Mark Turner (mturner@netcom.com)
Sat, 30 Oct 1999 22:34:17 -0700 (PDT)
> At 11:17 PM 10/28/99 -0700, Peter Hall wrote:
> >It is a 12" single by "The Gipper goes to Washington" with a
> >great sample of Ronald Reagan saying something like "...Russia will be
> >outlawed forever; we begin bombing in 5 minutes..." (this was during the
> >cold war) What is really cool is that "The Gipper goes to Washington" is a
> >duo of a producer (his name leaves me) and none other that Bootsy Collins on
> >bass!
Clarification time. The record title is "5 Minutes." The artist is
"Bonzo Goes to Washington." Lyrics (i.e., sampled vox) by "The Gipper."
The producer you're referring to is Jerry Harrison of the Talking
Heads. Released in 1984 on Sleeping Bag Records.
then Elson said:
> I'll give a thousand dollars* to the first DJ who mixes this in their
> set...back to back with "Rappin' Ronnie" :)
Hmm...I have BOTH records...don't tempt me. ;-)
-- Mark Turner | "Jazzadelica" with Rocky Rococo on KFJC mturner@netcom.com | Sundays 10pm-2am, 89.7 FM, Los Altos Hills, CA
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