Eric Prydz "Call On Me" : What do we think?

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Single of the year?

― Harry P, Saturday, 11 September 2004 18:02 (nineteen years ago) link

certainly the most overcompressed

― zappi (joni), Saturday, 11 September 2004 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link

okay, what is the troof about this thing? is it not Bangalter&Falcon?

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link

and yeah, it really scratches an itch in my brainium, but it really annoys me girlfriend, so go figgah.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link

Bangalter is not behind it. He hammered the track in his DJ sets and everyone thought it was him, but its not.
Winwood even recorded the vocal (he heard the version where his voice was sampled and liked it so much he offered to re-record it).

― Harry P, Saturday, 11 September 2004 21:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Recognise the chorus but can’t remember where you heard it? Well, here’s the answer…

Hotly tipped to become the dance track of the year, Eric Prydz’s ‘Call On Me’ was originally a 1980s smash hit for Steve Winwood called ‘Valerie’. When Winwood heard the remix he thought it was so good he not only gave his permission to use the samples, he even re-recorded his vocals especially for the track!

The story of Eric Prydz the DJ and Producer also begins back in the 80s when Eric began to make music at the age of 9 in Stockholm, Sweden. After a developing a nasty habit of breaking and entering in order to “borrow” his school’s keyboards he soon landed himself in a Swedish reform school. Nevertheless, this set back merely strengthened his resolve and, buoyed by encouragement from influential friends such as Steve Angello, Prydz was soon producing tracks that found their way into the record boxes of some of the worlds most high profile DJs.

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― Harry P, Saturday, 11 September 2004 21:30 (nineteen years ago) link

See the video here

― Video Man, Sunday, 12 September 2004 01:57 (nineteen years ago) link

i smell staelth marketing here. anyway. the prydz track is nice but i miss the tinny synth chords. withuot them the song is all buildup and no release.

― :| (....), Sunday, 12 September 2004 09:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Shittest release of the year, and the original was awful too.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Sunday, 12 September 2004 10:22 (nineteen years ago) link

The story I heard was that Call On Me, the Bangalter-Falcon version, was an earlier version of So Much Love To Give and eventually mutated into the latter. But Bangalter hammered it in his DJ sets and Prydz then ripped it off.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 12 September 2004 18:15 (nineteen years ago) link

shite

― grumpy bastard (grumpy_bastard), Sunday, 12 September 2004 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link

Steve Winwood was in Blues Brothers 2000. This is fairly radge too.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 12 September 2004 18:59 (nineteen years ago) link

After a developing a nasty habit of breaking and entering in order to “borrow” ...

so Prydz's nasty habits continue?

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Sunday, 12 September 2004 19:39 (nineteen years ago) link

This is bollocks, Prydz ripped it off.

Bangalter/Falcon were going to use Call On Me but decided to make So Much Love To Give the vocal sample instead. Falcon has been playing it for AGES, as in 2 or 3 years.

Prydz is a fraud and it's disgusting.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 12 September 2004 19:49 (nineteen years ago) link

And "Harry P" can fuck off back to Ministry of Sound PR offices.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 12 September 2004 19:49 (nineteen years ago) link

Didn't know about the politics of this. Thanks Ronan.

Even so, wouldn't it've been better to keep the original sampled vocal, rather than Winwood rerecording it?

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Sunday, 12 September 2004 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link

And for what it's worth we get Prydz releases into the shop all the time and all the one's that aren't rip offs are absolutely dire worse than Subliminal at their worst rubbish.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 12 September 2004 19:54 (nineteen years ago) link

I mean at least the other Bangalter rip off merchants like Patrick Alavi can actually make a DECENT RECORD!

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 12 September 2004 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link

Ronan is the new Jess aka Manno Oatington.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Sunday, 12 September 2004 21:06 (nineteen years ago) link

Manno Oatington is a pretty good name

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 12 September 2004 21:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Use it.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Sunday, 12 September 2004 21:26 (nineteen years ago) link

Does the Bangalter Call On Me actually sound like So Much Love To Give then, I mean, with the fuzzy pads and filtered blur sound and so forth? Or have I been listening to the wrong record all this time?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 12 September 2004 21:36 (nineteen years ago) link

its a really good track though regardless who done it first.

― Missy P, Monday, 13 September 2004 01:54 (nineteen years ago) link

that vid is a gate to hell

― g--ff (gcannon), Monday, 13 September 2004 02:46 (nineteen years ago) link

this is pretty much exactly what happened to Bangalter with 'Gym Tonic' as well

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 13 September 2004 10:35 (nineteen years ago) link

i can't wait to see the video :) i thought even Falcon & Bangalter's version was a bit pants tho ie flogging a knackered horse

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 13 September 2004 10:36 (nineteen years ago) link

I like this. Against my better judgement. Haven't heard the version to which Ronan refers, so I can't make the comparison.

