Song “Soul Flower Remix” by the Pharcyde
posted by on August 14 at 14:53 PM
Another month, another wedding. No Talking Heads this time around—my guy Ari and his new wife Ani are more into the funk/soul/hiphop vein. The reception’s outdoor dance floor was set up by the Mackenzie River, 40 or so miles outside of Eugene, OR—prime real estate for watching the Perseids shoot across an inky black sky while boogying to Stevie Wonder.
Celestial bliss, sure, but the asteroids shook hardest when the Pharcyde’s “Soul Flower” came on, the high point of an already sky-high party. The final cut off the Delicious Vinyl re-release of Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, “Soul Flower” might be the most relentlessly upbeat hiphop track of all time. (Only “Scenario,” another ensemble pass-the-mic jam, comes close.) It’s all about those keyboard chord vamps—where the hell is that from? Is that a sample of the original Brand New Heavies version? Because it kills.
Lyrically:
Souped on the beat like a bowl of chicken noodle
I love Spanish dishes, but no I’m not Menudo.
and
I got more flavor than 7-11 Slurpees
If Magic can admit he got AIDS, fuck it—I got herpes.
Oooooh…
Love that song. I also remember digging the version w/Brand New Heavies on backup from eons ago. I haven't heard it in ages, but remember liking it.
couldnt find that awesome BNH version on youtube, unfortch. but this version has fatlips extra verse at the end, rhyming "slurpees" w "herpes."
Oh, I didn't realize the slurpees/herpes verse wasn't in the other one. That totally makes the song.
though the other version has the whole group call-n-resonse--"soul flower!" "soul flower!" bit at the end, which is pretty great.
Speaking of Pharcyde, I'm comforted by the fact that the Chemical Brothers have lost their minds and have chosen the Fatlip-featured "Salmon Dance" as their next single.
fatlip rules in a lot of ways. he tried that comeback album "whats up fatlip," with the song of the same name thats brilliant. spike jonze directed a really good video of the making of the song in a mini-documentary, which is also really good. there were a couple good tracks on the album, but mostl it was underwhelming.
i saw fatlip perform in miami a couple years ago. he was terrible, blanking on most of the lyrics to his songs and letting the audience sing them for him. outside the venue before his set, he asked my friend for a cigarette. my friend gave him one, taking the quivering, spittling dude for a homeless person, not the nights headliner.
"I'M IN THIS MOTHERFUCKING V-I-P! OKAY?"
Oh man, that fatlip video and doc are so good . . . I love that song, too. Does the rest of the album hold up?
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