I had to ride by BICYCLE 🚴 to about 4 record stores looking for this 12inch single in 1982😂😂😂😂😂 when I was 15…it was sold out everywhere, all the record stores only had the 45single😂😂😂😂😂…..I finally found it at a store called Licorice Pizza here in California & the sales clerk told me about another Tommy Boy 12inch called Pack Jam by The Jonzun Crew & this other group called Kratfwerk & ofcourse I bought all three LP’s of those artist & my life of collecting music was changed forever…..PLANET ROCK is one of those I KNOW WHERE I WAS AT WHEN I HEARD THIS SONG FOR THE FIRST TIME MOMENT…..changed everything for the music industry…..
This song was so high tech for the day. It's a classic. It triggered my brother to have nightmares about aliens coming to get him. Hahaha... such great memories. Thanks for sharing. :)
You are so right, Massive in the streets, Massive in the clubs, Massive in car sound systems & beyond Massive on the radio…..I remember hearing it played on radio dam near every 20mins on diffrent radio outlets, mostly the vocal version & I was 14 or so & Planet Rock was the first track that I ever heard a INSTRUMENTAL VERSION😅😅😅, I remember telling a friend in my youth, WHERE’s the Soulsonic people at, he said this is called a Instrumental….I was so confused 😂😂😂 then his older brother let me borrow 45single of a song called Numbers by a German band called Kraftwerk & I never listen to music the same again. 1981/82 is where I was borned into electronic music…Planet Rock is that stepping stone for sure & I started to collect every dam 12inch single that had the words PRODUCED BY ARTHUR BAKER & JOHN ROBIE on the record 😂😂😂
@@Runco990 I still have 12inch single from 1982, tons of surface noise on it😂, but I have another 5 as backup’s 😂, still sound clean to this day, those Arthur Baker & John Robie TR-808 drum beats by those producer’s, were recorded so prestine & tight…
I mean the fact that we're still using this beat in movies/shows and sampling it shows how good it was. I can hear this and immediately get hype so I can't even imagine what it was like when it dropped
@@trevorb6000 it was wondrous in feeling & a mystery as to who were these people, for me anyways….mind you, I was 15/16 or so & grew up on Vinly & reading the inside jackets of all the musicians, studios & lyrics…Planet Rock came in a plaine white sleeve jacket with only a TOMMY BOY RECORDS LABEL in the upper corner of the jacket, and a few names on the inner portion of the Vinly,…Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force & Produced by: Arthur Baker, John Robie, Jellybean Benitez & Jay Burnett with Executive Prodcer Tom Silverman is all we got😂😂😂😂😂😂 so for a year or more I never even seen what they looked like😂😂😂😂, but that instrumental was the holy grail moment for us early electro freestyle collector’s and was simply a magical time to listen to, collect & make friends in the record store & clubs,,,
Indeed, was there at the beginning too, real keyboard's, amazing drum machine in the 808 & oh yeah, Real Musician's programming, arranging & playing with there new electronic toys...
What the hell are you guys talking about. You can still go out, enjoy music and have a good time. People do it every single day. You’re just older, not that theres anything wrong with that. Just because you don’t party anymore, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist for the rest of the world. Its like people assume that the only perspective that exists is themself. “I don’t do it anymore, so it must not exist!” Hilarious. My job is literally to play live music in front of crowds who dance and have a good time. The only difference is that they are young, and you guys are not. Y’all sound exactly like when your parents said “that trash you listen to isn’t music”. This is no different, except y’all fail to realize it.
And did you know this was sampled from a song called Trans Europe Express,they get sampling credits for Afrika Buttbatta use of their song and everyone else.maybe you were aware of this but just for your information
@@miguelmoran2899 There's a little more to it than that: Only the synth melody was from Trans Europe Express but the beat itself was taken directly from Kraftwerk's other record called Numbers...
@@miguelmoran2899 - Some more trivia for you... I met Tom Silverman (The owner of Tommy Boy Records) and he told me that his company was sued for using Kraftwerks music without their permission. But he said it was worth it because they sold so many units of it before being sued that he had no problem getting credit to fund his labels future projects and the song put the Tommy Boy brand on the map.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS ,IAM AN WAS BERLY GOING IN HIGH SCHOOL AN I HEARD THIS AN LOVE IT AN WHENT GO BUY IT WHILE IT WAS HOT RECORD, BUT NOW I HAVE PEOPLE HATEING ME FOR WHAT ? I DON'T KNOW > ITS PROBABLY RAISSEST ,BECAUSE IAM A MEXICAN AMERICAN USA DJ CALLED AUDIOBOY CHANNEL IS YOU TUBE ,UNKNOWN ,A HATER IS HITTING ME TO SHIT ME UP
We would be in the club making up all kinds of dance moves,just enjoying the funk of it all I had some much back in the day. I was always dancing on the dance floor. Having fun with people you didn't even know. The 80's was a good time for me
The house and then I have to get them out there and then I will have them come out there and I’ll get them to get there in the house in about five I’ll get there I’ll be back there in a few minutes I’ll be there I’ll be back there
This track changed the game . I wanted to dj in my teens. First Electro and BBoy, then House music. But this classic is where my schooling on dance music began.
50yrs and still loving the Old Skool Tunes from back in the day. Late 70s and the early 80s and up until I started to listen to Stu Allan on Key 103FM (in stereo). Still tune in to anything of quality!!!.
Seems Like Yesterday When I First Heard This! I Was In The US Navy On The USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69), In Norfolk, VA At A Club Called The Main Event! Boy, We Used To Cut Up On This One!!!! 🎧
Still the shit I'm 48 & I'm still rockin this .The youngster don't know nothing about this this is music not no mumble rap shit GTFOH with that garbage old school hip hop lives on for ever...word is bond...✌️
Arthur Baker, John Robie and some guy named Joe, who programmed the beat on his personal Roland TR 808 Rhythm Composer, created the most important beat in the history of hip hop. 40 plus years after its release, this devastating jam will send any nightclub into a dance floor frenzy! If it doesn’t…y’all in the wrong club.😢
ESPETÁCULO EXTRAORDINÁRIO MAGUINIFICO EXCELENTE EXÍMIO DOS EXÍMIOS ONTEM HOJE AMANHÃ E SEMPRE CURTO E DANÇO FUMANDO MACONHA PORÉM NA DISCIPLINA POIS DANÇA E OUVIR UM BATIDAO DESSA QUALIDADE FAZ UM BEM TREMENDO OBRIGADO PARABÉNS MEU BRAÇO 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊✌
One of the many things I like about Afrika Bambaata's tracks, is that when they acknowledge or run down a small list of countries and cities in their jams, they always mentioned Detroit.
Put this on at any party, cookout, reunion etc, and I dare Anyone to sit still!!! You can’t help yourself you have to move to the beat you just can’t help yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arthur Baker had the brillliant idea to blend two Kraftwerk records, Trans Europe Express and Numbers, together then give it a Hip Hop 'street' feel...The result was Planet Rock, an instant and timeless classic.
A TIMELESS CLASSIC... This song will be enjoyed by MANY generations to come. P.S. Does anyone know if they ever got an award, or even acknowledgement for this song???
NOPE! nothing. This song 🎵 is truly a masterpiece of the time, can't be touched. We had nothing like this techno wizardry, mix with thunder crashes, synthesizer-laden, electronic robotic voice, Bambaata's heavy voice perfectly synced to the beat. Song changed the game for sure. Even the countdown at the end with all the countries was so freaking dope it created a sound that hadn't existed.
