BATTLE SOUNDS: Rockit blows up. ( D.St / Herbie Hancock)

[PAMAROSHOUSE]

herbie gots the grammy and the cash and dst nada lol

[cakarido]

so the shit that changed everything in scratch was actually a mistake. what does this teach us? that not everything innovative comes from some genius mind but from trying a lot and experimenting and, why not, even mistakes :)

[freqazoidiac]

IMDB :

"Saturday Night Live" Ringo Starr/Herbie Hancock (1984)

imdb com/title/tt0694472/

Original Air Date:

8 December 1984 (Season 10, Episode 8)

James Belushi ... Various (as Jim Belushi) Billy CrystalMary Gross Christopher Guest Rich Hall Herbie Hancock Gary Kroeger Julia Louis-Dreyfus Don Pardo Harry Shearer Martin Short Ringo Starr Pamela Stephenson Barbara Bach Andy Breckman Grand Mixer DXT ... Himself (uncredited)

[intromix]

Man, this was the ABSOLUTE best performance of Rockit on SNL, presented by Ring Starr, someones GOT to have this video clip somewhere???!!!!

[freqazoidiac]

@intromix yahhh..like godddammnn... this is hard to find in it's entirety.. There must be some legal issue with the clip??? I scoured for a few hours but maybe someone has it but odd keywords for searches? ANyone have this on Tape?? I'll transfer for free! ...I'm talking about the Saturday Night Live ROCKIT clip with DST andHerbie Hancock..

[freqazoidiac]

This is what I'm talking about. what a sensational doc. Thanks for offering this. Are those clips of DST from SNL? I watched that about 15 years ago and have been dying to see the whole thing again,, what is that from (at 2:00 in)

He is doing scribbles for chirsss sake.

[intromix]

@freqazoidiac yeah that was SNL, 1984 I believe, when Ringo Starr hosted it, other Rockit performances are okay, but this was the BEST one and this clip right here is the one where DXT (DST) influenced me to be a DJ

[beatsAusmBassment]

why haven't i born 15 years earlier...i'd like to see these guys live

[freqazoidiac]

@beatsAusmBassment word up, well, anyone into that at the time was a minority ..thank god for youtube for classical clips like these!

[FBJ416]

@freqazoidiac

And sadly these robotic beats are lost on all the hip hop kids today who don't realize their roots lay in electro-funk, pretty much the source of both hip hop AND techno. Having said that, techno keeps it far more real. Sample Cybotron's "Clear", widely believed to be the first techno track produced and tell me if you can't breakdance to that shit too. :)

/watch?v=fGqiBFqWCTU

[weedyboydetectives]

wot bout jazzy jay can't forget his sick influence amazing dj him and bam pioneers. aswell as the other gota love kool herc

[jayone1970]

Much respect to Herbie Hancock for having DXT as his DJ! But it was DXT who made that record into a classic! I will never forget when saw him cutting it live on the award show! I went to school that next morning all messed up, i couldnt concentrate. I wanted to try it on my pops record player,,,,,,,,,,,,,its been history since! Thank you DXT!!!!!!!!!! And all the fore fathers of HIP HOP!

[mrtsmith1972]

yo it influenced me at age 11 to be one of the best in my hood in philly

[duiesunn]

lol... dst is the man... rip mj...

[daveg4ce]

Yeah Boyeee, this guy was my In-Spi-Rae-Shun. Even today Rockit sounds FRESH,and the live performance of it was Fer-Nom-In-Al. Cuttin' in Timezones "Wildstyle" was genius.

[scratchaholic82]

Thank God he stumbled onto that mistake. I'd prolly be scrathin my head instead of my tables for a few hours a day.