Al B. Sure "Night and Day" vs. The System "Don't Disturb this Groove"

Damn it, I wanted their live version here. Oh well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI7a-VwH91w

"Night and Day" is one of the most perfect productions in rock history.

Al B. all day every day. I like the chorus of "Don't Disturb This Groove" fine but "Night and Day" is like sunlight on water.

OTOH Al's lipsyncing here leaves a lot to be desired

I like Nite and Day like nothing but i have two questions about the video.

What's with the Bass Guitar? Don't the producer know the song's bass was NOT a guitar but a keyboard.

What's with the analog drum in the video. The drum sound was created on a Linn-9000 drum machine.

Affirmative.

"Night and Day" is one of my favorites ever.

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oh no

I can't believe you people are going to vote for "Night and Day"

Because we're lovers, not fighters.

would vote for it twice if I could

;_;

al b!

"Night and Day" is noteperfect late eighties R&B production: it's Scritti Politti done with the kind of class you can't buy or fake.

though i hate to underestimate ilx challopsin', could anyone vote against al b in this???

Someone who'd vote for a Sonic Youth cover of The System.

"night and day"; unfair competition

gotta say if we were going by look & stage style al b wouldn't stand a chance

not goin by those things tho

love both and really don't think this is as one-sided as yall are making it out to be tbh

The System were basically a musical Miami Vice...heck, I think they even did a cameo on Miami Vice back in the day..."Night And Day" wins the sprint, but I'd take The System in a marathon...

love both and really don't think this is as one-sided as yall are making it out to be tbh

― john q. lazzarus (donna rouge), Monday, July 27, 2009 9:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Gotta be honest: I thought it'd be a landslide, despite what I think of as nearly as fair as it can get, but I'm starting to regret my own vote here.

i voted system. night and day is pretty amazing though. i sorta regret my vote. i sorta don't

system

dc gogo hit borrowing from that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNB19oyYPIo

there was a better version of this in the local film 'jazz in the diamond district' but i can't find it on the youtubes, sadly.

^ that dude can't sing. or maybe can't hear himself sing

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hate 10 of you

or rather, 2

What's with the analog drum in the video. The drum sound was created on a Linn-9000 drum machine.

― The Startrekman, Sunday, July 19, 2009 2:26 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark

I was lol'ing at this on the way to work this morning.

Not that i was trying to emphasize it was an Emu machine on Night and Day (my guess is the SP12) and a DMX on Groove, or anything...

From what I know the Linn-9000 was coming down in price and now mid-level producers were starting to use it(Ironically, The Linn-9000 was becoming popular few years after it was released and when Linn Electronics shut down)

Unless there is some documentation that states so. The drum sound in Nite and Day could have easily been a Linn-9000. The snare is run through such reverb it is hard to tell and the toms sound as if they have been processed but from what i know from reading about production techniques of the time. The Linn-9000 was easy to process using sound processing techniques. For example, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis tore up the Linn-9000 using processing techniques during the mid-80's on such jams such as "Control" by Janet Jackson, "The Finest" by the SOS band and "Human" by Human League.

But i won't hold it against you if it was an SP-12. That was becoming popular with rappers and New Jack Swingsters. You could sample pieces of others music into it and loop it with a drum track. Nite and Day could have been an SP-12. The SP-12 was i think also used by Teddy Riley in Guy and Keith Sweat songs.