FINALLY! Wow, it took a long time for you guys to hit this one. You also need to play its stablemate, Jesus Jones' Right Here, Right Now, which really reflects the immediate post Cold War mood. An important song.
Pop dance group. This song was big in the '90s. kids, teens, young adults. Dance clubs. Jesus Jones, C&C Music Factory, Neneh Cherry, Crystal Waters, The KLF, Deee-Lite and other were similar to them.
If you like this check out “Right Here, Right Now” by Jesus Jones or the Soup Dragons “I’m Free”. These songs and the EMF song were in so many commercials and were all released within a year of each other.
Good call. RHRN was also played like an SOB that year. Both instant commercial use hits. Used for all kinds of montages from sports to 12/31 retrospectives of the year etc.
@@bminturn True. Unfortunately, that POS former KGB Putin got in after Gorbachev and Yeltsin. For a minute there, we thought Russia were good guys again. John Connor in T2: "Aren't they our friends, now?"
Ah, the crazy alternative 90's... A beat from a drum machine, some samples, a guy rapping in a thick british accent and a guitar solo. What can be stranger than that? 😄
Did you notice there is a sample saying "What the fuck..." followed occasionally with "was that?" It is a quote from one of the Black Panthers protest group. It's through the whole track. This song charted really well worldwide. From Wikipedia: The Black Panther Party, originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was a Marxist-Leninist Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. EMF stands for Ecstasy Mother F*ckers There is a hidden self-titled track at the end of the Original issue of the 'Schubert Dip' Album, after the song 'Longtime'.
The KLF - 3 AM Eternal (Live at the SSL). You’ll love it and/or hate it. Edit: Stereo MCs - Connected, too. Then it’ll be about time for you guys to get around to Massive Attack.
This song was played like a mofo in 1991. All over the place. One of those songs that you instantly can tell was tailor made for ads and sports. I've seen more than one Michael Jordan highlight vid w/ this as the background song. i think of Mike when I hear this.
CHOOOOOOOOONNNN!!!! I have loved this song since it came out. I also love how many times daytime British tv use this song as background music, using thr distorted vocal part without ever realising they're screaming "What the f*ck What the f*ck waaaas that?" This despite the band putting a lyric sheet in every version of the single and album 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This song is a perfect example of a double entendre in that he refers to the girl as "unbelievable" in that she is amazing, but also that the things she says are ubelievable and can't be believed as true. She is Unbelievable. 😜
Man, some of the songs you guys like compared to some of the songs you don't like gives me a chuckle. You wouldn't of been caught dead listening to this in my neck of the woods when it came out
This was a British movement - called the MANCHESTER scene - best bands came out such as Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, James - all great and iconic bands - they played at the HACIENDA club - by the granddaddy of iconic bands NEW ORDER (massive hits and influence - try CRYTAL by them - perfect pop song).
EMF they weren't madchester/baggy scene. They were from the Forest of dean in gloucestershire. The were more indie/dance, like Jesus Jones or Utah Saints.
One of the best things about this song - something that really isn't possible to understand today - is that one sample in the song. It says, "What the fuck? What the fuck... waaasss that?" Back in 1990, all you had was radio and music video stations, MTV, VH1, and the like. Hearing this band, this song on the radio was funny as hell, because they say "fuck" all through the song and NONE of the "powers that be" understood it. Hearing cuss words in mainstream media wasn't a thing. It was a huge deal when somebody said "shit" on national tv. There were actually news stories in the week leading up to it! Everyone was wowed by the fact that the censors were going to let that word air. Those pre-2000s days were a odd and interesting time.
That lazy vocal style was typical of the early to mid 90s "Baggy" sound that came out of Manchester. Stone Roses, Blur, Happy Mondays were legendary bands from that same era/sound.
This band's style was typical of a British club music scene at the time called "Madchester", or "Baggy". It included bands like 'Happy Mondays', 'Inspiral Carpets', 'The Stone Roses', and 'The Charlatans'.
Saw this live at a club my senior year of high school. The performance was great, bouncing all around the stage. Jesus Jones and Information Society are two others from the same time frame.
Era of bands who liked pills when the rave scene and XTC scene kicked off in the mainstream, they came about and some were cooler than others. Crossover band with dance sensibilities? Either way they unsubtley, advertised their drug use and love for a late night. They also had a fight to get this played on daytime radio due to the obvious swearing that was disguised in that vocal hook. Somehow they won the fight and we loved them for it. How did they ever get away with it? Kind of the trailblazers for Kasabian. Shubert Dip LP had a few gems on it, Children was also a raucous tune of theirs worth checking out.
