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Thread started 12/15/08 7:40pm

scriptgirl

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Old School Jam of the day : White Horse by Laid Back

"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #1 posted 12/15/08 7:48pm

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That song will still crowd a dancefloor. I also like Monifa's "Touch It" remake.
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Reply #2 posted 12/15/08 8:13pm

Cinnie

totaldiva said:

I also like Monifa's "Touch It" remake.


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Reply #3 posted 12/15/08 9:06pm

FuNkeNsteiN

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Ok, wow, that was unbelievably horrible lol
It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.

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Reply #4 posted 12/15/08 9:14pm

rushing07

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Great track
I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt.
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Reply #5 posted 12/16/08 3:18am

SoulAlive

if you wanna be rich
you got to be a bitch
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Reply #6 posted 12/16/08 4:06am

IAintTheOne

yawn
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Reply #7 posted 12/16/08 11:20am

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SoulAlive said:

if you wanna be rich
you got to be a bitch


Rich.....
You bitch


Fuck so pretty you and me
Erotic City come alive


Hell yeah. Do 'em up back to back dammitt.
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #8 posted 12/16/08 11:21am

jaimestarr79

great classic jam! Did these dudes ever do any other songs? If so, any good?
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Reply #9 posted 12/16/08 11:36am

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That's a great jam! I actually own a 12" white label from Sire Records that has this song as the A-side and Soft Cell's Tainted Love on the B-side... I LOVE the way this song sounds on the 12 inch, also it's longer than the edited version from the video. I only know of one other song from them that was a bit popular, at least here in the Nordic countries (Laid Back are Danish), the slow groove called "Sunshine Reggae":
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Reply #10 posted 12/16/08 1:25pm

Jestyr

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Rich.....
You bitch


Fuck so pretty you and me
Erotic City come alive


Hell yeah. Do 'em up back to back dammitt.


Although available in the Netherlands in 1983, the White Horse 12" was re-released in international territories in February of 1984. Sheila E was asked to record her vocals on Erotic City during a December 30, 1983 Sunset Sound session.
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Reply #11 posted 12/16/08 1:30pm

Graycap23

totaldiva said:

That song will still crowd a dancefloor. I also like Monifa's "Touch It" remake.
[Edited 12/15/08 19:49pm]

Speaking of Monifah.....is she retired?
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Reply #12 posted 12/16/08 1:33pm

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Graycap23 said:

totaldiva said:

That song will still crowd a dancefloor. I also like Monifa's "Touch It" remake.
[Edited 12/15/08 19:49pm]

Speaking of Monifah.....is she retired?

I haven't heard anything from her since "Touch It".
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Reply #13 posted 12/16/08 1:35pm

kaptainkrunk

this song was something in the white crowd but my blk friends didnt even know it existed and the man in this video ugly as all get out moniah girl where u at touch it was a jam
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Reply #14 posted 12/16/08 2:10pm

scriptgirl

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what does sheila e have to do with white horse?
"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #15 posted 12/16/08 2:17pm

Cinnie

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yawn

vainandy said:

You bitch
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Reply #16 posted 12/17/08 12:05am

SoulAlive

Man,this song takes me right back to 1984,the breakdancing era lol Huge jam here in the Bay Area.
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Reply #17 posted 12/17/08 6:24am

AsylumUtopia

purplehippieonthe1 said:

I only know of one other song from them that was a bit popular, at least here in the Nordic countries (Laid Back are Danish), the slow groove called "Sunshine Reggae"

I have the 12" of that. The b-side is a track called 'Don't be mean' with marvellous lyrics that even 2Unlimited would've been proud of. It goes like this :

Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, keep it clean.

Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, keep it clean.

Don't be mean.
Don't, don't be mean.
Keep it clean, and don't be mean.

No, no,no don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, keep it clean.

Keep it clean, keep it clean.
Keep it clean, keep it clean.
Keep it clean, keep it clean.
Don't be mean, keep it clean.

Don't be mean.
No, no, no, no.
Don't be mean.
Keep it clean, and don't be mean.

No, no,no don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, keep it clean.

Keep it clean, keep it clean.
Keep it clean, keep it clean.
Keep it clean, keep it clean.
Don't be mean, keep it clean.

Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, don't be mean.
Don't be mean, keep it clean.

Which, you may notice is 8 words in total. Very efficient lyric writing. Despite the minimalist lyrics (or perhaps even because of them) it's a great song.

They're still around too : http://www.myspace.com/laidbackdk
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Laid+Back

Apparently 'Happy Dreamer' and 'Bakerman' are their other well known songs, although I hadn't heard either of them until now. There's a couple of other songs on their myspace page too.

Quite good actually.

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Reply #18 posted 12/17/08 2:30pm

Jestyr

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what does sheila e have to do with white horse?


A lot of people claim that Prince stole the musical ideas for Erotic City from White Horse.
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