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Thread started 08/12/11 6:39pm

AlexdeParis

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Crystal Waters - "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" & "Makin' Happy" (Remixes) [1991]

Give it up for Crystal Waters's first 2 singles, released in April and November of 1991 (yes, 20 years ago)! For my money, both were great songs remixed into pure classics. Ladies and gentlemen of the Org, I present to you the definitive versions: "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) [The Basement Boys Strip to the Bone Mix]" and "Makin' Happy (Hurley's Happy House Mix)." (For comparison I put the original versions on the right.)

Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) [Basement Boys Strip to the Bone Mix]

Makin' Happy (Hurley's Happy House Mix)

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Reply #1 posted 08/12/11 6:43pm

MickyDolenz

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La Da Di, La Di Da... biggrin

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #2 posted 08/12/11 7:18pm

Harlepolis

Damn Kim Wayans for ruining the song for me lol

Slightly O/T, but I only recently found out that Crystal Waters is Ethel Waters grandkid hmmm

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Reply #3 posted 08/12/11 7:24pm

jeidee

makin happy was my jam. this stuff sounds terribly dated now.

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Reply #4 posted 08/12/11 7:33pm

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Harlepolis said:

Damn Kim Wayans for ruining the song for me lol

I was going to post that initially, but figured I'd wait until someone mentioned it. I still remember the first time I saw it. lol

In retrospect, it's not quite as funny as I found it back then, but "Ha ha hee, ha ha ho, I'll be rich, you'll be po'" still gets me every time.

Slightly O/T, but I only recently found out that Crystal Waters is Ethel Waters grandkid hmmm

nod They actually mentioned that quite a bit back then.

[Edited 8/12/11 19:36pm]

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Reply #5 posted 08/12/11 7:33pm

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jeidee said:

makin happy was my jam. this stuff sounds terribly dated now.

hmph! One man's "dated" is another man's "nostalgic."

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Reply #6 posted 08/12/11 8:02pm

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AlexdeParis said:

Harlepolis said:

Damn Kim Wayans for ruining the song for me lol

I was going to post that initially, but figured I'd wait until someone mentioned it. I still remember the first time I saw it. lol

In retrospect, it's not quite as funny as I found it back then, but "Ha ha hee, ha ha ho, I'll be rich, you'll be po'" still gets me every time.

Slightly O/T, but I only recently found out that Crystal Waters is Ethel Waters grandkid hmmm

nod They actually mentioned that quite a bit back then.

[Edited 8/12/11 19:36pm]

She wasn't her grandchild, she was her grand niece.

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Reply #7 posted 08/12/11 8:04pm

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AlexdeParis said:

Give it up for Crystal Waters's first 2 singles, released in April and November of 1991 (yes, 20 years ago)! For my money, both were great songs remixed into pure classics. Ladies and gentlemen of the Org, I present to you the definitive versions: "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) [The Basement Boys Strip to the Bone Mix]" and "Makin' Happy (Hurley's Happy House Mix)." (For comparison I put the original versions on the right.)

Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) [Basement Boys Strip to the Bone Mix]

Makin' Happy (Hurley's Happy House Mix)

dancing jig music dancing jig

For me, "Gypsy Woman" was, one of the GREATEST house records of all time. I was one of the first NY DJ's to play it, back then. As for the other songs, I liked them also.

"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #8 posted 08/13/11 1:51am

robertlove

As much as I like these songs, i think this is still her best track

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Reply #9 posted 08/13/11 4:53am

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robertlove said:

As much as I like these songs, i think this is still her best track

This is one of my favorites as well. The breakdown at this end, is NUTS!!

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Reply #10 posted 08/13/11 7:33am

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robertlove said:

As much as I like these songs, i think this is still her best track

hmph! No way. "100% Love" is a good song, but it's a distant third place IMO.

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