I recommended this during your live party music requests and was shot down by your moderator. Glad you liked it. How about Chumbuwamba, song is Tubthumping ;)
"Ashley's Roachclip"Drums are one of the most sampled Drum Breaks next to the Amen Break but what makes this song memorable is the vocal sample of Andrew Dice Clay's catch phrase OH and a hit back in the day
@@monkeysuncle2816 Monkey's Uncle yes sir they sampled him when he was selling out areas and had comedy specials when he was in his prime in the late '80s
I remember the first time I heard this song. Immediately recognized The Dice Man when I heard that sample. Of course, I owned his best selling live CD, so it was unmistakable.
@@kevincarpenter8194 Kevin Carpenter me too the first I heard this song in 1989 or '90 with that vocal sample saying OH you are right it is completely unmistakable that is the truth LOL
Big club hit at the early 90's period where there was a huge British Alternative dance Rock with a heavy groove that was also big in the U.S. for a while, like EMF also bands like Stone Roses, Blur, Inspiral Carpets, Charlatan's U.K. then Oasis who hit it huge.
I remember seeing EMF in concert @ devil house Arizona,. I took my ex-girlfriend to see them they were good in concert, EMF was a one hit wonder kind of band , the NEXT day I saw "Jesus Jones" in Concert they were really good in concert...
Good song. ...but it's Happy Mondays lite. Get at some Happy Mondays! Shaun Ryder is a KING. Amateurs Night in the Big Top is also TOP OF THE HEAP for this style.
How can you not like the beat like Erik B and Rakim's Paid in Full. The song instantly reminds me of dancing to 3 AM Eternal. Justified and Ancient. C and C music Factory. Right here Right now. I'm Free. Great vibes, first year, uni no cares in the world.
At A time when that 80s synth was just going out and grunge hasn't started yet. Jesus Jones, Soup Dragons, Right Said Fred & Deee-lite was the epitome of the short lived "fun" music that came out and subsequently died out after grunge.
Smash hit of summer 1991 where I live, played on radio at least once an hour for the whole summer, that and another song from one of our local French singing artist (Jean Leloup - 1990), they were the two songs of the summer.
FINALLY! Wow, it took a long time for you guys to hit this one. You also need to play its stablemate, Jesus Jones' Right Here, Right Now, which really reflects the immediate post Cold War mood. An important song.
That was an amazing moment in time. Definitely second the Jesus Jones recommendation.
Love that Jesus Jones album, another good one is School Of Fish.
I never paid much attention until the NBA started using it in their adds in the late 90’s early 2000’s.
good call
Saw them together at the Boathouse(RIP)
Next up... "3AM Eternal" by The KLF?
I believe both of you would enjoy the song because it's an early 1990s BANGER.
Justified and Ancient, I want to see Brad with those lyrics.
Doctor'n the Tardis!
Yaaaaassssss! I immediately thought of this song as a natural companion to Unbelievable.
ruclips.net/video/XP5oHL3zBDg/видео.html You don't need a lyrics video or you miss this...
Hell yeah!!! Great shout.
Pop dance group. This song was big in the '90s. kids, teens, young adults. Dance clubs. Jesus Jones, C&C Music Factory, Neneh Cherry, Crystal Waters, The KLF, Deee-Lite and other were similar to them.
You had to be a kid or teenager in the 90's to really appreciate this one, lol! Thanks for doing this song!
You’re “crumb believable”
Yes. Also I still have no idea what most of the lyrics are.
I was in my 30s, and I loved it!
@@CatherinePearl100 you were the cool mom.
Totally when the song came in early 90s as kid of 11/12 years this song was my favorite til now (I am 42)
If you like this check out “Right Here, Right Now” by Jesus Jones or the Soup Dragons “I’m Free”. These songs and the EMF song were in so many commercials and were all released within a year of each other.
Second for "Right Here, Right Now".
Good call. RHRN was also played like an SOB that year. Both instant commercial use hits. Used for all kinds of montages from sports to 12/31 retrospectives of the year etc.
@@nonplayerzealot4 that song was played so much because of the geopolitical happenings in Europe, which make it even more timely IMO.
