Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Top Songs of 1990: #13: "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic

Just reading up this song. Apparently this was the first house-music to ever break the Billboard Top 100. Originally written as an instrumental track by Belgian artist Jo Bogaert and Ya Kid K (who was Congolese). I guess they wanted a face to sell the track: "An image for the act was later put together utilizing Congolese-born fashion model Felly Kilingi as its album/single cover art and supposed singer in the music video."

I definitely remember this song coming on at every. single. school. dance. There was one DJ, Ulysses, who had a smoke machine, and i feel like he would turn on the smoke machine during this song. We thought it was so cool.

"Pump Up The Jam" was the #13 song of 1990.

I tried my best to do an acoustic, slow, version of this song. Just trying to experiment with performing a song in the exact opposite way one "should".

4 comments:

  1. You just made my day
    :) Love u Siobhan, you are the coolest.

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  2. this one is my favorite so far! love them all but there is something OUT THERE about doing this song acoustically. i also love the little factoids that you reveal in the written portion. this is so much fun!!!

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  3. yes--it is very "off" to play "pump up the jam" on an acoustic guitar!

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  4. This one is BRILLIANT!! Sam and I (and Gabriel) are floored.

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