I remember when Groove is in the Heart came out. I had no idea it was made with such timeless samples until now!! Thank you so much for this video!
@Me-qp8vz Жыл бұрын
The smell is in my fart. Ahahaha.
@byronspears9395 Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@BradTheProducer Жыл бұрын
Towa Tei, the member of Deee-Lite who handled sampling, is a master. His solo albums are impossibly catchy. Sunny is probably my favorite of them.
@romulus_ Жыл бұрын
Towa Tei's "Techova", which highlights a Bebel Gilberto song, is another example of his mastery. And influence, since that song was sampled by A Tribe Called Quest on "Find A Way", which sorta completes the circle here.
@Legionmint7091 Жыл бұрын
Reminds me a bit of one of my favorite “sample bands”: Pizzicato Five. Another underestimated “sample band” is Ruckos Roboticus. However, the undisputed overlords when it comes to sampling are The Prodigy in my book. Right after Fatboy Slim and Moby.
@joshcarter-com Жыл бұрын
@@Legionmint7091Fatboy Slim absolutely; in my book he was the first and remains the best. Even 25 years later his work sounds fresh and cool.
@canastraroyal Жыл бұрын
Yep! Along with Dimitri from Paris, Jamiroquai and not many more, these guys saved the 90s!
@Me-qp8vz Жыл бұрын
Saved, destroyed. It's all semantics@@canastraroyal
@TheKnobCalledTone. Жыл бұрын
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love Groove Is In The Heart, and those who love Groove Is In The Heart but won't admit to it.
@Me-qp8vz Жыл бұрын
You forgot the 3rd type. Those who smell their own farts. You know this song was originally called. "The Smell Is In My Fart"?
@HailAnts Жыл бұрын
I generally listen to hard rock (Def Leppard, Jethro Tull, Evanescence etc) but this song was definitely a guilty pleasure for me! Not enough for me to ever buy it or even download it from KZbin, but I couldn't help but love hearing and watching it on MTV!
@impacking Жыл бұрын
I admit that I loved it back in the day.
@bp6837 Жыл бұрын
What is groove is in the heart?
@medes5597 Жыл бұрын
I genuinely cannot stand it. I'm not too good for pop or dance music but I've never managed to get along with groove is in the heart. It's a brilliant made and composed song and I can appreciate it on those levels. But as a full song I do not like it.
@Andrew_M_Ward Жыл бұрын
As usual Paul - you provide the coolest 5 minutes on KZbin
@florkgagga Жыл бұрын
I was pondering about how to say this in an elaborate way, but just... Every single word in this enlightening infopiece (please let me use such an ugly designation just once here) is spot on.
@liamcashin2924 Жыл бұрын
agreed!
@Fakename70 Жыл бұрын
“Groove Is In The Heart” definitely ticked all the boxes that year. One of the VERY select few cassingles I ever bought.
@garycollard1981 Жыл бұрын
Wow, cassingles! There's a blast from the past.
@Fakename70 Жыл бұрын
@@garycollard1981 I was hoping someone would get that reference.
@garycollard1981 Жыл бұрын
@@Fakename70 since reading your comment I wondered if I still had any (I still have lots of cassettes). I prob only bought half a dozen originally but after some digging I found I still have 2 left. Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop "well, did you ever!" and Kylie "confide in me". I shall def keep them in memory of that short lived single format.
@YourFitnessQuest Жыл бұрын
I always thought Groove in in the Heart was just some new catchy dance tune. I had no idea they sampled so much music into it. Thanks for the backstory.
@justdolphy2814 Жыл бұрын
Obviously it's the amazing musicianship of the original records but the genius of "Groove is in the Heart" comes from the music masterminds of Towa Towa Tei, Dmitri and, of course the front woman with soooo much style, Lady Kier Kirby. This group was so INCREDIBLY ahead of it's time in 1990. This record still holds up and paved the way (on a mainstream level) for so many other artists and bands. And that's before we even get into the group's visual style and fashion forward dynamic. To put it shortly - it doesn't get better than Deee-lite. Thank you for breaking it down!!!
@oneigniter Жыл бұрын
Just blew my mind! After all these years of giving Bootsy credit. Congrats on picking out the other samples all obscure to me.
@clutchmanly11476 ай бұрын
It's great to find out about the back story. I as many others, assumed it was Bootsy Collins on bass because he's in the video. Interesting to find out it was Ron Carter.
@TayWoode Жыл бұрын
That tune always gets people up dancing at parties, so many samples, even the “I” part is the intro from the TV show Green acres
@johncalhoun4806 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs from the early 90s and never had an idea of all the unique samplings that came together to make it. Thanks for sharing this story in a well-done video!
