Paul Johnson. Ring any bells? What about this: “Down-down-down-downdowndown…DOWN”?
Well I remember it well: ‘Get Get Down’ by Paul Johnson. It’s hard to forget how it was forever drummed into the back of our heads. The annoying kids at school would prance around singing one word, ‘down’…only a billion times over. That is of course the genius of this classically cheesy house tune, its repetative yet sprightly style. It’s catchy as hell and well overdue a revival. The 1998 anthem was spun by every DJ from Detroit to Ibiza. Of course Pelski, at this point just a mini-pelski, wasn’t so blessed as to be hitting Detroit… and probably just heard it on one of those wonderfully cheesy NOW compilations.
Paul Johnson originally hails from the birthplace of house – Chicago – and still packs out clubs with his booming house music, while also DJing from a wheelchair (due to an unfortunate handicap). He’s released 130 EP’s and has run a number of underground record labels. But ‘Get Get Down’ remains the staple of his reputation. The infectious track even made it into the Guinness World Book of Records for being licensed for over 100 house and dance CD compilations.
Now Drop The Lime is forcing it back into the public’s eye (or at least the blogosphere’s), by dropping it neatly into his heavily bassed-out sets. Additionally, the current king of house Laidback Luke has released an excellent remix of the classic anthem.
Paul Johnson – Get Get Down [pelski highly recommends]
Paul Johnson – Get Get Down (Laidback Luke Booty Remix) [pelski highly recommends]
