The Jets -- You Better Dance

http://www.youtube.com/wa...Vv4ajKoMgE


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Got those huge reverby drum pads or whatever they are. Reminds me of "electric chair" by Prince. Its not bad actually, but I would say that. Very derivitive, but I live off this stuff!

Sorta song new kids on the block would do. Take that how you will.

That just screams Cameo imitation, what year is it about 86 to 88?

tane1976 said:

1989. I was surprised by that too. The synth stabs or programming is more akin to late 80's though.

89 hey, a wee bit out of date for that year, but the beat does sound sampled from Todays 1988 hit "Him or me" its a funky little song though, that last golden age before everything was rail roaded by rap.

I thought this thread was goin' to be about "Rocket 2 U"

thesexofit said:

Exactly. And the drum machine for You Better Dance:


Linn 9000

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Rocket 2 U never jam THIS hard.

The Jets were from MPLS?

sosgemini said:

All of the siblings are from MPLS.

But their parents are from The Tonga Islands.

I had no idea that The Jets were behind this song...

Damn.

TonyVanDam said:

okay mr. know it all...please explain the read-headed sibling.

TonyVanDam said:

The Jets were from MPLS and Prince and Sheila attended some of there shows. I remember reading somewhere that 'Curiosity' was Prince's favorite song by them.

I'm originally from Phoenix,AZ and in the mid 90's...the Jets set up shop at a club called Jetz N Styx...and they had a residency there. They were a really tight band live and it was fun to go see them.

some of their biggest hits:

Crush on You (1986)
Curiosity (1986)
You Got It All (1986)
Cross My Broken Heart (1988)
Make It Real (1988)
Rocket 2 U (1988)





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sosgemini said:

I think he was the first to leave the band.

TonyVanDam said:

I knew they looked a light skinned to be black. I actually thought they were a group of Maoris like me, because of music was popular in New Zealand at the time. Any world music buffs heard of a new zealand group called Fan Club from the late 80s, now they sounded like the Jets. It was fronted by Maori, Island and Asian members.