@@bminturn True. Unfortunately, that POS former KGB Putin got in after Gorbachev and Yeltsin. For a minute there, we thought Russia were good guys again. John Connor in T2: "Aren't they our friends, now?"
Don't forget Guru Josh with Infinity.
Ah, the crazy alternative 90's... A beat from a drum machine, some samples, a guy rapping in a thick british accent and a guitar solo. What can be stranger than that? 😄
That is such a killer groove!! No way I can be still, everytime I hear it!!! 😃
who thinks that the KLF - 3AM ETERNAL needs to bless the Brad and Lexie stage?
EMF plus KLF does not equal OMD.
That's maths.
Love this song! Fun fact: The voice that says "OH!" is Andrew Dice Clay. 😲
The only man ever permanently banned off MTV :P
🎲 MAN!!!!!
@@Sportsref13 Right?! Considering the other stuff they have the audacity to air, that seems kinda petty 🤣 OH!! 😜
Hickory Dickory Dock, OOOH!
Why did Dice let ‘em use his voice? He needed the money!
That’s a badass cowbell.
This song takes me way back.
The Dice Man Cometh...Ohh! It's unbelievable.
This sound bridges 80s electronic dance with 90s guitar pop.
The Indie Rave Scene 👌🏻
“Deeper Shade of Soul” by the Dutch rock/rap band Urban Dance Squad. I have no doubt Lex will absolutely LOVE it.
❤️🔥
My life will never be complete until I see you guys react to OMC - How Blizzare lmfao a song that always puts a big smile on my face lol
This Made Brad smile......finally
This was such a campy song back in the day.Everyone was bopping to it.
This was definitely a flashback to my high school years. Loved it!!!
Did you notice there is a sample saying "What the fuck..." followed occasionally with "was that?" It is a quote from one of the Black Panthers protest group. It's through the whole track. This song charted really well worldwide.
From Wikipedia:
The Black Panther Party, originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was a Marxist-Leninist Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California.
EMF stands for Ecstasy Mother F*ckers There is a hidden self-titled track at the end of the Original issue of the 'Schubert Dip' Album, after the song 'Longtime'.
The KLF - 3 AM Eternal (Live at the SSL). You’ll love it and/or hate it.
Edit: Stereo MCs - Connected, too. Then it’ll be about time for you guys to get around to Massive Attack.
Aaaah back to the good old 90s dance culture, the best decade for dance music.
"Why do I like this?" Sums everyone's reaction when it came out.
This song was played like a mofo in 1991. All over the place. One of those songs that you instantly can tell was tailor made for ads and sports. I've seen more than one Michael Jordan highlight vid w/ this as the background song. i think of Mike when I hear this.
CHOOOOOOOOONNNN!!!! I have loved this song since it came out. I also love how many times daytime British tv use this song as background music, using thr distorted vocal part without ever realising they're screaming
"What the f*ck
What the f*ck waaaas that?"
This despite the band putting a lyric sheet in every version of the single and album 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Who’s Your Crawdaddy?” 😆😂🤣 I need that shirt!
I agree with Brad. I'm into it but I don't know why. It has energy.
These are from my town in the sticks in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire England .. one hit wonders
That chain ,Brad, is unbelievable
Real toe-tapper. Huge Hit in its day. ‘90-‘91. Radio…Clubs…US & UK.
This song is a perfect example of a double entendre in that he refers to the girl as "unbelievable" in that she is amazing, but also that the things she says are ubelievable and can't be believed as true. She is Unbelievable. 😜
My early teens years in the 90s what a memories
Brad, you have the same chains my grandma wears. Love you guys.
Watching younger generations react to real art and real music never gets old. Love this.
Man, some of the songs you guys like compared to some of the songs you don't like gives me a chuckle. You wouldn't of been caught dead listening to this in my neck of the woods when it came out
This was a British movement - called the MANCHESTER scene - best bands came out such as Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, James - all great and iconic bands - they played at the HACIENDA club - by the granddaddy of iconic bands NEW ORDER (massive hits and influence - try CRYTAL by them - perfect pop song).
Tony Wilson lives !!!!!
Madchester or even oddly some called it Acid House. Funny how pigeon hole tags shuffle about until they find their permanent home.
EMF they weren't madchester/baggy scene. They were from the Forest of dean in gloucestershire. The were more indie/dance, like Jesus Jones or Utah Saints.
@@robbie.j7639 redundant much?
