The Herb Whisperer played Elvis Costello‘s 1978 classic “Pump It Up” because allegedly it is sampled in the Beastie Boys’ album Paul’s Boutique, a bona fide treasure trove of samples.
It may explain why Sly & The Family Stone’s “Loose Booty” is now an earworm – it was sampled on the track “Shadrach”. Here’s a video of”Loose Booty” from 1975…
And let’s not forget Elvis Costello, from 1978…
If you want to listen to the Solid Steel Radio Show where DJ’s Cheeba, Moneyshot and Food deconstruct, reimagine and reassemble Paul’s Boutique (and in the process revealing to The Herb Whisperer the presence of Pump It Up on the original), here it is.
And here’s the playlist in full…
12pm – 1pm
+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 84MB
- Moomin – I Wanna
- Maddslinky – Compufonique (Part Deux)
- The Orb & Lee “Scratch” Perry – Hold Me Upsetter
- Karriem Riggins – Stadium Rock
- Death Grips – @Deathgripz
- Zak Matic – Mental
- The Bug – Can’t Take This No More
- Benny Soebardja – 18 Years Old
- Kool Thing – This Is The Place
- Shacklock Meth Party – Bureau De Change **NZ**
- Astro – Panda
- The Limiñanas – AF3458
1pm – 2pm
+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 88MB
- Julien Dyne – Bent (Intro) **NZ**
- Julien Dyne – Mask **NZ**
- Julien Dyne – Get Closer (featuring She’s So Rad) **NZ**
- Julien Dyne – Glisten Up **NZ**
- Shocking Pinks – Double Vision Version **NZ**
- Calexico – Algiers
- Nahid Alsarah – Habibi Safr Mini
- John Tejada – The Function and The Form
- Three Loco – We Are Farmers (featuring Diplo)
- Dominic Lord – Pierce
- Parenthetical Girls – Evelyn McHale (Reprise)
- Tono and the Finance Company – Eating Biscuits **NZ**
- Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Symphony of the Nymph
- Elvis Costello – Pump It Up
