MUSIC (MOJO & FUNK): TOP 10
(5) FUNK: GROOVE ARMADA –
I SEE YOU BABY (1999)
B-side: Paper Romance (2010)
“This is the house that funk built – Groove Armada style!”
Nuff said.
Or perhaps not – Groove Armada (English electronic music duo Andy Cato and Tom Findlay) is another big beat funk entry from the 1990’s.
This entry, I See You Baby, is arguably their signature single and certainly one of the defining songs of 1999-2000. Although the original single was funky in itself, I prefer the even funkier remix by Fatboy Slim. (Interestingly, the duo DJ’d Fatboy Slim’s – or rather, Norman Cook’s – wedding). Watch out for that video – it gets a little raunchy
“You got to get on the dance floor…Oh this party got it going on!”
Don’t look for much in the way of lyrical depth (or lyrics) there – it’s all about the funk.
For my B-side – their 2010 single Paper Romance from their album Black Light (also remixed with other songs in their White Light album that year)
As for the balance of my Top 10 Groove Armada songs:
(3) Song 4 Mutya (2007)
(4) If Everybody Looked the Same (1999)
(5) Madder (2003)
(6) Superstyling (2001)
(7) My Friend (2001)
(8) Think Twice (2002)
(9) Purple Haze (2002)
(10) But I Feel Good (2003)
RATING: 4 STARS****
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