@@eximusic nope
The Oooohhh samples you hear at the start and throughout the song is Andrew Dice Clay. One of the reasons I've always liked this song.
I laugh every time I hear that sample of DICE!😂
@@pressman1788 Hickory Dickory Dock........
It's...un.believe..able, ohh!
Ohhh! *cigarette behind the head to the mouth*
Little Boy Blue........Hey! He needed the money. Lol
Hesitantly Into It sounds like a logo for a T-Shirt
Top 3 scorcher in the UK from late 1990. I was 16. Great to hear it again and great reaction!
One of the best things about this song - something that really isn't possible to understand today - is that one sample in the song. It says, "What the fuck? What the fuck... waaasss that?" Back in 1990, all you had was radio and music video stations, MTV, VH1, and the like. Hearing this band, this song on the radio was funny as hell, because they say "fuck" all through the song and NONE of the "powers that be" understood it.
Hearing cuss words in mainstream media wasn't a thing. It was a huge deal when somebody said "shit" on national tv. There were actually news stories in the week leading up to it! Everyone was wowed by the fact that the censors were going to let that word air. Those pre-2000s days were a odd and interesting time.
Bringing back some DDR nostalgia. Hell yeah!
"... this person plucking my leg hairs in gym class... I don't know. I'm kind of into it..." The plot thickens!
I was OBSESSED with EMF when I was 15! Great in concert. James’ voice is so breathy and a great contrast to the wild beats❤️❤️❤️❤️and the live ID
The KLF. 3 am Eternal and Justified and Ancient (featuring Tammy Wynette).
Classic! Total banger!
That lazy vocal style was typical of the early to mid 90s "Baggy" sound that came out of Manchester. Stone Roses, Blur, Happy Mondays were legendary bands from that same era/sound.
Rave soundtrack. Almost like Seattle's younger cousin in the 90s' lol; massive sales/popularity in the UK tho
"Low Key Bumper."
"LOKIIII!"
This is precisely how you two too will make it to the top! Thank You.
That was a classic club jam at Black Angus in the 80s
Love all your doing. Dive in music is Love and Life
That video rocked,... c'mon Brad. You know that words are good .
So much nostalgia haha
"Unbelievable" has become a staple of TV commercials. It was used by Applebees, AT&T, Kraft, Target, and Volkswagon, to name a few that come to mind.
I adoooored this song when it came. Thank you for doing this one,not often you hear this one anymore. Hugs from Sweden.
Listen to the temptations, Ball of Confusion.
You guys should check out The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode. Another classic in the UK in the early 1990s
Lots of folks danced to this one back in the day.
You can tell Brad loves it, it's simple, LOL.
Part of the Manchester movement of the 90's, all though they were from Gloucestershire. Jeans with three feet wide legs and silken shirts.
This song remind me of a convertible, and a girl with a brunette bob and impossibly green eyes.
Man, if you’re doing British bangers from this era, then Pop Will Eat Itself’s “DefCon One” is an absolute must.
This band's style was typical of a British club music scene at the time called "Madchester", or "Baggy". It included bands like 'Happy Mondays', 'Inspiral Carpets', 'The Stone Roses', and 'The Charlatans'.
Aw. Brad, you said it. Why you love Lex! Lol So adorable how music can connect. Thanks!!
Sounds of being at school in the UK for me!
Saw this live at a club my senior year of high school. The performance was great, bouncing all around the stage. Jesus Jones and Information Society are two others from the same time frame.
This song makes me want to put on a hypercolor shirt, some rollerblades, and a neon cyclist hat with the upturned brim.
I don't know how many church dances I went to where this was played without the church leaders knowing how many times it drops the F bomb
Era of bands who liked pills when the rave scene and XTC scene kicked off in the mainstream, they came about and some were cooler than others. Crossover band with dance sensibilities? Either way they unsubtley, advertised their drug use and love for a late night. They also had a fight to get this played on daytime radio due to the obvious swearing that was disguised in that vocal hook. Somehow they won the fight and we loved them for it. How did they ever get away with it? Kind of the trailblazers for Kasabian. Shubert Dip LP had a few gems on it, Children was also a raucous tune of theirs worth checking out.
Yes! One of my favourite EVER tracks. From 2.48 to 3.06 is probably my favourite 18 seconds of music ever heard.
Try 'Ebeneezer Good' by The Shamen - it's from the same era and I reckon Lex is going to love it.
