Liquid Liquid - "Cavern" 1983

[bean12disco]

x-press 2 just brought me here tuneage!!!!!

[DainjaKing]

puff daddy and the hitmen are geniuses...wowwwww how do u make a classic outta 3 or 4 keys crazy!

[hardcorehouse]

ESG Moody is the other classic NYC production from this now-famous then-obscure lower east side NYC label.

[Divanelle97]

getting up soundtrack who remembers 2005

[lmac3899]

ZANZIBAR CLASSIC!!!!

[ElTekNiQue]

Beat Is So Nasty!!!

[TheSonsofHorusx]

WTF??!?!?!?!

[MalpaisLegate]

whiiiiite liiiiiines.

[osaiufhdgiuhrgiuwe43]

So much fun with only two notes!

[karen220485]

a load of shite



[goducks20101]

thank you

[darkdubh]

Reminds me a bit of 23Skidoo's "Coup" which came out the same year.

[masterofpaint]

Karma is a bitch...

[ebuz218]

yoooooo....my nigga!!!! this iz da shizzzznit!!!!!

[stedachef]

songs a DJs dream....Grandmaster Melle Mel

[1993bitek1993]

Guru - "Cave In''

R.I.P.

[jabmalassie]

I heard it from 25th hour. However I new"white lines" and "Mob Deep"

versions.

[Charlesqualis]

Whites Lines !

[Byaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

how do you steal something from 1985 if it's from 1983 rofl..

what an idiot

[AdobeGillis]

@Byaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Hadron Collider.

[pannohouse]

This track is like an LCD bassline. Gorgeous song by a band that never got enough coverage.

[cotski72]

what was sharonpeters saying?

[wellarega]

This song is so similar to aerodynamik by kraftwerk

[xStephism]

Been thinking about this song all day! I had to search it up and listen to it!

[DonMoldavia]

Hi Bukowski.



[nickyjonrussell]

@SharonPeters117 i was wondering when someone was going to point that out

[SPAZZOID100]

@SharonPeters117

Was radiohead around in 1983? That is when this song was released.

[SharonPeters117]

They clearly stole this from Radiohead.

[TheBeeHum]

@SharonPeters117

In 1983? How so?

[robynfarrel]

@SharonPeters117 Radiohead wasn't even formed until 1985

[00Jackacid]

@robynfarrel dude radiohead werent hot shit back then. they were smiths aping twee squares.

[swarded1]

@robynfarrel who cares about radiohead

[perfectly1979]

@SharonPeters117 In italy we call this "figura di merda" or "parlare a sproposito"

[TonkyTube]

@SharonPeters117 I'm sorry but Liquid Liquid was before Radiohead.

[Dadakuza]

@SharonPeters117

yes-and then discovered the flux copensator,build a timemachine,traveld back in the year 1983 and released that song then!HELLO Mc FLy,anybody home LMFAO!:D

[Demirel32]

karma..bad things that u have done will eventually catch up to you.

[zk100yyy]

old school never die

[litlgrey]

Perhaps still the most definitive video on early 80s paranoid living in Lower Manhattan. And still remarkable stuff.

[cs2044]

slip in and out of phenomena

[KrisForges]

about flight as a place

[resteep]

wow. great breaks!

[zacatetas]

@Babylonthegreat all this cuz you ride dooms and can ox's dicks? tell me your not a STONES THROW away from being white...lolol

[zacatetas]

@Babylonthegreat can ox, "LOL", "i'm not white" - white

[zacatetas]

@Babylonthegreat i aint talkin zev love days, or his dead bro. i'm talking yrs after operation doomsday. ok

[jacobebrunner]

@zacatetas Lay off DOOM. You never heard the Madvillain record? Shit is classic. Know what you're talking about before you try to play professor.

[zacatetas]

that grandmaster flash would so blantantly jack is beat and hip hopify it is, amazinly hip hop

[bladimirsg]

WHITE LINES

[Sadsic]

this is boring as fuck

[rush1er]

Take 1/8 of shrooms... smoke 2 bong hits of Kush... inhale one Nitrous Ballon, then watch, I promise it will ALL make sense.

[Kinshasa9200]

@rush1er

can i come over some time?

[rush1er]

Wow... One of the original Break Tracks

[TeriyakiSouped]

Whiite linees

[therealparanormale]

dope classic

[josephmarshall]

@orgonetrail salem, baths, atlas sound, deerhunter, a place to bury strangers, xeno and oaklander, cold cave, burzum, giggs, satrnge boys, rent boys, ariel pink, trash talk, male bonding and former ghosts all had really good albums out in the last year / 18 months.

