Another album I picked up recently, was a compilation of tunes from which samples had been ripped to make…um..other tunes.
Entitled Sample This! The Foundation of Modern Classics it’s packed with great tracks, about half of which I’d never heard of before.
Including this morning’s tune, which put such a dumb smile on my face when I heard it, I figured it was just right for this series.
Apparently, so the sleeve notes tell me, this features in M/A/R/R/S’ ground-breaking sample-a-thon Pump Up The Volume, but I can’t say I’ve ever noticed it before. I’ll have to dig out my copy and give my memory a refresh.
Sing a long everybody – and just in case you don’t know the words, here they are, in all their glory:
Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah!
Bah! zoom zoom
Bah! zoom zoom
Bah! zoom zoom
Bah! zoom zoom
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Bo Dum Dum Day Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Bo Dum Dum Day Doe
On Stoe, On Stoe
On On On On On, Stoe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Bah! Bump Bump Bump Bump Bay Doe
Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe Doe
(Bah!) Din Daa Daa, Doe Doe
Din Daa Daa, D’Doom Da Doom
Doom Doom Doom Doom Doom Blah!
Doom Da Doom, Doom Da Doom
D’Doom D’Doom, Doom Doom
Rrratatatatatatata
Rrratatatatdadadadoom
Doom Doom Doom Doom Doom Doom Blah!
Doom Doo Doo Blash!
Pee Da Puppa, Pee Da Puppa
Pee Da Puppa, Pee Da Puppa
Pee Da Puppa, Pee Da Puppa
Pee Da Puppa, Pee Da Puppa
Pee Da Puppa, Pee Da Puppa
Pee Da Puppa, Pee Da Puppa
Din Doan Doan
Din Doan Doan
Bot Da Down, D’ Doom
Do Doom, Do Doom
Di Doom, Do Doom
Do Doom, Do Doom
Doom Da Doom Da Doom Doom Da Da Doom
Ratatatatatatata tah!
Doom Doom Doom Blah!
Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah!
Butta! Butta! Butta! Butta!
Butta! Butta! Butta! Butta!
Bound Da Bound Bound
Da Doom Doom Blah!
Blah Blah Blah Blah
Dat Down Do Do Blah
Posh! Posh! Posh! Posh! Posh! Posh!
Posh! Posh! Posh! Posh! Posh! Posh!
Sh Ah!
Bah!
They really don’t write ’em like that anymore, do they?
More soon.