Wednesday, October 13, 1999: "Ice Ice babby"

[NonsenseWords]

I'm pretty sure he's humming "Under Pressure", since he's not adding that little 'ting' at the end of the sampling that 'prevents it from being plagiarism'.

[Bocaj Claw]

I like the way I draw tree trunks; I still pretty much draw them like this. But at the time, as you can see, I was kind of struggling with leaves.

[Tom_Radigan]

Ironically enough DCS could also have used M. C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This". Which itself was taken from Rick James's song "Superfreak"!

[Caoimhin]

Ironically enough DCS could also have used M. C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This". Which itself was taken from Rick James's song "Superfreak"!

Everytime I hear that tune I always confuse the two. I'm not the only one who hears the similarity apparently. I actually used to think M.C. Hammer's song was from the 80s.

Note: It came out in 1990 so some residue 80s was still present.

[Tom_Radigan]

Ironically enough DCS could also have used M. C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This". Which itself was taken from Rick James's song "Superfreak"!

Everytime I hear that tune I always confuse the two. I'm not the only one who hears the similarity apparently. I actually used to think M.C. Hammer's song was from the 80s.

Note: It came out in 1990 so some residue 80s was still present.

Technically, 1990 is part of the 1980's, as a decade begins with a year ending in one and ends with a year ending in zero. Thus the new millenia actually began in 2001 and not 2000, which was still part of the twentieth century. And 1980 was part of the 1970's, with 1981 the first year of the 1980's. Just to let you know how the decade counting system officially works.

And "Superfreak" came out in 1981, so both songs are from the same decade.

[Muninn]

A decade starts in 1 January of a year ending in 0 and ends on 31 December of a year ending in 9. 1980 to 1989. You can argue against this until the cows come home with cow tools but you ain't going to convince me 1980 was in the 70's.

And don't all rap songs sample songs from the past to a degree? It's kind of like how in folk/blues music the same melody or lyrics are used to fit around a new song.

[Tom_Radigan]

A decade starts in 1 January of a year ending in 0 and ends on 31 December of a year ending in 9. 1980 to 1989. You can argue against this until the cows come home with cow tools but you ain't going to convince me 1980 was in the 70's.

And don't all rap songs sample songs from the past to a degree? It's kind of like how in folk/blues music the same melody or lyrics are used to fit around a new song.

Listen to some music from 1980 such as Donna Summer's "Upside Down" and you might change your mind. Seriously, your definition is not how decades are defined officially. It's not an opinion that 2+2=4, or that Christmas Eve is celebrated on December 24.

As for music, I'm not an expert on the topic, so someone who is can discuss it if they like.

[Arloest]

We had a whole topic somewhere regarding the definition of a decade, and where it starts and ends.

[Trance]

Defining a decade as XXX1-XXY0 would irk the hell out of me, and I'm glad people don't do that in common usage.

[Tom_Radigan]

We had a whole topic somewhere regarding the definition of a decade, and where it starts and ends.

I haven't seen it, and if this was debated once already there is no use doing it again. In any case, it's not really pertient to the topic anyway.

[Muninn]

Listen to some music from 1980 such as Donna Summer's "Upside Down" and you might change your mind.

What? Musical norms and conventions do not define a decade.

It's not an opinion that 2+2=4, or that Christmas Eve is celebrated on December 24.

"However, the Coptic, Serbian, Russian, Macedonian, and Georgian Orthodox Churches, as well as the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, use the Julian calendar, which is currently 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar, so Christmas Eve for the adherents of those Churches coincides with January 6 of the following year in the Gregorian calendar."