― donut christ (donut), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut christ (donut), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut christ (donut), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, JBR to thread.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 29 November 2004 06:10 (nineteen years ago) link
("I want some seafood . . . . . Mama! /shrimps and rice / they're very nice" etc.)
It's a nonsense song that's incredibly awesome and catchy.
― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Monday, 29 November 2004 06:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Monday, 29 November 2004 07:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― shady, Monday, 29 November 2004 07:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― chuck, Monday, 29 November 2004 09:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 29 November 2004 09:30 (nineteen years ago) link
present and accounted for!
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 29 November 2004 13:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 29 November 2004 13:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 29 November 2004 14:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike McGillicutty, Monday, 29 November 2004 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 29 November 2004 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 29 November 2004 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Monday, 29 November 2004 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link
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
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 29 November 2004 15:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Monday, 29 November 2004 15:47 (nineteen years ago) link
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!
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Monday, 29 November 2004 15:48 (nineteen years ago) link
more etc etc etc
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 29 November 2004 15:58 (nineteen years ago) link
*not really, but it's a great beat
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 29 November 2004 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link
wow, i've actually been to that guy's store! (and haha, it's in portland.)
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 29 November 2004 16:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 02:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 03:19 (nineteen years ago) link
More of the greatest singles ever recorded.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link
seconded
― amateurist0, Wednesday, 3 May 2006 00:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 01:49 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― Not the real Village People, Monday, 12 October 2009 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Because it's a great fucking song.
― Roman Polanski now sleeps in prison. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 October 2009 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Roman Polanski now sleeps in prison. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 October 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
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?
― Not the real Village People, Monday, 12 October 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― as strikingly artificial and perfect as a wizard's cap (HI DERE), Monday, 12 October 2009 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks, Dan and Wikipedia.
― Roman Polanski now sleeps in prison. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 October 2009 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
we aim to please!
― as strikingly artificial and perfect as a wizard's cap (HI DERE), Monday, 12 October 2009 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Then there was Starpoint's "Object of My Desire."
― Roman Polanski now sleeps in prison. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 October 2009 21:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I just heard it again in Ikea. Someone is messing with me!
― Not the real Village People, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/1/10592/16_2008/TheTwilightZoneLogo.gif
― DavidM, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't wait is so great
― Dominique, Sunday, 29 November 2009 04:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Paid full Tape World recommended retail for this and still 100% OK w/ it (aka FU deej).
― Andy K, Sunday, 29 November 2009 04:24 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4_qMoAffTQ&feature=related
― deeply wishing solace from the universe for a troubled soul (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
'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
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
o no wait! i was thinking of the expose song! but i love this one too lol
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
"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
― dayo, Saturday, 9 October 2010 12:28 (thirteen years ago) link
"You know I love youEven if you don't drive"
― The Ten Things I Hate About Commandments (Abbbottt), Saturday, 9 October 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― dell (del), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― pplains, Saturday, 27 April 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 April 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― pplains, Saturday, 27 April 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
now it's all
http://prettymuchamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Mumford-And-Sons-I-Will-Wait.jpg
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 27 April 2013 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
This is ripe for a refresh. Seems like a shoo-in (see what I did there?) for 2015's pop not pop charts.
― vmajestic, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 15:58 (nine years ago) link
"I Can't Wait", that is.
― vmajestic, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
I've been enjoying that song a lot lately.
― p:s nerds know (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
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.
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
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?
― andrew m., Wednesday, 27 May 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
Or the big "Creep" explosion of 1993-94.
― pplains, Thursday, 28 May 2015 02:13 (nine years ago) link
And 'Alright' in the UK in the mid-90s.
― p:s nerds know (dog latin), Thursday, 28 May 2015 09:48 (nine years ago) link
This album is awesome.
― skip, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 03:13 (nine years ago) link
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/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 00:13 (nine years ago) link
And an addendum
http://www.waxpoetics.com/music/mixtape/synth-pop-and-jazz-funk-mixtape-featuring-portlands-nu-shooz/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 00:45 (nine years ago) link