@kynn23 Жыл бұрын
Same here!
@diamonddavemusic Жыл бұрын
This channel is taking me to school. Thank you for the education. I've only viewed about 4 uploads but I've learned about so many talented musicians from the past that I would have never discovered. You make it all so interesting, too. Keep up the great work. ✌🎶❤
@Kouros-t6d Жыл бұрын
It's incredible how Disco-Funk is one of the most modern and inspiring form of Music nowadays ...it only miss a massive promotion in order o make it the pop music of today. I bet that 90% of disco-funk tracks of the 70's and 80's played by new bands but holding that type of sound would be successful .
@chadwicks_guitar Жыл бұрын
This is such a fantastic bass line! I am both surprised and not surprised that this is from Herbie and Ron Carter are behind this masterpiece. 🔥🔥🔥
@rogerringold616 Жыл бұрын
Makes me sick....thieves dont pay royalties
@scottkunghadrengsen2604 Жыл бұрын
Another fun and profoundly informative video. You reminded me of the discussion of sampling in Questloves book "Music is History". BTW I did get to see Bootsy play this line when he toured with De-lite.. So without you I wouldn't have known it's true origin.
@BaltimoreAndOhioRRАй бұрын
That _was_ pretty cool! 🎼
@basswars7060 Жыл бұрын
My roommate played this song relentlessly in 1990. I was a big grunge fan but I have to admit that I liked it. It rises above its genre and is just plain awesome. Plus Bootsy. Even if he's just providing vocals, he's still Bootsy.
@quintessenceSL Жыл бұрын
Being a metalhead that mostly knows Bootsy through Praxis, it wouldn't have surprised me that Bootsy wrote such an infectious groove. Actually more surprised he didn't write it, and now I go looking for where those samples originated from.
@irafair3015 Жыл бұрын
@@quintessenceSL I'm not trying to be funny or a jerk but I think they just told you where they originated.
@quintessenceSL Жыл бұрын
@@irafair3015 Knowing the albums isn't the same as listening to those albums and understanding their original contexts.
@69shakti Жыл бұрын
He played live with them…I caught the show in Denver…Epic
@brucemillar Жыл бұрын
Thank you. My eyes have been opened to how a song that I have loved since back in the day was put together. Yes, I thought it was Bootsy all this time. 😊
@smashogre4766 Жыл бұрын
Mind blown! And just by the way, much respect and appreciation for the time and effort it had to take to make this 4:35 minute gem of a video!
@KamauMau1 Жыл бұрын
This was a monster tune! Loved Deee-Lite! Fantastic layer with the samples.
@fretless29 Жыл бұрын
I learned that bass line when it came out! Sitting in the band room at my high school. That entire Deee-Lite record was great fun!
@room34 Жыл бұрын
Same here! I played bass in the pep band and would often spontaneously break into it at hockey games without anyone asking for it. (Of course, no one stopped me either.)
@xxphactor Жыл бұрын
We used to walk around saying, "Try me on...I'm very you!" as our pickup line!...LOL
@richarde3378 Жыл бұрын
Great analysis! I love Groove Is In The Heart and I didn't know it sampled so many cool songs! Thanks!
@ReggieandMiloTheCat Жыл бұрын
I’ve never liked sampling (Guess I’m old fashioned) , but this song is a masterpiece of creativity and groove instinct, and it just plain THUMPS! One of my favorites. Thanks for the breakdown.
@CP-kb1du Жыл бұрын
Do you like Led Zeppelin ? They ripped off Willie Dixon. Muddy Waters ...both Blues Legends .. Stop listening to Taylor Swift
@dubthabreak Жыл бұрын
The whole music industry is based on sampling
@jackpijjin4088 Жыл бұрын
Golden Age Sampling is genuinely the best. So many different songs from different genres all mashed together into something totally unique. Then the media groups wanted "their share" and now we have songs that are just one sample with few changes because any more than that would be obscenely expensive to clear.
@Njal55 Жыл бұрын
This is a great analysis. I never knew where all these samples came from.
@CharlesFVincent Жыл бұрын
Agree with you about that era of layered samples. It was so much more than looping a well-known chorus and sticking a beat in between for the verse. I think sample clearances priced the nuanced layering of five songs out of the market. Saw a Deee-Lite show in Toronto.
@peedrowchan-man102 Жыл бұрын
So illuminating! Never stopped lovin this track, now I understand why!
@joelvinson2 ай бұрын
This blew my mind. I dont know whether to be shocked or embarrassed. This is amazing!
