Commonly used house music accappella, can anyone ID?

i know this, and ive forgotten!

USELESS!

Mr. Fingers, "Can You Feel It," I think...

it's Tracie, produced by Paul Weller!

Check this here.

I knew what you're were talking about from the thread title alone.
Living in Chicago, I've heard this in countless mixes--live and on tape.
I think it may be from a Larry Heard record

"In the beginning, there was Jack. And Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. And while one day viciously throwing down on his box, Jack boldly declared, "Let there be House!" And House music was born. I am, you see. I am the creator. And this is my House. And in my House there is only House music. But I am not so selfish, because once you've entered my House, it then becomes our House, and our House music. And you see, no one man owns House, because house music is a universal language spoke and understood by all. You see, House is a feeling, that no one can understand really, unless you're deep into the vibe of House. House is an uncontrollable desire to Jack your body. And as I told ya before, this is our house, and our House music. And in every house you understand, there is a keeper. And in this house the keeper is Jack. Now some of you might wonder, "who is Jack and what is it that Jack does?" Jack is the one who gives you the power to Jack your body. Jack is the one who gives you the power to do the snake. Jack is the one who gives you the key to the wiggly worm. Jack is the one who learns you how to walk your body. Jack is the one that can bring nations and nations of all Jackers together under one house. You may be black, you may be white, you may be Jew, or Gentile. It don't make a difference in our house. And this is fresh!!!"

Thank you! I will seek it out.

Ronan if you're looking for "The House That Jack Built" it's by Tracie, (and it's been put over "French Kiss"), but "Can You Feel It" is very good too!

i always wanted the key to the wiggly worm but jack never came through for me.

Great song! Let's all listen to it now! (She says trying to ingratiate herself by posting to some of Ronan's dance threads.)

mary is all dance now! feel the voib!

Yes,

But who's vocals are this? Is it Robert Owens? Anyone?

Jan

I even asked 2 ILXers to come out with me tonight for the annual Presidents Day Dance Fest, featuring Yoko Ono and whoever that guy is who remixed her once -- ha ha ha. It was gonna be like the Gilmore Girls Dance marathon. Sadly, they declined.

I never heard that yoko stuff thanks be to god.

ronan don't diss yoko ono, you disco-illiterate

Jan

The vocals on that "In the beginning..." were from Chuck Jackson I believe

By the way I think your website is excellent (jahsonic)

BTW, so do I

Thanks oops and white/black,

Will check up on that Chuck Jackson thing

Yours
Jan

Could it have been Chuck Roberts?

Yours
Jan

Yes, it was Chuck Roberts. (A DJ named Steve Jackson did a radio show called "The House that Jack Built" back in the 80s that was a big influence on the house scene, maybe that's where "Chuck Jackson" came from).

You can find this as an acapella on Soulseek called "House that Jack Built," I downloaded it the other day.

Also get the Robert Owens double CD that came out last year and is totally awesome (and includes the vocal version of "Can You Feel It" that features Owens instead of Roberts and is even better).

Ronan, your yoko-hating words hurt me. I hereby reinstate my boycott of your dance music threads.

War is over
(if you want it)

I was only talking about that hyped up remix from a few months ago which I am willing to bet was crap. I am sorry so so sorry.

No worries Ronan: we both know that I have nothing to contribute to your dance threads besides playful banter :)

It beats awkward silence any day!

really glad that a cappella was ID'ed here--love it and have heard it in lots and lots of places; works a charm over just about any good house track. (plus it's gotta be one of the 1001 greatest singles evah all by itself!) (I said that to annoy Ben)

It is good to finally get the story on it! I always enjoyed it but wondered where the heck it was from. I did enjoy the sampling of it briefly on "Beers Steers and Queers," but I would.

look, i'm gonna to talk to you. can i ask you a question?

i want everyone to be honest with me, ok?

i want everyone out here tonight that has ever loved, that lost before, to raise your hand.

let me see, it ain't no big thing!

all right! all right!

is there ANYONE out here tonight that has ever been with someone but was wishing you could be with somebody else??

see i know that some of y'all out here tonight wanted to raise your hand, but you standing in the situation whereas ... NEED I SAY MORE???

you see i asked the question once, really, i asked the question, i said is there anybody out here tonight that has loved and lost

a lady looked at me, really, a lady looked at me and she said, "mind yo damn tongue ... i haven't seen a man FINE ENOUGH or GOOD ENOUGH ... that i would WASTE MY TEARS and cry over him"

but you know what i told her? i said "bitch..."

"keep on living and and don't you dare die! cause you'll see, you'll get up one morning and you'll look into that same mirror you been looking into every morning ... and you'll see the ugliest mug, you ever seen in your life!!!"

you see, i'm so glad i found out it takes a fool to learn that love don't love nobody!

see a whole lot of these crazy mo-[crowd yells "fuckers"!] ... they can tell you "well honey, ain't nobody ever broke my heart, ain't nobody ever got my mind" ... THEY HAVE NOT LIVED YET. because if they live, and keep on ... keep on living and don't die ... somebody ... gonna ... TEAR ... THAT ... UP!!

CAN I GET A WITNESS???

let me tell you something, too! some never let someone know that they're gettin you down. you see if you let them know that they're gettin you down honey, they're gonna kick you!

don't bend over you'll get the shock of your life!!!

you see that sometimes that's what we do. when we fall in love, when we lose that certain ... that certain girl, that certain girl, that certain him ... we just don't wanna live no more. we just sit at home, we don't take a bath, we don't ... mop.

honey, don't do that.

THROW YOUR HAND UP IN THE AIR
HOLD YOUR WIG SO IT WON'T COME OFF
AND KEEP ON TRUCKING!!

you'll find out that don't no one monkey don't stop no show ... you probably was cryin cause they was ugly in the first place!

you see, i cried before, so those of you that know what it is to have cried, if you have found somebody that you care about today this song is for you. is there anybody out here tonight that in love?

let me see? no-one over here?!? oh, you s'posed to have your hand up, honey!!!

all you lucky people, you see this song is for y'all, because YOU ARE THE LUCKY ONES.

whoops wrong thread.

Loleatta Holloway

http://www.jahsonic.com/LoleattaHolloway.html

Jan