Wonder if they get the reference 🤪
Hehehehe...
@@esrAsnataS it's so obvious but easily missed at the same time. The whole radio industry ignored or missed it.
Don’t hesitate to like it. Just go with it.
Im telling you guys, you gotta go back to some of these songs and do a reaction to the actual video. This is another one. The U.K. never disappoints.
The best songs are the ones you can't put in a box. I watch reaction videos and I think I like you guys the best. Lovely couple.
I recommended this during your live party music requests and was shot down by your moderator. Glad you liked it. How about Chumbuwamba, song is Tubthumping ;)
"Ashley's Roachclip"Drums are one of the most sampled Drum Breaks next to the Amen Break but what makes this song memorable is the vocal sample of Andrew Dice Clay's catch phrase OH and a hit back in the day
THAT'S Dice??? Really?
@@monkeysuncle2816 Monkey's Uncle yes sir they sampled him when he was selling out areas and had comedy specials when he was in his prime in the late '80s
I remember the first time I heard this song. Immediately recognized The Dice Man when I heard that sample. Of course, I owned his best selling live CD, so it was unmistakable.
@@kevincarpenter8194 Kevin Carpenter me too the first I heard this song in 1989 or '90 with that vocal sample saying OH you are right it is completely unmistakable that is the truth LOL
@@BKLYN_TZU he's Funny AF!! 😁👍
Groovy to tha Max!
Such a superb track - takes me right back - great times
I saw EMF live in about 1990/91. Their energy was amazing. It was a proper good night.
1990s classic!
90’s Brit sound running in parallel with the rave scene. Cool tune in the clubs.
The only song to sample Andrew Dice Clay. "Ohhh!!!"
My dad used to sing it "you're ugly boy"
More Cowbell!
Heard that song a ton of times growing up and it wasn't until recently that i noticed there was a rather decent guitar solo at the end of it.
Big club hit at the early 90's period where there was a huge British Alternative dance Rock with a heavy groove that was also big in the U.S. for a while, like EMF also bands like Stone Roses, Blur, Inspiral Carpets, Charlatan's U.K. then Oasis who hit it huge.
My first Convert was EMF with Carter USM . Great show
I remember seeing EMF in concert @ devil house Arizona,. I took my ex-girlfriend to see them they were good in concert, EMF was a one hit wonder kind of band , the NEXT day I saw "Jesus Jones" in Concert they were really good in concert...
What's the most iconic 90s Top 40 riff? This or Two Princes? My vote is for Unbelievable but I wouldn't be shocked if people voted for Two Princes.
Neither. My vote is for Teen Spirit.
@@peterwilkins7013 yeah no shit but I worded it as the most iconic pop riff to exclude rock songs bc I doubt these would make the top 15.
Banging Bass Line
This song was massive. Gonna get a random East 17 reaction pop up at some stage now lol
Between this sampling kind of stuff and the grunge thing, the 80s were in the rearview mirror by 1991. Big changes in music
Your smiles at the beginning half… unbelievable.
Good song.
...but it's Happy Mondays lite.
Get at some Happy Mondays!
Shaun Ryder is a KING.
Amateurs Night in the Big Top is also TOP OF THE HEAP for this style.
How can you not like the beat like Erik B and Rakim's Paid in Full. The song instantly reminds me of dancing to 3 AM Eternal. Justified and Ancient. C and C music Factory. Right here Right now. I'm Free. Great vibes, first year, uni no cares in the world.
Forgot about this one. Catchy, and there is a decent solo near the end.
Comedian Andrew Dice Clay is the one saying Oh
At A time when that 80s synth was just going out and grunge hasn't started yet. Jesus Jones, Soup Dragons, Right Said Fred & Deee-lite was the epitome of the short lived "fun" music that came out and subsequently died out after grunge.
Smash hit of summer 1991 where I live, played on radio at least once an hour for the whole summer, that and another song from one of our local French singing artist (Jean Leloup - 1990), they were the two songs of the summer.
Weed MJ ! Yeah was she high Brad ? Maybe LOL ?
IT SPUNDS STRANGE BECAUSE HES SINGING IN AN ENGLISH ACCENT AS ITS AN ENGLISH BAND
The lazy singing English accent style is like The Pet Shop Boys lol
Time for Happy Mondays...
They played this classic in the techno/rave clubs in Houston in 1991/1992.
In with Brad on this one