@JBrooksNYS Жыл бұрын
I agree with you on the golden age of sampling. Im 40 years old and i look back on it fondly. It is the sound of my childhood.
@1oolabob7 ай бұрын
This video makes me happy. It's about some very happy music, and how that music is made. I do want to point out something about Golden Age sampling: by using a certain sample in a new song, the artists who do so are paying homage to the older song, and using that sample as an icon. They aren't trying to steal from the old song; the new song says "this is something evocative that you should recognize." Thank you for giving that recognition where it's due. Makes me really happy.
@utredutredson1686 Жыл бұрын
hello PDbass. A good group to look at 'Imagination' from the UK in the early to mid 80s. Vastly underated
@ValdemarDeMatos Жыл бұрын
That song is a sampling masterpiece 🙌
@joelemerou3487 Жыл бұрын
Man, we used to play this one on repeat when it came out. And the video clip was such fun. Agree with you that samples from this area was on another level.
@lanmarknetworking3034 Жыл бұрын
I also love the golden age of sampling. Pauls Boutique and 3 Feet High are just masterpieces on a whole other level!! (Vs what is possible today.)
@Whos_That_Lady_Music_Show Жыл бұрын
Talk about it👍🏽
@lanmarknetworking3034 Жыл бұрын
@Whos_That_Lady_Music_Show You got it! After those 2 albums I would check out sample gems like: Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation N.W.A.: Straight Outa Compton Pharcyde: Bizarre Ride DJ Shadow: Entroducing Del: Deltron 3030
@hustler3of4culture311 ай бұрын
@@lanmarknetworking3034 bomb squad shout out 👍🌹💥
@ricobonifacio1095 Жыл бұрын
Wow what a great video! I learn so much from these, and also get hip to all these great musicians.
@skeezix8156 Жыл бұрын
The Dust Brothers and Bomb Squad were the best at layering samples in the late 80’s but to put out a pop-funk-soul fused single like this during that era sure caught my ear. Thanks for the breakdown
@gtizzle7606 Жыл бұрын
Bomb squad was just ridiculous with the freneticness of their samples.
@TheTones10 Жыл бұрын
💯 Bomb Squad and The Dust Brothers were insane!!! Prince Paul was another great producer that was known for layering samples.
@weasel210672 Жыл бұрын
One of the all time greatest tracks - happy happy times dancing to this
@0num4 Жыл бұрын
Amazing. I had no idea these were older tunes, sampled, and mashed together for a more modern pop groove--which is most certainly "in the heart." Paul, thanks for sharing!
@CP-kb1du Жыл бұрын
Stop listening to Taylor Swift
@0num4 Жыл бұрын
@@CP-kb1du fuck off. I've seen just about all the great rock and metal bands live, in person.
@santeebandit3246 Жыл бұрын
Love this channel. Thank you for your work. Opening minds to other genres, artists etc…❤ time to look up these artists, and listen to them. Have a great day!
@chrishansen-crowley3287 Жыл бұрын
I got a 5 string bass when my band started playing this song. It’s been true love ever since.
@jerryburdick8051 Жыл бұрын
I **always** look forward to your videos. Thank you! This one floored me. I had no idea of the origins. Shame on me - I play this line just about every sound check!
@jirky015 Жыл бұрын
Great history breakdown of this classic. I'm just learning this. Thanks. This is genius level sampling usage. Lots of brilliant use of sampling in the early to mid 90s.
@ronnieo9571 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I have always loved this song and had no idea how heavily sample based it was. What a interesting history you have provided. One of the best I have seen.
@RexBarca Жыл бұрын
When I saw the headline, I immediately thought of that song. Was one of the first basslines I learnt, so cool!
@latonyahemingway3752 Жыл бұрын
Great history lesson and deep dive!! Your content is so educational.
@Me-qp8vz Жыл бұрын
lol, real history on youtube? seriously....
@brendonmurley8276 Жыл бұрын
@@Me-qp8vzand yet here you are...
@TayWoode Жыл бұрын
@@brendonmurley8276 take no notice of him, he’s a nut job, have seen the other comments?
@LowKeyTired-q7d Жыл бұрын
I love those old movie soundtracks from 60's and 70's like the one you cited, like lalo schifrin's dirty harry score and enter the dragon ...
@billybigtime7749 Жыл бұрын
You are a genius! I really love how you figure this stuff out and break it down for us. Thanks! All this came together for an awesome song. I was still a teenager when this song came out. Loved it!
