Tooting their own horn ......

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I'm putting together a CD of old stuff which includes Archie Bell and the Drells and Bohannon......

"LET'S GROOVE " starts out with the line
......"Hi everybody ...I'm Archie Bell and these are The Drells....."

and then of course Bohannon had no reservation mentioning himself within his work

Just wondering ....what other acts did a little self promoting within their lyrics ??

Another that jumps out right away is ...."Everybody have fun tonight ...everybody HUANG CHUNG tonight ....."

Others? :-?

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[Salsoul1975]

"Get Dancin'" by Disco-Tex and the Sex-o-Lettes

"...Disco-Tex, trucking with his Sex-o-Lettes, Get Dancin'..."

"Naughty Girls" and "I Wanna Have Some Fun" by Samantha Fox with Full Force

"...Samantha Fox is such a wild thing. Huh; and what's in a name? S-s-s-s-Samantha---S-s-s-s-s-s-Samantha Fox..."

"...Maybe that could be fun (giggles)---s-s-s-s-Samantha Fox..."

"The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground (Humpty Hump, lead singer)

"....and my tracks are laid down by the Underground..."; "...do the Humpty Hump."

"Hollywood Swinging" by Kool & The Gang

"...I remember/not too long ago/when I went to a theater/and saw a Kool & The Gang show..."

[Blooeyz2001]

"He Wasn't Man Enough" by Toni Braxton

"...Dark Child...Toni Braxton..."

[discopsycho]

"Chic Cheer" by Chic
"Fantastic Voyage" by Lakeside

[FlyRobinFly]

Le Freak - Chic "Freak Out!, Le Freak, C'est Chic"

"O-H-I-O, Ohio, Ohio" - Ohio Players

"Float On" - Floaters (the whole dam song)

I'm sure I can think of some others. I'll be back. :P

[Salsoul1975]

"The Jam" by Graham Central Station
"Dance To The Music" by Sly & The Family Stone

[originalbigm]

James Brown was always refering to himself and members of the band
"Maceo Blow Your Horn" & "Fred Take me to The Bridge" :lol:

[Disco Funk]

Most of my examples are funk tracks:

Yellow Sunshine by Yellow Sunshine (a Philly group)
Mighty Ryeders by Mighty Ryeders
Feel Like Good Music (flipside to their breakbeat anthem 'Catch A Groove') by Juice (they refer to themselves)
Let Us Entertain You by First Choice
We Are Family by Sister Sledge
Doesn't Teddy Pendergrass refer to himself in HM & Bluenotes' 'Satisfaction Guaranteed'? He says something like 'let Teddy....'
I don't know if this counts, but in 'Boogie Oogie Oogie', Janice Johnson refers to her bass playing 'listen to my bass, yeah'.

Disco Funk

[Blooeyz2001]

"You're Gonna Get Rocked!" by LaToya Jackson...."Alright, For Those Of You Who Didn't Believe, Roll Up Your Sleeves, & If You're Hangin', & If You're Not, 'Cause LaToya Is Throwin' Down With Her New Sound, So Give Me Some Respect (or we'll put you in check), Kick It Off Boys, It's Time To Get Correct!..."

[Salsoul1975]

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
"Nasty" by Janet Jackson
A number of tracks on Janet's "Damita Jo" album

[Blooeyz2001]

"Hey You, The Rock Steady Crew" by The Rock Steady Crew "...Hey you, The Rocksteady Crew, Show What You Do, Make A Break, Make A Move, Hey You, The Rocksteady Crew, B-boys, breakers, electric boogaloo..."

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..... Tony! TONI ! TONE! has done it again ......


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[SandraDee]

What about Ch-Ch-Ch-Chaka Khan-Chaka Khan-Chaka Khan??!! :P

[markydefad]

Brandi Wells' wonderful WATCH OUT contains 3rd person references to herself....

"I want everybody to know that Brandi is runnin' the show"

"Brandi's gonna be number one!!!"

[HighMaintenanceGirl]

Living in a Box - "Living In A Box"

[Zef]

"Baby wots happenin'? Entres vous the Lady T"

Square Biz-Teena Marie

[Marcio**]

OK...
Paul Jabara whit Donna Summer-Shut Out(Hey Donna...)
Crown Heights Affair-Use Your Body and Soul (themselves)
Salsoul Orchestra whit Loleatta Holloway-Runaway(Vince)
Spooky and Sue-Spooky's Day Off
Gary's Gang-Showtime (members)

:P

[Charlie Windle]

WHY HI WE YOUR WEATHER GIRLS ..... :lol:

[thommy2458]

....Positive Force "we got the funk"
besides the previously mentioned Bohannon,you
cant forget Caroline Crawford preaching loud
on "me and the gang"
MY MY MY name is CAROLINE!

Thom

[eddie]

This is becoming common is soul/urban/whatever they call it today. R. Kelly, the pied piper, is always bragging and talking about himself. Kirk Franklin is almost as bad.
But the one that totally knocked me out so bad it took a month for me to actually buy his album was "The name is Charlie, last name Wilson." I have most of the Gap Band's work and all of Charlie's solo albums and this R. Kelly/Charlie Wilson creation has to be the most self-promoting track ever produced. There are a few real solid ballads in the vein of "Without you" but the previously mentioned track is ridiculous.

[djsonic]

Backstreet Boys (Everybody) "Backstreets Back
alright"

[FlyRobinFly]

"HI, We're your Weather Girls and have we got news for you!" It's Raining Men - Weather Girls

"Hey Scotty, what's that mean" Just Keep on loving me - Whispers

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every MC from : " I'm Kurtis Blow ....and these are the breaks ..." onward ....
"It's Hammer time !..." MC Hammer


speaking of time .....
"What time is it !!?? " ---- The Time



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[Salsoul1975]

"Supersonic" by J.J. Fad (1988)

"We're J.J. Fad and we're here to rock,
Rhymes likes this can never be stopped
See the beat is deep and we know we're fresh
Party rockin' never stoppin' and our names are def
See the J is for Just
The other's for Jammin'
The F is for Fresh
A... And
D... Def
Behind the turntables is D.J. Train
Messin' and scratchin' is the name of the game
Now here's a little song about nosy people
It's not too hard; it's plain and simple
Baby D...

[SandraDee]

I was just listening to Margie Joseph's 'I Wants Mo'Stuff' from '84 & mid-way she says 'nobodys gonna get a piece of Ms.J's stuff' referring to how she ain't gonna share her man with nobody! (I love sassy divas :P )