S Express - Classic or Dud?

Another pop-House crossover that I got briefly obsessed with at the time. I own the 12" vinyl for "Theme From.." and "Hey Music Lover", and I have both the albums on cassette.

What's Mark Moore doing these days, anyway?

One of the first albums I bought at college that my indie-snob mates would take the piss out of.

dubious in the light of Steve Silk Hurley, tho neither really constitute ACID house. /pedant

And S'Express ARE acid house. Listen to their first album "Original Soundtrack" to confirm!!!!! That album also has "Coma 2" which is allegedly the first ever ambient house track in existance.

wasn't that Seona Dancing?!?

And Eisbar, the song you are thinking of by Seona Dancing is called "More to Lose", and did you know that 1/2 of Seona Dancing was Ricky Gervais, the main star of the comedy series "The Office" ??

I WANNA TAKE YA HIGHER

obligatory mention of the Fluffy Bagel mix of "Superfly Guy".

also the William Orbit Spatial Expansion mix of "Music Lover". Best 80s remix ever?

for the sake of accuracy and thus the integrity of ilm.

K.R.U.S.H. did 'house arrest' and 'the jack that house built' was by jack 'n' chill.

anyone remember the funky worm 'hustle (to the music)'?

Yes. They were from Sheffield, weren't they? Think they were related in some way to later Warp stuff?

S'Express were classic and not all squelchy fun late 80s acid house positivism either - check out Coma off the first album or the Phillip Glass (!) remixes of Hey Music Lover.

well sorta. S'Express, Bomb The Bass, etc. were all on Rhythm King/Mute, and Tim "bomb the bass" Simenon was the Kevin Bacon of 90s UK dance music. Or at least one of them.

S-Express - Supafly Guy

Please reconsider! It is extremely funky for a house track.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=4bYjOa4qMeo&feature=related

I hated it at the time, but now I find it quite nice. Actually consider the next couple of singles to be better than "Theme..." though.

I'd never have predicted you liking this stuff Geir.

Well, as I said, I didn't at the time. For the same reasons you wouldn't have expected me to like it. But getting into Orbital, Orb, Leftfield etc. in the late 90s also made me change my mind of late 80s house somewhat.

ok, did anyone hear this 12" from earlier in the year? being on kitsune doesn't bode especially well!

Hey Music Lover rules. But it wasn't until today I found out it has a Philip Glass remix!

The Ph Glass remix bores me. Out of all the remixes I've heard I still like the original the most.

I didn't realize until recently that the female vocalist on "Hey Music Lover" was Billie Ray Martin!

I remember buying the U.S. 8-track CD single for "Music Lover" at (oh shit) The Wherehouse. It was in a special display up front on sale for $3.99, in a long box format no less.

I think this has all the "Music Lover" remixes, including the Glass and Orbit ones... so if, uh, anyone's missing a track... wudge wudge nink nink.

Is this a common CD in the used bins at all?

Somebody blogged it a while back:

http://burningtheground-djpault.blogspot.com/search/label/S%27Xpress

omg <3 burning the ground

is where i found the song in the first place

i've submitted a few singles since then!

the comeback track wasnt half bad:

sometimes i think they were one of the best *ideas* of a pop group ever. a quick-off-the-mark actual House band that fired a sucession of hysterical dance records into the top 5 while being made up of a mixture of black gay men, white germanic women, DJS, E'd up misfits, whatever, and a frontman who wore silver trousers and white faux fur. they made it all look like a *riot* the videos were funny and the popularity of the records has lasted 20 years!

Tantrum, that's not the one. The one I have has two more mixes and isn't a promo.

ok, I just grabbed the Cd single and will now list out the remixes of Music Lover

1.Shep Zip Mix (7:27) - Remixer: Shep Pettibone
2.Music Lovers Bass Mix (7:27) - Remixer: Shep Pettibone
3.Heart Attack Mix (6:21) - Remixer: Shep Pettibone
4.Transformer Mix (7:52) - Remixer: Shep Pettibone
5.G.OO.D Vibration Mix (6:46)
6.Music Is My Life Mix (4:30)
7.Spatial Expansion Mix (8:25) - Remixer: William Orbit
8.Glass Mix (3:57) - Remixer: Philip Glass and Kurt Munkacsi

(c) 1989 Rhythm King/The Mute Corporation Under Exclusive License to Capitol Records, Inc.

The UPC is 7777-15466-2
Cat number: CDP 7 15466 2

Right you are!

To this day I've never seen these guys in a bargain bin... ya don't have a music blog, do ya? ;)

i've tried and failed at music/mp3 blogs.

but bookmark this thread... hinthinthint

20 years old this month, a jam for the ages.

"When I was getting (the famous band he used to be in) together I used to play a lot of what's now known as classic rare groove records, and also a lot of James Brown, The Fatback Band. We just used to play at a couple of little clubs, me and a friend. We'd play things like Sly Stone, The Jackson Five, Sam And Dave, a load of Atlantic soul. I still listen to that stuff now, which is why I thought S'Express were the best group in the world when they were around because it was all pretty much based on Fatback and Sly Stone."

Can anyone guess who said that?

well, i googled, but had not expected that.

who is it?

Spoiler >>>>>>>>>Johnny Marr

todays treat : just released to the wire, one 40 minute megamegamix of all the various mixes of hey music lover by strictly kev.
does life get any better than this ?
so, to answer the question : classic, of course.

ysi?

seeing as you asked so politely

lol sry (and thx!)

not sure if u were around when 'ysi?' was a meme...

oh yes, i was indeed around during the YSI Wars.
enjoy the mix.
reminds me of the House Arrest cassingle by KRUSH that bascially blended together all the various remixes into a glorious megamix.
i think '09 need to be the year of the megamix revival.

it might be on this thread but i couldn't see it, but a few months back i recall reading an article/blog about all the different samples used in the 'theme from..', does anyone have a link? i'd also love to read a piece by moore about how they put it all together, on what equipment, etc if one exists!

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oh noes!

i'll get that sorted out later on .. watch this thread.

mwah!

the megamegamix

argh, only just remembered to search for this thread and it's expired again! thanks anyway mr e.

'Original Soundtrack' is front to back greatness, such a playful, joyful mess.

“Suck me off! Suck me off! Suck me off!”
“Suck me off! Suck me off! Suck me off!”
“Suck me off! Suck me off! Suck me off!”
“Suck me off! Suck me off! Suck me off!”

“Ohhhhhhh... that’s bad.”
“No. That’s good.”