@fiddlestix3025 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, THAT’s pretty cool, and so is this video 🔥 Super interesting and eye-opening, as always. Thanks 🙏
@mopar3502001 Жыл бұрын
I had absolutely no idea this was the case of that totally iconic song! This was so amazing to learn. This is why I love your channel so much! Thank you!
@rickytoddbotelho9555 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic job. Blow up in a nutshell is a masterpiece ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@iREALmedia Жыл бұрын
Remember the old sample song Deeper shade of soul-sample galore!
@lynguy8824 Жыл бұрын
Man you are calling them out - giving the flowers to the musicians that should not be forgotten😊😊
@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq Жыл бұрын
Here in the UK Blow Up is probably Herbie's most loved (though not most spotted) LP. It just seemed to be everywhere during the 90s and most people held onto their copies. Cool video by the way. Interesting content and no filler. Subbed.
@The.Last.Guitar.Hero. Жыл бұрын
Theme from S'express is the best use of samples I can remember
@z-e-r-o- Жыл бұрын
テイトウワ!😊 Tei Towa is also one of the closest collaborators of Ryuichi Sakamoto
@brentbryson215 Жыл бұрын
I’m glad I attended class at Groove School today. Now I can hear this song better, and understand why it’s so great. Thank you!
@terrywho22 Жыл бұрын
DAMN... dropping some serious knowledge on us. I always wondered if that bass line came from Bootsy as it has a Parliament vibe. Got me thinking of another geniusly simple intro from a popular song in the same era that didn't garner a lot of love from the bass community: Royston Langdon's (aka lead singer of Space Hog) "In the Meantime." Killer bass line!
@syx9986 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking about that bass line the other day and wondered why that song isn't given more praise.
@irwin-hirsh4 ай бұрын
Wow! What an amazing lesson in both sampling and music history!!!!!
@MrDootDali11 ай бұрын
Super educational! Gratitude for the info!!!
@gregoryk7114 Жыл бұрын
I love that song, and did not know about these details. Thanks (again) for your video!
@lesliestevenson5261 Жыл бұрын
Great. When I got the herbie hancock cd it was a revelation.(also king bee using wiggle waggle from fat Albert rotunda)Discovering the real artists that golden age artists used has proved to be ultimately one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. I still love 90 to 92 hip hop, but the artists they sampled are what I ended up buying cds for for about 15 years ( blue note breakbeats and their other numerous comps and many more inc CTi catalog). And I will always find more in the future I'm sure.
@orendungan3455 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea it was a sample. I just always assumed that he played it even if he didn't write it. So Ron Carter gets the credit there. No matter, it is just moving the awesome around from one legend to another. We lose nothing by learning the facts. Great vid, and Groove is just one great song on a fantastic album that now I gotta go listen to again. Thanks.
@EncounterCaneCorso Жыл бұрын
You’re breakdowns & tutorials are always on point. Appreciate it!
@KingOfSynthesis Жыл бұрын
Deee-Lite absolutely epitomized the spirit of the 90s, right from the beginning. That joyous freedom and sense of endless possibility was what the 90s were all about. It came about as a result of the Cold War finally ending and various social evolutionary waves that coalesced to create a new, free, open & inclusive landscape. We were creating a new and better tomorrow. Then 9/11 happened, America regressed, and the young people have lost track of how far we'd actually gotten. Now people want to depose the powers of bigotry and oppression, but they've completely lost the understanding and the feeling of FREEDOM which brings such a change about. It doesn't happen through anger and fighting, it happens by making sure the groove is always in your heart, and bringing everybody else along with you. ✌️❤
@lawrencetaylor4101 Жыл бұрын
I don't dance, so I didn't know this song. But I remember the film. Merci for the info.
@TheRealGLW Жыл бұрын
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤U go DEEP Sir!! Hella dive into the creation of the tune!
@TheKeyboardChronicles11 ай бұрын
New subscriber, loving the channel. You mention Groove is in the Heart being #1 in Australia. It was so dominant, a nightclub staple and I guarantee most of us had no idea Bootsy was involved. Thankfully that has changed!
@panatypical5 ай бұрын
I like your analysis. Plus, what Deee-Lite came up with here is one of my favorite musical tracks.
@Josephshmosepf9 ай бұрын
Might be one of the most informative videos I have seen in quite some time. Certainly so for the length.
@benshakespeare268 Жыл бұрын
Excellent review man! Great to know about everyone who contributed to this classic!
@mansell101 Жыл бұрын
Great video Paul. I don't know how I stumbled across your channel here (well, it's because I was watching bass stuff...) but I remember you giving me some lessons at Slippery Rock University during some summers in the 1990s. Glad you're still out there holding up the bottom end.
