"Raiders of the Lost Groove"
Written by James McCauley and Ron
Sansone
Chorus:
(James thru voccoder) : We are the
Raiders of The Lost Groove, chasing the funk, breaking the rules,
We are the Raiders of the Missing Beat, looking for those who like to freak,
Rap:
(Mitch Cason): We searched long and
hard for a beat that's tough,
(Vincent "Cool Ice"
Palmer): In a world surrounded by
Pretty Phony stuff,
(Mitch Cason): People
hearing music, claiming that they'll dance,
(Mitch, James, and Vincent): Singing
like zombies in a trance!
(Vincent "Cool Ice"
Palmer): Then one night we partied
with the "Nation of Sweat"
(Mitch Cason): And
discovered a groove that was downright jet!
Vincent "Cool Ice"
Palmer): Everyone was dancing, no one
had a chair,
(Mitch, James, and Vincent): They
all got down like they just didn't care!
"Raiders of the Lost
Groove" - By The Empyre.
Written and Produced by James McCauley and Ron Sansone.
Roland Juno 106 Keyboard : Ron Sansone.
Oberheim DX drum machine and voccoder vocals: DXJ
Guitar: Jose Martin.
Rapground Vocals: Vincent Palmer and Mitch Cason.
Recorded and engineered by Tom Anthony at Natural Sound in The Summer of 1984. 8
track, analog.
Mixed by Ron and James.
Mastered at Criteria by Mike Fuller.
Invisoclam's guide to what
were they talking about for "Raiders of the Lost Groove" by the
Empyre:
Having to endure the constant
bombardment and mind numbing effects of the airwave robbing contemporaries of
the day proved too much for The Empyre. Among those guilty of groove-robbing at
the time were: Pretty Phony and the No Style Express who at the time had
infested the sector with "When I hear Music" by Little Debbie Deb.
Having decided that was enough, they felt it was their duty to rescue the Miami
Electro sound by going back to find the missing grooves and lost beats of funk
and soul and deliver them to the people who like to jam and party so much that
they are perpetually in a state of sweat from dancing, thus the name..."The
Nation of Sweat".
At least that's what I get from
it!
InvisoClam@aol.com
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