this left the spotlight on the fact that he was just verbally impressive.

― nabisco%%, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

five months pass...

Tough one, but I'm gonna have to say "Bust a Move", simply for the fact that Flea and John Frusciante of RHCP played bass and guitar on it. :D

Well, and also 'cause it's funky as fuck.

― Nickalicious, Monday, 4 November 2002 15:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Are you sure that's "Hot Blooded" in "FCM"? Sounds like Kiss' "Christine Sixteen" to me

― dave q, Monday, 4 November 2002 17:22 (twenty-three years ago)

nine months pass...

Or is it "All Right Now"?

― dave q, Monday, 4 August 2003 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)

duh

― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Monday, 4 August 2003 02:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Blount, as a near obesessive DBs fan, I'd love to see your top 5 list. Especially one that apparently won't include 'Shake Your Rump' or 'Car Thief'.

― Barima (Barima), Monday, 4 August 2003 02:31 (twenty-two years ago)

"Bust a Move", obv.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 4 August 2003 04:26 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

http://www.deliciousvinyl.com/Bust%20A%20Move(Don%20RiminiRavekid%20RMX)A2BustAMove(Done%20RiminiRavekidRMX)%20ExtendedAA1%20SlowestRhyme(Bobby%20Birdman%20RMX)%20AA2BustAMove(Diplo%20RMX)AA3BustAMove(DiploRMX%20Instrumental).mp3

― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 3 April 2008 20:09 (seventeen years ago)

Stone cold munchin'

― Bodrick III, Thursday, 3 April 2008 20:26 (seventeen years ago)

Bust a Move for that Ballin Jack sample.

― oscar, Thursday, 3 April 2008 20:28 (seventeen years ago)

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young mc 'bust a move' vs. tone loc - 'funky cold medina'