Look out. I'm completely out of control. I've been listening to a lot of cult jams lately. oh, not familiar with the cult jam? A cult jam is any jam or joint that has been influenced, hereto been influenced, or forthwith influenced by said influencee (band or musical group) by virtue of being 1. somehow touched by the hand of one of the founding members of Full Force 2. being of the genre of US dance hits on the billboard HOT 100 ('84-'89) And i know what you're saying...I can smell what the Rock is cooking. How many bands could possibly be influnced by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Featuring Full Force? But you first might want to think about what a headache their lawyers had when they were trying to divy up the money between Lisa Lisa, Cult Jam, and Full Force back in 1986- WHO THE FUCK IS GONNA TELL FULL FORCE THEY DID IT ON SPEC? Not me motherfucker! Then again, in 1986, the high-powered lawyers at CBS were doing so much coke they could have ripped the head off of a small bull, got a blowjob from Robert Downey, Jr., bought several Keith Haring paintings and signed Erasure to a 3-album deal all before brunch. But the bulk of these cult jams actually comes from the second qualifier- US DANCE HITS BETWEEN 1984 and 1989- and here's just a smattering of the delicious artists who inhabit this magical place:
1. Rick Astley
2. S'Express
3.Daryl Hall & John Oates
4.Wang Chung
5.Billy Ocean
6.Paul Hardcastle
7.Nu Shooz
8.Timex Social Club
9.Bananarama
10.M/A/R/R/S
11.Bomb The Bass
12.Technotronic featuring Felly
So, there ya go- cult jams. Surprisingly enough, Kraftwerk had a big year in 1987 with Musique Non Stop and The Telephone Call both reaching the top spot during the same time Club Nouveau unleashed thier fury with a little jizam called LEAN ON ME. I decided that I would omit the obvious ones like Madonna and Snap! due to their ubiquity and overall good standing in the canon of popular dance music. IT'S GETTIN', IT'S GETTIN, IT'S GETTIN' KINDA HECTIC! But before you go patting yourself's ass about it, I'm afraid I have to come clean. You are an unwitting participant in a somewhat deceitful prank. Snap! didn't have a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 US Dance Chart until 1990, dumbshit. And if you look at my cult jam qualifiers(CJQ's) you would have noticed that I totally hoodwinked you because you're an idiot and thought SNAP's chart-topping heatseeker 'The Power' was released prior to 1990. Go home, gullible! Fucking A, that was a royal burn. Suck on that for a while and I'll see you next time, bitches.
top 5 downloaded jams this week:
1. What Can I Do? - Happy Supply (downloadable from they Myspace page)
2. Pierre McGuire and Darren Pang debate March 9, 2007 NHL Radio Faceoff
3.Young Folks- Peter Bjorn and John
4.Ain't it Strange- Dr. Dog
5.Conga Line- Starlite Desperation
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