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impossible (?) electro question

waxjunkywaxjunky 1,850 Posts
edited February 2006 in Strut Central
Once when I was a kid I was over at a friend's house, circa 1983 or 1984. There was an older kid who lived across the street who was playing a cassette mix of some electro joints on a boombox in his garage. There was one track (mostly instrumental) I thought was cool, but the only part I can remember is a vocoder dude saying "bappa de bap-bo, bappa de bap-bo." I know this clue sucks.I've listened to my fair share of electro joints trying to figure out this track, and I've never found it. I grew up in the burbs, so I know this isn't some deep track. The kid most likely bought the tape at Gemco: I'm beginning to think it was a hallucination. It's ridiculous I haven't uncovered this track by now.

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  • kidinquisitivekidinquisitive 1,627 Posts
    No clue but there's a message board at electroempire.com. Worth asking over there too.
  • ZomBZomB 397 Posts
    "bappa de bap-bo, bappa de bap-bo."

    This description kinda reminded me of this....


    Sorry i couldnt resist.
  • whatwhatwhatwhat 89 Posts
    My guess would be Man Parrish "Hip Hop Be Bop Don't Stop"
  • dstill808dstill808 704 Posts
    you can scat "Soul Makossa" to that.
  • leolyxxxleolyxxx 446 Posts
    The thing is, the vocoded voice might say something else, if it's electro from 1981-83 it's sometimes impossible to hear wtf they're saying, especially if the're from italy can someone please tell me the lyrics for these:

    Gay Cat Park "i'm a vocoder"
    Laserdance "you and me"
    Cyber People "void vision"

    /L
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