Technotronics - Like This

The spoken lyrics in this song (from 1999) are a steady stream of "Americanisms". I am intimately familiar with the "dialect" and accent, but I can't get all of it. I ran it past 2 other people and still have some gaps. I'd really appreciate whatever expert help I can get to finish this out.

Background: I'm building a topic of EDM/electronic music lyrics, and especially wanting to include classic or landmark tunes like this one. In some cases, ATL is the only searchable source on the Internet for these lyrics. Like Low Deep T's Rock With You, a google or bing search for that artist name and song title will bring up ATL as the first hit.

I also need to start including a byline when I copy a finished product to that lyrics thread, crediting anyone and everyone who helps get stuff like this done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if8i-9C-bMw
Style: Electrotech, Tech House, Euro House, Euro Dance, depending on who you ask.
(Essentially its roots are in Detroit Techno blended with Chicago+Euro House, idyllically reaching for British Electro)

(spoken)

You know,
I was in London city the other day,
And you wouldn't believe the things that I saw. (laughs)
Y'know I was down at this club man,
And it was a flyyyy mutha. (laughs)
I gots to hand it to them London folks y'all,
They sure do know how to throw a damn party. (laughs)
You wanna know how it went down?
It went a little sum'n like...
Uh, Like This....

(instrumental)

Uh, Like This.
Uh
Uh, uh
Uh
Uh, Like This.

(instrumental)

Maaaan, I'm tellin' ya,
This club, it was sump'n like an underground club, y'know,
It was sump'n like a basement club or sump'n like that?
And it was soooo fly.
And the DJ. Mm. The DJ!
Now (...)
This dude was (...).... wurkin'!
He was (...) talkin' 'bout Barry White, Bee Gees, Village People, Lou Rawls
And all this other business talk from the 80's
And just jammin' it up man, you know.
And the people? Woah! The people were all actin' wild 'n crazy,
Throwin' their hands up in the air?
And just (...) down like they just didn't care?
(...) ?now? was doin'/goin' crazy,
(...) up and down and just goin' on and on and on,
Like This....

(instrumental)

You know,
By the time daylight showed up,
The place was ?really? packed.
You know the ?groove? thing, be goin' on?
It was one thing(?)
Now (...)
I couldna believed it
I mean I left home, believe me,
I was gon' show the folks over there, how to party?
But I tell you what:
London folks showed ME (heh) how to party!
Heh. That's right....

(instrumental)

Huh, Like This.
Huh
Huh, huh
Huh
Huh, Like This.

(instrumental)

_____


Like That! Man what a song

(spoken)

You know,
I was in London city the other day,
And you wouldn't believe the things that I saw. (laughs)
Y'know I was down at this club man,
And it was a flyyyy mutha. (laughs)
I gots to hand it to them London folks y'all,
They sure do know how to throw a JAM party. (laughs)
You wanna know how it went down?
It went a little sum'n like...
Uh, Like This....

(instrumental)

Uh, Like This.
Uh
Uh, uh
Uh
Uh, Like This.

(instrumental)

Maaaan, I'm tellin' ya,
This club, it was sump'n like an underground club, y'know,
It was sump'n like a basement club or sump'n like that?
And it was soooo fly.
And the DJ. Mm. The DJ!
Now TO BORROW THE WORD HE USED OVERLAY
This dude was wurkin'!
He was PLAYING STUFF LIKE Barry White, Bee Gees, Village People, Lou Rawls
And all this other business STUFF from the 80's
And just jammin' it up man, you know.
And the people? Woah! The people were all actin' wild 'n crazy,
Throwin' their hands up in the air?
And just FALLING DOWN LIKE THEY just didn't care
EVEN I WAS goin' crazy,
PLACE WENT up and down and just goin' on and on and on,
Like This....

(instrumental)

You know,
By the time daylight showed up,
The place was STEAMING packed.
You know the groove thing, be goin' on
It was one thing
Now TO THE PEAK
I couldna believed it
I mean I left home, believe me,
I was gon' show the folks over there, how to party
But I tell you what
London folks showed ME (heh) how to party!
Heh. That's right....

