Sunday, January 21, 2018

Doop: Doop



Back in the 1990s there was an ITV rival to Top of the Pops in the shape of The Chart Show.

It was screened on Saturday mornings and - for better or worse - I associate it with this record, which reached number one in the UK in 1994..

Doop were a Dutch techno group and I remember an interview at the time where they said the record grew out of their noticing how close mellow house music was getting to 1920s dance music.
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3 comments:

  1. Roy21 January, 2018 16:21

    There’s a whole subgenre of this kind of music now, called dieselpunk. https://open.spotify.com/user/1167540197/playlist/3Iv33GQDRzbnivZrtwXJWE?si=jckwjFOQRzKDKV0v7v-s2A

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  2. Jonathan Calder21 January, 2018 18:35

    Thanks Roy.

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  3. David Bertram22 January, 2018 09:44

    Damn it I know you're in a bit of a spot
    When you're used to the Merc and the Moet and the yacht
    And it must be a blow to the ego, what!
    But forget about this video rot
    And write yourselves a hit or three
    Like "I'm Not in Paris" or "The Dean and Me"
    I mean really I don't like your stuff very much
    It's too avante-garde and aggressive and butch
    I prefer a gentle, melodic touch
    But the kids today have got their ears in their crutch
    And if it's not robots singing in Dutch
    It's Adam and the Ants and Starsky and Hutch
    By the way here's your present
    -Thanks very much

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