Originally published at: Technotronic's video for "Pump up the Jam" is a marvel | Boing Boing
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So 90s… much wow.
But give me Neneh Cherry instead…
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And the real Ya Kid K version:
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1989!
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The number, another summer?
Sound of the funky drummer?
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They were just early! Afro-futurism!
Also… LOOK!!!
Yay! Indya Moore!!! 
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Music hitting your heart 'cause I know you got soul
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If the Brooklyn accent is anything like the Philly accent, no vowel is considered correct unless it is a dipthong. Ideally a double dipthong. When my friend Joe’s mom called him in for dinner the fully spelled out pronunciation was something like “Jeeeaaaaoooowww!”
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Bum Bags/Fanny Packs in full effect.
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@jlw I am very sorry, but there is no Brooklyn accent here, the voice you are hearing on the videoclip is Ya Kid K, a Congolese–Belgian singer, which at the time was living in Chicago. Oh and by the way, the lip-syncing girl on the videoclip is Congolese model Felly Kilingi.
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It’s even wilder when you realise that the the “native Brooklyner” singing in Jo Bogaert’s Belgian pop project Technotronic is the Congolese–Belgian rapper Ya Kid K.
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That track (Pump up the Jam) and this track, share the same slot in my musical memory…
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It still slaps, but I will always prefer Move This.
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I’m a big fan of the cover by The Lost Fingers:
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When this track came out it made me super mad that they got a hit on the radio with a casio keyboard and 15 minutes of studio time. Now I like it, for the same reason.
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“Pwump” was always the word to worm my ear
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Hey - Thanks you all for the music trip from my late teens! – loved all of these tunes. It is the sound track of the under 21 clubs in Orlando. Who knew that grunge was right around the corner for me and I started to smell like teen spirit.
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Eurodance thread?
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