(instrumental)

Huh, Like This.
Huh
Huh, huh
Huh
Huh, Like This.

(instrumental)

I TOLD Moon that it's JAM not D*MN

Now TO BORROW THE WORD HE USED OVERLAY
This dude was JUST wurkin'!
He was PLAYING STUFF BY Barry White, Bee Gees, Village People, Lou Rawls

All of the rest looks just right to me Mixalopoulos so now we just wait and see if the Moonster is gonna argue about anything

No, prolly not Moon, it be FJ here!

Here's my stab at it! (Cannot translate any language, but often I can transcribe well with headphones, 'specially when it's "Southe'n.")

Submitted for Moon's approval, and with thanks to Mixalopoulos for "jam"!


(spoken)

You know,
I was in London city the other day,
And you wouldn't believe the things that I saw. (laughs)
Yeah, I was down at this club man,
And it was a flyyyy mutha. (laughs)
I gots to hand it to them London folks, y'all,
They sure do know how to throw a jam party. (laughs)
You wanna know how it went down?
It went a little sum'n like...
Uh, Like This....


(instrumental)


Uh, like this!
Uh. Uh-uh!
Uh. Uh, like this!
Uh. Uh.
Uh-uh!
Uh.

Maaaan, I'm tellin' ya,
This club, it was sump'n like an underground club, y'know,
It was sump'n like a basement club or sump'n like that?
And it was soooo fly.
And the DJ. Mm! The DJ!
Now to borrow the word they’d use over there was, this dude was [BLANK*] wurkin’!
He was playin’ stuff like Barry White, BeeGees, the Village People, Lou Rawls,
And all this otha' business startin’ in the ‘80s,
And jus’ jammin’ it up, man, you know.
And the people! Whoa!
The people were all actin’ wild an’ crazy,
Throwin’ their hands up in the air,
And jus’ fallin’ down like they jus’ didn’t care.
Even I was goin’ crazy, leapin' up an’ down an’
Jus’ goin’ on and on and on,
Like this:

. . .

(instrumental)


Gettin' on by the time daylight showed up,
The place was deep-packed
You know, the group thing
Was still goin’ on.
It was a fun thing
Down to the “p!”
I couldn’t’ve believed it.
I mean, I lef’ home,
Believe me, I was gonna show the folks
Ova’ there how to party.
But I tell you what—
London folks showed ME (ha!) how to party!

Heh! That’s right.

(instrumental)

. . .



_ _ _ _ _

* ["BLANK"] = literally blanked out, and done rather well, cuz you can almost seem to hear it . . . but NO . . . FJ says: "Tha's OK."
Words in green color are 2nd corrections--as I heard them.

Originally Posted by Teshka

I TOLD Moon that it's JAM not D*MN

All of the rest looks just right to me Mixalopoulos so now we just wait and see if the Moonster is gonna argue about anything

He can't argue with that Tesh.

Originally Posted by Teshka

I TOLD Moon that it's JAM not D*MN

Originally Posted by Mixalopoulos

He can't argue with that Tesh.

Yeah yeah Just watch me .....

The whole thing is about inflection. The normal (conversational) way to say "JAM Party" would be just like that, with more stress on JAM. The more typical way to say d*mn party is to put slightly more stress on Party. That's why I wanted him to be saying d*mn Party, not JAM party. And thusly, I rest my case

But obviously you guys are right, coz I also hear it as a J moreso than a D.

Great work peeps, thanks heeps!

Just wanna add:

1. Frankie you nailed it on some things, and I love it that you caught a coupla things in particular

1. I'll put together a consensus version soon as I can, but it may take me a day or two. Coz this is a Monday. Lol. Gawd.

Originally Posted by MoonRide*r*

1......

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1 and 1 make 2 dear ^.^

guess i'm gonna have to push this one out meself bcs its still sitting here collecting dust <33