New Talking City 1994 (right?): “We Can Ride The Boogie”

Cool journalistic work on display: I googled “Talking City 1994 SoundCloud” and this song came up! Boom, hire me New York Times. The Osaka outfit (probably, or at least someone associated with them) is responsible for “We Can Ride The Boogie,” which dips into one of the pop music’s finest tracks…Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You”…to take the titular phrase and morph it into a slinky dance number. What’s surprising is how unedited the vocal sample gliding through the middle of this number is – instead of warping it or trying to hide the source, Talking City just let Michael Jackson’s voice flutter out in the open, proudly leaning on one of the world’s most famous voices as the backbone of their song. Less surprising – how catchy this is, how every element clicks into place at, during certain stretches, practically swelters. Oh, and one heck of a great vocal hook. Listen below.