1989 MUST'VE BEEN A GREAT YEAR IN THE BAY AREA,YOU HAD GREAT UNDERGROUND RAP LIKE THIS RECORD THE 8OO MONEY 12,SWAY AND KING TECH WERE STILL DOING THEIR THING.LOCAL HEROES METALLICA WERE ALL OVER MTV WITH THEIR FIRST VIDEO FOR "ONE" AND YOU CATCH CHEAP SHOWS AT THE CLUBS BY THE LIKES OF PSYCHEFUNKAPUSS OR THE LIMBOMANIACS.RAYMOND AND PETER WERE TEACHING A NEW GENERATION HOW TO DRINK,FIGHT AND GAY-BASH,MARK EITZEL HAD JUST WRITTEN THE INDIE ROCK STANDARD "FIREFLY"AND THE A'S AND GIANTS WERE PLAYING IN THE WORLD SERIES.YEAH,YOU COULD DEFINITELY ARGUE THAT YOU WEREN'T MISSING ANYTHING HAPPENING IN NYC OR L.A. IF YOU LIVED IN SAN FRAN OR OAKLAND THAT YEAR.AND THEN THAT EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED WHICH WAS TO THE 80S WHAT ALTAMONT WAS TO THE 60S AND IT WAS ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE.KEEP ALL THAT IN MIND BEFORE YOU SAY THE CLUB MIX OF "THE GROOVE IS PUMPIN"IS TOO HOUSE-Y FOR YOUR TASTES...Tuesday, March 16, 2010
FULL RESISTANCE-THE GROOVE IS PUMPIN 1989
1989 MUST'VE BEEN A GREAT YEAR IN THE BAY AREA,YOU HAD GREAT UNDERGROUND RAP LIKE THIS RECORD THE 8OO MONEY 12,SWAY AND KING TECH WERE STILL DOING THEIR THING.LOCAL HEROES METALLICA WERE ALL OVER MTV WITH THEIR FIRST VIDEO FOR "ONE" AND YOU CATCH CHEAP SHOWS AT THE CLUBS BY THE LIKES OF PSYCHEFUNKAPUSS OR THE LIMBOMANIACS.RAYMOND AND PETER WERE TEACHING A NEW GENERATION HOW TO DRINK,FIGHT AND GAY-BASH,MARK EITZEL HAD JUST WRITTEN THE INDIE ROCK STANDARD "FIREFLY"AND THE A'S AND GIANTS WERE PLAYING IN THE WORLD SERIES.YEAH,YOU COULD DEFINITELY ARGUE THAT YOU WEREN'T MISSING ANYTHING HAPPENING IN NYC OR L.A. IF YOU LIVED IN SAN FRAN OR OAKLAND THAT YEAR.AND THEN THAT EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED WHICH WAS TO THE 80S WHAT ALTAMONT WAS TO THE 60S AND IT WAS ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE.KEEP ALL THAT IN MIND BEFORE YOU SAY THE CLUB MIX OF "THE GROOVE IS PUMPIN"IS TOO HOUSE-Y FOR YOUR TASTES...
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321 is a slammin track, overlooked - good work HS!
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