Nu Shooz - Poolside (Buying LPs at Goodwill thread)

Ny-Nyo Nyo NYA Nyo nyo NYA nyo... etc.

Also, JBR to thread.

("I want some seafood . . . . . Mama! /
shrimps and rice / they're very nice" etc.)

It's a nonsense song that's incredibly awesome and catchy.

present and accounted for!

See also the following:

"Let Me Be The One" - Expose
"Let's Go All The Way" - Sly Fox
"Don't Disturb This Groove" - The System
"Sugar Free" - Wa Wa Nee
"Cruel Summer" - Bananarama
"David" - Gus Gus
"Get The Message" - Electronic
"Not An Addict" - K's Choice
"Don't Blow Your Top" - KMFDM
"Tragedy (For You)" - Front 242
"Kiss" - Prince and the Revolution
"Obsession" - Animotion
"Rent" - Pet Shop Boys
"Boyfriend/Girlfriend" - Blackstreet & Janet Jackson feat. Eve and Ja Rule
"Dance of the Mad" - Pop Will Eat Itself
"Safe From Harm" - Massive Attack
"Now Is Forever" - Definition Of Sound
"Plan 9" - 808 State
"Give It Up" - Goodmen
"Close To Me" - The Cure
"Cities In Dust" - Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Big Car" - Severed Heads
"The Day Of Swine And Roses" - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
"Sin" - Nine Inch Nails
"I Only Have Eyes For You" - The Flamingoes

etc etc etc

nice to see this mentioned tho, popped up in my head only this morning - the 'original' tho - haven't heard the version with Eve and Rule!

more etc etc etc

*not really, but it's a great beat

wow, i've actually been to that guy's store! (and haha, it's in portland.)

More of the greatest singles ever recorded.

seconded

I have just moved to San Francisco. Is there a reason I am hearing 'I Can't Wait' EVERYWHERE? Like in shops, on the radio, it was even on Family Guy last night. I'm pretty sure it's the original not some heavy sampling.

Because it's a great fucking song.

Now that we're on the subject, what's the name of a similar mid eighties synth-dance act who covered "(I Know) I'm Losing You"? For years I assumed it was Nu Shooz.

xp Well yeah. I was really happy the first time I heard it over here. But I am hearing it every day. Is is like the national anthem of the Bay Area?

Among the most notable covers of "I'm Losing You" was a 1970 version by Motown rock band Rare Earth for their Ecology album. Rare Earth's ten-minute cover was edited for single release, and peaked one position higher than the Temptations' original on the U.S. pop charts, at number seven. The song was later covered by Rod Stewart on his 1971 album Every Picture Tells A Story. During the 1980s, on a Dallas, Texas-based Oak Lawn Records label, the song was covered by the group Uptown and transformed into an upbeat dance tune. This version achieved popularity at Dallas' famed Starck nightclub due to early play by DJ Rick Squillante and became a standard in many U.S. nightclubs, reaching the No. 80 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1987.

Thanks, Dan and Wikipedia.

we aim to please!

Then there was Starpoint's "Object of My Desire."

I just heard it again in Ikea. Someone is messing with me!

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/1/10592/16_2008/TheTwilightZoneLogo.gif

I can't wait is so great

Paid full Tape World recommended retail for this and still 100% OK w/ it (aka FU deej).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4_qMoAffTQ&feature=related

'Point Of No Return' is one of the greatest singles ever recorded.
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Monday, November 29, 2004 2:59 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

o no wait! i was thinking of the expose song! but i love this one too lol

"I Can't Wait" is one of the greatest singles ever recorded.
seconded

― amateurist0, Wednesday, May 3, 2006 8:52 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark

thirded

"You know I love you
Even if you don't drive"

I Can't Wait came into my head today apropos of nothing

so good

i never knew who sang it before even though i've seemingly heard it millions of times. for some reason i thought it was taylor dane or some such

1986 was a great year for green screens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Yx0X-eHn8

But mostly I'm posting this nu shooz video here so that I can tell myself that

YOU FORGOT TO PUT A SEARCH TERM IN THE QUOTES.

I've wanted to start:

Taking Sides: Nu Shooz's "I Can't Wait" vs Stevie Nicks' "I Can't Wait," both on the chart at the same time.

How we went from the defiant "I Can't Wait"s of the 80s to the well "I Don't Want To Wait" I guess of the 90s.

now it's all

http://prettymuchamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Mumford-And-Sons-I-Will-Wait.jpg

This is ripe for a refresh. Seems like a shoo-in (see what I did there?) for 2015's pop not pop charts.

"I Can't Wait", that is.

I've been enjoying that song a lot lately.

I Can't Wait was an especially big deal on the radio in the Pacific Northwest. I remember hearing it all the time for much longer than it was a hit nationally. It has held up well over the years.

So both "I Can't Wait" and "Point of no Return" either shared the chart or appeared on the charts within the year of 2 other tunes with the same name, all great. Stevie Nix and Expose, respectively. Pretty cool. Kinda like the big "Jump" situation in, uh, '84?

Or the big "Creep" explosion of 1993-94.

And 'Alright' in the UK in the mid-90s.

This album is awesome.

Hey you guys did this thread revival just a month too soon:

http://www.waxpoetics.com/features/articles/obscure-jazzy-rb-band-nu-shooz-took-a-cue-from-portlands-local-new-wave-scene-and-morphed-into-synth-pop-stars/

And an addendum

http://www.waxpoetics.com/music/mixtape/synth-pop-and-jazz-funk-mixtape-featuring-portlands-nu-shooz/