The "Get Off" story

There's nothing like being motivated to write a song. This is the story of why Carl and I wrote Get Off. I had a few drinks ( obviously ) so as to speak the truth. It's just one take of me talking. When I saw it, I thought it sort of funny. Maybe you'll think it's sort of funny too.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Get
• Off
• Ish
• Ledesma
• Foxy
• Company
• B.
• Oxo
• The
• Gutter
• Boys
• New
• York
• City

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

I was playing rock bars in LA when the disco thing hit. That meant replacing jeans with leisure suits and replacing Doobie Bros and Steely with Bee Gees and Van McCoy. 1st time I heard this tune and those "disco whoops", I wanted to kill the nearest human being in sight. That fucking song drove me NUTS and I wanted to hunt down that band and tar & feather them. A few years later, I wind up back in Miami and working with them in the studio. Very talented and nice guys...

[ishledesmay]

Well, considering the song was written only to piss someone off, It's not a surprise that it pissed more than one person off:)

That was the point:) I'm glad you found out we weren't so bad after all.

[therickheagerty]

Put the damn song on here!

[ishledesmay]

WMG takes it off! Call them and tell them to let me put it back on:)

[jayjay4000]

Ish! I always thought the song was a combination of rock, german electro (Kraftwerk), P-Funk and European disco. It is a grabbag of eclecticism that just worked!

[ishledesmay]

It came together very quickly:) Since we were a bar band and we were playing all those styles you mentioned (except for Kraftwerk. I wasn't aware of them at the time) that's the way it came out. We actually tried mixing in an Isley Brothers/EWF type of vocal style into it. Nasal and growly.

[BlankfrackCripledFUK]

@ishledesmay Foxy had 15 great minutes of fame,and Get Off was one of the best songs of its era...very under rated/under played tune...What made you write Hot Number?

Love Ocean City,Maryland and all the pussy and bars,The Paddock,Purple Moose etc Rock even today.

[ladysoreal]

Love it!!! Love the song STill until this day! I was born in the 70s but disco was and is still in my blood. I love all kinds of music as well. Thank you for this song!!! You know it felt like it was so in your face saying you wanted to get off. LOL!!! It IS the rollerskating song people today still jam too. =)

[johnsain]

George Michael wishes he was this gay.

[SecretariatOnSteriod]

@nccvball The club in Ocean City was the Paddock.Carl and the other gay members of Foxy used to snort coke lines off of the stiff pricks of their gay disco fans.

[eichler34]

Great Story, it's hilarious to create a song just to piss somebody off, and even more hilarious it's a staple of a well known era in history. That song was powerful, and is great to listen to today even though the owwa owwa is dated. I still can't believe it wasn't sung by a black man. I also never in a million years would have guessed the new wave hit "Whirly Girl" in the 80's was a song by the same man.

[pringlekiller1]

As far as I am concerned this was not just a song but it was a breakthrough in style, quality of life, and Art ... it moved the world at least I thought so when I heard it first, in The Netherlands as it was breaking through. I realized then that this was a new start and it was

[nccvball]

Ish, do you remember the name of the club in Ocean City that kicked you out?

[BIGPREZY]

Thanks ...Its amazing that was a good dance song.And this story was cool Funny about Disco music ..And R&B/ Funk at the time. They were all hated by a segment of the population Funny, It was not about Devil worshipping or Biting the heads off of bats, or any type of violence. It was Most of the stuff back then was about having a good time and celebrating..Thats all.

[rgeezee]

Classic tune 4 eva.

[13eka31]

@54ambrose so wats wrong with u stupid dumbass biatch?.Ok but he's way hotter and talented than u fggt!

[13eka31]

oh i love u foxy !!!!!!!! hahha so cool.