@bawzbawz Жыл бұрын
I NEVER heard the double-stops on the last bar. Now I cant stop hearing it. Thx professor :)
@fcormier Жыл бұрын
Wow, my mind in blown for today. Thank you for such insight!
@rayo1371Ай бұрын
very cool ... great history lesson ... Delite live in South Beach ( when SB was not on map )
@john.e.kenney66 Жыл бұрын
Awesome story and love the song. So cool to learn all the facts. Love everyone involved. Thanks!
@john.e.kenney66 Жыл бұрын
I just rented the movie and couldn't find the song. It may be on the soundtrack album or maybe passed quickly in one of the party scenes. Crazy art movie but cool in it's own way. Music was great of course.
@CliftonGaines-yv9bm Жыл бұрын
Wow, that was a really good one, PDBass. Thanks.
@strauqq1 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Wow
@davidreichert9392 Жыл бұрын
One of your best videos yet. I wasn't into that genre of music at the time , but I loved that tune.
@insidejazzguitar8112 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Interesting and fun. Now I see what the Bootsy teaser was about🤣. But please, now a real video about Bootsy😊
@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL Жыл бұрын
that Vernon Burch track is 🔥
@tomdchi12 Жыл бұрын
Blowing my mind almost as much as this song did when it came out! As with so many great sampling songs, now I get to go back and listen to "new to me" amazing music that was the source material! You made me transcribe standard notation and "decipher" it! For the last three notes, are you hammering on all three or just the middle one then picking the last?
@pdbass Жыл бұрын
Yes. The guitar is definitely doing it, but the bass might not be! I made a call on that 🤣
@dimetime333 Жыл бұрын
Leland Skhlar was another bassist that was everywhere on everything during the 80s
@pizzaface4079 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the history lesson on Dee Lite, I learned that bassline last year.
@paradiddle16 Жыл бұрын
Hi, I just saw an interview of bootsy on red bull music academy and he says that played over the sample and some vocals. It's around an hour 24 minutes in the interview. Cheers!
@beatworldrecords6080 Жыл бұрын
Train Spotting! Broke that cd and had to buy it again.
@zmix Жыл бұрын
What an incredible unweaving..! Thank you PD..!
@scottieray5 ай бұрын
Sampling is true art. To be able to pull these sounds together to build a new work of art amazes me. Just imagine this song with any other samples...One of my favorite artists is Madlib. In interviews he will be sitting there creating new songs on the fly. A master sampler.
@DonLogan-jj5os Жыл бұрын
Fantastic info! Couldn't agree more with your comment about the golden age of sampling. I would love to see you do more videos on the subject.
@brendanthebdog Жыл бұрын
Great analysis! It's a banger for sure, super fun lick to play.
@Valtrach Жыл бұрын
Interesting and well made. Thank you for your time and work.
@ramsesstafford4640 Жыл бұрын
Being a big Herbie Hancock fan I knew where this baseline came from they just had a bunch of real Funkateers in that video like Maceo Parker and Bootsy Collins. I don't think a lot of people realize how great Herbie Hancock really is and people should give him his flowers while he still living. RIP Wayne Shorter 🙏🏽
@brownin329 Жыл бұрын
I love the Maestro! That's great! Imma go listen to it now.
@bazza5699 Жыл бұрын
blimey, i had no idea about any of this.. and have loved that song since it came out.
@dkirson6094 ай бұрын
This was really interesting! I would have never known. Thank you!
@MrFYoung Жыл бұрын
4:30 What was that recording in the outro of the video?
@pdbass Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you asked. That's actually the group Blondie covering the song live.
@TheGeordieTiger Жыл бұрын
My favourite song of all time. I challenge anyone not to tap a foot and crack a smile when it plays.
@sira.scottascot8865 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Well done.
@ericfielding2540 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting to see the history behind the samples used in this song.
@DJVarMar Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Another awesome breakdown.
@derekrice6971 Жыл бұрын
I always thought that this song was brilliant. Thank you for breaking it down. I’m old enough to remember the the sources of the samples including the Blow-Up soundtrack (one of my favorite movies).
@krga94c Жыл бұрын
Similar famous hooks were rooted in earlier compositions. One biggie is David McCallum's 1968 composition, "The Edge", which formed the iconic intro to Dr. Dre's and Snoop Dog's "Next Episode". Side note: David McCallum was most known an actor in the 1960's TV series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
@sirrealistic5625 Жыл бұрын
David McCallum was in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and not "The Avengers".
@krga94c Жыл бұрын
@@sirrealistic5625 Oops, YES! Your correct. I always got those two shows mixed up, even as a kid.