The video is terrible. But possibly So Terrible Its Good.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Monday, 13 September 2004 11:06 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.popjustice.co.uk/images/callonmevid.jpg

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 13 September 2004 11:28 (nineteen years ago) link

It knows its place.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 13 September 2004 11:30 (nineteen years ago) link

total shit.
potentially the worst single of the summer, and after reading the whole "rip off" bit, i hate it even more now.

who ever thought it would be a good idea to sample steve winwood in the first place? ugh

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 13 September 2004 11:40 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm banning my son from watching this video. It's far too perverted for my sons eyes. I can't have him watching semi naked girls doing aerobics.
It might turn him into a loutish pervert!

― Callums Mom, Monday, 13 September 2004 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link

"callumsmom@callumshouse.com"=first real laugh of the day

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 13 September 2004 15:21 (nineteen years ago) link

Oor Waddell isn't allowed to play on ILX anymore after him and his cousins, Hen,Joe,Daphne & Horace made rude postings about the spice girls and britney.
The Twins came across this site when Oor Waddell left his pc on.
Michty me whit wid it hub been like if the Bairn hid seen it?

Jings Crivvens!

― Paw Waddell, Monday, 13 September 2004 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link

If only this thread had a pic of "Oor Waddell" c-man sitting on *that* bucket while wearing dungarees...
But i dont have photoshop. Anyone?

― Fat Boab, Monday, 13 September 2004 23:01 (nineteen years ago) link

I've just spat water all over me keyboard, you heartless bastard Waddell.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Monday, 13 September 2004 23:04 (nineteen years ago) link

funny that "calum", "harry p", and "missy p" all seem to be the same person. i suspect the dread internet connection sharing at work again.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 13 September 2004 23:24 (nineteen years ago) link

calum works for ministry of sound?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 13 September 2004 23:32 (nineteen years ago) link

suddenly so much makes sense

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 13 September 2004 23:33 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm neither c-man(im english) nor do i work for Ministry Of Sound. Sorry conspiracy theorists.

― Harry p, Monday, 13 September 2004 23:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Worst. Denial. Ever.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Monday, 13 September 2004 23:38 (nineteen years ago) link

c-man is into britpop though not electronica.

― Harry p, Monday, 13 September 2004 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link

YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM THE EYE OF STRONGO HARRY

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 13 September 2004 23:49 (nineteen years ago) link

this thread is the worst comeback since Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 09:15 (nineteen years ago) link

i blaem the video.

― :| (....), Sunday, 19 September 2004 21:22 (nineteen years ago) link

can bagnalter sue him?

― :| (....), Sunday, 19 September 2004 21:35 (nineteen years ago) link

unlikely, as Winwood would have cause to sue Bangalter/Falcon over their 'original' version. this kind of thing is/was common enough that Bangalter is used and resigned to it now anyway surely given the exact same way it happened in '99 with Space Dust (tragically getting to #1 whereas Stardust didn't) and all the subsequent 'Music Sounds Better With You' rip-offs. My suggestion is that Bangalter make tracks that are harder to imitate.

― teh pow! (blueski), Monday, 20 September 2004 09:41 (nineteen years ago) link

won't we seem like a big bunch of sillies if "harry prydz" turns out to be a cheeky bangalter psdeuonym.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 20 September 2004 09:47 (nineteen years ago) link

Harry? and no it's definitely not a psuedonym, Prydz is Swedish, much more facey than TB and has done numerous other remixes and tracks.

― teh pow! (blueski), Monday, 20 September 2004 09:49 (nineteen years ago) link

harry, eric whatever

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 20 September 2004 10:33 (nineteen years ago) link

they all look the same to me anyway

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 20 September 2004 10:33 (nineteen years ago) link

ha ha (racist)

― teh pow! (blueski), Monday, 20 September 2004 10:36 (nineteen years ago) link

harry is a much better name to attach to "prydz" anyway

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 20 September 2004 10:38 (nineteen years ago) link

prydz just sounds like IM-speak run amok to begin with

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 20 September 2004 10:40 (nineteen years ago) link

leave him alone big bully! he's had a #1 hit, what have you done?

― teh pow! (blueski), Monday, 20 September 2004 10:42 (nineteen years ago) link

i just ate an apple

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 20 September 2004 10:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Was it a hit apple?

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 20 September 2004 11:07 (nineteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

brilliant, brilliant song!

for some reason i thought the sample was from a phil collins song, before i was bluntly set straight in the pub tonight. i don't find the video very sexy. better without the visual accompaniment, defo.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

f that bloody ERIC PRYDZ track, Call On Me, has been irritating you, it may be because the producer is DJ MARK SMITH – half of JIVE BUNNY, the most annoying act of all time.

― JoB (JoB), Saturday, 30 October 2004 13:51 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

hmm. according to topplers mail order update, an eric prydz remix of alter ego's "rocker" is now available. is this good or disappointing news?

