Thug Pop

[WOAHYEAH]

Originally posted by DlocRoth
Great fuckin avatar, squib...

Agreed! Got a bigger version of it?

[Shaun Ponsonby]

I love the Diamond Dave album. It's an excellent party record. Last 2 parties we've, we played Diamond Dave about 4 times!!!

Thug Pop is excellent.

[Calderone]

its not a dlrband leftover

[Funkmonkey]

Thug Pop puts that dip in my hip and that glide in my stride, keeping it real since boogie was invented. With classic lines like, "When the resurrection comes, there'll be a two drink minimum.", this could be none other than Diamond Dave in turbo drive.

As for the musical composition, I want everyone to do a little homework for your dear ol' Uncle Funkmonkey: Play Led Zepplin's "Trampled Under Foot" then play Diamond Dave's "Thug Pop".

Discuss. Discuss.



Oh, and...



...eek!

[hard rock]

Thug pop is a hard one to nail down for me. I love the music and lyrics but the vocal perfomance ruins it for me. Dave`s voice sounds strained and forced.

Then a tune like Let it all hang out, is not typical Slamdunk in your face with a little bit o Romeo delight flavour but his vocals sound awesome in those lower registers these days.

i give it a classic for sound and lyrics but outtake on the vocals. maybe if they played the song in a lower key he would not have to strain and hit the high notes so often?

[FORD]

Originally posted by WARF
Wasn't thug pop supposedly an outtake from the 1998 DLR Band album?

It was definitely written then, since Lowery gets co-writing credit. But it was recorded with the Brian/James/Ray lineup.

All the recordings were current except for the last two songs "ICM 95" and "Bad Habits" which were "rarities" from the mid-90's Vegas period.

[rikredbrain]

aye but isnt that the ethos of the 'diamond dave' album a collection of stuff that turns him on ..... he mentions sorting somthing like this out in his book..... and thug pop is him saying yeah i can still rock it..

and also didnt james lomenzo say at somepoint that when they recorded all that stuff there were a hell of a lot of originals that he liked but roth put mostly covers on... or did i dream that?

diamond dave is a patchy album.. but on a whole i like it.... the first half is cool... i agree about 'act one' being pure filler and i skip that one and the beatles one (which lets be honest was a bit crap when the beatles did it) but shoo bop soul kitchen i,c,m 95 and loads more were tops......

and i aint said 'tops' for years so obviously i mean it..... lol

[cwsmith17]

Originally posted by hard rock
Thug pop is a hard one to nail down for me. I love the music and lyrics but the vocal perfomance ruins it for me. Dave`s voice sounds strained and forced.

Then a tune like Let it all hang out, is not typical Slamdunk in your face with a little bit o Romeo delight flavour but his vocals sound awesome in those lower registers these days.

i give it a classic for sound and lyrics but outtake on the vocals. maybe if they played the song in a lower key he would not have to strain and hit the high notes so often?

I can't wait to see Dave this summer and really see if he

has got his super-sonic scream back!! However, I really doubt it!!

[Last_Child]

It's a damn graate song!

[Loons The Great]

Law'd Law'd Law'd...Law'd Hab Mercy I likes that nah!!...Thug Pop...a lil' Trampled Underfoot riff owl low gee nah nah...this tune should be worked up live in front of yer...nekkid steamin' ize nah...Sho' Nuff' nah...awwww reep-a...Well well well...

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
It's obviously a song that didn't make it to the DLR Band album.

It's pretty sad that it's getting to the point where it's the highlight of the last album...

Actually, I believe that the highlight from DD were Ice Cream Man - even though it's 95 - the first two, BAD HABITS and as WARF very well pointed out, Soul Kitchen. Not so sure about Shoo Bop, though. Love the song, but wouldn't call it 'highlight'.

Cheers! :bottle: