I don't know the band Sigue Sigue Sputnik but a snippet of their one tune I have heard -- Love Missile F1-11, the background vocals from 50 to 55 seconds in -- makes me think that band or some of its members might have done the Bass Drum Timbale piece I'm looking for.  (I'm not really crazy about the rest of the Sputnik piece.)  Anyone out there know more about them, their albums and/or other bands they participated in?  Or someone else who sound like that 5 second sample?

Sputnik was underrated.  Start here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigue_Sigue_Sputnik

...and get thee to the canonical Sputnik Site:

http://www.sputnikworld.com/

Heh, which remix? (F1-11 had dozens of remixes.  And which lyrics/samples?  Most F1-11 remixes also had dozens of samples each.  There's a sample of the William Tell Overture from the movie "Clockwork Orange" at 0:55 on the Dakeyne remix, Dirty Harry blowing someone away on the Madman/Speedranch remix, some echos of "Blaster bombb.b.bombombobm" on the radio edit, some faked samples from Scarface on the ("Re-Recording II") version that appeared on the album, and some Japanese vocals on the Bangkok mix. (yeah, I checked.  I'm good, but I'm not that good!)) 

I don't recall any Sputnik tracks whose lyrics consisted solely of instrument names, but what with Sputnik lyrics being what they were ("Missiles, glamor, guns and sex!"), who knows what lines might have stuck in your mind. 

Maybe more usefully, which sample/lyric/instrument names?  If they were samples, I'm pretty good with samples.

There weren't too many bands that sounded like Sputnik, but the one thing Sputnik was, was consistent.  If you liked any of their songs, you'd probably like all of their songs :)

Thanks!  I see several 12" singles out there but am wondering if it (the original 4:47 version) wound up on any CD compilations?  Anyone know?

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Thanks to everyone who has responded so far.  I don't have time to check all the leads today so I'll get back with details soon on which Missile version, etc.  This is a great group for doing research with!

Heh, which remix? (F1-11 had dozens of remixes.  And which lyrics/samples?  Most F1-11 remixes also had dozens of samples each.  There's a sample of the William Tell Overture from the movie "Clockwork Orange" at 0:55 on the Dakeyne remix, Dirty Harry blowing someone away on the Madman/Speedranch remix, some echos of "Blaster bombb.b.bombombobm" on the radio edit, some faked samples from Scarface on the ("Re-Recording II") version that appeared on the album, and some Japanese vocals on the Bangkok mix. (yeah, I checked.  I'm good, but I'm not that good!))   

I don't recall any Sputnik tracks whose lyrics consisted solely of instrument names, but what with Sputnik lyrics being what they were ("Missiles, glamor, guns and sex!"), who knows what lines might have stuck in your mind. 

Maybe more usefully, which sample/lyric/instrument names?  If they were samples, I'm pretty good with samples.

There weren't too many bands that sounded like Sputnik, but the one thing Sputnik was, was consistent.  If you liked any of their songs, you'd probably like all of their songs :)


Wow, you know a lot more about this band than I do.  I just came across Love Missile when I bought Living In Oblivion:  The 80's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 which I bought for 88 Lines about 44 Women.  So I don't really know where that particular version came from originally.  I just know that when I play 50 seconds into it there are about 5 seconds that sound as if they could have been the band that did that weird thing with two male voices scatting and singing lyrics that consisted entirely of the instrument names, especially 'Bass drum bass drum bass drum' (that was the bass line) and 'Timbale timbale tim tim tim!' sort of screeched up high.  Doesn't sound like something someone would search years for, I know, but I've got it stuck in my head and want to get it stuck in the machine instead.  The only other band I can think of that occasionally sounded like this one was Oingo Boingo -- instrumentation, not so much voices -- or maybe Fishbone in some mood I never heard them in. 
Does any of this help any?

Wow, you know a lot more about this band than I do.  I just came across Love Missile when I bought Living In Oblivion:  The 80's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 which I bought for 88 Lines about 44 Women.  So I don't really know where that particular version came from originally.  I just know that when I play 50 seconds into it there are about 5 seconds that sound as if they could have been the band that did that weird thing with two male voices scatting and singing lyrics that consisted entirely of the instrument names, especially 'Bass drum bass drum bass drum' (that was the bass line) and 'Timbale timbale tim tim tim!' sort of screeched up high.  Doesn't sound like something someone would search years for, I know, but I've got it stuck in my head and want to get it stuck in the machine instead.  The only other band I can think of that occasionally sounded like this one was Oingo Boingo -- instrumentation, not so much voices -- or maybe Fishbone in some mood I never heard them in. 
Does any of this help any?

Actually, it does.  That's most likely the radio version at 3:45.

The lyric on my radio version at 0:50 is along the lines of "blaster bomb, bomb bomb ahead", with the echoes of "bomobombombombom..." being echoed off into the background.  Couple of gunbursts going left/right at 1:20-1:25, and a few references to "Terminator" (just the word, not a sample from the movie), at 1:26ish, right? 

Could it have been "bum-bum-bum-bum" instead of "bassdrum"?  And "Din daa daa?  Doh doh doh." instead of "Timable, tim tim tim?", and the occasional "crash!  crash!"?    Lots of scatty "lyrics" throughout it.  Solid housey backbeat. 

If so, could it be George Kranz, "Din Da Da"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kranz

Someone did a cover version recently, which might also be worth a listen:

http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/04/15/210/

Actually, it does.  That's most likely the radio version at 3:45.

The lyric on my radio version at 0:50 is along the lines of "blaster bomb, bomb bomb ahead", with the echoes of "bomobombombombom..." being echoed off into the background.  Couple of gunbursts going left/right at 1:20-1:25, and a few references to "Terminator" (just the word, not a sample from the movie), at 1:26ish, right? 

Could it have been "bum-bum-bum-bum" instead of "bassdrum"?  And "Din daa daa?  Doh doh doh." instead of "Timable, tim tim tim?", and the occasional "crash!  crash!"?    Lots of scatty "lyrics" throughout it.  Solid housey backbeat. 

If so, could it be George Kranz, "Din Da Da"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kranz

Someone did a cover version recently, which might also be worth a listen:

http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/04/15/210/


Wow -- you found it!  Not that cut but Wild Vocals off the Din Da Da album. Thanks so much.  I should have realized I was hearing accents in those three or four words that made up the entire lyric -- but it could have just been slurred from too much fun.  I already searched out another German from that era with equally bizarre material I can't get out of my head:  Nina Hagen's Universal Radio and Born in Xixax are also favorites.
So that makes 2 out of 5 found that were lost.  I'm getting pretty close to having my ultimate 84 play list together.  Thanks again.

Wow -- you found it!  Not that cut but Wild Vocals off the Din Da Da album.

Damn you.  Now I have to go find the album.  I always thought Kranz was a one-obscure-12"-wonder!  (And I'll also have to check out the Nina Hagen tracks you mentioned.  Long as we're sharing, have you heard Nina Hagen's So Bad as remixed by 90s techno greats Utah Saints?  Find it.  Well worth a listen.)

Seriously, you're welcome.  It's what we're here for. 

Have you also tried the "lyrics" forum on inthe00s.com  for the last three tracks?  Or do you have a few more lines you remember and/or could share?  I'm afraid I drew a blank on all of 'em. 

Damn you.  Now I have to go find the album.  I always thought Kranz was a one-obscure-12"-wonder!   (And I'll also have to check out the Nina Hagen tracks you mentioned.  Long as we're sharing, have you heard Nina Hagen's So Bad as remixed by 90s techno greats Utah Saints?  Find it.  Well worth a listen.)

Seriously, you're welcome.  It's what we're here for. 

Have you also tried the "lyrics" forum on inthe00s.com  for the last three tracks?  Or do you have a few more lines you remember and/or could share?  I'm afraid I drew a blank on all of 'em. 


There's a 12" EP with these tracks:
A1  Bass Drum Ma Bass Drum
B1  Wild Vocals
B2  Din Dub Dub
that I'm stalking now.  Looks like maybe three versions of the same piece.  (Funny that none of my title or lyric searches brought up that Bass Drum Ma Bass Drum title.  I must have used too long a string every time.  But if you enter just bass drum you get ads and information for musicians about instruments, etc.)

The Nina Hagen I bought then on cassette was NunSexMonkRock which is now on CD with the album Nina Hagen Band.  I had to go to vinyl for Universal Radio because Ekstasy was just out of my budget, but I got two versions that way.  There's also a German version of course, which I haven't heard.  I'll look for the Utah Saints remix.

I've been buying vinyl even though I don't have a turntable right now, because I know I will have to go that route eventually to complete this collection.  That was a very transitional time both musically and mechanically, so lots of my favorite stuff never made it to digital formats -- at least, not yet.

I'll see if I can dig out more lyrics -- maybe self-hypnosis will do the trick?  ;D  Or just thinking about the songs right before sleep sometimes works.

Thanks for the tip on the forum -- I'm pretty new here and hadn't found it.  I'll copy my original post there and see what happens but I'll keep following this one too.

FYI:  The Fishbone that I liked best was the track When Problems Arise.  My favorite B-52s was Throw That Beat In the Garbage Can.  Absolutely none of my friends, then or now, get why I love this stuff so much.  Fortuantely music works just fine as a private pleasure.

Thanks again. 

I've posted (almost) complete lyrics to the three remaining songs on the lyrics forum.

I've posted (almost) complete lyrics to the three remaining songs on the lyrics forum.

Saw 'em.  Unfortunately, none of 'em ring a bell with me.  Someone will eventually come up with 'em.  Hopefully sooner than later, but at least Google will pick 'em up.

(That's how I found this place. A random google landed me on the lyrics board.  Found that someone had posted some lyrics I'd been looking for for years.)

hadn't realized Google searches would bring to the messageboard.  (It brought me to the compliation lists and reviews, but somehow that seems different.)  These posts stay up for an indefinte period?  I can see where that could really help.
I appreciate your help finding my way here.  I posted a request that someone award you the karma points that I can't yet.