[felegyi]

Hey mans, i need that remix --->videa.hu/videok/film-anima­cio/finom-a-nintendo...-csaj-j­atek-nintendo-Worfddu8He3KY976

What is the song title?

[KidCarlyle]

Classic tune, perfect visuals ...

[TheRecordplayers]

I saw them at the Paradise Garage in 83 and their performance & staging was totally futuristic, just way ahead of their time. Early hip hop artists actually took their basslines from artists like Liquid, but Liquid isn't hip hop at all - its PROGRESSIVE DANCE - two words I will never associate with hip hop.

[sphey10]

tune

[dizzygemini86]

80's was the shit..90's was a fucken waste of time!

[NewName800]

White Lines & Get Innocuous ! Always fun to trace songs back to their origins. Nice upload! Thanks :)

[djprinceice]

maccagrabme you said the truth!!! it's sad today that most music and artist copy each other just to get a hit!! sad that there are NO MORE CLASSICS being made...music made simply for the sake of making good sounding music!! if anyone else is 30 & up and can remember when there were instrumental songs that were even hotter than songs with vocals...all for the love of making good music!!

[orgonetrail]

@djprinceice

I'm in my early 20s and thus not yet around when all this was coming out but I agree completely. Most of the independent music coming out these days is total garbage. No soul, just facile cutesy, whimsical crap that's forgettable at best. But this! That bass groove will be stuck in my head for days,

[josephmarshall]

@orgonetrail i think there's a lot of really amazing independent music coming out these days that's neither facile, cutesy, nor whimsical. You just have to look for it, its not going to be in the pages of most music magazines.

[200nikesdeep]

this shit is crazy

good looks 

[JBLAZE999]

redbullmusicacademy {dot} com/podcasts/post/All/0/424

[maccagrabme]

What I like about this type of music is that there seems to be absolutely no commercial intention. It's pure music for musics sake and it lead to influencing other artists and artforms, something which is sorely missing from the scene today.

[monsterwheel]

@maccagrabme Absolutely right on that, mate.

[CPU9incarnate]

I'm not sure why this was in my recommended video list, but hey, a music video with madness combat characters in it!

[UltraTongas]

Marc Ecko Getting Up!

[wordreet]

Woah! Amazing video! I've just found this track because of Style Magazine's Top 50 best basslines. I really like it.

And, yes, I can hear GMF's take on this in my head.

[TheBvf07kku]

fish man u listening to this in N london?

[funky414]

awesome

[DieMenschMaschine85]

Going to see them this weekend! :)

[MrJakal007]

Flash did do white lines

But it was MC Melle Mel who sang it

Ergo it was Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five

[mrjonz72]

@MrJakal007 GM Flash had nothing to do with White Lines. GMF and Melle Mel had already done parted ways. But I can def understand why some folks think he did, with the way Sugar Hill records promoted that album back then and they purposely try to fool people into thinking GMF had something to do with it.. But it was def Grandmaster Melle Mel and The Furious Five who did White Lines. There was a 4 or 5 year gap where GMF and GMMM didnt work with each other.

[MrJakal007]

@mrjonz72 Wow did not know that

thanks for the info :)

[hardcorehouse]

One of those original, quintessential NYC jams that were the foundation of something later copied in Chicago and renamed "house".

[hardcorehouse]

@WolfClaw200 I don't knew where you grew up and/or if you were sheltered, but this was massive at the Garage, where of course they were grindin/dancin to it.

[erickBUENO2009]

they played with the roots last april, awesome!

[ponce2337]

OLD SCHOOL HOUSE MUSIC NO DOUBT!!!!!!!

[SPAZZOID100]

@ponce2337

this is not house at all..

[thedjscotto]

@WolfClaw200 avenged sevenfold is hardly even metal.... but this song is dope man. you just need to lay off the meth and cool out :-P

[WolfClaw200]

@thedjscotto ok how about motorhead, ozzy osbourn or 3 Inches of blood ther're soem metal for ya lol, anyway like i said before i'm glad people can enjoy this it was just my opinion.

p.s. i know you where jokin but i dont meth ;-P

[TonyChase]

Anybody got lyrics for this? This was and still is the S***!!!!

[BreezesofConey]

This is one of those chill jams, can totally dance to this if you know how to move without trying to out dance everyone with back street boy hip hop moves. You think this is slow and un-danceable??? Try going to a mainstream club right now and try to dance to that ass grinding music without looking like you have to take a shit, only thing you can do to that type of beat.

[Neurodisco77]

@BreezesofConey

great comment man

[thedjscotto]

@WolfClaw200 so because a song is slower or more mellow means you can't dance to it? seems like an ignorant statement

[Iridium242]

Great tune!

