This is the J5 version baby!
By the way, there weren’t music videos as this time, so you’ll have to settle for young Mike’s face. Just pretend he’s singing. Or do something else while you listen.
Tag: Friday Throwback
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Friday Throwback – Land Of 1,000 Dances
Ok, this is the wacky wrestling version of this song, but I didn’t really have anything picked out this week, and when you can’t fall back on Rowdy Roddy Piper, who can you really fall back on?
This song was the lead single (if you can call it that) from The Wrestling Album which was released in 1985. That album featured help from Cyndi Lauper, Rick Derringer and David Wolff, who I believe was Lauper’s boyfriend. Wolff produces much of it.
- You gotta know how to twist – Jimmy Hart was actually a member of the band, The Gentrys, who had a number one single.
- RIP Missing Link.
- Look at Mr. Wonderful kissing his biceps.
- Really, the Iron Sheik is right. You’ve got to move like de de Sheik.
- Is that Meat Loaf on the drums?
- I think that’s Lauper in the black wig too.
- Wow, SD Jones got a line in there.
- Wow, SD got two lines.
- I forgot Adrian Adonis was on this song.
- Watching Bret “The Hitman” Hart dance in the background with those shades on was great.
- Jeez, Uncle Elmer?
I know that Wilson Pickett’s version wasn’t the original, but his was the most well known. I wonder what he thought about this version? And where in the heck was Hulk Hogan? Was he busy the day the recorded the song?
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Friday Throwback – We’re All In The Same Gang
Anyone remember the West Coast All-Stars?
Ok, good. Well, if you don’t, there was a time in 1990 (?) that a bunch of west coast rappers and rap groups got together to record a song designed to be anti-gang and anti-violence. Tone-Loc, Ice-T, Young MC, MC Hammer, and the clean up hitter, Eazy-E were a few of the contributors. Even the great JJ Fad (the ess is for super, the you is for unique …) was involved.
- Gang violence needs to be wiped out!
- What’s up with those dudes dancing behind Def Jef?
- Don’t forget the great Michel’le on the hook.
- A song that stresses non-violence has a verse that starts with, “Being the pimps that we are …”
- Look at that big medallion around Ice-T’s neck.
- The line I remember most is Young MC saying, “Brothers, killing other brothers. I thought the idea was to love one another?”
- Ok, I lied. It’s Humpty Hump saying, “Kill a black man, what are you retarded? Do you work for the clan?”
- I wonder if Hammer was hot in that leather jump suit.
- So Eazy’s entire verse was basically that he’s not going to tell anyone to do what he won’t do himself, but at least use your brain?
- Eazy-E, the violent hero.
- I wonder who wrote the violent hero’s verse.
I nearly forgot there was a back story to the entire video with little man being sought after because he saw what the shooter looked like. But what I don’t get is, why would you go after little man in an area where there’s now 100 other people who will see you as the shooter? Don’t make no sense.
Oh well. For some reason, I remember Eazy’s verse being cut out of the radio versions of the song. Or something like that. But I can’t quite remember so well 17 years later, so someone will have to correct me on that, if they remember.