"Bust a Move" 20 Years Later

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Chris Weingarten interviewed Young MC about "Bust a Move" for Rolling Stone.

Somewhat slight, but he makes a good point about how there are no "oldies rap stations" (there should be!). My favorite line, though:

I will preface this by saying I'm a lifelong Democrat. But pre-9/11, in 2001, Bush was taking a lot of vacations down to the ranch. And the press secretary at that time, Ari Fleischer, got drunk at a party at the ranch and did "Bust A Move" on karaoke. They said he was actually good, and it made US News & World Report. The kids who were listening to it then are now gainfully employed.

Comments

[dickmalone.livejournal.com]

Ha, it gets played seriously all the time on the "oldies dance" station up here. It's called like "Movin 102" and plays slightly outdated pop hits as well as dance/pop-rap stuff from the 90s.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think his point is more that it's only the dance/pop-rap that gets played, not NWA or whatever the hell else. Though was NWA ever a "play this on the radio" sort of group?

it's a very interesting comment and debate but..

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

...all I can think is 'I'm old old old old old if Bust A Move is 20yrs old!'