The Word: MC Tunes Vs 808 State - Tune Splits the Atom

[MrBarker73]

Sorry 'milkowaif'. No offence intended, I was just casting an opinion, unfortunately it would appear I've touched a raw nerve. As for err.... kickin my 'bolox' (sic) in, your probably not big enough son. My purpose was only to say that the second tier of Manchester music, through the miracle of time ( Northside, 808 State and Tunes etc), has become a little embarrassing, where-as others, ie Roses, Smiths, Division and Mondays have become British musical icons and idols. Why the hostility dude?

[milkowaif]

TWAT

[milkowaif]

yr fffin depressed about the career of "artists" such as tunes and 808 state?DO U WANT YR FUKIN BOLOX KICKED IN?

[milkowaif]

nobend

[milkowaif]

un touchable rap that is

[milkowaif]

????????-hope youve fffin aged well-u dumb bastard!

[MrBarker73]

Must offer apologies, it is indeed 'Sweet Excosist, Test one'. Damn those debaucharaic nights at the Soundgarden.

[MrBarker73]

I remeber buying 'LFO Test One' on vinyl, from Spin Inn Discs that used to part of the Underground Market in Manchester. Think it was 90'. I was only a kid, and in that shop you used to have to stand there looking as though you knew your dance music in order to fit in (even though I didn't). Anyway, this clip hasn't aged well at all, as has none of the 808 State or Tunes footage. Bit cringe-worthy really. Always seem to think the Stone Roses or The Smiths 'vintage' clips have aged better.

[trimmytrab]

Mate of mine thought it was McTunes vs Bob State

[bigmazzy1]

sweet exorsist .... test one  .. just checked ...

[bigmazzy1]

think blips were of an LFO record dood ...

[krunchienut]

What tune did they lift the blips off?

I'm sure they're off a tune they used to play on the 808 radio show on Sunset.

(Every knows the b-line is I am the resurrection)

[YMZA89141]

still rocks



[townheadfury]

I like his stuff.

[matrags]

808 state = win. MC Tunes = fail.

[all6inthelast]

Bought the 12''off some mug at a car bootie. Check the B-A weird Marley mash up with the line Get Up,Get Up.

[tigermanandy]

well what can i say but all the music in the charts at the moment think it all started in madchester 20 years ago

[leeswaby111]

i cant believe i still know all the words! top tune

[fireuk]

sale possi!!!!!!!!

[eyewoodsay]

met mc tunes at a party back in the daze...he was a sound fella....tune rocks

[wordinho]

Is MC Tunes really Ray Winstone? What. A. Tune. The baseline from 'I am the resurrection' is the icing on the cake...

[gran4ty]

Ha! I 've still got this on VHS somewhere! BIg up Nicky and crew

[denbod]

they guys on the ataris look like they're playing out run

[quotetoe]

I think the guys on ataris are 808 state, outrun rules bigtime.

[quotetoe]

Mc tunes wid a big yo 4 ya top notch, keep the spirit alive.

[leebartley]

was lead singer of dust junkies, class band

[zuton100]

does anyone know what mc tunes is doin these days

[knightrider600]

. . i love it, rocked the place when i was a kid, 'yeah' . .

[MeinErsterFilm]

british rappers kicked a* these days. tunes, silver bullet and others...

[aphexbr]

Atari ST! Sweet...

[aphex187]

Heh remember watching this when it was on back in the day, ya know the day when sh*t was f'n great!

Top class years!

[mark660460]

Awsome, the album "North at its Heights" should have been rereleased with all the recent 808 State back catalogue, any ideas where a copy can be obtained??

[stuffy0069]

try eastern bloc or piccadilly records. i have it on casette. has a glorious picture of manchester town centre on it. quality.

[fukkingusernames]

Is that an Atari ST that blokes using ? They were allways better for music than the Amiga in their day.

[cheebawizard01]

Funny how people these days think chav is a new name...... been going for years....

[fukkingusernames]

Ok so you know all about chavs and gypsies, I'm talking about the computer featured in the video now...

[cheebawizard01]

Funny how time fly

[avidmc1]

Yeah but when the media first came across it it had started to be used by non-travellers as a derogatory term like pikey. So they invented all these acronyms that it was meant to stand for (Council house adult vermin, council house and violent etc etc) and now you get all these people who believe that that's what it means and that it was 'invented' in 2000 or something.

