This is the song I've been searching for for like a year... every time I tried searching for the lyrics I could remember, it turned up with an assortment of other songs that had nothing to do with it. It's one of my favorite songs, but I never knew what the name of it was which was hella frustrating. The only reason I happened to find it today is that I created a Freestyle channel on Pandora and when I was least expecting it it started playing!
Turns out, it's called "They're Playing Our Song" by Trinere:
Live version (wow, it would be awesome to see this live!):
Apparently, she also has a myspace page:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=116465324
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Man, now I totally want one of these vocoders:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1T_hWPZLoI&feature=related
After listening to Don't Stop the Rock, I'm also reminded of Salt N Pepa's "Push It" (another song I used to listen to a lot as a kid)... 52 seconds into the song, there's a background synth line that comes in that sounds very similar to part of Don't Stop the Rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zalbxUmbIv0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Tony
Not only that, he produced some of Trinere's stuff too... possibly even the song above!
Edited at 2008-01-27 09:26 am (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinere
"Trinere and Pretty Tony had a son, Brandon C. Butler. In 1993, the last single that Trinere would release would be "When I Hear Music," a re-mix of another Pretty Tony production with Debbie Deb. Trinere says that "Pretty Tony put his foot in this one."
It's also interesting to note that the Beastie Boys songs they played on air then/there had much raunchier lyrics than what ended up on the albums. My brother has remarked to me that no one else seems to know their "Bend it over here, Babydoll/and let all ten inches slide up the back" lyric, for example. I wish I still had the tapes we recorded off the radio in those days. It would make for some interesting listening, I'm sure.
Anyway, without further ado, here are a bunch of the songs I was able to find last night that I used to hear on the radio back then. I'll start with the one I was happiest to find, then do the rest in alphabetical order. Some still sound awesome to me; others I know all the words to, but don't get the same kick of excitement from. The videos are often from another planet--I'd never seen any of them before.
Noel - Silent Morning. If you like this as much as I do, I'd also recommend checking out Information Society. I don't think they'd count as freestyle, but they have some great songs like Mirrorshades.
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock (using a sample from Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express)
Corina - Temptation
The Cover Girls - Show Me
Debbie Deb - Lookout Weekend (I couldn't find a real video, so you'll have to bear with the amateur one.)
Exposé - Point of No Return
Linear - Sending All My Love
Seduction - Two to Make It Right
Shannon - Let the Music Play
Stevie B - Spring Love
I'm definitely hooked on Trinere's "They're Playing Our Song" now. I also managed to find a cool Pretty Tony song: Jam the Box.
Also, since you're familiar with "Push It", you may be amused by L'Trimm's Grab It. I can't find an mp3 of this--apparently, it was a local hit, but didn't get the exposure that their Cars With the Boom did.
Here's some more that I've found recently while we're at it...
Expose - Let Me Be The one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6S1VwZi984
Rockell - Forever Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17JTuvqT6n8&NR=1
Lisette Melendez - Together Forever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipv4XJoOE8Q
Johnny O - Fantasy Girl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPyqKlkJlp8
It's funny you mention Information Society, because I happen to have watched a couple of their videos on YouTube recently too:
Information Society - Think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frQWuMVyZY8
Information Society - Peace and Love Incorporated:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU8DkHXvcuo
I definitely think of Information Society as New Wave, not Freestyle. But for some reason I saw some places that said they were Freestyle which is what made me check them out.
Regarding Planet Rock, I just posted a new entry focusing on that and Don't Stop the Rock, because I'm very impressed with both. Planet Rock I think I remember hearing in mixes on the radio, but I never knew who was responsible for it or saw the video. What an amazing video! (I didn't your comment here until just after I made the post.)
Cynthia and Johnny O - Dream Girl / Dream Boy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F-hXV0dTqc