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 19 November 2004 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link

potentially good! i heard a Prydz remix of another track (can't remember what right now) and liked it - up there with Galleon's 'So I Begin' for example, despite the rather shameful business of ripping off Tommy B

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 19 November 2004 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link

f that bloody ERIC PRYDZ track, Call On Me, has been irritating you, it may be because the producer is DJ MARK SMITH – half of JIVE BUNNY, the most annoying act of all time.

hang on, Eric Prydz in 'not actually a real Swede' shockah??

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 19 November 2004 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link

prydz first release on his own label (cirez-d: control freak) is cool as well so i dont realy mind him beign a plagiarist anymore. fickle me. crosspost.

― :| (....), Friday, 19 November 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link

His Remix of Rocker isn't too bad actually. but it's not a patch on the original. I have a few drum'n'bass tracks of his somewhere too, which are stunningly mediocre.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Saturday, 20 November 2004 08:47 (nineteen years ago) link

four months pass...

Another Bangalter bites the dust...

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 08:40 (nineteen years ago) link

so there's this AND the terrible Freeloaders version? this 'two shoddy versions of the same dance track released at the same time' trend is worrying (see also the 'Waiting For A Star To Fall' thing)

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 10:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Does anyone remember this happening with a reworking of DJ Rolando's 'Jaguar' a few years back?

Somehow, UR managed to block the release of the facsimile, anyone know the full story?

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 11:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Ooh, all the answers are here:

http://www.renegaderhythms.com/home.html?main=http://www.renegaderhythms.com/articles/ur/home.html

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 12:00 (nineteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

sorry guys.. it's been incredibly late, but I love this song. would love to hear the bangalter original, though.

― do knut (donut), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 09:04 (eighteen years ago) link

This tune got boring faster than I would've imagined. After playing it in my DJ sets fow a few months I never wanted to hear it again.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 10:49 (eighteen years ago) link

This tune got boring faster than I would've imagined. After hearing it once I never wanted to hear it again.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 11:29 (eighteen years ago) link

OTM

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Sorry Tuomas.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 12:47 (eighteen years ago) link

So, this song is less popular here than "Axel F" by Crazy Frog, then?

(Just asking.)

― do knut (donut), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link

No, Crazy Frog is more popular here and everywhere else.

― blunt (blunt), Thursday, 24 November 2005 23:21 (eighteen years ago) link

'call on me' is still so fucking great

― nervous (cochere), Friday, 25 November 2005 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link

really

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 25 November 2005 21:47 (eighteen years ago) link

The Bangalter/Falcon version was a bit better obviously, but yes it is still great!

― Yawn (Wintermute), Friday, 25 November 2005 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link

meh

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 25 November 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link

bla

― Yawn (Wintermute), Friday, 25 November 2005 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link

yuk

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 25 November 2005 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link

*fart*

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 25 November 2005 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link

woo!

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Saturday, 26 November 2005 02:37 (eighteen years ago) link

four months pass...

How the fuck can anyone not like "Call On Me"?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link

what's to like?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:05 (eighteen years ago) link

it's faux-gospel urgency perhaps

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link

did I just do the it's instead of its' thang ? dang

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link

John downloads "Call On Me". He does not in any way pay for it. He doesn't burn it to CD, doesn't take it in his car, doesn't loan it to friends. Rather, he deletes it right after listening to it for the very first time.

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:59 (eighteen years ago) link

How the fuck can anyone not like maggots eating out their eyes?

― lexurian (lexurian), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link

I like this piece of fucking shit.

― Frogm@n Henry, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

Not sure if there's another thread somewhere, but really enjoying the new album (which probably wouldn't have even come across my radar if it wasn't for Opus placing in the end of year poll).

― groovypanda, Thursday, 11 February 2016 10:44 (eight years ago) link

This song makes me so happy when I hear it.

― boxedjoy, Thursday, 11 February 2016 13:00 (eight years ago) link

I thought Opus was the new one?

― frogbs, Thursday, 11 February 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link

Call on me > so much love to give

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 11 February 2016 17:28 (eight years ago) link

man there's like a 3-hour "retrospective" mix on "Eric Prydz presents Pryda" and "Call on Me" doesn't even make an appearance.

some real good stuff on the first disc though. check this tune out, pure DOS-game-menu-screen bliss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLd55YlJgVw

― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 14:26 (eight years ago) link

man there's like a 3-hour "retrospective" mix on "Eric Prydz presents Pryda" and "Call on Me" doesn't even make an appearance.

It's because Pryda is a separate project of his:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/238962-Pryda

― groovypanda, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 14:35 (eight years ago) link

probably wouldn't fit anyway, too bad cuz this thing could use some poppier moments rather than just one epic after another that uses (mostly) the same tricks

gonna see if I can pick up the CD for cheap since I think reducing these tracks from 9-10 minutes to 6-7 may help a lot. they're not even all that repetitive but this thing is just really long!

― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 15:01 (eight years ago) link

I still remember the video!

― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 18:16 (eight years ago) link

Like I can't even think about this song without thinking about the video, the two can't be separated in my mind.

― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link

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