[trimmytrab]

Wots wit da Chav jibe, blood? Is a rockin tune, respeck to ya Manc massive

[cheebawizard01]

why's he got scum chavs dancing in the background?

[fukkingusernames]

This is the early 90's man, chavs wern't around then, this was the fashion.

[cheebawizard01]

The 90's you don't know much do ya, ask any traveller was they using the word chav in around 1987 - 88.... you'll find the answer is yes they were. How do i know? coz i used to hang with gypies. When i was 16 in 1987 i'd hear them constnatly saying alright chav.

[fukkingusernames]

That's great.

[davedave84]

when i look back from scholl evry1 dressed in trackies stuff like that there was no chavs really only when we started wearing rockports and trackies back in 98 did chavs started coming about ive kinda grown outta that shit now though

[yellacoffee]

Fucking TUUUUUUNE !!!!!

[CharitableView]

I remember Terry Christian calling him Tunes. "Alright Tunes? Sound!" Bleeptastic

[kristianjoneid]

love this track so much should have been a much bigger hit

[Antelope6]

Still sounds great after all these years.

[kristianjoneid]

i have a clearer and better sound one on top of the pops also 24/7 and bass o matic

[Jmonstarr76]

memories!!!!

[immers]

Wicked, we had some mad times back in the day.

Thanks for posting

[PaulBassRock]

hahaha, as said before, had this tune all these years and it only clicked tonight that it was a roses bassline

[Hornymam]

yeh my hubby said the same, although I could'nt tell till after listening to I am the resurection about 150 times doh - lol, was still super cool at the time tho - what the feck were shell suits all about? ha ha lol :0).

[luckycatphil]

This actually my favourite hip hop track... listen to the words... absoluuuuutely brilliant.

[rudespoons]

energy magnet, human conductor

rap maniac, female seductor

quality

[gordon66gers]

bouncin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[380streamline]

Tunes at his best me thinks - One time!!

[MancunianMagic1]

anyone remember the tune Lockett done bout bagheads? what was it called?

[BlackcloudsUnderdogs]

Was it living in the pocket of a drug queen?

[MancunianMagic1]

no...don't think that's it....

[BlackcloudsUnderdogs]

My own worst enemy

[Ecstasio]

I posted up there in the video responses ;)

[greengate1999]

those dancers are fuckin top

[helsbyboy]

AWESOME - what memories......anybody know of a version with better quality sound?

[LollieSmith]

lol @ that dancing.

It was ultra cool at the time.

[philscotland]

Lmao, I actually remember thinking "this dancing will never look out of date" haha! :D

[LollieSmith]

I Know its scary. We thought that the 70s and 80s were only to be laughed at.

[kristianjoneid]

love this tune reminds me of meeting my ex what a shame we split in 1997

[davidhra]

"manchester- the dance capital of england."

ha ha, they must've loved going down to the word and busting that out in front of a mainly southern crowd.

[zenhen]

I remember trying to dance like that!!!Thought I was so cool(downright shady more like it)

[FetidToecheese]

holy crap I had the 12-inch haha!!

[matrags]

haha...those dancers look so lame nowadays.

[electronicshark1873]

anyways yeah i seen 808 state and mc tunes live at slam 2 in strathclyde park just outside of glasgow back in 1990 ... was amazing big time! alot of memories i get from this!

[electronicshark1873]

wow great stuff! didnt 808 state also have something to do with the theme tune to da word or something  .. been so many years i cant rememeber da theme to da word

[s4matt]

the north at its heights. Good album, British and original.

[rentchart]

It brings back memorys but really its shit

[littlemisslockett]

hey man, what more do you need for a dance tune? bassline, excellent, rapping, excellent, and dont forget the personality and charisma, shedloads of testosterone,,,

[lombeer]

totally awesome.

rockin' the ataris !!

... whatever happened to ?...

[mr2gti]

A. 808 State need to come back, like this.

B. The WORD needs to come back, like this!

[analsore]

Haha! Fuckin get on!!!!!!!!!

[liv2podge]

takes me bk wish there was more

[erolbrown]

The Stone Roses bass line works a treat

[rollingnowhere]

Jeesus - I have had this tune for nearly 20 years (oof) and *never* realised where that bass line came from - damn I must be deaf. Cheers!

[ed6810]

Fantastic! MC Tunes knocked out some great flows. Have to dig this guy. This was my fave of the vs 808state ones. Top drawer!