Man this brings back memories of the clubs in NYC back then!

[cloudmusic01]

one of the first records I bought (the original). I'm from LA a long way from NY. but the best hip hop has always come from NYC imo

[Babylonthegreat]

@cloudmusic01

Is that LA as in Los Angeles or LA as in Louisiana?

The only reason I ask is because I have never once in my life heard a "native" of CA (assuming that you are) give real props to NYC for true school hip hop. At least the NY of yester-year.

Real hip hop lives only in my memories now... well that and in the lyrics and beats of MF DOOM.

But you're right though, NYC was the truth.

[merkury06]

@cloudmusic01

Dude this is not Hip Hop

[josellenette]

This was my s#$% ! I use to go crazy on the dance floor

[pioubang]

the bass lines are insane!

[spooneye]

@pioubang If you think McGuire's bass line is insane, you should see his awesome comics!

[MickeyLBrown]

@mjjg79

I'm sure your grandma said the same thing.

[nataliemontoya2425]

weird ...

[mierecords]

i would really like to meet the 8 idiots that "disliked" this video and ask them why. classic!

[RolandTheArtist]

Melle Mel & Soul Sonic Force - White Lines (HipHop) :O)

[theflyroller]

It's cool to meet the other guys who have this on vinyl! Cool shit then....and now!

[FrumpyShakes]

Goddamnit, why can't New York be as cool as it was in the late 70s, early 80s?

[hardcorehouse]

@FrumpyShakes It's true that this was the golden era, in which NYC was the essential incubator for most of today's dance musics including house, rap, hip hop, electro and indirectly techno which originally was inspired by NYC hip hop. While NYC isn't what is used to be, there are still some great, vibrant outdoor scenes that are the best you'll find on the continent ie central park skaters after party and coney island house-search youtube.

[lourenslefreak]

@hardcorehouse don't forget europe! like kraftwerk influencing ,electro, house techno in detroit and chicago :) but yes larry (lawrence philpot) levan and frankie knuckles did there job or arthur russel :) or david mancuso

[hardcorehouse]

@lourenslefreak Never forgot europe; their records were part of the NY fabric for sure. Frankie Knuckles was another NYer, who took that NY vibe to Chicago, which few few realize. As far as techno, NY was still key, because most don't realize that Planet Rock was already techno except for the beats, which influenced Detroit. Some of the earliest Detroit techno came out originally on NYC electro (then called hip hop) record labels. That NY sound was an amalgam of American funk and German sounds.

[SPAZZOID100]

@hardcorehouse

Absolutely correct! Although much of today's underground dance music seems a bit mundane and stagnant. It always seems so formatted to that 4 X 4 kick drum, and at the same basic tempo as 80% of all the other house records out there.

The vocals are kind of "in the box" as well...nobody is taking real risks anymore, and the edge is all but gone....

[hardcorehouse]

@SPAZZOID100 Another NYC gem. This was big on KISS & BLS FM NYC, on the boxes in the parks and in the streets, summer '83. NYC, the world's incubator for house, rap, hip hop, electro and to some extent, techno. Those who lived it know exactly what i'm talkin bout, ya'll.

[elund9]

This baseline is so perfect and sweet...

Has literally woken me up out of a dead sleep the auditory stimulation is so wonderful

Yay Liquid Liquid! Love ya!

[aikonmk]

Blue Man Group has a lot ot answer for!

[JordoBaggins27]

I can see the influence these guys had on James Murphey.

[JordoBaggins27]

@JordoBaggins27 I can see the influence these guys had on James Murphey of LCD Soundsystem

[superjulian100]

@JordoBaggins27 weird eh?

[gatefoldrecords]

This was BEFORE White Lines. Grandmaster Flash "borrowed" the bassline.

[edshipsey]

@gatefoldrecords i think its called sampleing

[southport97]

@gatefoldrecords Exactly. Today borrowed = lifted = stolen = ripped = sampled. Greed, not love, runs the world.

[FeedMeMister]

@southport97 All creative work is derivative. Art is not derivative out of greed, merely you need to have something on which to base you ideas. Sampling, copying, ripping off etc is all fine with me, just as long as you contribute something of your own in the finished work.

[mrjonz72]

@gatefoldrecords You men Grandmaster Melle Mel. GMF had nothing to do with White Lines..but I def can understand why folks think that he did.

[gatefoldrecords]

@mrjonz72 yes you're right. I was having a senior moment when I wrote that.

[Quzket]

Whiiiiteeee Linnnnness : D

[goonerballs]

Was this before or after white lines?

