Disco Sunday-ish #50: Slice Me Nice
Posted on April 2nd, 2009 posted by Baron von Luxxury in Germans Making Italian Records, hi-nrg, homosexual tendencies, italo disco
Sometimes you like a song so much you want to eat it. I have a feeling that German schlag-meister Manfred Alois Perilano aka “Fancy” was such a fan of Bobby Orlando, and specifically The Flirts‘ song “Passion”, that he said “fuck it - I’m just going to bite this track wholesale. Except instead of being three sexy girls singing about passion, I’m a creepy Teutonic guy in a Michael Jackson jacket comparing eating pastries to having sex.”
And thus was begotten 1984’s “Slice Me Nice”:
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Sure, lots of people borrowed the patented Bobby O. hi-NRG synthbass, cheese organ, and drum machine. Most damningly though (besides the 95% similar chord changes), compare the synth pad that comes in at 0:16 in the Fancy song above with the synth pad that comes in at 0:40 in the Flirts song below (which you may remember from Disco Sunday #26):
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Just sayin’.
Our friends in Sugar and Gold recently did a fantastic, faithful cover that manages to replace some of the original silliness with actual sex appeal:
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mp3: “Slice Me Nice” - Sugar and Gold
I don’t know about you, but now that I’ve listened to the song three times I have a strange urge to put cake down my pants. Gotta run.
xx,
Baron von Luxxury is My Fake Name
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April 2nd, 2009 2:51 pm
love it!
April 2nd, 2009 6:19 pm
I adore ItalioDisco.
April 4th, 2009 2:49 pm
You might like other Fancy classics, such as Bolero, Lady of Ice, China Blue, and the 1998 remix of Slice Me Nice.
You can download all of these tracks here:
http://www.kiyoshionline.com/blog_bonus/1/
Don’t be afraid to visit my blog, too!
April 4th, 2009 4:25 pm
@ Kiyoshi:
Awesome, thank you. I am fearless about disco so yes, I will visit yr blog!
April 4th, 2009 11:59 pm
somebody, listen to the lyrics to SLICE ME NICE and try not to laugh.
I DARE YOU!
(they are so stupid, it’s great, haha)
April 6th, 2009 6:15 pm
That’s some major bullshit. As a Bobby O purist, I am offended!
October 16th, 2009 5:58 pm
But, but, Bobby “O” was well-known for rehashing songs, New Order’s “Blue Monday” being the most notorious example (Divine’s “Love Reaction”)..I’m sure he even tried taking New Order to court for plagiarism!). Just saying.
I think Bobby is a God, and even Gods have feet of clay
Didn’t like his newer stuff much though. Except for the remix of “Sorrow”.
January 8th, 2010 1:02 am
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