[hardcorehouse]

@goonerballs This was the original, from which Grandmaster Flash lifted the bassline and did a nice job with their version of it. Hot in NYC underground clubs summer '83, when NYC was the incubator for today's dance musics.

[chickenstroud]

@hardcorehouse

Flash didn't do White Lines

[SPAZZOID100]

@goonerballs

You are joking right?

[darqman82]

This cut was hot in the NYC / NJ clubs in the early 80's.

[RU44]

damn....great song..!!!

[alawoo01]

this is weird shit. O_o the video is trippy but the singing is jibberish is it not?

[storeyi]

@alawoo01 Yep, there are no published lyrics of this band anywhere as far as I know. I think he is singing something, because you can make out some words - "keeping on the precipice", "slip in and out of phenomenon"...

[DrJamesFeelgood]

What a terrific video!

[storeyi]

Anyone got the video of these guys performing on Jimmy Fallon? Apparently they performed Cavern and rocked the house, someone needs to YouTube this ASAP!!

[ganiniii]

Damn!!!! this is gooooood

[paulkendzi]

This tune will still be hot 15 years from now! The bass and the overall simplicity is incredibly narcotic.

[sokalo]

Pretty cool.

[paulkendzi]

These guys just ripped it up on Jimmy Fallon with The Roots joining in...it was one of those great live performances that just catches you off guard...great stuff live.

[Caesar1312]

@paulkendzi

that performance was excellent on Jimmy Fallon ...hope somebody posts that on here

[MrSneakycharlie]

Friggin real!

[Fetrey]

just saw these guys on jimmy fallon. this track is way better live.

[101airbourn]

This bassline will live forever.

[atcq718]

Here you have it. The song that pretty much eneded 99 Records.

[Latamika2007]

this is da throwback kid reminds me of latin quarters and roxy's roseland and coolin with the rock steady crew back in da day if u don't know about this u don't know shi##

[Stylus1997]

I was born too fucking late! Damn.

[gavinfenton]

Born too late for what? =/

They're still going, I'm seeing them in September ;D

[cumbialeal]

@spankula... the bass from whitelines used this bassline.

[spankula123]

Sounds like "white lines"

[djgambitron]

this was ALSO called "scraper out" by "optimo caverne" on vinyl. the first time i heard it in a club, i thought it was a rare instrumental to "white lines"

[spitfirez89]

ahh....im digging this.....GET DOWN!

[ROBBARROW1974]

calling Legends 'bastards' will get you in trouble mate.zip it!

[HackedByClarus]

bboy born kill the beats this song

[BBoyFateAshlin]

as well as bboy king so

[hueyfreemanTYD]

i dont get how this can make a club bump, its mad mellow

[hueyfreemanTYD]

im not sayin its bad, i like it

i just dont get how it makes for a club song

[vaf88]

legendary? never heard of 98 records.

[atcq718]

ahaha Nine Nine (99) records

[gavkasso]

always blows up clubs.even if they dont know it they still move.what a peculiar video.whos responsible?

[BethPessoa]

this song is a true classic

[vaf88]

check out pil death disco

[BethPessoa]

i already know

[headquarterscrew]

it's like the song: white lines - grandmaster

[aeonautic]

That's because he stole it from them. As soon as this song started slipping off the charts, his sprang up.

[JaKeAFC09]

@headquarterscrew

this is the original

[ldermody1991969]

Don't be a nob-head,,this was the original record...GMF used it........

[DinoVice]

headquarter ma man.. grandmaster flash had his people sample this song..

[PHANTASTIKMUSIK]

@DinoVice Yup and them bastards never gave this band their credit!

[atcq718]

Technically they didn't sample it. He had the Sugarhill gang band play the bassline.

[blackmas1]

dang that is sweet

[originalrecoil]

damn. so good. thanks for uploading this

[gallmart]

i've always loved the grandmaster flash-white lines...but this is pretty hot also. very enjoyable. i love seeing what samples artists have used throughout the years.

[vivatron]

wow...now i know where grandmaster flash got his sample from. coolio!!

[TheSymmachus]

Ha, that video was very interesting. It is very unusual, and I like that.

[DenisFreeman2]

this song rocks! i heard it on marc eckos getting up

[yanorei]

from NYC. sampled by grandmaster flash in white lines. considered to be a part of the no wave scene but I dont no if that is entirely accurate...

[Sweetnessb4u]

yes it was huge, we use to breakdance to this all..became a huge bboy break back in new york..such a classic gem

[AbbottSupreme]

WORD UP!!!!....Good look on the share Sweetness!!!...

[hustone13]

mmm don't  great

[OBEYCOREpremiere]

is this acid jazz?